{"id":339566,"date":"2018-11-28T13:00:24","date_gmt":"2018-11-28T20:00:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=339566"},"modified":"2018-11-27T19:05:09","modified_gmt":"2018-11-28T02:05:09","slug":"should-world-records-be-faster-episode-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/should-world-records-be-faster-episode-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Should World Records be Faster? Episode 2"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>By Tucker Rivera, Swimming World College Intern.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Hello, and welcome back to \u201cShould World Records be Faster?\u201d Last week, we talked about the progression of world records since the mid-nineties and made predictions about what we can expect to see at the 2028 L.A. Olympic Games. This week, however, we\u2019ll diverge from talking about sprint races and start looking at what we should be expecting out of 200s of stroke and the 200 IM.<\/p>\n<p>Here are some key points to remember from last time:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Breaststroke rules have changed substantially since the 1990s.<\/li>\n<li>The rubber era launched the sport far past its appropriate progression (men have experienced that effect more substantially)<\/li>\n<li>Despite the fact that top speeds haven\u2019t yet matched those of the late 2000s, our sport has a significantly larger depth-of-field than it has ever had before.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>How much faster are we now than two decades ago? How much faster can we expect to become before the 2028 Summer Olympic Games?<\/p>\n<h2><strong>200 Backstroke, Men<\/strong><\/h2>\n<div id=\"attachment_217794\" style=\"width: 710px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-217794\" data-attachment-id=\"217794\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/ryan-murphy-celebrate-hands-up-200-backstroke-rio\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/ryan-murphy-celebrate-hands-up-200-backstroke-rio.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1860,1464\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"ryan-murphy-celebrate-hands-up-200-backstroke-rio\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;10-3-16&lt;br \/&gt;\nryan-murphy-celebrate-hands-up-200-backstroke-rio&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Photo Courtesy: Rob Schumacher-USA TODAY Sports&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/ryan-murphy-celebrate-hands-up-200-backstroke-rio-700x500.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/ryan-murphy-celebrate-hands-up-200-backstroke-rio-1024x806.jpg\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-217794\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/ryan-murphy-celebrate-hands-up-200-backstroke-rio-700x500.jpg\" alt=\"ryan-murphy-celebrate-hands-up-200-backstroke-rio\" width=\"700\" height=\"500\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-217794\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo Courtesy: Rob Schumacher-USA TODAY Sports<\/p><\/div>\n<p>In 1999, the 200 backstroke record was set by <strong>Lenny Krayzelburg<\/strong> at the PanPacs in Sydney, Australia. Over the next ten years, the record would be broken nine times. And while that may seem like a staggering quantity, the reality is that seven of those times were <strong>Aaron Piersol<\/strong> going a best time. The other two? <strong>Ryan Lochte<\/strong> at that 2007 Word Championships and 2008 Beijing Olympics.<\/p>\n<p>The current record, held by Piersol, is a 1:51.92.<\/p>\n<p>On the men\u2019s side of the pool, backstroke has been absolutely dominated by Americans in recent history; winning gold in both Olympic distances at the last four Games, the United States has maintained its control of the stroke through swimmers like <strong>Tyler Clary, Ryan Murphy, Jacob Pebley <\/strong>and<strong> Matt Grevers<\/strong>. Murphy, the current world record holder in the 100 backstroke, seems to be the only man who might soon (if ever) become capable of beating Piersol\u2019s 200 record.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>200 Backstroke, Women<\/strong><\/h2>\n<div id=\"attachment_217808\" style=\"width: 710px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-217808\" data-attachment-id=\"217808\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/the-week-that-was-near-miss-of-world-records-to-close-out-mare-nostrum\/missy-franklin-adjust-fix-suit-200-backstroke\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/missy-franklin-adjust-fix-suit-200-backstroke-e1550587607301.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"912,720\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"missy-franklin-adjust-fix-suit-200-backstroke\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;2\/19\/19&lt;br \/&gt;\n8-15-16&lt;br \/&gt;\nmissy-franklin-adjust-fix-suit-200-backstroke&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Photo Courtesy: Erich Schlegel-USA TODAY Sports&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/missy-franklin-adjust-fix-suit-200-backstroke-700x500.