World records set at the swimming world championships
July 31st, 2009 - 4:24 pm ICT by IANS
Rome, July 31 (DPA) A list of the world records set at the Foro Italico in Rome by the end of Thursday’s events. The competition ends Sunday.
Sunday July 26 (Six world records):
Sarah Sjostrom, Sweden, women’s 100m butterfly, 56.44 seconds
Paul Biedermann, Germany, men’s 400m freestyle, 3:40.07
Ariana Kukors, US, women’s 200m individual medley, 2:07.03
Federica Pellegrini, Italy, women’s 400m freestyle, 3:59.15
Britta Steffen, Germany, women’s 100m freestyle, 52.22 (first leg of 4×100 freestyle relay)
Netherlands (Inge Dekker, Ranomi Kromowidjojo, Feemke Heemskerk,
Marleen Veldhuis), women’s 4×100m freestyle relay, 3:31.72
Monday, July 27 (Five world records):
Brenton Rickard, Australia, men’s 100m breaststroke, 58.58
Sarah Sjostrom, Sweden, women’s 100m butterfly, 56.06
Rebecca Soni, US, women’s 100m breaststroke, 1:04.84
Anastasia Zueva, Russia, women’s 100m backstroke, 58.48
Ariana Kukors, US, women’s 200m individual medley, 2:06.15
Tuesday, July 28 (Four world records):
Paul Biedermann, Germany, men’s 200m freestyle, 1:42.00
Gemma Spofforth, Britain, women’s 100m backstroke, 58.12
Cameron van der Burgh, South Africa, men’s 100 breaststroke, 26.74
Federica Pellegrini, Italy, women’s 200 freestyle, 1:53.67
Wednesday, July 29 (Seven world records):
Mary Descenza, US, women’s 200m butterfly, 2:04.14
Daniel Samulski, Germany, women’s 50m backstroke, 27.39
Anastasia Zueva, Russia, women’s 50m backstroke, 27.38
Michael Phelps, US, men’s 200m butterfly, 1:51.51
Federica Pellegrini, Italy, women’s 200m freestyle, 1:52.98
Cameron van der Burgh, South Africa, men’s 50m breaststroke, 26.67
Zhang Lin, China, men’s 800m freestyle, 7:32.12
Thursday, July 30 (Seven world records):
Ryan Lochte, US, men’s 200m individual medley, 1:54.10
Annamay Pierse, Canada, women’s 200m breaststroke, 2:20.12
Cesar Cielo Filho, Brazil, men’s 100m freestyle, 46.91
Jessicah Schipper, Australia, women’s 200m butterfly, 2:03.41
Christian Sprenger, Australia, men’s 200 breaststroke, 2:07.31
Zhao Jing, China, women’s 50m backstroke, 227.06
China (Yang Yu, Zhu Qian Wei, Liu Jing, Pang Jiaying), women’s 4×200m
freestyle relay, 7:42.08
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