World record progression 800 metres freestyle

World Record Progression for the 800M Freestyle

The first world record in the men's 800 metres freestyle in long course (50 metres) swimming was recognised by the International Swimming Federation (FINA) in 1908. In the short course (25 metres) swimming events the world's governing body recognizes world records since March 3, 1991.

Until the 1960s, a world record set in the slightly longer 880 yard race could be considered a world record in the 800 metres freestyle.

The first world record in the women's 800 metres freestyle in long course (50 metres) swimming was recognised by the International Swimming Federation (FINA) in 1931. The women's 880 yard freestyle had been a FINA-recognised world record event since 1919. However, in 1931 FINA decreed that only performances from 1931 onward would be eligible for world record consideration in the 800 metres freestyle. Thus Helene Madison's 1930 world record of 11:41.2 in the 880 yard freestyle was not considered a world record in the 800 metres freestyle even though it was over a longer distance and substantially faster than Yvonne Godard's 1931 world record of 12:18.8 in the 800 metres freestyle. In 1933, Lenore Kight swam the 880 yard freestyle in 11:44.0, which FINA recognised as a world record in the 800 metres freestyle but not in the 880 yard freestyle. This irregularity was finally resolved in 1935, when Kight's 11:34.4 in the 880 yard freestyle broke the records for both the 880 yard freestyle and the 800 metres freestyle. [1] Because of this situation, the world records for the 880 yard freestyle for women from 1919 to 1930 are included below.