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/missy-franklin-adjust-fix-suit-200-backstroke-1024x809.jpg\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-217808\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/missy-franklin-adjust-fix-suit-200-backstroke-700x500.jpg\" alt=\"missy-franklin-adjust-fix-suit-200-backstroke\" width=\"700\" height=\"500\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-217808\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo Courtesy: Erich Schlegel-USA TODAY Sports<\/p><\/div>\n<p>One of the most seldom-challenged records in all of the sport of swimming, the 200 backstroke has hardly been broken since the summer of 1991. In 1991, <strong>Krisztine Egerzegi<\/strong> swam the 200 backstroke in a 2:06.62. That mark wouldn\u2019t be broken until the rubber era, wherein Zimbabwe national <strong>Kirsty Coventry<\/strong> broke the record by a little over two tenths of a second in a mid-season 2008 meet.<\/p>\n<p>Coventry would venture to become the first woman to break the :06 and :05 barriers, though the current record is held by<strong> Missy Franklin.\u00a0<\/strong>Franklin\u00a0beat Coventry\u2019s \u201909 record by three quarters of a second (in a textile suit nonetheless) at the 2012 Olympic Games. <strong>Kathleen Baker<\/strong> and <strong>Katinka Hosszu<\/strong> seem to be favorites to challenge Franklin\u2019s 2:04.06 record in the near future, but some believe that that record might be broken by the young national-team member <strong>Regan Smith<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Someone\u2019s going to break the 2:04.06 barrier soon: the only question is who.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>200 Freestyle, Men<\/strong><\/h2>\n<div id=\"attachment_146849\" style=\"width: 710px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-146849\" data-attachment-id=\"146849\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/the-four-world-records-not-going-away-anytime-soon-video\/paul-biedermann-arena-signing-1\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/paul-biedermann-arena-signing-1.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"2400,1597\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"paul-biedermann-arena-signing (1)\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;paul-biedermann-arena-signing (1)&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Photo Courtesy: arena&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/paul-biedermann-arena-signing-1-700x500.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/paul-biedermann-arena-signing-1-1024x681.jpg\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-146849\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/paul-biedermann-arena-signing-1-700x500.jpg\" alt=\"paul-biedermann-arena-signing (1)\" width=\"700\" height=\"500\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-146849\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo Courtesy: arena<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Arguably Australia\u2019s best men\u2019s event (with the 100 freestyle as the best women\u2019s event), the 200 freestyle world record seems to be broken in spurts.<\/p>\n<p>In 1989, following a large bout between the world\u2019s top swimmers to maintain hold of the record, Italian <strong>Giorgio Lamberti<\/strong> set the record at a 1:46.69 \u2013 a time that wouldn\u2019t be broken until 1999. However, in the time from March 23, 1999 to March 27, 2001, the world record would be exchanged between three men on over half a dozen occasions, settling on <strong>Ian Thorpe<\/strong>\u2019s mark of 1:44.06.<\/p>\n<p>In 2009, after losing to <strong>Michael Phelps<\/strong> at the 2008 Olympic Games, <strong>Paul Biedermann<\/strong> would go to beat Phelps&#8217; record by a full second, settling at a 1:42.00. Notably, Biedermann dropped exactly <strong>four full seconds<\/strong> from his time at the Beijing Olympics. A true testament to the power of the rubber suit, Biedermann added a swim cap and custom-tailored suit to his repertoire before the &#8217;09 World Championships en route to breaking the world record.<\/p>\n<p>Nobody has approached the record since then; in fact,\u00a0nobody&#8217;s come within a second of that time since it was set nine years ago. Furthermore, there&#8217;s never been a man capable of breaking the 1:43 barrier in a textile suit. <strong>Yannick Agnel<\/strong>\u2019s gold-medal performance in 2012 is the fastest textile time in history, set at a 1:43.14.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>200 Freestyle, Women<\/strong><\/h2>\n<div id=\"attachment_244611\" style=\"width: 710px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-244611\" data-attachment-id=\"244611\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/tokyo-storylines-european-women-federica-pellegrini-sarah-sjostrom-katinka-hosszu-and-more\/federica-pellegrini-2017-indy-pro-series-1\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/federica-pellegrini-2017-indy-pro-series-1-e1491413113679.