What's your opinion on best swim of all time ?
It probably won’t be a swim prior to the 70's.
I use to think that the best swim of all time would be a medley however I'm starting to change my tune on this.
For me now I think the truly finest swim would be a freestyle event...i.e Freestyle is more important than the strokes because it's unique.
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Originally posted by thewookiee
Freestyle, short course, I am split between Biondi's 1:33.03 and Simon Burnett's 1:31.20. I saw Burnett's swim in person and the tv coverage certainly didn't do it justice.
Just wondering if Burnett came out of the turns with dolphin kicks or flutter? I don't recall Biondi ever doing any dolphins off the walls....but in all likelihood...that's exactly how Phelps broke the 1:33 barrier.
It seems like many of the long standing records are being broken by superior turns....aside from the swimming performance.
Jim Montgomery's 49 second hundred free had the same tempo as Hoogie's world record 47. Except Jim swam with a drag suit...had no goggles...and did a torpedo launch start rather than a single hole entry.
Originally posted by thewookiee
Freestyle, short course, I am split between Biondi's 1:33.03 and Simon Burnett's 1:31.20. I saw Burnett's swim in person and the tv coverage certainly didn't do it justice.
Just wondering if Burnett came out of the turns with dolphin kicks or flutter? I don't recall Biondi ever doing any dolphins off the walls....but in all likelihood...that's exactly how Phelps broke the 1:33 barrier.
It seems like many of the long standing records are being broken by superior turns....aside from the swimming performance.
Jim Montgomery's 49 second hundred free had the same tempo as Hoogie's world record 47. Except Jim swam with a drag suit...had no goggles...and did a torpedo launch start rather than a single hole entry.
