14.34.56 1500 free, Grant Hackett, in Japan, 2001!
14.26.62 1650 free, Chris Thompson, in the US of A, 2001!
I know who Hackett is, Thompson is only vaguely familiar. Fact is, their records are nearly a decade old. Does anyone else find this as impressive and striking as I do? Did Hackett set such an out-of-reach record that more swimmers are cowed rather than motivated to break it? Or have male swimmers just collectively lost a lot of interest in the mile? All of the other men's records are newborns. In fact, Phelps's 400 IM from Beijing is the second-oldest, and it's still not even two years old (it survived the climax of the suits, though, so that's impressive).
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I think the Olympics should have both the 800 and 1500 for men and women.
I don't agree. I think the skill set in the 800 is almost exactly the same as the 1500. I would think that 6 (or more) of the finalists would overlap in the 800/1500 events.
Which race is more different: 50 stroke to 100 stroke OR 800 free to 1500 free.
How many of the 50 stroke WR are held by the 100 stroke WR holder? Ehh did that make sense?
If one event is going to be added to the program, I vote for 50M dolphin kick in-water start.
I think the Olympics should have both the 800 and 1500 for men and women.
I don't agree. I think the skill set in the 800 is almost exactly the same as the 1500. I would think that 6 (or more) of the finalists would overlap in the 800/1500 events.
Which race is more different: 50 stroke to 100 stroke OR 800 free to 1500 free.
How many of the 50 stroke WR are held by the 100 stroke WR holder? Ehh did that make sense?
If one event is going to be added to the program, I vote for 50M dolphin kick in-water start.
