Cant remember where I read it, but I heard that someone is petitioning to have Popov's 50 LCM Free world record expunged since it was done in a time trial.
I disagree. If it was done legally, it should stand as a WR.
Meets are there to crown champions and award medals etc under race circumstances, but the pool and the clock are there all the time, taking on all comers.
Steve
Patrick:
Its very easy to get water logged because you had people setting World Records/US Open Records but not American Records and you had people setting records in the prelims but going slower in the finals and losing to someone else. Then you had the time trials at the end of the 1981 Longhorn Invitational, which I believe had 3 people set World Records. After seeing what everybody provided, Texas Swim Center is indeed the capital of time trial World Records.
At the 1980 meet there were no time trial records. Rowdy Gaines set the World Record of 1:49.16 winning the National Championship and breaking the previous record held by Sergei Kopliakov of Russia at 1:49.83 set in 1979. Rowdy also set the American Record of :49.61 at this same meet. Par Arvidsson did break the World Record/US Open Record that was held by Joe Bottom at :54.18 set in 1977 but Joe still held the American Record because Par was from Sweden. Mark Spitz held no records during this time because Joe Bottom broke his 100 Meter Fly World Record that was set back in 1972 at :54.27. The last record I believe Mark Spitz had was the National HS 100 yard Fly record of :49.1 set in 1967 and that was broken by Dave Wilson in 1979 making it one of the longest HS records.
1980 was the first US National Meet that FINA recognized World Records in the 50 meter Free even though the event was not offered at either the World Championships or the Olympics. Jill Sterkel went :25.96 to win the National Championship and set the first World Record that FINA recognized. Bruce Stahl set a World Record in the prelims of :22.83 but lost the in the finals to Gary Schatz who did :22.86 and that is it for this 1980 meet.
In 1981, there were 3 time trial and 2 competition World Records. Rowdy's time trial has already been discussed. William Paulus did break Par Arvidsson World Record in a time trial going :53.81 which was much faster than he did in the individual event he won going :54.34. The other time trial World Record was set by Jill Sterkel breaking her own previous World Record set in the individual event at the this meet going :25.79, which was faster than the World Record of :25.95 set in this competition which was .01 faster than the 1980 time.
The last competition World Record from the 1981 meet was by Mary T Meager breaking the 100 meter Fly World Record of :59.46 that was set by Andrea Pollack of East Germany in 1978. Mary T time of :59.26 from this meet was the record until 1981 :57.93 at Brown Deer which lasted 18 years.
Patrick:
Its very easy to get water logged because you had people setting World Records/US Open Records but not American Records and you had people setting records in the prelims but going slower in the finals and losing to someone else. Then you had the time trials at the end of the 1981 Longhorn Invitational, which I believe had 3 people set World Records. After seeing what everybody provided, Texas Swim Center is indeed the capital of time trial World Records.
At the 1980 meet there were no time trial records. Rowdy Gaines set the World Record of 1:49.16 winning the National Championship and breaking the previous record held by Sergei Kopliakov of Russia at 1:49.83 set in 1979. Rowdy also set the American Record of :49.61 at this same meet. Par Arvidsson did break the World Record/US Open Record that was held by Joe Bottom at :54.18 set in 1977 but Joe still held the American Record because Par was from Sweden. Mark Spitz held no records during this time because Joe Bottom broke his 100 Meter Fly World Record that was set back in 1972 at :54.27. The last record I believe Mark Spitz had was the National HS 100 yard Fly record of :49.1 set in 1967 and that was broken by Dave Wilson in 1979 making it one of the longest HS records.
1980 was the first US National Meet that FINA recognized World Records in the 50 meter Free even though the event was not offered at either the World Championships or the Olympics. Jill Sterkel went :25.96 to win the National Championship and set the first World Record that FINA recognized. Bruce Stahl set a World Record in the prelims of :22.83 but lost the in the finals to Gary Schatz who did :22.86 and that is it for this 1980 meet.
In 1981, there were 3 time trial and 2 competition World Records. Rowdy's time trial has already been discussed. William Paulus did break Par Arvidsson World Record in a time trial going :53.81 which was much faster than he did in the individual event he won going :54.34. The other time trial World Record was set by Jill Sterkel breaking her own previous World Record set in the individual event at the this meet going :25.79, which was faster than the World Record of :25.95 set in this competition which was .01 faster than the 1980 time.
The last competition World Record from the 1981 meet was by Mary T Meager breaking the 100 meter Fly World Record of :59.46 that was set by Andrea Pollack of East Germany in 1978. Mary T time of :59.26 from this meet was the record until 1981 :57.93 at Brown Deer which lasted 18 years.
