After Beijing here are the World (W) and American (A) records that were set prior to 2008:
men
400 free (W)
800 free (W,A)
1500 free (W,A)
50 *** (W,A)
100 *** (A)
200 *** (A)
50 fly (W,A)
100 fly (W,A)
women
800 free (A)
1500 free (W,A)
50 *** (W)
100 *** (W,A)
50 fly (W,A)
100 fly (W)
200 fly (A)
Many of these are events that weren't contested in the Olympics (stroke 50s, men's 800 free and women's 1500 free). Exclude those and the only World Records that were set prior to 2008 are the men's 400 free, 1500 free and 100 fly and the women's 100 *** and 100 fly.
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To paraphrase Spike Lee, "Money, it's gotta be the suit!"
If the hypothesis is that all the records are mostly due to the LZR, then that makes the records that survived, either 1) even more impressive, 2) drug enhanced, or 3) done in events where the suit doesn't make that much of a difference.
To paraphrase Spike Lee, "Money, it's gotta be the suit!"
If the hypothesis is that all the records are mostly due to the LZR, then that makes the records that survived, either 1) even more impressive, 2) drug enhanced, or 3) done in events where the suit doesn't make that much of a difference.
