Sludnov World Record Perspective
Jul 2, 2001
Roman Sludnov's World Record swim in the 100 Breaststroke this past weekend in Moscow, marks the first time anyone has recorded a time under 1 minute in that event.
To put the swim into perspective we compiled a list of the top 15 performances all-time. Sludnov has 5 of the top 15 all-time best performances in the event.
It is interesting to note that in previous World Record efforts by both Fred de Burghgraeve, BEL and Ed Moses, USA, both had slightly faster split times than Sludnov did in this record. In his World Record swim of 1:00.60 set in 1996 Fred de Burghgraeve split the race in 28.23, while Ed Moses in his swim of 1:00.29 in March of this year split the race in 28.47.
In both World Record times that he achieved this past weekend Sludnov's splits were slower than those of both de Burghgraeve and Moses when they set their records. In the semi final race where Sludnov set the first record of 1:00.26 he split his race in 28.68 and then in the final of the event when he did his time of 59.97, he split the race in 28.54 and then brought it home in 31.43.
100 METRES BREASTSTROKE 15 PERFORMANCES 1 59.97 RUSLCJUN Roman Sloudnov,RUS LCM01 2 1:00.26 RUSLCJUN Roman Sloudnov,RUS LCM01 3 1:00.29 USALCMAR Ed Moses,USA LCM01 4 1:00.36 RUSLCJUN Roman Sloudnov,RUS LCM00 5 1:00.44 USTRIALS Ed Moses,USA LCM00 6 1:00.46 OLYMPICS Domenico Fioravanti,ITA LCM00 7 1:00.52 RUSLCJUN Roman Sloudnov,RUS LCM00 8 1:00.54 USALCMAR Ed Moses,USA LCM01 9 1:00.60 OLYMPICS Fred deBurghgraeve,BEL LCM96 10 1:00.65 OLYMPICS Fred deBurghgraeve,BEL LCM96 11 1:00.73 OLYMPICS Ed Moses,USA LCM00 12 1:00.77 OLYMPICS Jeremy Linn,USA LCM96 13 1:00.81 USALCMAR Brendan Hansen,USA LCM01 14 1:00.84 OLYMPICS Domenico Fioravanti,ITA LCM00 15 1:00.91 OLYMPICS Roman Sloudnov,RUS LCM00
LONG COURSE record chronology (Records prior to 1957 were short course) MEN'S 100 BREASTSTROKE 1:12.7 Viteslav Svozil,TCH Piestany,May 1,57 1:11.6 Chi Lieh-Yung,CHN Canton,May 1,57 1:11.5 Vladimir Minashkin,URS Leipzig,Sep.15,57 1:11.4 Leonid Kolesnikov,URS Moscow,May.2,61 1:11.1 Chet Jastremski,USA Chicago,Jul.2,61 1:10.8 Gunter Tittes,GDR Berlin,Jul.5,61 1:10.7 Chet Jastremski,USA Tokyo,Jul.28,61 1:10.0 Chet Jastremski,USA Tokyo,Jul.30,61 1:09.5 Chet Jastremski,USA Osaka,Aug.3,61 1:07.8 Chet Jastremski,USA Los Angeles,Aug.20,61 1:07.5 Chet Jastremski,USA Los Angeles,Aug.20,61 1:07.4 Georgi Prokopenko,URS Baku,Mar.26,64 1:06.9 Georgi Prokopenko,URS Moscow,Sep.3,64 1:06.7 Vladimir Kosinski,URS Leningrad,Nov.8,67 1:06.4 Jose Fiolo,BRA Rio,Feb.19,68 1:06.2 Nikolai Pankin,URS Moscow,Apr.18,68 1:05.8 Nikolai Pankin,URS Magdeburg,Apr.20,69 1:05.68 John Hencken,USA Munich,Aug.29,72 1:05.13 Nobutaka Taguchi,JPN Munich,Aug.29,72 1:04.94 Nobutaka Taguchi,JPN Munich.Aug.30,72 1:04.35 John Hencken,USA Belgrade,Sep.4,73 1:04.02 John Hencken,USA Belgrade,Sep.4,73 1:03.88 John Hencken,USA Concord,Aug.31,74 1:03.88e John Hencken,USA Montreal,Jul.19,76 1:03.62 John Hencken,USA Montreal,Jul.19,76 1:03.11 John Hencken,USA Montreal,Jul.19,76 1:02.86 Gerald Morken,FRG Jonkoping,Aug.17,77 1:02.62 Steve Lundquist,USA Mission Viejo,Jul.19,82 1:02.53 Steve Lundquist,USA Indianapolis,Aug.21,82 1:02.34 Steve Lundquist,USA Clovis,Aug.6,83 1:02.28 Steve Lundquist,USA Caracas,Aug.17.83 1:02.13 John Moffet,USA Indianapolis,Jun.25,84 1:01.65 Steve Lundquist,USA Los Angeles,Jul.29,84 1:01.49 Adrian Moorhouse,GBR Bonn,Aug.15,89 1:01.49e Adrian Moorhouse,GBR Auckland,Jan.25,90 1:01.49e Adrian Moorhouse,GBR London,Jul 26,90 1:01.49e Norbert Rozsa,HUN Perth,Jan 7,91 1:01.45 Norbert Rozsa,HUN Perth,Jan 7,91 1:01.45e Vasili Ivanov,URS Moscow,Jun.11,91 1:01.29 Norbert Rozsa,HUN Athens,Aug.20,91 1:00.95 Karoly Guttler,HUN Sheffield,Aug.3,93 1:00.60 Fred de Burghgraeve,BEL (28.23) Atlanta, Jul.20,96 1:00.36 Roman Sloudnov,RUS (28.64) Moscow,June 15,2000 1:00.29 Ed Moses,USA (28.47) Austin,Mar 28,2001 Pending FINA ratification 1:00.26 Roman Sloudnov,RUS (28.68) Moscow,June 28,2001 59.97 Roman Sloudnov,RUS (28.54) Moscow,June 29,2001