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Frank...TT's are common and unless they are done in a pool that is shorter than it should be or the clock was ticking a little slower that day or the meet wasn't sanctioned, or he false started I still say that the time is the time. I agree. But I also think thru the last 20 years this has been a very controversial subject. The obvious case of this is when Peter Williams set the World Record in a Time Trial the day after the 1988 NCAA Championships on 4-10-88. About 15 days prior to this at the Nationals in Orlando, Tom Jager broke his own WR in the 50 Meter Free of :22.32 and went a :22.23 swimming against Matt Biondi who went :22.42 in this 8 swimmer heat. Peter Williams competed at the NCAA Championships and didn't final in the 50 Yard Free and went :19.89 and swam to first in the consolation heat at :19.78 swimming for Nebraska. The day after the meet the bulkheads were moved back and swimming in a time trial 50 meter Free all by himself he went :22.18 to break Tom Jager's 15 day record. There was a lot of outcry about this swim because the SCY time really didn't match up to the LCM time. Tom Jager and Matt Biondi critized this World Record if it were to stand. At that time South Africa was an apartheid nation and there was a rumor that the record would not count for that reason. There were sensionalized stories about the conditions of the race and the swim was bogus. I happen to talk to Dale Neuburger about this about 4 weeks ago and he was there at IUPUI Natatorioum when this swim took place and said every FINA requirement was made in this World Record breaking swim. Peter Williams was not very big or tall and that would probably explain the reason why his short course swim did not match this World Record effort. FINA was suppose to review this and render a decision. A decision was not made by the 1988 Olympics and there Matt Biondi broke the record by .04 with a :22.14 and won the gold medal in the 50 Meter Free. Peter Williams did not swim in the Olympics because South Africa was banned then. To this day the swim was never recognized as a World Record but remains in lists of the top 100 times of all time for the 50 Meter Free. Most people assume that because FINA did not count this as a World Record that it was because he was from the country of South Africa and not because it was from a time trial. Others think with the public outcry that maybe FINA did not want to count this swim from the time trial as a World Record. There was never a press release explaining any of this and it was just kind of forgotten. I believe that in the modern era of FINA World Records since 1957, that Peter Williams would be the only swimmer in history to be discriminated against getting a World Record because of this. Maybe Peter Williams can petiton FINA to have his time reinstated as a World Record from 4-10-88 to 9-24-88 when Matt Biondi broke it. I still remember the outcry from people about the swim even though both Tom Jager and Matt Biondi swam in a very similar situation in Nashville 3 years later. Warren was echoing people over at the Race Club about Time Trial swims here www.theraceclub.net/.../viewtopic.php

Frank...TT's are common and unless they are done in a pool that is shorter than it should be or the clock was ticking a little slower that day or the meet wasn't sanctioned, or he false started I still say that the time is the time. I agree. But I also think thru the last 20 years this has been a very controversial subject. The obvious case of this is when Peter Williams set the World Record in a Time Trial the day after the 1988 NCAA Championships on 4-10-88. About 15 days prior to this at the Nationals in Orlando, Tom Jager broke his own WR in the 50 Meter Free of :22.32 and went a :22.23 swimming against Matt Biondi who went :22.42 in this 8 swimmer heat. Peter Williams competed at the NCAA Championships and didn't final in the 50 Yard Free and went :19.89 and swam to first in the consolation heat at :19.78 swimming for Nebraska. The day after the meet the bulkheads were moved back and swimming in a time trial 50 meter Free all by himself he went :22.18 to break Tom Jager's 15 day record. There was a lot of outcry about this swim because the SCY time really didn't match up to the LCM time. Tom Jager and Matt Biondi critized this World Record if it were to stand. At that time South Africa was an apartheid nation and there was a rumor that the record would not count for that reason. There were sensionalized stories about the conditions of the race and the swim was bogus. I happen to talk to Dale Neuburger about this about 4 weeks ago and he was there at IUPUI Natatorioum when this swim took place and said every FINA requirement was made in this World Record breaking swim. Peter Williams was not very big or tall and that would probably explain the reason why his short course swim did not match this World Record effort. FINA was suppose to review this and render a decision. A decision was not made by the 1988 Olympics and there Matt Biondi broke the record by .04 with a :22.14 and won the gold medal in the 50 Meter Free. Peter Williams did not swim in the Olympics because South Africa was banned then. To this day the swim was never recognized as a World Record but remains in lists of the top 100 times of all time for the 50 Meter Free. Most people assume that because FINA did not count this as a World Record that it was because he was from the country of South Africa and not because it was from a time trial. Others think with the public outcry that maybe FINA did not want to count this swim from the time trial as a World Record. There was never a press release explaining any of this and it was just kind of forgotten. I believe that in the modern era of FINA World Records since 1957, that Peter Williams would be the only swimmer in history to be discriminated against getting a World Record because of this. Maybe Peter Williams can petiton FINA to have his time reinstated as a World Record from 4-10-88 to 9-24-88 when Matt Biondi broke it. I still remember the outcry from people about the swim even though both Tom Jager and Matt Biondi swam in a very similar situation in Nashville 3 years later. Warren was echoing people over at the Race Club about Time Trial swims here www.theraceclub.net/.../viewtopic.php