How Fast Were The Fast Suits? A Visual Analysis of the Textile vs. Non-Textile Swim Suit Era’s

Prepared by Elliot Meena June 2014 theswimscout Agenda

I. World Records VI. II. All Strokes VII. III. Long-Axis VIII. Freestyle IV. Short-Axis IX. Individual Medley V. Butterfly X. Era 1  3

2 World Records Used In Analysis Section I

3 Female Long-Axis World Record’s Used In Analysis Female Long-Axis World Record's Used In Analysis Era* Event Name Time Date Event Name Time Date 1 50 Backstroke Li Yang 28.09 10/15/07 50 Freestyle Inge de Bruijn 24.13 09/22/00 2 50 Backstroke 27.67 03/23/08 50 Freestyle 23.97 03/29/08 3 50 Backstroke Jing Zhao 27.06 07/30/09 50 Freestyle Britta Stefen 23.73 08/02/09 4 50 Backstroke 27.22 05/04/13 50 Freestyle 24.05 04/08/12

1 100 Backstroke 59.44 03/27/07 100 Freestyle Britta Stefen 53.30 08/02/06 2 100 Backstroke Kirsty Coventry 58.77 08/11/08 100 Freestyle Libby Trickett 52.88 03/27/08 3 100 Backstroke Gemma Spofforth 58.12 07/28/09 100 Freestyle Britta Stefen 52.07 07/31/09 4 100 Backstroke 58.23 07/29/12 100 Freestyle Cate Campbell 52.33 07/28/13

1 200 Backstroke Kristina Egerszegi 126.62 08/22/91 200 Freestyle 115.52 03/28/07 2 200 Backstroke Kirsty Coventry 125.24 08/16/08 200 Freestyle 114.82 08/13/08 3 200 Backstroke Kirsty Coventry 124.81 08/01/09 200 Freestyle Federica Pellegrini 112.98 07/29/09 4 200 Backstroke 124.06 08/03/12 200 Freestyle 113.61 07/31/12

1 200 Medley Yanyan Wu 129.72 10/17/97 400 Freestyle Laure Manaudou 242.13 03/28/07 2 200 Medley 128.45 08/13/08 400 Freestyle Federica Pellegrini 241.53 03/24/08 3 200 Medley Ariana Kukors 126.15 07/27/09 400 Freestyle Federica Pellegrini 239.15 07/26/09 4 200 Medley Shiwen Ye 127.57 07/31/12 400 Freestyle 239.82 07/13/28

1 400 Medley Katie Hoff 272.89 04/01/07 800 Freestyle 496.22 08/20/89 2 400 Medley Stephanie Rice 269.45 08/10/08 800 Freestyle 494.10 08/16/08 3 400 Medley Katinka Hosszu 270.31 07/17/09 800 Freestyle 495.92 07/17/09 4 400 Medley Shiwen Ye 268.43 07/28/12 800 Freestyle Katie Ledecky 493.86 08/03/13

1 - Textile WR (Pre) 1500 Freestyle 942.54 07/17/07 2 - Non-Textile (1st Year) 1500 Freestyle 952.84 07/16/08 3 - Non-Textile (2nd Year) 1500 Freestyle Alessia Filippi 944.93 07/17/09 4 - Textile WR (Post) 1500 Freestyle Katie Ledecky 936.53 07/30/13 Note: Time in seconds Source: FINA, IOC, Omega Timing 4 Female Short-Axis World Record’s Used In Analysis Female Short-Axis World Record's Used In Analysis Era* Event Name Time Date Event Name Time Date 1 50 Breaststroke 30.31 01/30/06 50 Butterfly 25.46 06/13/07 2 50 Breaststroke Valentina Artemyeva 30.79 07/01/08 50 Butterfly Therese Alshammar 25.71 07/18/08 3 50 Breaststroke 29.80 08/07/09 50 Butterfly Therese Alshammar 25.07 07/31/09 4 50 Breaststroke Ruta Meilutyte 29.48 08/03/13 50 Butterfly Jeanette Ottessen 25.24 08/03/13

1 100 Breaststroke 65.09 03/20/06 100 Butterfly Inge de Bruijn 56.61 09/17/00 2 100 Breaststroke Leisel Jones 65.17 08/12/08 100 Butterfly Libby Trickett 56.73 08/11/08 3 100 Breaststroke Jessica Hardy 64.45 08/07/09 100 Butterfly Sarah Sjoestroem 56.06 07/27/09 4 100 Breaststroke Ruta Meilutyte 64.35 07/29/13 100 Butterfly 55.98 07/29/12

