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All Time Rankings - Long Course Meters
Last Updated: March 4, 2002

Women's All Time Rankings - Long Course Meters
    
50 Free
    
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50 Back
    
100 Back
    
100 Back
    
200 Back
    
50 Breast
    
100 Breast
    
200 Breast
    
50 Fly
    
100 Fly
    
200 Fly
    
200 IM
    
400 IM

Men's All Time Rankings - Long Course Meters
    
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100 Free
    
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400 Free
    
800 Free
    
1500 Free
    
50 Back
    
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Legend for All Time Rankings list:
** World Record
# 2nd Peformance All-Time
*' European Record
*+ Commonwealth Record
*" Latin-South American Record
' U.S. Open Record
* National Record
r Relay Split
p Preliminary Time
+ Olympic Record
^ World Championship Record
o Asion Record
h Hand Time

Women



Women 50 Meter Freestyle
50 Meter FREESTYLE
   1  24.13sf** Inge deBruijn, NED/Tualatin Hills SCOlympics                           Sydney          9/22/2000
   2  24.32#    deBruijn                            Olympics                           Sydney          9/23/2000
   3  24.39     deBruijn                            Trofeu Jose Finkel/BRA Nationals   Rio             6/10/2000
   4  24.44*    Therese Alshammar, SWE/Nebraska     XXV European Championships         Helsinki         7/9/2000
   5  24.45sf^  deBruijn                            World Championships                Fukuoka         7/28/2001
   6  24.46p    deBruijn                            Olympics                           Sydney          9/22/2000
   7  24.47     deBruijn                            World Championships                Fukuoka         7/29/2001
   8  24.48     deBruijn                            NED Nationals/Olympic Trials       Drachten         6/4/2000
   9  24.50’    deBruijn                            2000 Region XII Championships      Federal Way     7/23/2000
  10  24.51o    Jingyi Le, CHN                      World Championships                Rome            9/11/1994
  11  24.51p    deBruijn                            Super Speedo Grand Prix 2000       Sheffield       5/27/2000
  12  24.51     Alshammar                           Olympics                           Sydney          9/23/2000
  13  24.63*    Dara Torres, USA/Florida            Olympics                           Sydney          9/23/2000
  14  24.71     Ying Shan, CHN                      CHN National Games                 Shanghai       10/19/1997
  15  24.72*    Sandra Volker, GER                  GER Nationals/WCTs                 Braunschweig    5/16/2001
  16  24.73     Torres                              Santa Clara Invitational           Santa Clara     6/25/2000
  17  24.79     Yang Wenyi, CHN                     Olympics                           Barcelona       7/31/1992
  18  24.79p    deBruijn                            World Championnships               Fukuoka         7/28/2001
  19  24.80sf   Alshammar                           Olympics                           Sydney          9/23/2000
  20  24.84sfB  deBruijn                            XXV European Championships         Istanbul        7/31/1999
  21  24.85     deBruijn                            Arena-Canet/Mare Nostrum-R2        Canet            6/7/2001
  22  24.86sfB  Alshammar                           XXIV European Championships        Helsinki         7/8/2000
  23  24.86p    deBruijn                            2000 Region XII Championships      Federal Way     7/23/2000
  24  24.87     Amy Van Dyken, USA/Colorado St.     Olympics                           Atlanta         7/26/1996
  25  24.87sf   Alshammar                           World Championships                Fukuoka         7/28/2001
  26  24.88     Le                                  CHN National Games                 Shanghai       10/19/1997
  27  24.88     deBruijn                            NED Nationals                      Amersfoort      6/18/1999
  28  24.88     Alshammar                           World Championships                Fukuoka         7/29/2001
  29  24.90     Le                                  Olympics                           Atlanta         7/26/1996
  30  24.90     Torres                              U.S. Olympic Trials                Indianapolis    8/16/2000
  31  24.93     Le                                  CHN Nationals/Olympic Trials       Tianjin          4/6/1996
  32  24.93sf   Torres                              U.S. Olympic Trials                Indianapolis    8/15/2000
  33  24.94     deBruijn                            Trofeu Brasil                      Rio de Janeiro   6/5/1999
