Talk:World record progression 800 metres freestyle

Typo?

Why is John Konrad's 9:17.7 listed if George Breen's time was faster at an earlier date? Clarityfiend (talk) 18:26, 27 August 2008 (UTC)

A cut and paste from the reference desk

Wikipedia:Reference desk/Entertainment 2008-08-28. Quote between lines, do not add between lines please.

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800m freestyle times

In World record progression 800 metres freestyle many of the times have a y after them. What does this y mean? -- SGBailey (talk) 15:09, 27 August 2008 (UTC)

I think it means they were over an equivalent distance in yards. - fchd (talk) 16:17, 27 August 2008 (UTC)

In shooting, a y is used to note a "yards" course instead of the standard "meters" course. So, Bailey is most likely correct that the same is used in swimming. -- kainaw™ 16:22, 27 August 2008 (UTC)

Of course it would not be exactly "equivalent", just comparable. Presumably it's 880 yards, which is accurately 804.672 m. (So for example Johnny Weissmuller's 10:22.2 would be equivalent in speed terms to a time of 10:18.6 for 800 m.) All these special notations should have footnotes added to explain them, by someone who knows for sure what they means. --Anonymous, h19:m22 zUTC, mAugust d27, y2008.

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If anyone knows for certin what the y means please add it to the article (with a reference). Could yards and metres answer Clarityfiends question above? -- SGBailey (talk) 21:45, 27 August 2008 (UTC)

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