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1872,1410\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"federica-pellegrini-2017-indy-pro-series-1\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;4\/5\/17 &#038; 7\/25\/17&lt;br \/&gt;\nfederica-pellegrini-2017-indy-pro-series-1&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Photo Courtesy: Melissa Lundie&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/federica-pellegrini-2017-indy-pro-series-1-e1491413113679-700x500.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/federica-pellegrini-2017-indy-pro-series-1-e1491413113679-1024x771.jpg\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-244611\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/federica-pellegrini-2017-indy-pro-series-1-e1491413113679-700x500.jpg\" alt=\"federica-pellegrini-2017-indy-pro-series-1\" width=\"700\" height=\"500\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-244611\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo Courtesy: Melissa Lundie<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Arguably less contested than the women\u2019s 200 Backstroke, the women\u2019s 200 freestyle has hardly been approached in the last two and a half decades. In 1994, German <strong>Franziska van Almsick<\/strong> would set the world record mark at a 1:56.78 and not go another best time until the year 2002.<\/p>\n<p>Then, <strong>Federica Pellegrini<\/strong> happened. From March of 2007 to July of 2009, Pellegrini would break the record on six occasions, with <strong>Laure Manaudou<\/strong> of France holding the record for a short stint in between the 2007 World Championships and 2008 Olympics.<\/p>\n<p>Pellegrini would lower her best and the world best by almost <em>four whole seconds.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Pre-Pellegrini? 1:56.47. Post-Pellegrini? 1:52.98.<\/p>\n<p>She dominated the sport of swimming during the rubber-era and sent shockwaves through the sport that we\u2019re still feeling today. One of the few remaining women\u2019s records from the rubber era, the race&#8217;s world record has only been challenged in a textile suit by<strong> Allison Schmitt<\/strong>\u2019s 1:53.61 from the London Games.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>200 Breaststroke, Men<\/strong><\/h2>\n<div id=\"attachment_321331\" style=\"width: 710px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-321331\" data-attachment-id=\"321331\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/champions-mojo-podcast-josh-prenot-discusses-his-secrets-to-success\/josh-prenot-23\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/josh-prenot-2018-us-nationals-2540.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"2000,1500\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;5.6&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Peter H. Bick&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;E-M1MarkII&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;josh-prenot-&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1532641907&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;Peter H. Bick&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;200&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;400&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.001&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;josh-prenot-&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"josh-prenot-2018-us-nationals 2540\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;josh-prenot- 200 Breaststroke, 2018, Irvine CA, Nationals, Prenot Joshua, USA Swimming&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Photo Courtesy: Peter H. Bick&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/josh-prenot-2018-us-nationals-2540-700x500.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/josh-prenot-2018-us-nationals-2540-1024x768.jpg\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-321331\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/josh-prenot-2018-us-nationals-2540-700x500.jpg\" alt=\"josh-prenot-\" width=\"700\" height=\"500\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-321331\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo Courtesy: Peter H. Bick<\/p><\/div>\n<p>As mentioned in last week\u2019s edition, breaststroke is the only stroke that seems to have been immune to the effects of the rubber-suit era. The current record, set in 2017, is held by <strong>Ippei Watanabe<\/strong> at a 2:06.67. That being said, it seems that the field of people capable of besting the record is exponentially growing.<\/p>\n<p>At the 2016 Olympics, it took a 2:08.2 just to make the championship final; notably, <u><strong>Kevin Cordes<\/strong>\u2019 eighth-place 2:08.34 would have earned a silver medal in the 2008 Beijing Games.