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World Record Bull Run: The List In Full

Dec 20, 2009  - Craig Lord

A Pandora's Box of so-called technology cranked open in 2008. Many a demon was let loose. By December 2009, 255 world records had been set since February 2008, 147 in 2009 (five disallowed as noted), after 108 in 2008, and 37 alone on the world cup tour 2009. The 4x50m marks claimed by some are not considered because FINA does not recognise them as world record events. LEn later confirmed that marks set at its winter showcase champs were indeed world best times, not records. Of the 2009 tally, 73 were long-course marks, as the era of performance-enhancement from suits continued apace the wrong side of enforcement of the Dubai Charter and independent testing and, much better still, the wishes of 168 nations at the FINA Congress in July 2009. 

Bodysuits and suits made of non-textiles such as polyurethane will be banned from January 1, 2010.

At the tip of an iceberg of artificial progress on the clock:

Long course:

  • 08/03/09: 200m freestyle - Federica Pellegrini (ITA) 1:54.47 Riccione 
  • 16/03/09: 400m freestyle - Joanne Jackson (GBR) 4:00.66 Sheffield
  • 05/04/09: 50m butterfly - Rafael Munoz (ESP) 22.43 Malaga
  • 09/04/09: 50m backstroke - Zhao Jing (CHN) 27.67 Shaoxing (equalled with Sophie Edington, AUS)
  • 18/04/09: 50m breaststroke - Cameron van der Burgh (RSA) 27.06
  • 19/04/09: 50m butterfly - Marleen Veldhuis (NED) 25.33 Amsterdam 
  • 19/04/09: 50m freestyle - Marleen Veldhuis (NED) 23.96 Amsterdam
  • 23/04/09: 100m freestyle - Alain Bernard (FRA) 46.94 Montpellier (disallowed)
  • 26:04/09: 50m freestyle - Fred Bousquet (FRA) 20.94 Montpellier 
  • 28/04/09: 50m breaststroke - Yulia Efimova (RUS) 30.23 Moscow (disallowed)
  • 28/04/09: 50m backstroke - Anastasia Zueva (RUS) 27.48 Moscow (disallowed)
  • 28/04/09: 50m breaststroke - Yulia Efimova (RUS) 30.05 Moscow
  • 28/04/09: 50m backstroke - Anastasia Zueva (RUS) 27.47 Moscow (disallowed)
  • 08/05/09: 50m breaststroke: Felipe Silva (BRA) 26.89 Rio
  • 10/05/09: 200m backstroke - Ryosuke Irie (JPN) 1:52.86 Canberra (disallowed)
  • 13/06/09: 100m breaststroke - Igor Borysik (UKR) 58.67 Kharkiv (reported July, pending but unlikely to be ratified because Jaked01 was banned at that point in time)
  • 25/06/09: 100m freestyle - Britta Steffen (GER) 52.85 Berlin
  • 26/06/09: 50m backstroke - Daniela Samulski (GER) 27.61 Berlin (because Zueva's times were disallowed)
  • 27/06/09: 100m freestyle - Britta Steffen (GER) 52.56 Berlin 
  • 27/06/09: 400m freestyle - Federica Pellegrini (ITA) 4:00.41 Pescara
  • 01/07/09: 100m backstroke - Aschwin Wildeboer (ESP) 52.38 Pescara
  • 08/07/09: 100m backstroke - Aaron Peirsol (USA) 51.94 Indianapolis
  • 08/07/09: 50m breaststroke - Amanda Reason (CAN) 30.23 Montreal
  • 09/07/09: 100m butterfly - Michael Phelps (USA) 50.22 Indianapolis
  • 11/07/09: 200m backstroke - Aaron Peirsol (USA) 1:53.08 Indianapolis
  • 26/07/09: 100m butterfly - Sarah Sjostrom (SWE) 56.44 Rome
  • 26/07/09: 400m freestyle - Paul Biedermann (GER)  3:40.07 Rome
  • 26/07/09: 200m medley - Ariana Kukors (USA)  2:07.03 Rome
  • 26/07/09: 400m freestyle - Federica Pellegrini (ITA)  3:59.15 Rome
  • 26/07/09: 100m freestyle - Britta Steffen (GER) 52.22 Rome 