Men

Long course

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# Time NameNationalityDateMeetLocation Ref
1 11:25.4 (yd)Henry Taylor Great Britain Jul 21, 1906- Runcorn, United Kingdom
2 11:24.2 (yd)Norman Ross United States Jan 10, 1920- Sydney, Australia
3 11:05.2 (yd)Boy Charlton Australia Jan 13, 1923- Sydney, Australia
4 10:51.8 (yd)Boy Charlton Australia Jan 19, 1924- Sydney, Australia
5 10:43.6 Arne Borg Sweden Apr 11, 1924- Honolulu, Hawaii
6 10:37.4 Arne Borg Sweden Aug 25, 1925- Harnäs, Sweden
7 10:32.0 (yd)Boy Charlton Australia Jan 8, 1927- Sydney, Australia
8 10:22.2 (yd)Johnny Weissmuller United States Jul 27, 1927- Honolulu, Hawaii
9 10:19.6 Jean Taris France May 30, 1930- Paris, France
10 10:17.2 Jean Taris France Jun 9, 1931- Cannes, France
11 10:16.6 Shozo Makino Japan Aug 30, 1931- Osaka, Japan
12 10:15.6 Jean Taris France Jun 21, 1932- Cannes, France
13 10:08.6 Shozo Makino Japan Jun 25, 1933- Tokyo, Japan
14 10:01.2 Shozo Makino Japan Sep 16, 1933- Tokyo, Japan
15 9:55.8 Shozo Makino Japan Sep 15, 1934- Tokyo, Japan
16 9:50.9 Bill Smith United States Jul 24, 1941- Honolulu, Hawaii
17 9:45.6 Hironoshin Furuhashi Japan Jun 26, 1949- Tokyo, Japan
18 9:45.0 Shiro Hashizume Japan Aug 16, 1949- Los Angeles, United States
19 9:40.7 Hironoshin Furuhashi Japan Aug 16, 1949- Los Angeles, United States
20 9:35.5 Hironoshin Furuhashi Japan Aug 16, 1949- Los Angeles, United States
21 9:30.7 Ford Konno United States Jul 7, 1951- Honolulu, Hawaii
22 9:15.7 George Breen United States Oct 27, 1956- New Haven, Connecticut, United States
23 9:17.7 (yd)John Konrads Australia Jan 11, 1958- Sydney, Australia
24 9:14.5 (yd)John Konrads Australia Feb 22, 1958- Melbourne, Australia
25 8:59.6 (yd)John Konrads Australia Jan 10, 1959- Sydney, Australia
26 8:51.5 Murray Rose Australia Aug 26, 1962- Los Altos, California, United States
27 8:47.4 Semyon Belits-Geiman Soviet Union Aug 3, 1966- Kharkov, Soviet Union
28 8:47.3 John Bennett Australia Jan 16, 1967- Sydney, Australia
29 8:46.8 Alain Mosconi France Jul 5, 1967- Monaco, Monaco
30 8:42.0 Francis Luyce France Jul 21, 1967- Dinard, France
31 8:34.3 †Mike Burton United States Sep 3, 1968USA Olympic Trials Long Beach, California, United States
32 8:28.8 †Mike Burton United States Aug 17, 1969AAU Nationals Louisville, Kentucky, United States
33 8:28.6 Graham Windeatt Australia Apr 3, 1971NSW Combined High Schools Championships Sydney, Australia
34 8:23.8 Brad Cooper Australia Jan 12, 1972NSW State Championships Sydney, Australia
35 8:17.60 †Stephen Holland Australia Aug 5, 1973Pre World Championship meet Brisbane, Australia
36 8:16.27 †Stephen Holland Australia Sep 8, 1973World Championships Belgrade, Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
37 8:15.88 †Stephen Holland Australia Jan 1, 1974Commonwealth Games Christchurch, New Zealand
38 8:15.2 Stephen Holland Australia Jan 17, 1975QLD State Championships Brisbane, Australia
39 8:15.02 †Stephen Holland Australia Jan 25, 1975New Zealand Games Christchurch, New Zealand
40 8:13.68 †Tim Shaw United States Jun 21, 1975USA World Championship Trials Long Beach, California, United States
41 8:09.60 Tim Shaw United States Jul 13, 1975Pre World Championship meet Mission Viejo, California, United States
42 8:06.27 †Stephen Holland Australia Feb 27, 1976AUS Olympic Trials Sydney, Australia
43 8:02.91 Stephen Holland Australia Feb 29, 1976AUS Olympic Trials Sydney, Australia
44 8:01.54 †Bobby Hackett United States Jun 21, 1976USA Olympic Trials Long Beach, California, United States
45 7:56.49 †Vladimir Salnikov Soviet Union Mar 23, 1979URSvGDR Duel Minsk, Soviet Union
46 7:52.83 Vladimir Salnikov Soviet Union Feb 14, 1982URS Winter Nationals Moscow, Soviet Union
47 7:52.23 Vladimir Salnikov Soviet Union Jul 14, 1983Los Angeles International Los Angeles, United States [2]
48 7:50.64 Vladimir Salnikov Soviet Union Jul 4, 1986Goodwill Games Moscow, Soviet Union [2]
49 7:47.85 †Kieren Perkins Australia Aug 25, 1991Pan Pacific Championships Edmonton, Canada [3]
50 7:46.60 Kieren Perkins Australia Feb 16, 1992NSW Age Group Championships Sydney, Australia [4]
51 7:46.00 †Kieren Perkins Australia Aug 24, 1994Commonwealth Games Victoria, BC, Canada [5]
52 7:41.59 Ian Thorpe Australia Mar 26, 2001AUS Nationals & World Championship Trials Hobart, Australia [6]
53 7:39.16 Ian Thorpe Australia Jul 24, 2001World Championships Fukuoka, Fukuoka, Japan [7]
54 7:38.65 Grant Hackett Australia Jul 27, 2005World Championships Montreal, Canada [8]
55 7:32.12 Zhang Lin China Jul 29, 2009World Championships Rome, Italy

Legend: # – Record awaiting ratification by FINA; yd – set in a pool measured in yards;
Records not set in finals: h – heat; sf – semifinal; r – relay 1st leg; rh – relay heat 1st leg; b – B final; † – en route to final mark; tt – time trial