1 200 Breaststroke Leisel Jones 140.54 02/01/06 200 Butterfly 125.40 08/17/06 2 200 Breaststroke 140.22 08/15/08 200 Butterfly Zige Liu 124.18 08/14/08 3 200 Breaststroke Annamay Pierse 140.12 07/30/09 200 Butterfly Zige Liu 121.81 10/21/09 4 200 Breaststroke Rikke Pedersen 139.11 08/01/13 200 Butterfly 124.06 01/08/12 * 1 - Textile WR (Pre) 2 - Non-Textile (1st Year) 3 - Non-Textile (2nd Year) 4 - Textile WR (Post)

Note: Time in seconds Source: FINA, IOC, Omega Timing 5 Male Long-Axis World Record’s Used In Analysis Male Long-Axis World Record's Used In Analysis Era* Event Name Time Date Event Name Time Date 1 50 Backstroke Thomas Rupprath 24.80 07/27/03 50 Freestyle Alexander Popov 21.64 06/16/00 2 50 Backstroke Randall Bal 24.33 12/05/08 50 Freestyle Eamon Sullivan 21.28 03/28/08 3 50 Backstroke Liam Tancock 24.04 08/02/09 50 Freestyle Cesar Cielo 20.91 12/18/09 4 50 Backstroke Camille Lacourt 24.07 12/18/10 50 Freestyle Cesar Cielo 21.32 03/18/13

1 100 Backstroke Aaron Piersol 52.98 03/27/07 100 Freestyle Pieter van den Hoogenband 47.84 09/19/00 2 100 Backstroke Aaron Piersol 52.54 08/12/08 100 Freestyle Eamon Sullivan 47.05 08/13/08 3 100 Backstroke Aaron Piersol 51.94 07/08/09 100 Freestyle Cesar Cielo 46.91 07/30/09 4 100 Backstroke Matthew Grevers 52.08 06/27/12 100 Freestyle James Magnussen 47.10 03/19/12

1 200 Backstroke Ryan Lochte 114.32 03/30/07 200 Freestyle Michael Phelps 103.86 03/27/07 2 200 Backstroke Ryan Lochte 113.94 08/15/08 200 Freestyle Michael Phelps 102.96 08/12/08 3 200 Backstroke Aaron Piersol 111.92 07/31/09 200 Freestyle Paul Biedermann 102.00 07/28/09 4 200 Backstroke Ryan Lochte 112.96 07/29/11 200 Freestyle Yannick Agnel 103.14 07/30/12

1 200 Medley Michael Phelps 114.98 03/29/07 400 Freestyle Ian Thorpe 220.08 07/30/02 2 200 Medley Michael Phelps 114.23 08/15/08 400 Freestyle Taehwan Park 221.86 08/10/08 3 200 Medley Ryan Lochte 114.10 07/30/09 400 Freestyle Paul Biedermann 220.07 07/26/09 4 200 Medley Ryan Lochte 114.00 07/28/11 400 Freestyle Ian Thorpe 220.08 07/30/02

1 400 Medley Michael Phelps 246.22 04/01/07 800 Freestyle Grant Hackett 458.65 07/27/05 2 400 Medley Michael Phelps 243.84 08/10/08 800 Freestyle Yury Prilukov 467.69 08/15/08 3 400 Medley Ryan Lochte 247.01 07/17/09 800 Freestyle Lin Zhang 452.12 07/29/09 4 400 Medley Ryan Lochte 245.18 07/28/12 800 Freestyle Yang Sun 458.57 07/27/11

