Laure Manaudou from France went 4:03.03.
Here's the stuff from swimmingworldmagazine.com:
TOURS, France. May, 12. IT'S all over. Janet Evans' long-standing mark of 4:03.85 in the 400-meter freestyle is no more after Laure Manaudou's performance of 4:03.03 at the French Championships. Evans' record had stood since 1988.
Since winning three medals at the Athens Olympics, including gold in the 400 free, Manaudou has been viewed as the favorite to take down Evans' standard. Her effort at the French Championships marked her third win of the meet, complementing gold in the 800 free and 400 individual medley.
Her splits:
28.03 58.30 (30.27)
1:28.90 (30.60) 2:00.00 (31.10)
2:30.85 (30.85) 3:02.07 (31.22)
3:33.05 (30.98) 4:03.03 (29.98)
Manaudou challenged the record in the Athens Olympics, but fell off the last 100. As much as I thought it could be broken by 2008, it still shocks me. That was th single greatest race in the history of swimming. Anyone who saw that race on TV, or on video or wherever, knows what I mean.
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Janet's 400 from Seoul is right up there with Mary T.'s 200 fly from Brown Deer. Those swims were so mind boggling, for a long time few dared to dream about approaching them.
The oldest women's records are the 800 (8:16.22) and 1500 (15:51.10), set in 1989 and 1988 by Janet Evans. Kristina Egerszegi's 200 back record (2:06.62) was set on August 25, 1991. The oldest world record for men is 21.64 in the 50 free by Alexander Popov on June 16, 2000.
Those three women's records have stood the test of time, but I wonder which of the more recent world records will last the longest. Thorpe's 400? Inky's 50 free? Phelps' 200 IM? Hackett's 1500? Liesel Jones' breaststroke records?
With the USMS Nationals going on this week, it's interesting to look back at the oldest USMS records for short course yards. They are:
Women - 25-29 1650 yard freestyle, 17:31.70 by Karen Burton in 1987
Men - 25-29 200 yard breaststroke, 2:03.69 by Doug Soltis on May 22, 1988
~SB~
Janet's 400 from Seoul is right up there with Mary T.'s 200 fly from Brown Deer. Those swims were so mind boggling, for a long time few dared to dream about approaching them.
The oldest women's records are the 800 (8:16.22) and 1500 (15:51.10), set in 1989 and 1988 by Janet Evans. Kristina Egerszegi's 200 back record (2:06.62) was set on August 25, 1991. The oldest world record for men is 21.64 in the 50 free by Alexander Popov on June 16, 2000.
Those three women's records have stood the test of time, but I wonder which of the more recent world records will last the longest. Thorpe's 400? Inky's 50 free? Phelps' 200 IM? Hackett's 1500? Liesel Jones' breaststroke records?
With the USMS Nationals going on this week, it's interesting to look back at the oldest USMS records for short course yards. They are:
Women - 25-29 1650 yard freestyle, 17:31.70 by Karen Burton in 1987
Men - 25-29 200 yard breaststroke, 2:03.69 by Doug Soltis on May 22, 1988
~SB~