<\/u><\/p>\n<p>It seems that most any elite 200 breaststroker could pop-off a world record the next time he\u2019s at a taper meet. American swimmers\u00a0<strong>Josh Prenot<\/strong>\u00a0(AR Holder), <strong>Will Licon, Daniel Roy, Michael Andrew<\/strong> and <strong>Andrew Wilson<\/strong>\u00a0have\u00a0<em>all <\/em>gone times within the last two years that would have made the semi-finals at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio. A similar trend can be seen among swimmers from Japan.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>200 Breaststroke, Women<\/strong><\/h2>\n<div id=\"attachment_321382\" style=\"width: 710px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-321382\" data-attachment-id=\"321382\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/start-200-breaststroke-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/start-200-breaststroke-2018-us-nationals-2407.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"2000,1500\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;5.6&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Peter H. Bick&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;E-M1MarkII&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;start-200-breaststroke-&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1532641167&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;Peter H. Bick&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;20&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;400&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.001&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;start-200-breaststroke-&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"start-200-breaststroke-2018-us-nationals 2407\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;start-200-breaststroke- 200 Breaststroke, 2018, Irvine CA, Nationals, USA Swimming&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Photo Courtesy: Peter H. Bick&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/start-200-breaststroke-2018-us-nationals-2407-700x500.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/start-200-breaststroke-2018-us-nationals-2407-1024x768.jpg\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-321382\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/start-200-breaststroke-2018-us-nationals-2407-700x500.jpg\" alt=\"start-200-breaststroke-\" width=\"700\" height=\"500\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-321382\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo Courtesy: Peter H. Bick<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The women\u2019s 200 breaststroke is getting very, very fast. Experiencing a similar stratification of depth to that of the men\u2019s side of the event, the 200 breaststroke is one of the most highly competitive races in the world at the moment. In the last quarter century, the world record has been broken fifteen times by eight different women, featuring a staggering five and a half second drop in that same period of time.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Rebecca Brown<\/strong>\u2019s 2:24.76 has since been replaced by <strong>Rikke Moller Pedersen<\/strong>\u2019s 2:19.11, set in a textile suit in 2013. Notably, the record was only bested twice in the rubber era and first witnessed a sub-2:20 in 2012, when American legend <strong>Rebecca Soni<\/strong> captured gold for the U.S. at the 2012 London Olympics.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>200 Butterfly, Men<\/strong><\/h2>\n<div id=\"attachment_210006\" style=\"width: 710px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-210006\" data-attachment-id=\"210006\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/michael-phelps-49\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/michael-phelps-2016-o-trials-5104.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"2400,1600\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.8&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Peter H. Bick&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;NIKON D5&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;michael-phelps-&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1467147219&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;Peter H. Bick&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;400&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;500&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.001&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;michael-phelps-&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"michael-phelps-2016-o-trials 5104\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;6\/29\/16&lt;br \/&gt;\nmichael-phelps- 2016, Olympic Trials, Omaha, USA Swimming&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Photo Courtesy: Peter H. Bick&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/michael-phelps-2016-o-trials-5104-700x500.