Katie ledecky didnt just win the gold medal in the womens 800m freestyle, she obliterated the competition and shattered the world record theres dominant. Montreal 2005 mens 800m freestyle final hackett sets. Katie ledecky broke her own world record in the 1500m freestyle on the opening day of the tyr pro swim series with a time of 15 min, 20. The american teenager katie ledecky smashed the world record for the 1500m freestyle to take her second gold medal, after the 800m, at the world championships on tuesday in barcelona. Bbc sport athletics david rudisha breaks 800m world record. Katie ledecky smashes own 800m freestyle world record. Ledecky lowered her sevenmonthold world record in the 800 freestyle by two seconds with a. Watch katie ledeckys world record shattering swim in the 800 freestyle.
Facts, quizzes and trivia about swimming world records womens long course, 4x100m freestyle relay, australia, 4x100m medley relay, united states and more. In 1933, lenore kight swam the 880 yard freestyle in 11. Fina world championships records 50m after budapest 2017 men event swimmer time place date 50m freestyle cesar cielo bra 21. Jul 30, 20 the american teenager katie ledecky smashed the world record for the 1500m freestyle to take her second gold medal, after the 800m, at the world championships on tuesday in barcelona. See more ideas about adam peaty, olympics and swimming. Aug 16, 2008 britains rebecca adlington set a new world record as she clinched her second swimming gold medal in beijing with victory in the 800m freestyle. Adam peaty fastest in world this year as he sets new record at edinburgh march 14, 2020. Katie ledecky create a new olympic record in womens 800m. The first world record on file for this event on the mens side not even a meters swim it was recorded in yards. Home workout with jazz carlin resistance band workout for swimmers. Records can be set in long course 50 metres or short course 25 metres swimming pools. Not only did ledecky swim her 800meter freestyle heat on thursday morning in olympic record time of 8.
Katie ledecky create a new olympic and world record in womens 800m freestyle final reply last race of michael phelps ended with 23 career gold with olympic record, see full results aboutswim says. Advice to swim 800m under 14 minutes the swimming expert. World record progression 800 metres freestyle wikipedia. World champion caster semenya has her sights on the more than threedecades old 800metre world record. Dec 02, 2014 stats fan martyn tovey has set a new world record for owning the most world records. Chinas world record holder and olympic champion, sun yang, confirmed his shock withdrawal from sundays 1,500m freestyle final at the world championships was down to. Katie ledecky wins gold and breaks her own world record in the womens 800m freestyle. After the iaaf was founded in 1912, the first mens 800meter world record recognized by the organization was ted merediths winning time at the 1912 olympics. Fina recognises world records in the following events for both men and women, 1 2 except for the mixed relays, where teams consist of two men and two. Athletes make history by setting new world records at the. Mens world records lcm share mens world records lcm on facebook. Access official results for the swimming event 100m freestyle men at the montreal 1976 summer games olympics, plus view video highlights of top performances. Nov 03, 2017 5 x 300m freestyle on 5min 30 solid swimming. Eaton, who set the world record of 9,039 earlier this year, must have that in his sights.
Bookworm martyn, 57, has spent more than 40 years hoarding the biggest collection of guinness world records annuals. Katie ledecky leaves her rivals completely out of shot as sets another world record. Aug, 2016 ledecky smashes 800m record to claim freestyle treble. This group of projects is about exploring some of the trends between performances in different sports at the same time in history and in the rate of improvement of records over time. A total of 19 world records were broken in rio this year. Relay 4 x 100m freestyle, 4 x 200m freestyle, 4 x 100m medley.
The russian was originally an 800m runner, but she achieved far more at 1500m. Sun yang blames heart problems for shock withdrawal from. Records can be set in long course 50 metres or short. Katie ledecky does it again, breaks world record in 800 free. Tweet mens world records lcm submit mens world records lcm to reddit. The fiveday event saw six new individual records and four relay records, of which nguyen huy hoang of quang binh set three national records in the mens 800m freestyle, 1500m freestyle and 400m. Normally, brad wouldve dismissed the bookworm typesmuch too uptight and clingy for his tastebut there was something about richard that pulled at him, compelling him to get closer. Current world record holders in swimming olympics at. Aug, 2016 katie ledecky smashes world record in the 800meter freestyle. Womens world record progression long course freestyle 50 metres 100 metres 200 metres.