Short course

# Time NameNationalityDateMeetLocation Ref
WTB 7:38.90 Vladimir Salnikov Soviet Union Feb 13, 1983Festival Arena Bonn, Germany
1 7:38.75 Michael Gross Germany Feb 3, 1985Festival Arena Bonn, Germany
2 7:34.90 Kieren Perkins Australia Jul 25, 1993Grand Prix Sydney, Australia
3 7:25.28 Grant Hackett Australia Aug 3, 2001Australian SC Championships Perth, Australia
4 7:23.42 Grant Hackett Australia Jul 20, 2008Victorian SC Championships Melbourne, Australia [9]

Legend: # – Record awaiting ratification by FINA; yd – set in a pool measured in yards;
Records not set in finals: h – heat; sf – semifinal; r – relay 1st leg; rh – relay heat 1st leg; b – B final; † – en route to final mark; tt – time trial

Women

Long course

# Time NameNationalityDateMeetLocation Ref
1 13:19.0 (yd)Gertrude Ederle United States Aug 17, 1919- Indianapolis, Indiana, United States
2 12:58.2 (yd)Ethel McGary United States Aug 6, 1925- Detroit, Michigan, United States
3 12:56.0 (yd)Ethel McGary United States Aug 15, 1925- Indianapolis, Indiana, United States
4 12:47.2 (yd)Martha Norelius United States Aug 7, 1926- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
5 12:17.8 (yd)Martha Norelius United States Jul 31, 1927- Massapequa, New York, United States
6 12:03.8 (yd)Josephine McKim United States Aug 10, 1929- Honolulu, Hawaii
7 11:41.2 (yd)Helene Madison United States Jul 6, 1930- Long Beach, California, United States
8 12:18.8 Yvonne Godard France Jul 23, 1931- Paris, France
9 11:44.0 (yd)Lenore Kight United States Jul 23, 1933- Jones Beach, New York, United States
10 11:34.4 (yd)Lenore Kight United States Jul 21, 1935- Manhattan Beach, California, United States
11 11:11.7 Ragnhild Hveger Denmark Jul 3, 1936- Copenhagen, Denmark
12 10:52.5 Ragnhild Hveger Denmark Aug 13, 1941- Copenhagen, Denmark
13 10:42.4 Valéria Gyenge Hungary Jun 28, 1953- Budapest, Hungary
14 10:30.9 Lorraine Crapp Australia Jan 14, 1956- Sydney, Australia
15 10:27.3 Mary Kok Netherlands Feb 16, 1957- Durban, South Africa
16 10:17.7 (yd)Ilsa Konrads Australia Jan 9, 1958- Sydney, Australia
17 10:16.2 (yd)Ilsa Konrads Australia Feb 20, 1958- Melbourne, Australia
18 10:11.8 (yd)Ilsa Konrads Australia Jun 13, 1958- Townsville, Australia
19 10:11.4 (yd)Ilsa Konrads Australia Feb 19, 1959- Hobart, Australia
20 9:55.6 Jane Cederqvist Sweden Aug 17, 1960- Uppsala, Sweden
21 9:51.6 Carolyn House United States Aug 26, 1962- Los Altos, California, United States
22 9:47.3 Patty Caretto United States Jul 30, 1964- Los Altos, California, United States
23 9:36.9 Sharon Finneran United States Sep 28, 1964- Los Angeles, California, United States
24 9:35.8 †Debbie Meyer United States Jul 9, 1967Santa Clara Invitational Santa Clara, California, United States
25 9:22.9 Debbie Meyer United States Jul 29, 1967Pan-American Games Winnipeg, Canada
26 9:19.0 †Debbie Meyer United States Jul 21, 1968- Los Angeles, California, United States
27 9:17.8 Debbie Meyer United States Aug 4, 1968AAU Nationals Lincoln, Nebraska, United States