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/michael-phelps-2016-o-trials-5104-1024x683.jpg\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-210006\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/michael-phelps-2016-o-trials-5104-700x500.jpg\" alt=\"michael-phelps-\" width=\"700\" height=\"500\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-210006\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo Courtesy: Peter H. Bick<\/p><\/div>\n<p>With Phelps leaving the professional world of swimming, the 200 butterfly might feel empty for a considerable amount of time. Never besting his top textile time from 2007, Phelps has owned the record in every form and fashion since the year 2001.<\/p>\n<p>The last men to hold the record before him, <strong>Denis Pankratov<\/strong> and <strong>Tom Malchow<\/strong>, battled with the 1:55 barrier for years before Phelps went a 1:54.92 in the spring of 2001. Lowering the record to a 1:51.51 in 2009, Phelps\u2019 only major loss in the event came to <strong>Chad le Clos<\/strong> at the 2012 Olympic Games.<\/p>\n<p>The fastest time since Phelps\u2019 retirement was <strong>Kristof Milak<\/strong>\u2019s 1:52.71 at the CXX Hungarian Championships. Hungary, Japan and Russia seem to be producing the most swimmers who are capable of filling the competitive void left by Phelps\u2019 absence. With only <strong>Jack Conger<\/strong>, <strong>Pace Clark<\/strong>, <strong>Justin Wright<\/strong> and <strong>Chase Kalisz<\/strong> breaking 1:55 since 2016, the U.S. seems to be in an open season for who will assume control of Phelps\u2019 200 butterfly crown. Either way, the heir to the throne will likely not be able to recreate Phelps&#8217; dominance in the event.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>200 Butterfly, Women<\/strong><\/h2>\n<div id=\"attachment_271928\" style=\"width: 710px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-271928\" data-attachment-id=\"271928\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/dakota-luther-9\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/dakota-luther-usa-jr-nats-2017-0790.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"2400,1600\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.8&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Peter H. Bick&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;NIKON D5&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;dakota-luther-&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1502387422&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;Peter H. Bick&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;400&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;4000&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.001&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;dakota-luther-&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"dakota-luther-usa-jr-nats-2017 0790\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;dakota-luther- 100 Fly, 2017, Luther Dakota, USA Swimming Jr. Nationals&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Photo Courtesy: Peter H. Bick&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/dakota-luther-usa-jr-nats-2017-0790-700x500.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/dakota-luther-usa-jr-nats-2017-0790-1024x683.jpg\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-271928\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/dakota-luther-usa-jr-nats-2017-0790-700x500.jpg\" alt=\"dakota-luther-\" width=\"700\" height=\"500\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-271928\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo Courtesy: Peter H. Bick<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Given that no world records were set in the women&#8217;s 200 butterfly in the 1990s, we\u2019ll have to look all the way back to 1981 to start our comparison.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Mary T. Meagher<\/strong> set the 200 butterfly record in 1981 with a 2:05.96. Nobody would beat that time until <strong>Susie O\u2019Neill<\/strong> in the year 2000, with an only slightly better 2:05.81. In the nine years following O\u2019Neill\u2019s swim, the record would be broken 7 times, with four of those swims coming during the rubber era.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Liu Zige<\/strong>\u2019s 2:01.81 has held up for nearly a decade. Zige set this record only a year after she obtained a best time of 2:04.18. Taking advantage of FINA\u2019s allowance of the rubberized suit until the end of the 2009 calendar year, Zige\u2019s time hasn\u2019t been touched for nine years; history\u2019s fastest textile time hasn\u2019t even broken 2:04.<\/p>\n<h2>200 IM, Men<\/h2>\n<div id=\"attachment_210843\" style=\"width: 710px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-210843\" data-attachment-id=\"210843\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/league-of-olympic-swim-legends-michael-phelps-tops-podium-with-darnyi-lochte\/michael-phelps-ryan-lochte-5\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/michael-phelps-ryan-lochte-2016-o-trials-10742.