  34  24.95     Le                                  CHN Nationals                      Tianjin          5/9/1994
  35  24.95     deBruijn                            NED Winter Nationals               Eindhoven      12/19/1999
  36  24.96p    Alshammar                           XXV European Championships         Helsinki         7/8/2000
  37  24.96p    Torres                              Olympics                           Sydney          9/22/2000
  38  24.96     Volker                              World Championships                Fukuoka         7/29/2001
  39  24.97     Wenyi                               CHN National Games                 Beijing         9/14/1993
  40  24.98     Wenyi                               Asian Games                        Guangzhou       4/11/1988
  41  24.98sf   Torres                              Olympics                           Sydney          9/22/2000
  42  24.99     deBruijn                            XXIV European Championships        Istanbul         8/1/1999
  43  24.99     Van Dyken                           U.S. Olympic Trials                Indianapolis    8/16/2000
  44  24.99     DeBruijn                            EUR-World All Stars Dual/GWGs      Brisbane         9/3/2001
  45  25.00sf   Van Dyken                           Olympics                           Sydney          9/22/2000
  46  25.00*+   Alison Sheppard, GBR [SCO]          World Championships                Fukuoka         7/29/2001
  47  25.00     deBruijn                            EUR-AUS All Stars Dual/GWGs        Brisbane         9/1/2001
  48  25.01     deBruijn                            Trofeu Brasil                      Rio de Janeiro   8/9/1998
  49  25.02     Yanwei Xu, CHN                      9th National Games                 Guangzhou      11/26/2001
  50  25.03     Van Dyken                           Pan-Pacific Championships          Atlanta         8/13/1995
  51  25.03     Alshammar                           Golden Bear Invitational           Zagreb          6/17/2001
  52  25.04     Torres                              Janet Evans Invitational           Los Angeles     7/15/2000
  53  25.04p    Van Dyken                           Olympics                           Sydney          9/22/2000
  54  25.04     Van Dyken                           Olympics                           Sydney          9/23/2000
  55  25.06     deBruijn                            Potomac Valley Championships       Oakmont         7/18/1998
  56  25.07     Sheppard                            GBR Nationals/WCTs                 Manchester      4/11/2001
  57  25.07p    Sheppard                            World Championships                Fukuoka         7/28/2001
  58  25.08     Yong Zhuang, CHN                    Olympics                           Barcelona       7/31/1992
  59  25.09     deBruijn                            GER Dual/Goodwill Games            East Meadow     7/28/1998
  60  25.09     Torres                              U.S. Nationals                     Federal Way      4/1/2000
  61  25.09     Volker                              GER Olympic Trials                 Berlin          6/18/2000
  62  25.10*    Natalya Metscheriakova, RUS         World Championships                Rome            9/11/1994
  63  25.10p    Le                                  Olympics                           Atlanta         7/26/1996
  64  25.10     Van Dyken                           U.S. Nationals/Pan-Pacific Trials  Nashville        8/1/1997
  65  25.10p    Le                                  CHN National Games                 Shanghai       10/19/1997
  66  25.10     Volker                              Flanders Grand Prix                Brugge           5/6/2001
  67  25.10     Tammie Spatz-Stone, USA/Texas       World Championships                Fukuoka         7/29/2001
  68  25.11     deBruijn                            RUS Dual/Goodwill Games            East Meadow      8/2/1998
  69  25.11     Alshammar                           Golden Bear Invitational           Zagreb          6/18/2000
  70  25.11     Van Dyken                           U.S. Olympic Trials                Indianapolis    8/15/2000
  71  25.11     Stone                               U.S. Nationals/WCTs                Austin           4/1/2001
  72  25.11p    Stone                               World Championships                Fukuoka         7/28/2001
  73  25.11sf   Stone                               World Championships                Fukuoka         7/28/2001
  74  25.12p    Van Dyken                           Olympics                           Atlanta         7/26/1996
  75  25.12p    Torres                              U.S. Nationals                     Federal Way      4/1/2000