1 - Textile WR (Pre) 1500 Freestyle Grant Hackett 874.56 07/29/01 2 - Non-Textile (1st Year) 1500 Freestyle Oussama Mellouli 880.84 08/17/08 3 - Non-Textile (2nd Year) 1500 Freestyle Oussama Mellouli 877.28 08/02/09 4 - Textile WR (Post) 1500 Freestyle Yang Sun 871.02 08/04/12 Note: Time in seconds Source: FINA, IOC, Omega Timing 6 Male Short-Axis World Record’s Used In Analysis Male Short-Axis World Record's Used In Analysis Era* Event Name Time Date Event Name Time Date 1 50 Breaststroke Oleg Lisogor 27.18 08/02/02 50 Butterfly Roland Schoeman 22.96 07/25/05 2 50 Breaststroke Oleg Lisogor 27.43 03/23/08 50 Butterfly Michael Cavic 23.11 03/19/08 3 50 Breaststroke Cameron Van Den Burgh 26.67 07/29/09 50 Butterfly Rafael Munoz 22.43 04/05/09 4 50 Breaststroke Cameron Van Den Burgh 26.77 07/31/13 50 Butterfly Cesar Cielo 22.76 04/26/12

1 100 Breaststroke Brendan Hansen 59.13 08/01/06 100 Butterfly Ian Crocker 50.40 07/30/05 2 100 Breaststroke Kosuke Kitajima 58.91 08/11/08 100 Butterfly Michael Phelps 50.58 08/17/08 3 100 Breaststroke Brenton Rickard 58.58 07/27/09 100 Butterfly Michael Phelps 49.82 08/01/09 4 100 Breaststroke Cameron Van Den Burgh 58.46 07/29/12 100 Butterfly Ian Crocker 50.40 07/30/05

1 200 Breaststroke Brendan Hansen 128.50 08/20/06 200 Butterfly Michael Phelps 112.09 03/28/07 2 200 Breaststroke Kosuke Kitajima 127.51 06/08/08 200 Butterfly Michael Phelps 112.03 08/13/08 3 200 Breaststroke Christian Sprenger 127.31 07/30/09 200 Butterfly Michael Phelps 111.51 07/29/09 4 200 Breaststroke Akihiro Yamaguchi 127.01 09/15/12 200 Butterfly Michael Phelps 112.09 03/28/07

* 1 - Textile WR (Pre) 2 - Non-Textile (1st Year) 3 - Non-Textile (2nd Year) 4 - Textile WR (Post)

Note: Time in seconds Source: FINA, IOC, Omega Timing 7 All Strokes Section II

8 All Strokes: Average Progression Of All Times

100 Meter Stroke Progression Of Time Changes 200 Meter Stroke Progression Of Time Changes

0.098% (0.724%) Era 1 → Era 2 Era 1 → Era 2 (0.624%) (0.506%)

(1.231%) (0.981%) Era 2 → Era 3 Era 2 → Era 3 (0.876%) (0.832%)

(0.395%) 0.271% Era 3 → Era 4 Era 3 → Era 4 0.408% 0.583%

(1.621%) (1.697%) Era 1 → Era 3 Era 1 → Era 3 (1.497%) (1.333%)

Female Male Female Male

Note: Chart not drawn to scale; a negative percentile is the result of a time improving across eras Source: FINA, IOC, Omega Timing 9 All Strokes: Average Progression Of Textile & Non-Textile Times

100 Meter Stroke Textile Time Changes 200 Meter Stroke Textile Time Changes

(1.552%) (1.463%) Era 1 → Era 4 Era 1 → Era 4 (1.111%) (0.769%)

Female Male Female Male

100 Meter Stroke Non-Textile Time Changes 200 Meter Stroke Non-Textile Time Changes

(1.231%) (0.981%) Era 2 → Era 3 Era 2 → Era 3 (0.876%) (0.832%)

Female Male Female Male

Note: Chart not drawn to scale; a negative percentile is the result of a time improving across eras Source: FINA, IOC, Omega Timing 10 Long-Axis Section III

11 Long-Axis Strokes: Average Progression Of All Times

100 Meter Long-Axis Stroke Progression Of Time Changes 200 Meter Long-Axis Stroke Progression Of Time Changes

(0.958%) (0.848%) Era 1 → Era 2 Era 1 → Era 2 (1.241%) (0.599%)

(1.319%) (0.973%) Era 2 → Era 3 Era 2 → Era 3 (0.720%) (1.353%)

0.344% (0.022%) Era 3 → Era 4 Era 3 → Era 4 0.337% 1.023%

(2.264%) (1.814%) Era 1 → Era 3 Era 1 → Era 3 (1.953%) (1.945%)

Female Male Female Male

Note: Chart not drawn to scale; a negative percentile is the result of a time improving across eras Source: FINA, IOC, Omega Timing 12 Long-Axis Strokes: Average Progression Of Textile & Non-Textile Times