  • 26/07/09: 4x100m free - Netherlands 3:31.72 - Inge Dekker (53.61); Ranomi Kromowidjojo (52.30); Feemke Heemskerk (53.03); Marleen Veldhuis (52.78) Rome
  • 27/07/09: 100m breaststroke - Brenton Rickard (AUS)  58.58 Rome
  • 27/07/09: 100m butterfly - Sarah Sjostrom (SWE) 56.06 Rome
  • 27/07/09: 100m breaststroke - Rebecca Soni (USA) 1:04.84 Rome
  • 27/07/09: 100m backstroke - Anastasia Zueva (RUS) 58.48 Rome
  • 27/07/09: 200m medley - Ariana Kukors (USA) 2:06.15 Rome
  • 28/07/09: 200m freestyle - Paul Biedermann (GER) 1:42.00 Rome
  • 28/07/09: 100m backstroke - Gemma Spofforth (GBR) 58.12 Rome
  • 28/07/09: 50m breaststroke - Cameron van der Burgh (RSA) 26.74 Rome
  • 28/07/09: 200m freestyle - Federica Pellegrini (ITA) 1:53.67 Rome
  • 29/07/09: 200m butterfly - Mary Descenza (USA) 2:04.14 Rome
  • 29/07/09: 50m backstroke - Daniela Samulski (GER) 27.39 Rome
  • 29/07/09: 50m backstroke - Anastasia Zueva (RUS) 27.38 Rome
  • 29/07/09: 200m butterfly - Michael Phelps (USA) 1:51.51 Rome
  • 29/07/09: 200m freestyle - Federica Pellegrini (ITA) 1:52.98 Rome
  • 29/07/09: 50m breaststroke - Cameron Van Der Burgh (RSA) 26.67 Rome
  • 29/07/09: 800m freestyle - Zhang Lin (CHN) 7:32.12 Rome
  • 30/07/09: 200m medley - Ryan Lochte (USA) 1:54.10 Rome
  • 30/07/09: 200m breaststroke - Annamay Pierse (CAN) 2:20.12 Rome
  • 30/07/09: 100m freestyle - Cesar Cielo (BRA) 46.91 Rome
  • 30/07/09: 200m butterfly - Jessica Schipper (AUS) 2:03.41 Rome
  • 30/07/09: 200m breaststroke - Christian Sprenger (AUS) 2:07.31 Rome
  • 30/07/09: 50m backstroke - Zhao Jing (CHN) 27.06 Rome
  • 30/07/09: 4x200m freestyle - CHN 7:42.08 - Yu Yang (1:55.47), Zhu Qianwei (1:55.79), Liu Jing (1:56.09) and Pang Jiaying (1:54.73) Rome
  • 31/07/09: 100m freestyle - Britta Steffen (GER) 52.07 Rome
  • 31/07/09: 200m backstroke - Aaron Peirsol (USA) 1:51.92 Rome
  • 31/07/09: 50m butterfly - Marleen Veldhuis (NED) 25.28 Rome
  • 31/07/09: 50m butterfly - Therese Alshammar (SWE) 25.07 Rome
  • 31/07/09: 100m butterfly - Milorad Cavic (SRB) 50.01 Rome
  • 31/07/09: 4x200m freestyle - USA 6:58.55 - Michael Phelps (1:44.49), Ricky Berens (1:44.13), David Walters (1:45.47), and Ryan Lochte (1:44.46) Rome
  • 01/08/09: 200m backstroke - Kirsty Coventry (ZIM) 2:04.81 Rome
  • 01/08/09: 100m butterfly - Michael Phelps (USA) 49.82 Rome
  • 01/08/09: 50m backstroke - Liam Tancock (GBR) 24.08 Rome
  • 01/08/09: 4x100m medley - CHN 3:52.19 Zhao Jing (58.98), Chen Huija (1:04.12), Jiao Liuyang (56.28), Li Zhesi (52.81) Rome
  • 02/08/09: 50m backstroke - Liam Tancock (GBR) 24.04 Rome
  • 02/08/09: 50m freestyle - Britta Steffen (GER) 23.73 Rome
  • 02/08/09: 50m breaststroke - Yulia Efimova (RUS) 30.09 Rome
  • 02/08/09: 4x100m medley - USA 3:27.28 - Aaron Peirsol (52.19cr), Eric Shanteau (58.57), Michael Phelps (49.72), David Walters (46.80) Rome
  • 06/08/09: 50m breaststroke - Jessica Hardy (USA) 29.95 (In a time trial on way to 100m), Federal Way, Washington
  • 07/08/09: 50m breaststroke - Jessica Hardy (USA) 29.80 Federal Way, Washington (on way to 100m below)
  • 07/08/09: 100m breaststroke - Jessica Hardy (USA) 1:04.45 Federal Way, Washington
  • 21/10/09: 200m butterfly - Liu Zige (CHN) 2:01.81 Jinan
  • 18/12/09: 50m freestyle - Cesar Cielo (BRA) 20.91 Sao Paulo