  76  25.12sf   Sheppard                            GBR Nationals/Olympic Trials       Sheffield       7/25/2000
  77  25.13     Van Dyken                           U.S. Nationals                     Rose Bowl        8/4/1995
  78  25.13     Van Dyken                           U.S. Nationals                     Minneapolis     8/10/1999
  79  25.13sf   Sheppard                            GBR Nationals/WCTs                 Manchester      4/10/2001
  80  25.13sf   Sheppoard                           World Championships                Fukuoka         7/28/2001
  81  25.14     Volker                              Olympics                           Atlanta         7/26/1996
  82  25.14p    Shan                                CHN National Games                 Shanghai       10/19/1997
  83  25.14     Torres                              Santa Clara Invitational           Santa Clara     6/25/2000
  84  25.14*    Sumika Minamoto, JPN                JPN Nationals/WCTs                 Yokohama        4/21/2001
  85  25.15     Van Dyken                           World Championships                Perth           1/18/1998
  86  25.15p    deBruijn                            XXIV European Championships        Istanbul        7/31/1999
  87  25.16p    Sheppard                            GBR Nationals/Olympic Trials       Sheffield       7/25/2000
  88  25.17     Le                                  World University Games             Buffalo         7/17/1993
  89  25.17     Le                                  CHN National Games                 Beijing         9/14/1993
  90  25.17     Van Dyken                           U.S. Olympic Trials                Indianapolis    3/12/1996
  91  25.18     Van Dyken                           World Championships                Rome            9/11/1994
  92  25.18     deBruijn                            NED Nationals/WCTs                 Eindhoven        6/2/2001
  93  25.19     Metscheriakova                      RUS Nationals                      Moscow          5/28/1995
  94  25.19p    Van Dyken                           Pan-Pacific Championships          Atlanta         8/13/1995
  95  25.20     Jenny Thompson, USA/Stanford        U.S. Olympic Trials                Indianapolis     3/6/1992
  96  25.20p    Van Dyken                           World Championships                Perth           1/18/1998
  97  25.20     Sheppard                            GBR Nationals/Olympic Trials       Sheffield       7/26/2000
  98  25.20sf   Volker                              World Championships                Fukuoka         7/28/2001
  99  25.20     deBruijn                            EUR All Stars-USA Dual/GWGs        Brisbane        8/29/2001
 100  25.21     Le                                  Asian Games                        Bangkok         4/14/1996
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Women 100 Meter Freestyle
   1  53.77sf** Inge deBruijn, NED/Tualatin Hills SCOlympics                           Sydney          9/20/2000
   2  53.80#    deBruijn                            Speedo Super Grand Prix 2000       Sheffield       5/28/2000
   3  53.83     deBruijn                            Olympics                           Sydney          9/21/2000
   4  54.01o    Jingyi Le, CHN                      World Championships                Rome             9/5/1994
   5  54.01’    deBruijn                            2000 Region XII Championships      Federal Way     7/20/2000
   6  54.07*    Jenny Thompson, USA/Stanford        U.S. Olympic Trials                Indianapolis    8/14/2000
   7  54.10     Le                                  CHN National Games                 Shanghai       10/13/1997
   8  54.15     Bin Lu, CHN                         World Championships                Rome             9/5/1994
   9  54.18     deBruijn                            World Championships                Fukuoka         7/25/2001
  10  54.27     Thompson                            Janet Evans Invitational           Los Angeles     7/14/2000
  11  54.31r    Le                                  World Championships                Rome             9/7/1994
  12  54.33*    Therese Alshammar, SWE/Nebraska     Olympics                           Sydney          9/21/2000
  13  54.39*    Antje Buschschulte, GER             GER Olympic Trials                 Berlin          6/15/2000
  14  54.40     Ying Shan, CHN                      Asian Games                        Hiroshima       10/4/1994
  15  54.40sf   Thompson                            Olympics                           Sydney          9/20/2000
  16  54.40     Yanwei Xu, CHN                      9th National Games                 Gfuangzhou     11/24/2001
