User:Pakman044/World record progression 800m freestyle

I'm not really sure when FINA started keeping records!

Men edit

Long Course edit

TIME SWIMMER DATE PLACE
11:25.4y[1]   Henry Taylor July 21, 1906   Runcorn, United Kingdom
11:24.2y   Norman Ross January 10, 1920   Sydney, Australia
11:05.2y   Andrew Charlton January 13, 1923   Sydney, Australia
10:51.8y   Andrew Charlton January 19, 1924   Sydney, Australia
10:43.6   Arne Borg April 11, 1924   Honolulu, USA
10:37.4   Arne Borg August 25, 1925 Harnus
10:32.0y   Andrew Charlton January 8, 1927   Sydney, Australia
10:22.2y   Johnny Weissmuller July 27, 1927   Honolulu, USA
10:19.6   Jean Taris May 30, 1930 Parigi[2]
10:17.2   Jean Taris June 9, 1931   Cannes, France
10:16.6   Shozo Makino August 30, 1931   Osaka, Japan
10:15.6   Jean Taris June 21, 1932   Cannes, France
10:08.6   Shozo Makino June 25, 1933   Tokyo, Japan
10:01.2   Shozo Makino September 16, 1933   Tokyo, Japan
9:55.8   Shozo Makino September 15, 1934   Tokyo, Japan
9:50.9   William Smith July 24, 1941   Honolulu, USA
9:45.6   Hironoshin Furuhashi June 26, 1949   Tokyo, Japan
9:45.0   Shiro Hashiume August 16, 1949   Los Angeles, USA
9:40.7   Hironoshin Furuhashi August 16, 1949   Los Angeles, USA
9:35.5   Hironoshin Furuhashi August 19, 1949   Los Angeles, USA
9:30.7   Ford Konno July 7, 1951   Honolulu, USA
9:15.7   George Breen October 27, 1956   New Haven, USA

Reference


  1. ^ The "y" notation likely means set in a yards course. Modern records may not be set in yards courses.
  2. ^ Parigi means Paris in Italian, although without additional verification, it will be listed as Paris here.