28 9:10.4 Debbie Meyer United States Aug 28, 1968USA Olympic Trials (elec. 9:10.36) Los Angeles, California, United States
29 9:09.1 Karen Moras Australia Mar 1, 1970AUS Nationals Sydney, Australia
30 9:02.45 Karen Moras Australia Jul 18, 1970Commonwealth Games Edinburgh, United Kingdom
31 8:59.4 Ann Simmons United States Sep 10, 1971USAvURSvGBR meet (elec. 8:59.37) Minsk, Soviet Union
32 8:58.1 Shane Gould Australia Dec 3, 1971- Sydney, Australia
33 8:53.83 Jo Harshbarger United States Aug 6, 1972USA Olympic Trials Chicago, Illinois, United States
34 8:53.68 Keena Rothhammer United States Sep 3, 1972Olympic Games Munich, West Germany
35 8:52.97 Novella Calligaris Italy Sep 9, 1973World Championships Belgrade, Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
36 8:50.1 Jennifer Turrall Australia Jan 5, 1974NSW State Championships Sydney, Australia
37 8:47.66 †Jo Harshbarger United States Aug 25, 1974AAU Nationals Concord, California, United States
38 8:47.59 Jo Harshbarger United States Aug 31, 1974USAvGDR Duel Concord, California, United States
39 8:43.48 Jennifer Turrall Australia Mar 31, 1975Coca Cola International London, United Kingdom
40 8:40.68 Petra Thümer East Germany Jun 4, 1976GDR Olympic Trials East Berlin, East Germany
41 8:39.63 Shirley Babashoff United States Jun 21, 1976USA Olympic Trials Long Beach, California, United States
42 8:37.14 Petra Thümer East Germany Jul 25, 1976Olympic Games Montreal, Canada
43 8:35.04 Petra Thümer East Germany Jul 9, 1977GDR Nationals & European Championship Trials Leipzig, East Germany
44 8:34.86 Michelle Ford Australia Jan 6, 1978KBI meet Brisbane, Australia
45 8:31.30 Michelle Ford Australia Jan 21, 1978NSW State Championships Sydney, Australia
46 8:30.53 Tracey Wickham Australia Feb 21, 1978AUS Nationals Brisbane, Australia
47 8:24.62 Tracey Wickham Australia Aug 5, 1978Commonwealth Games Edmonton, Canada
48 8:22.44 Janet Evans United States Jul 27, 1987USA Nationals & Pan Pacific Trials Clovis, California, United States
49 8:19.53 Anke Möhring East Germany Aug 19, 1987European Championships Strasbourg, France
50 8:17.12 Janet Evans United States Mar 22, 1988USA Spring Nationals Orlando, Florida, United States
51 8:16.22 Janet Evans United States Aug 20, 1989Pan Pacific Championships Tokyo, Japan
52 8:14.10 Rebecca Adlington Great Britain Aug 16, 2008Olympic Games Beijing, China [10]
53 8:13.86 Katie Ledecky United States Aug 3, 2013World Championships Barcelona, Spain
54 8:11.00 Katie Ledecky United States 22 June 2014Woodlands Senior Invitational Meet Shenandoah, United States [11]
55 8:07.39 Katie Ledecky United States 8 August 2015World Championships Kazan, Russia [12]
56 8:06.68 Katie Ledecky United States 17 January 2016Arena Pro Swim Series Austin, United States [13]
57 8:04.79 Katie Ledecky United States 12 August 2016Olympic Games Rio de Janeiro, Brazil [14]

Legend: # – Record awaiting ratification by FINA; yd – set in a pool measured in yards;
Records not set in finals: h – heat; sf – semifinal; r – relay 1st leg; rh – relay heat 1st leg; b – B final; † – en route to final mark; tt – time trial