  17  54.41     Alshammar                           XXV European Championships         Helsinki         7/5/2000
  18  54.41sf   Thompson                            U.S. Olympic Trials                Indianapolis    8/13/2000
  19  54.42     Lu                                  Asian Games                        Hiroshima       10/4/1994
  20  54.43     Thompson                            Olympics                           Sydney          9/21/2000
  21  54.43     Torres                              Olympics                           Sydney          9/21/2000
  22  54.45*    Martina Moravcova, SVK/SMU          XXV European Championships         Helsinki         7/5/2000
  23  54.47     Dara Torres, USA/Florida            Janet Evans Invitational           Los Angeles     7/14/2000
  24  54.47sf   deBruijn                            World Championships                Fukuoka         7/24/2001
  25  54.48p    Thompson                            U.S. Olympic Trials                Indianapolis     3/1/1992
  26  54.49     Shan                                CHN National Games                 Shanghai       10/13/1997
  27  54.50     Le                                  Olympics                           Atlanta         7/20/1996
  28  54.51r+   Yong Zhuang, CHN                    Olympics                           Barcelona       7/28/1992
  29  54.53     Sandra Volker, GER                  GER Nationals/WCTs                 Bruanschweig    5/18/2001
  30  54.57     Franziska Van Almsick, GER          XXI European Championships         Sheffield        8/3/1993
  31  54.59     Shan                                CHN Nationals/Olympic Trials       Tianjin          4/4/1996
  32  54.62r    Van Almsick                         XXI European Championships         Sheffield        8/7/1993
  33  54.62p    Torres                              U.S. Olympic Trials                Indianapolis    8/13/2000
  34  54.62     Torres                              U.S. Olympic Trials                Indianapolis    8/14/2000
  35  54.62     deBruijn                            Canet Invitational/Mre Nostrum-R2  Canet            6/6/2001
  36  54.63     Thompson                            U.S. Olympic Trials                Indianapolis     3/1/1992
  37  54.64     Zhuang                              Olympics                           Barcelona       7/26/1992
  38  54.66     Thompson                            U.S. Nationals                     Minneapolis      8/7/1999
  39  54.68     Xu                                  CHN Nationals/WCTs                 Hangzhou        4/14/2001
  40  54.69p    Thompson                            Olympics                           Barcelona       7/26/1992
  41  54.69     Lu                                  CHN Nationals                      Tianjin         5/10/1994
  42  54.69     Le                                  CHN Nationals/Olympic Trials       Tianjin          4/4/1996
  43  54.72     Le                                  CHN National Games                 Beijing          9/9/1993
  44  54.72p    Thompson                            U.S. Olympic Trials                Indianapolsi    8/13/2000
  45  54.72     Moravcova                           Olympics                           Sydney          9/21/2000
  46  54.73r*   Kristin Otto, GDR                   World Championships                Madrid          8/19/1986
  47  54.73     Zhuang                              CHN National Games                 Beijing          9/9/1993
  48  54.77     Van Almsick                         World Championships                Rome             9/6/1994
  49  54.77p    deBruijn                            Olympics                           Sydney          9/20/2000
  50  54.79     Barbara Krause, GDR                 Olympics                           Moscow          7/21/1980
  51  54.79r    Le                                  Olympics                           Atlanta         7/22/1996
  52  54.79     deBruijn                            NED Winter Nationals               Eindhoven      12/17/1999
  53  54.79r+*  Susie O’Neill, AUS                  Olympics                           Sydney          9/16/2000
  54  54.80p    Thompson                            U.S. Nationals                     Austin          7/27/1993
  55  54.82     Thompson                            Pan-Pacific Championships          Fukuoka         8/11/1997
  56  54.83pr   Angel Myers-Martino, USA/Furman     Olympics                           Barcelona       7/28/1992
  57  54.84     Thompson                            Olympics                           Barcelona       7/26/1992
  58  54.86     Le                                  Pan-Pacific Championships          Fukuoka         8/11/1997
  59  54.86     Lu                                  CHN National Games                 Beijing          9/9/1993