Short-course:

  • 12/02/09: 200m butterfly - Nikolai Skvortsov (RUS) 1:50.53 St Petersburg 
  • 22/02/09: 100m backstroke - Sakai Shiho (JPN) 56.15 Tokyo 
  • 14/03/09: 200m breaststroke - Annamay Pierse (CAN) 2:17.53 Toronto
  • 07/08/09: 200m breaststroke - Annamay Pierse (CAN) 2:16.83 Leeds
  • 07/08/09: 4x200m freestyle - Canada - 6:51.05 (Colin Russell (1.43.60); Stefan Hirniak (1.43.41); Brent Hayden (1.41.49); Joel Greenshields (1.42.55)
  • 08/08/09: 50m breaststroke - Cameron van der Burgh (RSA) 25.43 Pietermaritzburg
  • 08/08/09: 100m breaststroke - Cameron van der Burgh (RSA) 56.39 Pietermaritzburg
  • 08/08/09: 50m freestyle - Roland Schoeman (RSA) 20.30 Pietermaritzburg
  • 08/08/09: 400m freestyle - Joanne Jackson (GBR) 3:54.92 Leeds 
  • 09/08/09: 100m breaststroke - Cameron van der Burgh (RSA) 55.99 Pietermaritzburg
  • 09/08/09: 4x100m medley men - Canada - 3:23.33 (Brent Hayden wore LZR, all others shinier stuff) Leeds
  • 09/08/09: 4x100m medley women - Canada - 3:49.45 Leeds
  • 10/08/09: 100m freestyle - Libby Trickett (AUS)  51.01 Hobart
  • 10/08/09: 200m breaststroke - Christian Sprenger (AUS) 2:01.98 Hobart
  • 10/08/09: 100m medley - Emily Seebohm (AUS) 58.54 Hobart
  • 12/08/09: 100m butterfly - Jessica Schipper (AUS) 55.68 Hobart
  • 17/10/09: 100m medley - Therese Alshammar (SWE) 58.51 Durban
  • 17/10/09: 50m butterfly - Therese Alshammar (SWE) 24.75 Durban
  • 17/10/09: 50m breaststroke - Jessica Hardy (USA) 29.45 Durban
  • 17/10/09: 50m backstroke - Peter Marshall (USA) 22.75 Durban
  • 24/10/09: 50m butterfly - Stefan Deibler (GER) 22.06 Aachen
  • 06/11/09: 200m medley - Evelyn Verraszto (HUN) 2:06.01 Moscow
  • 06/11/09: 50m backstroke - Marieke Guehrer (AUS) 26.17 Moscow
  • 07/11/09: 50m breaststroke - Jessica Hardy (USA) 29.36 Moscow
  • 07/11/09: 200m backstroke - George Du Rand (RSA) 1:47.08 Moscow
  • 07/11/09: 100m butterfly - Evgeny Korotyshkin (RUS) 48.99 Moscow
  • 10/11/09: 50m backstroke - Zhao Jing (CHN) 26.08 Stockholm
  • 10/11/09: 100m butterfly - Felicity Galvez (AUS) 55.46 Stockholm
  • 10/11/09: 50m backstroke - Zhao Jing (CHN) 25.82 Stockholm
  • 10/11/09: 200m butterfly - Kaio Almeida (BRA) 1:49.11 Stockholm
  • 11/11/09: 50m breaststroke - Jessica Hardy (USA) 28.96 Stockholm
  • 11/11/09: 50m backstroke - Peter Marshall (USA) 22.73 Stockholm
  • 11/11/09: 200m butterfly - Liu Zige (CHN) 2:02.50 Stockholm
  • 11/11/09: 100m medley - Zhao Jing (CHN) 58.40 Stockholm
  • 11/11/09: 50m butterfly - Therese Alshammar (SWE) 24.46 Stockholm
  • 14/11/09: 100m medley - Sergey Fesikov (RUS) 50.95 Berlin
  • 14/11/09: 50m breaststroke - Cameron Van Der Burgh (RSA) 25.25 Berlin
  • 14/11/09: 100m breaststroke - Leisel Jones (AUS) 1:03.00 Berlin