100 Meter Long-Axis Stroke Textile Time Changes 200 Meter Long-Axis Stroke Textile Time Changes

(1.966%) (1.872%) Era 1 → Era 4 Era 1 → Era 4 (1.650%) (0.951%)

Female Male Female Male

100 Meter Long-Axis Stroke Non-Textile Time Changes 200 Meter Long-Axis Stroke Non-Textile Time Changes

(1.319%) (0.973%) Era 2 → Era 3 Era 2 → Era 3 (0.720%) (1.353%)

Female Male Female Male

Note: Chart not drawn to scale; a negative percentile is the result of a time improving across eras Source: FINA, IOC, Omega Timing 13 Short-Axis Section IV

14 Short-Axis Strokes: Average Progression Of All Times

100 Meter Short-Axis Stroke Progression Of Time Changes 200 Meter Short-Axis Stroke Progression Of Time Changes

0.167% (0.600%) Era 1 → Era 2 Era 1 → Era 2 (0.007%) (0.412%)

(1.143%) (0.990%) Era 2 → Era 3 Era 2 → Era 3 (1.031%) (0.311%)

(0.149%) 0.563% Era 3 → Era 4 Era 3 → Era 4 0.480% 0.142%

(0.977%) (1.581%) Era 1 → Era 3 Era 1 → Era 3 (1.040%) (0.722%)

Female Male Female Male

Note: Chart not drawn to scale; a negative percentile is the result of a time improving across eras Source: FINA, IOC, Omega Timing 15 Short-Axis Strokes: Average Progression Of Textile & Non-Textile Times

100 Meter Short-Axis Stroke Textile Time Changes 200 Meter Short-Axis Stroke Textile Time Changes

(1.138%) (1.054%) Era 1 → Era 4 Era 1 → Era 4 (0.573%) (0.587%)

Female Male Female Male

100 Meter Short-Axis Stroke Non-Textile Time Changes 200 Meter Short-Axis Stroke Non-Textile Time Changes

(1.143%) (0.990%) Era 2 → Era 3 Era 2 → Era 3 (1.031%) (0.311%)

Female Male Female Male

Note: Chart not drawn to scale; a negative percentile is the result of a time improving across eras Source: FINA, IOC, Omega Timing 16 Butterfly Section V

17 Butterfly: Average Progression Of All Times

100 Meter Butterfly Progression Of Time Changes 200 Meter Butterfly Progression Of Time Changes

0.212% (0.973%) Era 1 → Era 2 Era 1 → Era 2 0.357% (0.054%)

(1.181%) (1.909%) Era 2 → Era 3 Era 2 → Era 3 (1.503%) (0.464%)

(0.143%) 1.847% Era 3 → Era 4 Era 3 → Era 4 1.164% 0.520%

(0.972%) (2.863%) Era 1 → Era 3 Era 1 → Era 3 (1.151%) (0.517%)

Female Male Female Male

Note: Chart not drawn to scale; a negative percentile is the result of a time improving across eras Source: FINA, IOC, Omega Timing 18 Butterfly: Average Progression Of Textile & Non-Textile Times

100 Meter Butterfly Textile Time Changes 200 Meter Butterfly Textile Time Changes

(1.125%) (1.080%) Era 1 → Era 4 Era 1 → Era 4 - -

Female Male Female Male

100 Meter Butterfly Non-Textile Time Changes 200 Meter Butterfly Non-Textile Time Changes

(1.181%) (1.909%) Era 2 → Era 3 Era 2 → Era 3 (1.503%) (0.464%)

Female Male Female Male

Note: Chart not drawn to scale; a negative percentile is the result of a time improving across eras Source: FINA, IOC, Omega Timing 19 Backstroke Section VI

20 Backstroke: Average Progression Of All Times

100 Meter Backstroke Progression Of Times 200 Meter Backstroke Progression Of Times

(1.127%) (1.090%) Era 1 → Era 2 Era 1 → Era 2 (0.831%) (0.332%)

(1.106%) (0.343%) Era 2 → Era 3 Era 2 → Era 3 (1.142%) (1.773%)

0.189% (0.601%) Era 3 → Era 4 Era 3 → Era 4 0.270% 0.929%

(2.221%) (1.429%) Era 1 → Era 3 Era 1 → Era 3 (1.963%) (2.099%)

