Yes - one more time it's about the suit:
Here is a comparison to 2004 and what it took to make top 16 (top 8 for the 400) over the first 7 events:
2004 listed first then 2008 then the approx. % drop
400 IM - 4:24.8 to 4:21.0 1.5%
100 Fly - 1:01.29 to 59.97 2%
400 Free - 3:55.0 to 3:51.4 1.6%
400 IM - 4:49.57 to 4:43.2 2.3%
100 Br - 1:04.0 to 1:02.36 2.5%
100 Bk - 1:04.12 to 1:02.31 2.6%
200 Free - 1:51.1 to 1:48.76 2.2%
Ok - to be fair, people are getting faster, but I would guess at least a 1.5% drop across the board for the suit -- that is net time !
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I would not call ehoch an average master swimmer, he can elaborate more on this if he wants.
Looking at the Canadian number I gave earlier, (padding the time with .5 to account for the relay) the average is .9%. The sample is small but the setting of the experiment is almost perfect as the only difference between the 2 sets of time is the suit. So an effect, yes, maybe less than 2% also.
I would not call ehoch an average master swimmer, he can elaborate more on this if he wants.
Looking at the Canadian number I gave earlier, (padding the time with .5 to account for the relay) the average is .9%. The sample is small but the setting of the experiment is almost perfect as the only difference between the 2 sets of time is the suit. So an effect, yes, maybe less than 2% also.
