User:Pakman044/World record progression 800m freestyle

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

Men[edit]

Long Course[edit]

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