Short course

# Time NameNationalityDateMeetLocation Ref
WBT 8:15.34 Astrid Strauss East Germany Feb 7, 1987Bonn Arena Festival Bonn, Germany [15]
[16][17]
1 8:15.15 Chen Hua China Dec 2, 2001World Cup Shanghai, China [16]
[18]
2 8:14.35 Sachiko Yamada Japan Feb 4, 2002Japan 25m Nationals Tokyo, Japan [18]
3 8:11.25 Laure Manaudou France Dec 9, 2005European SC Championships Trieste, Italy
4 8:09.68 Kate Ziegler United States Oct 12, 2007Alex Athletics Jubiläums Challenge Essen, Germany
5 8:08.00 Kate Ziegler United States Oct 14, 2007Alex Athletics Jubiläums Challenge Essen, Germany [19]
6 8:04.53 Alessia Filippi Italy Dec 12, 20082008 European Short Course Championships Rijeka, Croatia [20]
7 8:01.06 Camille Muffat France Nov 16, 2012French Nationals Angers, France [21]
8 7:59.34 Mireia Belmonte Spain Aug 10, 2013World Cup Berlin, Germany [22]

Legend: # – Record awaiting ratification by FINA; yd – set in a pool measured in yards;
Records not set in finals: h – heat; sf – semifinal; r – relay 1st leg; rh – relay heat 1st leg; b – B final; † – en route to final mark; tt – time trial

References

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  • (in Dutch) Zwemkroniek
  • (in Italian) Agenda Diana
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  2. 1 2 "Goodwill Games given an uppercut". The Times. 1986-07-05.
  3. ↑ "Two world records fall; Swimming". The Times. 1991-08-27.
  4. ↑ "Swimming". The Guardian. 1992-02-17. p. 19.
  5. ↑ "Perkins in golden time warp; Commonwealth Games Victoria 94". The Times. 1994-08-26. p. 35.
  6. ↑ Ian Alcock (2001-03-26). "Swimming: Thorpe obliterates 800m barrier". The Independent.
  7. ↑ "Thorpe Sets Another Mark, Then Criticizes FINA". The New York Times. 2001-07-25.
  8. ↑ Cowley, Michael (2005-07-29). "Hackett steps out of Thorpe's shadow". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 2008-03-24.
  9. ↑ "Hackett on track after short course WR". Hanson Sports Media. 2008-07-22. Retrieved 2008-07-24.
  10. ↑ "Adlington storms to second gold". BBC Sport. 2008-08-16. Retrieved 2008-08-16.
  11. ↑ "Katie Ledecky Smashes 800 Free World Record in Conroe, Texas". 22 June 2014. Retrieved 22 June 2014.
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  13. ↑ "Katie Ledecky Breaks Her Own World Record". 18 January 2016. Retrieved 18 January 2016.
  14. ↑ "Katie Ledecky Breaks World Record in the 800 Freestyle". 12 August 2016. Retrieved 12 August 2016.
  15. ↑ (scm-w) Women's 800 free results -- morning heats from the 2001 Shanghai World Cup meet, where CHEN Hua bettered Astrid Strauss's time in the final. (Note: The results from the Final shows Chen as having set and holding the World Record.)
  16. 1 2 (scm-w) Two World Records and One World Cup Record Bettered by Camillo Cametti, FINA Press Commission. Published by SwimNews on 2001-12-03; retrieved 2012-03-25.
  17. ↑ "Davis leads record setters at swim meet". The Ottawa Citizen. Section C. 9 February 1987. p. 5.
  18. 1 2 (scw-m) Japan's Yamada Breaks World Record for 800m Free Short Course by Hideki Moziuchi; published by Swimming World Magazine on 2002-04-02, retrieved 2012-03-25.
  19. ↑ "Kate Ziegler lowers 800 free short course meter world record at German swim meet". Swimming World Magazine. 2007-10-14. Retrieved 2008-04-19.
  20. ↑ Lord, Craig (2006-12-12). "Two WRs: Leveaux 45.12 100 Free; Filippi 8:04.53 800 Free". swimnews.com. Retrieved 2008-12-12.
  21. ↑ "Flash! Camille Muffat Shatters Short Course 800 Free World Record". swimmingworldmagazine.com. 2012-11-16. Retrieved 2012-11-16.
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