FINA Ratifies Short Course Records
Oct 8, 1998
Men's 400 freestyle: 3:39.82 Ian Thorpe, AUS, Perth, Sep 25, 1998
FINA ratified October 7, 1998
Betters old record of 3:40.46 Danyon Loader, NZL, 1995
400 METRES FREE/LIBRE (y = 440 yards) 5:26.4y Sydney Battersby,ENG Seacombe,Oct.26,1908 5:23.0y Frank Beaurepaire,AUS Budapest,Jun.8,1910 5:21.6y John Hatfield,ENG London,Sep.26,1912 5:14.6y Norman Ross,USA Los Angeles,Oct.9,1919 5:14.4y Norman Ross,USA Brighton Beach,Sep.26,1912 5:11.8y Arne Borg,SWE Stockholm,Apr.9,1922 4:57.0y John Weissmuller,USA New Haven,Mar.6,1923 4:54.7y Arne Borg,SWE Stockholm,Dec.9,1924 4:50.3y Arne Borg,SWE Stockholm,Sep.11,1925 4:47.0 Jean Taris,FRA Paris,Apr.16,1931 4:38.7y Jack Medica,USA Honolulu,Aug.30,1934 4:38.5y Bill Smith,USA Honolulu,May 13,1941 4:33.1y John Marshall,AUS New Haven,Mar.11,1950 4:29.5y John Marshall,AUS New Haven,Apr.1,1950 4:26.9y John Marshall,AUS New Haven,Mar.24,1951 From May 1,1957 to Mar 3,1991 FINA did not recognize SCM 4:21.6y Murray Rose,AUS 1958 4:18.8y Murray Rose,AUS 1959 4:18.2y Murray Rose,AUS 1961 4:14.6y Roy Saari,USA 1962 4:14.5 Olaf von Schilling,USA Bremen,Jan.30,1966 4:13.3 Hans Fassnacht,FRG Bremen,Mar 1, 1968 4:10.8 Mike Burton,USA Vancouver,Mat 4,1968 4:04.7 Ralph Hutton,CAN Vancouver,Apr.18,1969 4:02.37 Werner Lampe,FRG Bremen,Mar.5,1971 3:59.5 Brad Cooper,AUS 1972 3:55.61 Stephen Badger,AUS Brantford,Feb.6,1976 3:55.32 Rainer Strochbach,GDR Rostock,Feb.21,1976 3:51.50 Stephen Badger,CAN Montreal,Mar.27,1977 3:51.07 Stephen Badger,CAN New Westminster,Mar.18,1978 3:46.95 John Hillecamp,USA Austin,Apr.15,1978 3:46.41 Vladimir Salnikov,URS Gainseville,Jan.3,1981 3:45.10 Vladimir Salnikov,URS London,Dec.12,1981 3:44.74 Sven Lodziewski,GDR Rostock,Nov.13,1982 3:42.96 Vladimir Salnikov,URS Gothenburg,Dec.18,1982 3:42.40 Michael Gross,FRG Aachen,Feb.3,1985 3:41.74 Giorgio Lamberti,ITA Bonn,Feb.13,1988 3:40.81 Anders Holmertz,SWE Paris,Feb.3,1990 FINA recognized records after Mar.3, 1991 3:40.46 Danyon Loader,NZL Sheffield,Feb.11,1995 3:39.82 Ian Thorpe,AUS Perth,Sep.25,1998
Men's 1500 freestyle: 14:19.55 Gran Hackett,AUS, Perth, Sep.27, 1998
FINA ratified October 7, 1998
Betters old record of 14:26.52 Kieren Perkins, AUS,1993
1500 METRES FREE/LIBRE (y = 1650 yards) 18:37.0y John Marshall,AUS 1950 18:10.8y John Marshall,AUS 1951 17:34.0y George Breen,USA 1957 16:54.1y Roy Saari,USA 1962 16:22.3 Mike Burton,USA Vancouver,May 3,1968 15:54.9 Mike Burton,USA Bonn,Apr.18,1969 15:26.5 John Kinsella,USA 1971 15:01.86 Bobby Hackett,USA Austin,Apr.16,1978 14:52.06 Vladimir Salnikov,URS Bremen,Jan.27,1980 14:44.09 Vladimir Salnikov,URS London,Dec.13,1981 14:37.60 Vladimir Salnikov,URS Gothenburg,Dec.19,1982 FINA recognized records after Mar.31, 1991 14:32.40 Kieren Perkins,AUS Canberra,Feb.2,1992 14:26.52 Kieren Perkins,AUS Auckland,Jul.14,1993 14:19.55 Grant Hackett,AUS Perth,Sep 27, 1998
Men's 400 individual medley: 4:04.24 Matthew Dunn, AUS, Perth, Sep. 24, 1998
FINA ratified October 7, 1998
Betters old record of 4:05.41 Marcel Wouda, NED, 1997
1500 METRES FREE/LIBRE (y = 1650 yards) 5:38.7 Gusztav Kettesy,HUN Budapest,Apr.24,1953 5:35.6 Maurice Lusien,FRA Troyes,Apr.24,1953 5:31.0 Jan Andsberg,SWE Lund,Oct.29,1953 5:27.3 Maurice Lusien,FRA Reims,.Mar.18,1954 5:18.3 Alfred Spengler,GDR Dresden,Apr.22,1954 5:15.4 Vladimir Stroujanov,URS Minsk,Oct.2,1954 5:09.4 Gennadi Androsov,URS Lvov,Mar.10,1957 5:08.3 Vladimir Stroujanov,URS Moscow,Mar.17,1957 From May 1,1957 to Mar 3,1991 FINA did not recognize SCM 5:08.3 Jack Kelso,CAN Vancouver,Feb.16,1963 4:45.7 Gerhard Hetz,FRG Berlin,Feb.1963 4:43.9 Rick Colella,USA Vancouver,Apr.19,1969 4:41.2 Andrei Dunaev,URS Leningrad,Feb.1970 4:39.7 Rick Colella,USA Vancouver,May 10,1970 4:30.2 Gunnar Larsson,SWE 1972 4:26.25 Jim Fowlie,CAN Brantford,Feb.6,1976 4:17.81 Jesse Vassallo,USA Austin,Apr.15,1978 4:15.11 Alex Baumann,CAN Gainesville,Jan.3,1981 4:12.67 Alex Baumann,CAN Victoria,Mar.13,1981 4:10.67 Alex Baumann,CAN Winnipeg,Jan.26,1984 4:09.64 Alex Baumann,CAN Halifax,Mar.7,1987 FINA recognized records after Mar.31,1991 4:08.77 Luca Sacchi,ITA Palma de Mallorca,Feb.28,1992 4:07.10 Jani Sievinen,FIN Malmo,Feb.9,1993 4:06.03 Jani Sievinen,FIN Lappeenranta,Jan.20,1996 4:05.59 Marcel Wouda,NED Gelsenkirchen,Feb.1,1997 4:05.41 Marcel Wouda,NED Paris,Feb.8,1997 4:04.24 Matthew Dunn,AUS Perth,Sep.24,1998