Female Male Female Male

Note: Chart not drawn to scale; a negative percentile is the result of a time improving across eras Source: FINA, IOC, Omega Timing 21 Backstroke: Average Progression Of Textile & Non-Textile Times

100 Meter Backstroke Textile Time Changes 200 Meter Backstroke Textile Time Changes

(2.078%) (2.064%) Era 1 → Era 4 Era 1 → Era 4 (1.728%) (1.204%)

Female Male Female Male

100 Meter Backstroke Non-Textile Time Changes 200 Meter Backstroke Non-Textile Time Changes

(1.106%) (0.343%) Era 2 → Era 3 Era 2 → Era 3 (1.142%) (1.773%)

Female Male Female Male

Note: Chart not drawn to scale; a negative percentile is the result of a time improving across eras Source: FINA, IOC, Omega Timing 22 Breaststroke Section VII

23 Breaststroke: Average Progression Of All Times

100 Meter Breaststroke Progression Of Times 200 Meter Breaststroke Progression Of Times

0.123% (0.228%) Era 1 → Era 2 Era 1 → Era 2 (0.372%) (0.770%)

(1.105%) (0.071%) Era 2 → Era 3 Era 2 → Era 3 (0.560%) (0.157%)

(0.155%) (0.721%) Era 3 → Era 4 Era 3 → Era 4 (0.205%) (0.236%)

(0.983%) (0.299%) Era 1 → Era 3 Era 1 → Era 3 (0.930%) (0.926%)

Female Male Female Male

Note: Chart not drawn to scale; a negative percentile is the result of a time improving across eras Source: FINA, IOC, Omega Timing 24 Breaststroke: Average Progression Of Textile & Non-Textile Times

100 Meter Breaststroke Textile Time Changes 200 Meter Breaststroke Textile Time Changes

(1.150%) (1.028%) Era 1 → Era 4 Era 1 → Era 4 (1.146%) (1.173%)

Female Male Female Male

100 Meter Breaststroke Non-Textile Time Changes 200 Meter Breaststroke Non-Textile Time Changes

(1.105%) (0.071%) Era 2 → Era 3 Era 2 → Era 3 (0.560%) (0.157%)

Female Male Female Male

Note: Chart not drawn to scale; a negative percentile is the result of a time improving across eras Source: FINA, IOC, Omega Timing 25 Freestyle Section VIII

26 Freestyle: Average Progression Of All Times

100 Meter Freestyle Progression Of Times 200 Meter Freestyle Progression Of Times

(0.788%) (0.606%) Era 1 → Era 2 Era 1 → Era 2 (1.651%) (0.867%)

(1.532%) (1.603%) Era 2 → Era 3 Era 2 → Era 3 (0.298%) (0.932%)

0.499% 0.558% Era 3 → Era 4 Era 3 → Era 4 0.405% 1.118%

(2.308%) (2.199%) Era 1 → Era 3 Era 1 → Era 3 (1.944%) (1.791%)

Female Male Female Male

Note: Chart not drawn to scale; a negative percentile is the result of a time improving across eras Source: FINA, IOC, Omega Timing 27 Freestyle: Average Progression Of Textile & Non-Textile Times

100 Meter Freestyle Textile Time Changes 200 Meter Freestyle Textile Time Changes

(1.854%) (1.681%) Era 1 → Era 4 Era 1 → Era 4 (1.571%) (0.698%)

Female Male Female Male

100 Meter Freestyle Non-Textile Time Changes 200 Meter Freestyle Non-Textile Time Changes

(1.532%) (1.603%) Era 2 → Era 3 Era 2 → Era 3 (0.298%) (0.932%)

Female Male Female Male

Note: Chart not drawn to scale; a negative percentile is the result of a time improving across eras Source: FINA, IOC, Omega Timing 28 Individual Medley Section IX

29 Individual Medley: Average Progression Of All Times

200 Meter IM Progression Of Times 400 Meter IM Progression Of Times

(0.979%) (1.261%) Era 1 → Era 2 Era 1 → Era 2 (0.652%) (0.967%)

(1.791%) 0.319% Era 2 → Era 3 Era 2 → Era 3 (0.114%) 1.300%

1.126% (0.695%) Era 3 → Era 4 Era 3 → Era 4 (0.088%) (0.741%)

