{"id":485309,"date":"2022-05-30T02:00:22","date_gmt":"2022-05-30T09:00:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=485309"},"modified":"2022-05-30T18:26:03","modified_gmt":"2022-05-31T01:26:03","slug":"bobby-finke-closing-speed-how-his-last-lap-split-measures-up-to-various-world-records","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/bobby-finke-closing-speed-how-his-last-lap-split-measures-up-to-various-world-records\/","title":{"rendered":"Bobby Finke &#038; Closing Speed: How His Last-Lap Split From 1500 Freestyle Measures Up To Various World Records"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Bobby Finke &amp; Closing Speed: How His Last-Lap Split Measures Up To Various World Records<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>With the World Championships set to begin in a few weeks, American distance ace Bobby Finke will try to replicate his Olympic titles in the 800-meter freestyle and 1500 freestyle. Both of those races featured spectacular finishes from Finke, who flashed unmatchable closing speed.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The way <strong>Bobby Finke<\/strong> closed out his races at the <a href=\"https:\/\/tokyo2020.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Olympic Games in Tokyo<\/a> belied the fact that he was contesting distance-freestyle events. While Finke, a standout at the University of Florida, has been known as a strong finisher and tabbed as the next American distance star, what he managed at the end of the 800-meter freestyle and 1500 freestyle was eye-popping.<\/p>\n<p>As Finke capped a come-from-behind triumph in the 800 freestyle (7:41.87) at the Tokyo Games, he closed the race with a 26.39 split over the final 50 meters. On the last day of the Olympics, Finke <a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/olympics-bobby-finke-does-it-again-to-claim-distance-double\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">collected his second gold medal<\/a> when he reeled in the opposition in the 1500 freestyle. In that event, which Finke calls his \u201cbaby,\u201d the 21-year-old ripped a last-lap split of 25.78 on the way to a winning mark of 14:39.65.<\/p>\n<p>Finke produced a tactical masterpiece in the final of the 1500 freestyle, staying with Ukraine\u2019s <strong>Mykhailo Romanchuk<\/strong> and Germany\u2019s <strong>Florian Wellbrock<\/strong> until it was time for the American to unleash his unmatched speed down the stretch. Going forward, the opposition will have to adopt a different strategy if Finke is to be beaten, namely gaining early separation.<\/p>\n<p>So, just how impressive was Finke\u2019s last lap of the 1500 freestyle? Consider the following last-lap splits from the following world records. More, consider the context of these world records, as several were established at the height of the super-suit era, when technology outweighed pure talent.<\/p>\n<p><strong>200 Freestyle: Paul Biedermann (1:42.00)<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Closing 50 Meters: 25.70<\/strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_146849\" style=\"width: 244px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><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=\" 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=\"234\" height=\"167\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-146849\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo Courtesy: arena<\/p><\/div>\n<p>At the 2009 World Championships, where polyurethane ruled and led to 40-plus world records, <strong>Paul Biedermann<\/strong> clocked 1:42-flat in the 200 freestyle. That time has not been sniffed, and is unlikely to be challenged for a long time. On the last 50 of that swim, and with the aid of a suit that was soon outlawed, Biedermann split 25.70, just .08 faster than Finke.<\/p>\n<p><strong>400 Freestyle: Paul Biedermann (3:40.07)<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Closing 50 Meters: 25.77<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This race marked the erasure of <strong>Ian Thorpe\u2019s<\/strong> iconic world record of 3:40.08, and again was achieved at the much-maligned World Champs of 2009. This time, Germany\u2019s <strong>Paul Biedermann<\/strong> covered the last lap of his race in 25.77, which is just .01 quicker than what Finke delivered on the 30th lap of his 1500.<\/p>\n<p><strong>800 Freestyle: Zhang Lin (7:32.12)<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Closing 50 Meters: 25.99<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Given that it is the equivalent of back-to-back 3:46.06 400 freestyles, the world record of China\u2019s <strong>Zhang Lin<\/strong> in the 800 freestyle can be argued as the most untouchable mark on the men\u2019s world-record list. Again, this global standard was registered at the 2009 World Championships in Rome and was technology-assisted. Zhang checked in with a last-lap split of 25.99, which Finke bettered by .21.