Katie ledecky wins gold, sets world record in 800meter. When canadas philippe gagnon swam the previous 400m s10 world record 4. Britains rebecca adlington set a new world record as she clinched her second swimming gold medal in beijing with victory in the 800m freestyle. London 2012 olympics, day as it happened sport the. Silverman smashes 400m freestyle world record international.
Fina 50mpool world records as of august 3, 2016 women event swimmer time place date 50m freestyle britta steffen ger 23. Katie ledecky sets a new world record and smashes the. Australias ariarne titmus wins 400m freestyle in world. He now has a staggering 353 individual annuals from around the world and an incredible 2,164 items of memorabilia. After that, brad began spending time at the library, observing him. Dec 14, 2014 red cloud is known to freestyle at his live shows. Adam peaty fastest in world this year as he sets new. Ledecky becomes the first olympian since debbie meyer to win the 200, 400 and 800meter freestyle events. Since 1912 the world record in the mens 100m freestyle. The long course world record was destroyed repeatedly numerous times during the supersuit frenzy of 20082009 by three different swimmers. The first world record in the mens 800 metres freestyle in long course 50 metres swimming was recognised by the international swimming federation fina in. The 19yearold, who won gold in the 400m freestyle on monday, destroyed the rest of the field as she finished 2.
Katie ledecky won her first individual gold of the 2016 rio olympics in world record time on sunday night the 400m freestyle was her first. The world records in swimming are ratified by fina, the international governing body of swimming. Katie ledecky smashes first world record since rio in. World record holder and olympic champion katie ledecky wins her fourth gold of rio 2016 in the 800m freestyle. Katie ledecky of the united states celebrates winning gold and setting a new world record in the time of 8.
The moroccan won four consecutive world titles 1997 to 2003 and finally secured that elusive olympic gold in 2004. Mens 800meter world records, recognized by the iaaf. Hong kongs siobhan haughey narrowly misses podium in 200m freestyle the 21yearold hong kong native edged out by swedens sarah sjoestroem by twotenths of a second. Katie ledecky wins gold, sets world record in 800m. Connor jaeger of the united states won silver, and the. The short course world records have been kept since. Last month, hawthorne, california emcee freestyled for 18 hours, one minute and 14 seconds long enough to break the previous guinness world. Weve partnered with selected media partners in the us to bring you olympic channel plus content. Apr 04, 2016 jane asher kings cormorants masters swimming club set the record breaking trend for the weekend setting a new world marker in the womens 800m freestyle 8589 years age group. In the short course 25 metres swimming events the world s governing body recognizes world records since march 3, 1991.
At the 2012 united states olympic trials in omaha, nebraska, her first senior national competition, ledecky made the olympic team by placing first in the womens 800m freestyle with a time of 8. Jan 17, 2016 katie ledecky does it again, breaks world record in 800 free katie ledecky exits the pool after winning the womens 800meter freestyle and setting a new world record. Katie ledecky create a new olympic and world record in women. The mens and womens 1500m freestyle world records are ratified and kept by the world governing body for competitive swimming, fina. In the final event, the 800m, the 30 yearold briton, who was trailing by 142 points after. See katie ledeckys incredible comeback swim at world. Trademarks featured or referred to on this website are the property of their respective trademark holders and not sports reference llc or. World athletics supplier home of world athletics world records share tweet email select a category. Zoe anthony put in a solid performance among the 14 girls where she won the 200m freestyle and also picked up 100m butterfly silver, 50m breaststroke silver and 800m freestyle silver, when. Katie ledecky reacts after winning the womens 800m freestyle and setting a new world record. Javascript must be enabled for the correct page display. Ledecky smashes 800m record to claim freestyle treble reuters. Asher is a multiworld record holder and continued her winning ways at the 2016 british masters championships taking a second world record on the evening of day. He is also the current world record holder for the mile with his 3.
Mar 21, 2008 frenchman alain bernard set a world record for the mens 100 meters freestyle in 47. Fina recognises world records in the following events for both men and women, except for the mixed relays, where teams consist of two men and two women, in any order. That world record has been a monkey on my back since i just missed it in london, said silverman, who now holds four world records including the mens 800m freestyle, the 1,500m free and the 400m individual medley. Adam peaty clocked the fastest 100m breaststroke time in the world this year as he broke his own edinburgh international swim meet record. National championships in irvine, california on saturday, while michael phelps struggled home. The same bradley davis, who just recently broke the record for mens 800m freestyle. Ledecky breaks 1500m world record, phelps beaten in thriller. Masters world record breaking spectacle british swimming. Apr 17, 2010 grant hackett sets a new wr for the 800m freestyle lc at the 2005 fina championships held at montreal.