(2.752%) (0.945%) Era 1 → Era 3 Era 1 → Era 3 (0.765%) 0.321%

Female Male Female Male

Note: Chart not drawn to scale; a negative percentile is the result of a time improving across eras Source: FINA, IOC, Omega Timing 30 Individual Medley: Average Progression Of Textile & Non-Textile Times

200 Meter IM Textile Time Changes 400 Meter IM Textile Time Changes

(1.685%) (1.662%) Era 1 → Era 4 Era 1 → Era 4 (0.860%) (0.424%)

Female Male Female Male

200 Meter IM Non-Textile Time Changes 400 Meter IM Non-Textile Time Changes

(1.791%) 0.319% Era 2 → Era 3 Era 2 → Era 3 (0.114%) 1.300%

Female Male Female Male

Note: Chart not drawn to scale; a negative percentile is the result of a time improving across eras Source: FINA, IOC, Omega Timing 31 Era 1  3 Analysis Section X

32 200 Meter IM Textile Time Changes Delta In Times: Era 1 to Era 3 (excluding 50’s)

(1.685%) Era 1 → Era 4 (0.860%)

Delta From Era 1 → Era 3

0.321%

0.311% 0.254%

Female Male

(0.005%)

(0.060%)

(0.299%)

(0.517%)

(0.765%)

(0.926%)

(0.930%)

(0.945%)

(0.972%)

(0.983%)

(1.151%)

(1.231%)

(1.424%)

(1.429%)

(1.791%)

(1.944%)

(1.963%)

(2.099%)

(2.199%)

(2.221%)

(2.308%)

(2.752%)

(2.863%)

200 Butterfly (F) Butterfly 200 (F) Medley 200 (F) Freestyle 100 (F) Backstroke 100 (F) Freestyle 200 (M) Backstroke 200 (M) Backstroke 100 (M) Freestyle 100 (M) Freestyle 200 (F) Backstroke 200 (M) Freestyle 800 (F) Freestyle 400 (M) Butterfly 100 (F) Breaststroke 100 (F) Butterfly 100 (F) Medley 400 (M) Breaststroke 100 (M) Breaststroke 200 (M) Medley 200 (M) Butterfly 200 (F) Breaststroke 200 (F) Freestyle 800 (M) Freestyle 400 (F) Freestyle 1500 (M) Freestyle 1500 (M) Medley 400

Note: Chart not drawn to scale; a negative percentile is the result of a time improving across eras Source: FINA, IOC, Omega Timing 33 200 Meter IM Textile Time Changes Delta In Times: Era 1 to Era 3 (including 50’s)

(1.685%) Era 1 → Era 4 (0.860%)

Delta From Era 1 → Era 3

0.321%

0.311% 0.254%

Female Male

(0.005%)

(0.060%)

(0.299%)

(0.517%)

(0.765%)

(0.926%)

(0.930%)

(0.945%)

(0.972%)

(0.983%)

(1.151%)

(1.231%)

(1.424%)

(1.429%)

(1.532%)

(1.658%)

(1.683%)

(1.791%)

(1.876%)

(1.944%)

(1.963%)

(2.099%)

(2.199%)

(2.221%)

(2.308%)

(2.308%)

(2.752%)

(2.863%)

(3.065%)

(3.373%)

(3.667%)

50 Backstroke (F) Backstroke 50 (M) Freestyle 50 (M) Backstroke 50 (F) Butterfly 200 (F) Medley 200 (M) Butterfly 50 (F) Freestyle 100 (F) Backstroke 100 (F) Freestyle 200 (M) Backstroke 200 (M) Backstroke 100 (M) Freestyle 100 (M) Breaststroke 50 (M) Freestyle 200 (F) Breaststroke 50 (F) Freestyle 50 (F) Butterfly 50 (F) Backstroke 200 (M) Freestyle 800 (F) Freestyle 400 (M) Butterfly 100 (F) Breaststroke 100 (F) Butterfly 100 (F) Medley 400 (M) Breaststroke 100 (M) Breaststroke 200 (M) Medley 200 (M) Butterfly 200 (F) Breaststroke 200 (F) Freestyle 800 (M) Freestyle 400 (F) Freestyle 1500 (M) Freestyle 1500 (M) Medley 400

Note: Chart not drawn to scale; a negative percentile is the result of a time improving across eras Source: FINA, IOC, Omega Timing 34