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This is illustrated by his personal best times set in 2007, four months after the World Championships. At the US Nationals in Indianapolis on August 1, 2007, Phelps swam a 1:54.65 in the 200-meter backstroke, which was the third fastest of all time in the event, 0.33 of a second off the world record of 1:54.32 held by Ryan Lochte. [130]
On 25 July 2013, FINA Technical Swimming Congress voted to allow world records in the long course mixed 400 free relay and mixed 400 medley relay, as well as in six events in short course metres: the mixed 200 medley and 200 free relays, as well as the men's and women's 200 free relays and the men's and women's 200 medley relays. [6]
In June, at the 2023 Sun Devil Open in Tempe, Arizona, Smith swam a personal best in the 200 m butterfly with a time of 2:03.87, breaking the American record in the process and becoming the first American woman under the 2:04 mark. [100] Her time in the 200 m butterfly was the fourth-fastest time in history. [101]
In June 2021, Fink qualified for the 2020 Olympic Games by placing first at the US Olympic Team Trials in the 200 meter breaststroke with a personal best time of 2:07.55. [ 3 ] [ 22 ] [ 23 ] This marked the first time in three Olympic Games cycles that Fink made the US Olympic Team, he had previously tried and not made the team at both the 2012 ...
Likewise more historical times by juniors were also not considered (e.g. Mary T. Meagher's 2:05.96 in the 200 m butterfly). Long Course records can be established by breaking the initial time at a meet after April 1, 2014. [2] FINA World Junior Records in 25m pool are recognised starting on January 1, 2015.
In the “Race of the Century” one night earlier, the women’s 400 freestyle, three one-time world record holders all fell well short of their personal bests; Katie Ledecky failed to even break ...
At the Japan Swim 2023, held in April in Tokyo, Honda won the silver medal in the 400 metre individual medley with a personal best time of 4:10.37. [13] Two days later, on the third morning, he ranked first in the preliminaries of the 200 metre butterfly with a 1:54.43 and qualified for the final. [ 14 ]
In the short course (25 metres) swimming events, the world's governing body recognizes world records since 3 March 1991. Times have consistently dropped over the years due to better training techniques, new developments in the sport and swimwear changes (e.g. goggles were not widely used until the 1970s, providing for considerable expansion of ...