If the new regulations are put into effect basically limiting swimmers to knee skins, what world records will last the longest?
I think the 50 free for men and 400 free for women. I could see the 50 free lasting for 25 years. The 400 free for maybe, I dont know, 50 years?!?!?
For the women, the sprint Frees are also very fast -- the 200 and 400 Free as well, but I always think that Evans went 4:03 twenty years ago - so somebody should be to swim 3:59 at some point (without aid).
I agree. I actually thought the winning time would be faster than 3:59. I think the 200 free at 1:52.98 will be much more difficult to break. When Evans swam her 4:03 in Seoul the WR in the 200 free was a 1:57.5 by East German swimmer Heike Friedrich, so the 200 free and 400 free records have both gone down by about 4.5 seconds.
It might be more interesting to see swimmers chasing that "red line" for a while rather than leaving it in the dust. After the record assault we've experienced in the last two years maybe we need a couple years where no records are set.
For the women, the sprint Frees are also very fast -- the 200 and 400 Free as well, but I always think that Evans went 4:03 twenty years ago - so somebody should be to swim 3:59 at some point (without aid).
I agree. I actually thought the winning time would be faster than 3:59. I think the 200 free at 1:52.98 will be much more difficult to break. When Evans swam her 4:03 in Seoul the WR in the 200 free was a 1:57.5 by East German swimmer Heike Friedrich, so the 200 free and 400 free records have both gone down by about 4.5 seconds.
It might be more interesting to see swimmers chasing that "red line" for a while rather than leaving it in the dust. After the record assault we've experienced in the last two years maybe we need a couple years where no records are set.