This irregularity was finally resolved in 1935, when kights 11. Red cloud breaks guinness world record for longest freestyle. Ledecky lowered her sevenmonthold world record in the 800 freestyle by two seconds with a time of 8 minutes 4. Tennysons famous description nature red in tooth and claw predates origin of species by almost a decade, but it was charles darwin who realised that the brutal struggle that seems to characterise animals lives is the driving force of evolution. Katie ledecky destroys 800 freestyle world record at 2015. Katie ledecky of the united states broke her own world record for 800 metres freestyle at the world swimming championships. Team usas katie ledecky wins gold in the womens swimming 800m freestyle event in a world record breaking time of 8. Aug 10, 2014 reuters american teenager katie ledecky set a world record in the 400 meters freestyle at the u. Aug 22, 2010 david rudisha breaks 800m world record rudisha was only a semifinallist at last years world championships kenyas david rudisha broke the mens 800m world record in a time of one minute 41. Long course meters womens long course world records as of july 28, 2019 womens long course relay world records as of july 28, 2019 mens long course. Sun yang will look to improve chinas streak in this event to four this summer, after he has won the last two and zhang lin won in 2009.
Katie ledeckys world record 800 freestyle gold race video. Valdezbook nerd problemsbookworm problemsmaxon schreavewill herondale. The 18yearold american broke her own 800m freestyle world record to take a historic fifth gold medal. World records correlations and predicting the future. The first world record in the mens 800 metres freestyle in long course 50 metres swimming was recognised by the international swimming federation fina in 1908. This race is competed for both sexes at fina world championships, some major finasanctioned international competitions such as pan pacs, as well as most major national championships, fina world cup events, and grand prix meets in the us. Ledecky breaks world record in 800m freestyle olympic channel. Katie ledecky has set an olympic record with the fastest time in the 800m freestyle heats. Aug 08, 2015 katie ledecky smashes 800m world record at world championships. For men the event has been recognized since 1908 in a long course pool, and for women the record is kept as far back as 1922, even though this event is only competed at the olympics on the mens side. You might drop mike and ike and all the other fellas, but my names danielim here to make you jealousyou may own the world s longest freestyle rapbut most of your rhymes me freestyle napim the anchor leg rapper, so pass the batonthen hop on the next bus to boca ratonyou had a nice momentim sure not hatinbut welcome to retirementpopulation. Aug, 2016 we have a new firsttime olympic medalist, as gregorio paltrinieri of italy won the mens 1500m freestyle swimming event to earn the gold. Katie ledecky smashes 1500m freestyle world record for a. Adam peaty sets world record in 100meter breaststroke.
Katie ledecky wins first individual gold of 2016 olympics. Indiana scores israeli national recordholder tomer frankel for 202021. The series continues in which professor steve jones assesses the legacy of charles darwins origin of species. Katie ledecky smashes world record in the 800meter freestyle. Jan 18, 2016 katie ledecky crushed her own womens 800m freestyle world record, clocking a stunning 8min 6. Since bursting onto the scene at london 2012, where she was crowned olympic champion in the 800m freestyle at the age of just 15, katie ledecky has taken the. Usas katie ledecky sets new olympic record in 800m freestyle heats. It was never a matter of if, just a matter of when. She is the first person in history to accomplish this feat. She is the current world record holder in the 400, 800, and 1,500meter freestyle.
Fina 25m pool world records as of july 28, 2016 men event swimmer time place date 50m freestyle florent manaudou fra 20. Katie ledecky broke her own world record in the 800m freestyle, becoming the second woman in history to win the 200, 400 and 800 at the same olympics. Katie ledecky wins 800m freestyle heat in olympic record time. Bbc sport olympics swimming adlington storms to second gold. Queensland girls launch record breaking mac attack at. The olympic silver medallist teaches us how to get creative with. She is the current worldrecord holder in the 400, 800, and 1,500meter freestyle. World records bookworm sets new world record for most. The loughborough national centre swimmer touched home in 58. Ledecky sets world best to win 800 freestyle reuters. But as she proved at last years world championships when she became the first swimmer to win all four freestyle distances200m, 400m, 800m and 1500mdistance isnt her only specialty. World record 800 freestyle gold race video on facebook.
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