2019 DUTCH SHORT COURSE CHAMPIONSHIPS
- Friday, December 20th – Sunday, December 22nd
- Tilburg, Netherlands
- SCM
- Entry Lists
- SwimSwam Preview
- Day 1 Recap
- Live Results
While competing on day 1 of the 2019 Dutch Short Course Championships in Tilburg, visiting swimmer Henrik Christiansen busted out the fastest time ever for a Norwegian in the men’s 800m freestyle.
The 23-year-old World Championships silver medalist crushed an 800 free split of 7:29.39 to open his 1500m free, which he wound up winning in 15:20.08. Christiansen’s impressive opener last night overtook his own national record-setting mark of 7:33.28 that he put on the books just this past November at the Norwegian Short Course Championships.
Putting Christiansen’s swim into perspective historically, the Olympian’s 7:29.39 now checks-in as the 3rd fastest short course 800m freestyle of all-time. Only Aussie legend Grant Hackett and French Olympic champion Yannick Agnel have been faster, and also represent the only other swimmers to notch at least one time under 7:30.
| 7:23.42 | Grant Hackett | AUS | 1/1/2009 | ||
| 7:29.17 | Yannick Agnel | FRA | French Short Course Swimming Championships | 11/15/2012 | Angers |
| 7:29.39 | Henrik Christiansen | NOR | Dutch SC Championships | 12/20/19 | Tilburg |
| 7:30.31 | Gregorio Paltrinieri | ITA | 2018 SCM World Champs | 12/11/2018 | Hangzhou |
| 7:31.18 | Federico Colbertaldo | ITA | 05/10/2010 |
Hackett on fire still in 2009
Gold in the 800 and 1500 next year in Tokyo.