  • 14/11/09: 400m freestyle - Paul Biedermann (GER) 3:32.77 Berlin
  • 14/11/09: 200m backstroke - Shiho Sakai (JPN) 2:00.18 Berlin
  • 14/11/09: 50m butterfly - Steffen Deibler (GER) 21.80 Berlin
  • 15/11/09: 200m freestyle - Paul Biedermann (GER) 1:39.37 Berlin
  • 15/11/09: 50m breaststroke - Jessica Hardy (USA) 28.80 Berlin
  • 15/11/09: 100m breaststroke - Cameron Van Der Burgh (RSA) Berlin 55.61
  • 15/11/09: 100m butterfly - Evgeny Korotshkin (RUS) 48.48 Berlin
  • 15/11/09: 100m backstroke: Sahiho Sakai (JPN) 55.23 Berlin
  • 15/11/09: 200m butterfly - Liu Zige (CHN) 2:00.78 Berlin
  • 15/11/09: 200m medley - Darian Townsend (RSA) 1:51.55 Berlin
  • 15/11/09: 200m breaststroke - Leisel Jones (AUS) 2:15. 42 Berlin
  • 15/11/09: 100m medley - Hinkelien Schreuder (NED) 57.74 Berlin
  • 15/11/09: 200m backstroke - Arkady Vyatchanin (RUS) 1:46.11 Berlin
  • 22/11/09: 400m medley - Kathryn Meaklim (RSA) 4:22.88 Singapore
  • 22/11/09: 50m backstroke - Peter Marshall (USA) 22.61 Singapore
  • 22/11/09: 50m butterfly - Therese Alshammar (SWE) 24.38 Singapore
  • 28/11/09: 1500m freestyle - Lotte Friis (DEN) 15:28.65 Birkerod
  • 10/12/09: 200m medley - Evelyn Verraszto (HUN) 2:04.62 Istanbul
  • 11/12/09: 400m medley - Laszlo Cseh (HUN) 3:57.27 Istanbul
  • 12/12/09: 100m medley - Peter Mankoc (SLO) 50.76 Istanbul
  • 12/12/09: 100m backstroke - Arkady Vyatchanin (RUS)  49.17 Istanbul
  • 12/12/09: 100m 'fly - Diane Bui Duyet (FRA) 55.05 Istanbul
  • 12/12/09: 50m backstroke - Sanja Jovanovic (CRO) 25.70 Istanbul
  • 13/12/09: 200m breaststroke - Dabiel Gyurta (HUN) 2:00.67 Istanbul
  • 13/12/09: 200m freestyle - Federica Pellegrini (ITA) 1:51.17 Istanbul
  • 13/12/09: 100m backstroke - Arkady Vyatchanin/Stanislav Donets (RUS) 48.97 Istanbul (same race, but counts for two on the tally)
  • 18/12/09: 4x100m medley: USA: Margaret Hoelzer (57.47); Jessica Hardy (2:01.05); Dana Vollmer (2:55.42); Amanda Weir 3:47.97 Manchester
  • 18/12/09: 100m backstroke: Nick Thoman (USA) 48.94 Manchester
  • 18/12/09: 4x100m medley: USA: Nick Thoman 48.94wr; Mark Gangloff; Michael Phelps (in 2010-compliant textile jammer); Nathan Adrian  3:20.71 Manchester
  • 18/12/09: 400m medley: Julia Smit (USA) 4:21.04 Manchester
  • 18/12/09: 200m breaststroke: Rebecca Soni (USA) 2:14.57 Manchester
  • 19/12/09: 100m breaststroke: Rebecca Soni (USA) 1:02.70 Manchester
  • 19/12/09: 200m medley: Julia Smit (USA) 2:04.60 Manchester
  • 19/12/09: 4x100m free: USA - USA: Adrian, 45.08; Grevers, 44.68; Weber-Gale, 47.43; Phelps, 46.11 - 3:03.30 Manchester
  • 20/12/09: 4x100m medley RUS - Stanislav Donets, Sergey Geybel, Evgeny Korotyshkin and Daniil Isotov - 3:19.16 St Petersburg