| Belgrade 1973 |
Jo Harshbarger |
1500 Freestyle W |
16:54.14 |
25 August 1973 |
Louisville, United States |
| Belgrade 1973 |
Rick DeMont |
1500 Freestyle M |
15:51.02 |
25 August 1973 |
Louisville, United States |
| Belgrade 1973 |
John Hencken |
200 Breaststroke M |
2:20.52 |
24 August 1973 |
Louisville, United States |
| Cali 1975 |
Tim Shaw |
800 Freestyle M |
8:13.68 |
21 June 1975 |
Long Beach, California, United States |
| Cali 1975 |
Tim Shaw |
1500 Freestyle M |
15:20.91 |
21 June 1975 |
Long Beach, United States |
| Cali 1975 |
Bruce Furniss |
200 Freestyle M |
1:51.41 |
18 June 1975 |
Long Beach, United States |
| Cali 1975 |
Bruce Furniss |
200 Freestyle M |
1:50.89 |
18 June 1975 |
Long Beach, United States |
| Cali 1975 |
Tim Shaw |
400 Freestyle M |
3:53.95 |
19 June 1975 |
Long Beach, United States |
| Cali 1975 |
Shirley Babashoff |
400 Freestyle W |
4:14.76 |
20 June 1975 |
Long Beach, United States |
| Guayaquil 1982 |
Steve Lundquist |
100 Breaststroke M |
1:02.62 |
19 July 1982 |
Mission Viejo, United States |
| Guayaquil 1982 |
Rowdy Gaines |
200 Freestyle M |
1:48.93 |
19 July 1982 |
Mission Viejo, United States |
| Madrid 1986 |
Matt Biondi |
100 Freestyle M |
48.74 |
24 June 1986 |
Orlando, United States |
| Madrid 1986 |
Matt Biondi |
50 Freestyle M |
22.33 |
26 June 1986 |
Orlando, Florida, United States |
| Fukuoka 2001 |
Ed Moses |
50 Breaststroke M |
27.39 |
31 March 2001 |
Austin, United States |
| Fukuoka 2001 |
Anthony Robinson |
50 Breaststroke M |
27.49 |
29 March 2001 |
Austin, United States |
| Fukuoka 2001 |
Ed Moses |
100 Breaststroke M |
1:00.29 |
28 March 2001 |
Austin, United States |
| Montreal 2005 |
Aaron Peirsol |
100 Backstroke M |
53.17 |
2 April 2005 |
Indianapolis, United States |
| Rome 2009 |
Aaron Peirsol |
100 Backstroke M |
51.94 |
8 July 2009 |
Indianapolis, United States |
| Rome 2009 |
Michael Phelps |
100 Butterfly M |
50.22 |
9 July 2009 |
Indianapolis, United States |
| Budapest 2022 |
Hunter Armstrong |
50 Backstroke M |
23.71 |
28 April 2022 |
Greensboro, United States |
Why are the women missing from this?
Jo Harshbager and Shirley Babashoff are listed
The Men’s 1500 WR dropping 31 seconds in two years is wild…
Absolutely. What kind of change happened around the early ’70s? Widespread use of goggles? Suit design? Technique? Training?
East German women?
True but this was two American men in the1500.
Huge gap in the 90s. Wonder why.
Aaron Peirsol also got the official 200m back record at the 09′ trials (1:53.08). The 1:52.86 Irie went earlier in the year wasn’t ratified as the WR as his suit wasn’t hadn’t been aproved yet.
Thought the answer was 5 based on the photo
Only seven in almost 40 years ! I would have said more
Because the list is incomplete? I know Tracy Caulkins set a 200 IM world record at Nationals/WC trials at the Woodlands in 1978. Pretty sure Steve Lundquist did the same. Maybe Kim Linehan in the 400? That is only my memory. Possibly there are more. Maybe because that meet was labeled nationals, it doesn’t count for this article.
At the Orlando ’86 meet, for which you include, a couple of Biondi swims, there were at least two more.
Pablo Morales 100 Fly :52.84 — lasted 9 years till Pankratov :52.32
Betsy Mitchell — 200 Backstroke 2:08.60 – lasted till ’91 Egerszegi at 2:06.61
Was the last year before the requirement to touch the wall before shoulders passed vertical came in.
US didn’t have Trials for all/most of the Worlds before Olympic years during the 2000s and 2010s, right? So there’d have been more at the trials the previous years for PanPacs, which also functioned as the trials meets for those Worlds, e.g. Ledecky in 2014