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"2400,1600\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.8&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Peter H. Bick&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;NIKON D5&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;michael-phelps-ryan-lochte-&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1467406047&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;Peter H. Bick&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;400&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;1600&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.001&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;michael-phelps-ryan-lochte-&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"michael-phelps-ryan-lochte-2016-o-trials 10742\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;8\/11\/16&lt;br \/&gt;\nmichael-phelps-ryan-lochte- 2016, Olympic Trials, Omaha, Swimmers, USA Swimming&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Michael Phelps and Ryan Lochte &#8211; brothers in medley &#8211; Photo Courtesy: Peter H. Bick&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/michael-phelps-ryan-lochte-2016-o-trials-10742-700x500.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/michael-phelps-ryan-lochte-2016-o-trials-10742-1024x683.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-210843 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/michael-phelps-ryan-lochte-2016-o-trials-10742-700x500.jpg\" alt=\"michael-phelps-ryan-lochte-\" width=\"700\" height=\"500\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-210843\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo Courtesy: Peter H. Bick<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Finnish national, <strong>Jani Sievinen<\/strong>, held the fastest time from the 1990s at a 1:58.16. After that, it took nine years for Phelps to break his record to become the first man under the 1:58 barrier. In the coming years, Phelps would also become the first man to break 1:57, 1:56, and 1:54, with Lochte eventually surpassing him and setting the current world record at a crisp 1:54.00.<\/p>\n<p>Lochte would never win an Olympic Gold in this event, despite his world record being set in a textile suit. Though he would come close in 2012, Phelps edged him out for the victory in one of the most highly anticipated match-ups in the history of the sport of swimming. The pair would face off for the final time in the United States at the 2016 Olympic Trials in Omaha, Neb.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>200 IM, Women<\/strong><\/h2>\n<div id=\"attachment_148146\" style=\"width: 710px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-148146\" data-attachment-id=\"148146\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/%d1%87%d0%b5%d0%bc%d0%bf%d0%b8%d0%be%d0%bd%d0%b0%d1%82-%d0%bc%d0%b8%d1%80%d0%b0-fina-2015-%d0%bf%d0%bb%d0%b0%d0%b2%d0%b0%d0%bd%d0%b8%d0%b5-%d0%b2%d1%82%d0%be%d1%80%d0%be%d0%b9-%d0%b4%d0%b5%d0%bd-10\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/katinka-hosszu-world-championships1.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1024,751\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;\\u0420\\u0418\\u0410 \\u041d\\u043e\\u0432\\u043e\\u0441\\u0442\\u0438&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;2672576 03.08.2015 \\u041a\\u0430\\u0442\\u0438\\u043d\\u043a\\u0430 \\u0425\\u043e\\u0448\\u0441\\u0443 (\\u0412\\u0435\\u043d\\u0433\\u0440\\u0438\\u044f), \\u0437\\u0430\\u0432\\u043e\\u0435\\u0432\\u0430\\u0432\\u0448\\u0430\\u044f \\u0437\\u043e\\u043b\\u043e\\u0442\\u0443\\u044e \\u043c\\u0435\\u0434\\u0430\\u043b\\u044c \\u043d\\u0430 \\u0434\\u0438\\u0441\\u0442\\u0430\\u043d\\u0446\\u0438\\u0438 200 \\u043c \\u043a\\u043e\\u043c\\u043f\\u043b\\u0435\\u043a\\u0441\\u043e\\u043c \\u0441\\u0440\\u0435\\u0434\\u0438 \\u0436\\u0435\\u043d\\u0449\\u0438\\u043d, XVI \\u043d\\u0430 \\u0446\\u0435\\u0440\\u0435\\u043c\\u043e\\u043d\\u0438\\u0438 \\u043d\\u0430\\u0433\\u0440\\u0430\\u0436\\u0434\\u0435\\u043d\\u0438\\u044f XVI \\u0427\\u0435\\u043c\\u043f\\u0438\\u043e\\u043d\\u0430\\u0442\\u0430 \\u043c\\u0438\\u0440\\u0430 \\u043f\\u043e \\u0432\\u043e\\u0434\\u043d\\u044b\\u043c \\u0432\\u0438\\u0434\\u0430\\u043c \\u0441\\u043f\\u043e\\u0440\\u0442\\u0430 \\u0432 \\u041a\\u0430\\u0437\\u0430\\u043d\\u0438. \\u0413\\u0440\\u0438\\u0433\\u043e\\u0440\\u0438\\u0439 \\u0421\\u044b\\u0441\\u043e\\u0435\\u0432\\\/\\u0420\\u0418\\u0410 \\u041d\\u043e\\u0432\\u043e\\u0441\\u0442\\u0438&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1438614852&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;\\u0427\\u0435\\u043c\\u043f\\u0438\\u043e\\u043d\\u0430\\u0442 \\u043c\\u0438\\u0440\\u0430 FINA 2015. \\u041f\\u043b\\u0430\\u0432\\u0430\\u043d\\u0438\\u0435. \\u0412\\u0442\\u043e\\u0440\\u043e\\u0439 \\u0434\\u0435\\u043d\\u044c. \\u0412\\u0435\\u0447\\u0435\\u0440\\u043d\\u044f\\u044f \\u0441\\u0435\\u0441\\u0441\\u0438\\u044f&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Katinka Hosszu world-championships\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Katinka Hosszu world-championships&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Photo Courtesy: R-Sport \/ MIA Rossiya Segodnya&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/katinka-hosszu-world-championships1-700x500.