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And so, a visit was made to the Swimming Australia website, specifically to the list of Australian age-group records.<\/p>\n<p>Unlike the United States, which recognizes age-group records in two-year spans (9-10; 11-12; 13-14; 15-16; 17-18), Australia lists records for each year, but only beginning at 13. Plenty of household names also appeared on the Australian pages, headlined by <strong>Ian Thorpe<\/strong>. Truthfully, looking at Thorpe&#8217;s records was mesmerizing, a reminder of the legend&#8217;s greatness and precocious nature.<\/p>\n<p>Which age-group record of Thorpe&#8217;s is the greatest? It&#8217;s difficult to identify one mark, since arguments can be crafted for several performances. When forced to offer an answer, a slight lean goes to the 3:41.83 produced by a 16-year-old Thorpe in the 400-meter freestyle. That time, which was delivered at the 1999 Pan Pacific Championships in Sydney, was good for a world record, and cut nearly two seconds off of Kieran Perkins&#8217; previous mark of 3:43.80, posted at the 1994 World Championships.<\/p>\n<p>As a 15-year-old, Thorpe won a world title in the 400 freestyle and clocked 3:44.35 in the event, a feat he accomplished at the 1998 Commonwealth Games. His 17-year-old year was highlighted by a world record of 3:40.59 in the 400 free and a swim of 1:45.37 in the 200 freestyle, both performances logged at the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney. Then there was his 18-year-old campaign, where he recorded world records in the 200 freestyle (1:44.06), 400 freestyle (3:40.17) and 800 freestyle (7:39.16) at the 2001 World Championships in Fukuoka.<\/p>\n<p>Here is a look at Thorpe&#8217;s age-group records, with the corresponding U.S. age-group standards in parentheses:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/swimmingausprd.wpengine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Age-and-Allcomers-Age-LC-Records_Aug2025.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Australian Age-Group Records<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/most-impressive-national-age-group-records-that-remain-standing-men\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Most Impressive U.S. Age Group Records (Men)<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/most-impressive-national-age-group-swimming-records-that-still-stand-women\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Most Impressive U.S. Age Group Records (Women)<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>18-Year-Old Age Group<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>200 Freestyle: 1:44.06 (Michael Phelps &#8211; 1:45.99)<br \/>\n400 Freestyle: 3:40.17 (Ryan Erisman\/Ethan Ekk &#8211; 3:46.01)<br \/>\n800 Freestyle: 7:39.16 (Luke Whitlock &#8211; 7:45.19)<\/p>\n<p><strong>17-Year-Old Age Group<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>200 Freestyle: 1:45.37<br \/>\n400 Freestyle: 3:40.59<\/p>\n<p><strong>16-Year-Old Age Group<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>200 Freestyle: 1:46.00 (Luka Mijatovic &#8211; 1:45.92)<br \/>\n400 Freestyle: 3:41.83 (Luka Mijatovic &#8211; 3:45.71)<\/p>\n<p><strong>15-Year-Old Age Group<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>200 Freestyle: 1:46.70<br \/>\n400 Freestyle: 3:44.35<\/p>\n<p><strong>14-Year-Old Age Group<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>200 Freestyle: 1:50.07 (Luka Mijatovic &#8211; 1:49.63)<br \/>\n400 Freestyle: 3:49.64 (Luka Mijatovic &#8211; 3:51.18)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Stunning Age-Group Records of Australian Legend Ian Thorpe We had some fun recently looking at the premier National Age Group (NAG) records in the United States, where legendary names<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7533,"featured_media":431798,"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":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"dois","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3,122075,10],"tags":[136750,2458],"class_list":["post-621718","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-oceania","category-world","tag-age-group-records","tag-ian-thorpe"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v24.3 (Yoast SEO v24.3) - 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