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. Backstroke II. All Strokes VII. Breaststroke 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 Sophie Edington 27.67 03/23/08 50 Freestyle Libby Trickett 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 Fu Yuanhui 27.22 05/04/13 50 Freestyle Ranomi Kromowidjojo 24.05 04/08/12 1 100 Backstroke Natalie Coughlin 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 Emily Seebohm 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 Laure Manaudou 115.52 03/28/07 2 200 Backstroke Kirsty Coventry 125.24 08/16/08 200 Freestyle Federica Pellegrini 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 Missy Franklin 124.06 08/03/12 200 Freestyle Allison Schmitt 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 Stephanie Rice 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 Katie Ledecky 239.82 07/13/28 1 400 Medley Katie Hoff 272.89 04/01/07 800 Freestyle Janet Evans 496.22 08/20/89 2 400 Medley Stephanie Rice 269.45 08/10/08 800 Freestyle Rebecca Adlington 494.10 08/16/08 3 400 Medley Katinka Hosszu 270.31 07/17/09 800 Freestyle Lotte Friis 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 Kate Ziegler 942.54 07/17/07 2 - Non-Textile (1st Year) 1500 Freestyle Alessia Filippi 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 Jade Edmistone 30.31 01/30/06 50 Butterfly Therese Alshammar 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 Jessica Hardy 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 Leisel Jones 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 Dana Vollmer 55.98 07/29/12 1 200 Breaststroke Leisel Jones 140.54 02/01/06 200 Butterfly Jessicah Schipper 125.40 08/17/06 2 200 Breaststroke Rebecca Soni 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 Jiao Liuyang 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