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/katinka-hosszu-world-championships1-1024x751.jpg\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-148146\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/katinka-hosszu-world-championships1-700x500.jpg\" alt=\"Katinka Hosszu world-championships\" width=\"700\" height=\"500\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-148146\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo Courtesy: R-Sport \/ MIA Rossiya Segodnya<\/p><\/div>\n<p>After <strong>Wu Yanyan<\/strong> set the world record mark at a 2:09.72 in 1997, <strong>Stephanie Rice<\/strong> would become the first woman to break 2:09 eleven years later in 2008<\/p>\n<p>This record has hardly been contested in the last two decades, with the only sizeable time improvement coming from the legendary swims of <strong>Ariana Kukors<\/strong> at the 2009 World Championships. In two days, the then 20-year-old dropped more than two seconds in only two days. Going from a 2:08 to a 2:06.15 over the course of the championships, her time wouldn\u2019t be bested until <strong>Katinka Hossz\u00fa<\/strong> would break it at the 2015 World Championships by only three hundredths of a second.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Analysis<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Perhaps to the surprise of some, it seems that the middle distance races were even more heavily tampered with by the rubber era than the sprinting events. While the 200s are significantly deeper than they were during the 1996 Atlanta Olympic Games, significantly faster than they were at the turn of the millennium and more highly competitive than they have ever been before, middle distance has yet to show the signs of recovery that the 100s and 50 have.<\/p>\n<p>If we ignore breaststroke and IM (due to their rule changes), the only world record set at this distance after the end of the rubber era has been Missy Franklin\u2019s 200 backstroke in London. As a sport at large, we\u2019re just now approaching (in textile suits) what we were capable of accomplishing just ten years ago. Though women seemed to have been unfazed by the rubber era in the shorter sprints, women and men seem to have equally benefited from rubberized suits in the middle distances.<\/p>\n<p>The question for the world records in the 200 freestyle, backstroke, and butterfly isn\u2019t whether or not their world records should be faster. Rather, one might have to ask whether their current marks are <em>too <\/em>fast.<\/p>\n<h1><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>2028 LCM WORLD RECORD PREDICTIONS*:<\/strong><\/span><\/h1>\n<p>Another promise of the introduction of this article was the prediction of how fast our times may become in the next decade, particularly in the year 2028. Therefore, utilizing the data alluded to in this article, we should be able to make predictions for the next 10 years by using regression modeling. Current world record times from the rubber suit era will also include the current world-best and textile-best times in the \u201cworld record\u201d prediction equations.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Men\u2019s 200 Breaststroke:<\/strong> 2:04.77<\/p>\n<p><strong>Women\u2019s 200 Breaststroke:<\/strong> 2:17.43<\/p>\n<p><strong>Men\u2019s 200 Backstroke:<\/strong> 1:51.59 (the first man to beat Piersol will do so in L.A.)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Women\u2019s 200 Backstroke:<\/strong> 2:03.56<\/p>\n<p><strong>Men\u2019s 200 Butterfly (top time):<\/strong> 1:52.36 (It\u2019s difficult to say whether Phelps\u2019 record can be broken without technological advancements in the sport.)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Women\u2019s 200 Butterfly (top time):<\/strong> \u00a02:02.40 (It&#8217;s likely going to take a while before someone breaks the current record.)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Men\u2019s 200 Freestyle (top time):<\/strong> 1:42.23 (More realistically, expect someone to break 1:42 at the L.A. Games.)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Women\u2019s 200 Freestyle:<\/strong> 1:50.95<\/p>\n<p><strong>Men\u2019s 200 IM:<\/strong> 1:49.41<\/p>\n<p><strong>Women\u2019s 200 IM:<\/strong> 2:03.53<\/p>\n<h6>*These predictions assume that there will be no major rule changes in any of the four strokes within the next decade.<\/h6>\n<p><em>All commentaries are the opinion of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of Swimming World Magazine nor its staff.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Tucker Rivera, Swimming World College Intern. 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