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1500 Freestyle: Sun Yang (14:31.02)<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Closing 50 Meters: 25.68<\/strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_381603\" style=\"width: 289px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-381603\" data-attachment-id=\"381603\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/bobby-finke-closing-speed-how-his-last-lap-split-measures-up-to-various-world-records\/sun-yang-400-free-final-2019-world-championships_2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/sun-yang-400-free-final-2019-world-championships_2.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1000,668\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.8&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;ILCE-7SM2&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1563684846&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;400&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;1250&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.003125&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"sun-yang-400-free-final-2019-world-championships_2\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;11.5.20 13.10.19 sun-yang-400-free-final-2019-world-championships_2&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Sun Yang &#8211; Photo Courtesy: Becca Wyant&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/sun-yang-400-free-final-2019-world-championships_2-700x500.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/sun-yang-400-free-final-2019-world-championships_2.jpg\" class=\" wp-image-381603\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/sun-yang-400-free-final-2019-world-championships_2-700x500.jpg\" alt=\"sun-yang\" width=\"279\" height=\"199\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-381603\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sun Yang &#8211; Photo Courtesy: Becca Wyant<\/p><\/div>\n<p>In claiming the Olympic title in the 1500 freestyle at the 2012 Games in London, <strong>Sun Yang<\/strong> set a world record that remains on the books. The Chinese star, who is serving a four-year ban for a doping-protocol violation, covered the last 50 meters of his swim in 25.68, which is .10 faster than Finke. That finish by Sun certainly deserves consideration for the finest closing effort in history.<\/p>\n<p><strong>200 Individual Medley: Ryan Lochte (1:54.00)<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Closing 50 Meters: 27.49<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Obviously, the comparison here is significantly different, since <strong>Ryan Lochte<\/strong> raced butterfly, backstroke and breaststroke before shifting to the freestyle leg. Different muscle groups were activated in this world-record performance, which was done at the 2011 World Championships in Shanghai. More, Lochte didn&#8217;t benefit from a flip turn. Still, Finke\u2019s last 50 meters of freestyle was 1.71 seconds faster.<\/p>\n<p><strong>400 Individual Medley: Michael Phelps (4:03.84)<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Closing 50 Meters: 27.85<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Once again, there is a need to take this comparison with the caveat that <strong>Michael Phelps<\/strong> covered the first 300 meters via butterfly, backstroke and breaststroke. In producing this world record, which has not been challenged since it was written at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing, Phelps split 27.85 for the last 50 meters, Finke going 2.07 seconds faster.<\/p>\n<p>When Finke powered home over the last 50 meters in 25.78 and won his second Olympic title of the Tokyo Games, mouths were agape. The context provided here adds to the ridiculous nature of the American\u2019s effort, and the greatness that was produced at the end of a grueling 30-lap venture.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bobby Finke &amp; Closing Speed: How His Last-Lap Split Measures Up To Various World Records With the World Championships set to begin in a few weeks, American distance ace Bobby<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7533,"featured_media":483704,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"dois","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3,122077],"tags":[72820,6302,237,28341,19138,31742,695,60177],"class_list":["post-485309","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-americas","tag-bobby-finke","tag-michael-phelps","tag-olympic-games","tag-paul-biedermann","tag-ryan-lochte","tag-sun-yang","tag-tokyo","tag-zhang-lin"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v24.3 (Yoast SEO v24.3) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\r\n<title>How Last-Lap Split of Bobby Finke Compares To Various World Records<\/title>\r\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"When Bobby Finke closed the 1500 freestyle with a split of 25.78 at the Olympic Games in Tokyo, it was a defining performance and finish.\" \/>\r\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\r\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/bobby-finke-closing-speed-how-his-last-lap-split-measures-up-to-various-world-records\/\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Bobby Finke &amp; 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