  60  54.86     Shan                                CHN Nationals                      Tianjin         5/10/1994
  61  54.86r    O’Neill                             AUS Olympic Trials                 Sydney          5/13/2000
  62  54.88r    Van Almsick                         World Championships                Rome             9/7/1994
  63  54.88r    Zhuang                              CHN National Games                 Beijing         9/11/1993
  64  54.88     Volker                              Olympics                           Atlanta         7/20/1996
  65  54.89     Thompson                            Pan-Pacific Championships          Sydney          8/27/1999
  66  54.90r    Krause                              Olympics                           Moscow          7/22/1980
  67  54.90p    Le                                  Olympics                           Atlanta         7/20/1996
  68  54.92p    Shan                                CHN National Games                 Shanghai       10/13/1997
  69  54.92     deBruijn                            Trofeu Brasil                      Rio de Janeiro   6/9/1999
  70  54.92sf   Torres                              U.S. Olympic Trials                Indianapolis    8/13/2000
  71  54.93     Otto                                Olympics                           Seoul           9/19/1988
  72  54.93     Myers-Martino                       Olympics                           Atlanta         7/20/1996
  73  54.94     Otto                                GDR Nationals                      Magdeburg       5/22/1984
  74  54.94     Van Almsick                         Olympics                           Barcelona       7/26/1992
  75  54.94p    Thompson                            U.S. Nationals/WCTs                Nashville       7/26/1997
  76  54.94     Yu Yang, CHN                        9th National Games                 Guangzhou      11/24/2001
  77  54.95     Thompson                            World Championships                Perth           1/12/1998
  78  54.95p    Torres                              Janet Evans Invitational           Los Angeles     7/14/2000
  79  54.96     Thompson                            U.S. Nationals/WCTs                Nashville       7/26/1997
  80  54.96     deBruijn                            NED Nationals/EC Trials            Amersfoort      6/18/1998
  81  54.98p    Krause                              Olympics                           Moscow          7/20/1980
  82  54.98     Torres                              U.S. Nationals                     Federal Way     3/29/2000
  83  54.99r    Van Almsick                         Olympics                           Barcelona       7/30/1992
  84  54.99     Le                                  CHN Nationals                      Tianjin         5/10/1994
  85  54.99*    Suzu Chiba, JPN                     JPN Nationals/Pan-Pacific Trials   Tokyo           6/10/1999
  86  55.00     Myers-Martino                       U.S. Olympic Trials                Indianapolis     3/1/1992
  87  55.00     deBruijn                            Tualatin Hills Invitational        Beaverton        5/7/2000
  88  55.02     Thompson                            U.S. Open                          San Antonio     12/4/1999
  89  55.02sf   Torres                              Olympics                           Sydney          9/20/2000
  90  55.02     Xu                                  East Asian Games                   Osaka           5/24/2001
  91  55.02r    deBruijn                            EUR-World All Stars Dual/GWGs      Brisbane         9/3/2001
  92  55.03     Volker                              GER Nationals/Olympic Trials       Braunschweig    5/24/1996
  93  55.03*    Sue Rolph, GBR                      XXIV European Championships        Istanbul        7/28/1999
  94  55.03p    Torres                              U.S. Nationals                     Federal Way     3/29/2000
  95  55.03     Volker                              GER Olympic Trials                 Berlin          6/15/2000
  96  55.03sf   Buschschulte                        GER Olympic Trials                 Berlin          6/15/2000
  97  55.04pr   Thompson                            Olympics                           Atlanta         7/22/1996
  98  55.05     Otto                                World Championships                Madrid          8/17/1986
  99  55.05     Rolph                               GBR Nationals/EC Trials            Sheffield        7/8/1999
 100  55.06r    Van Almsick                         XXII European Championships        Vienna          8/24/1995
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Women 200 Meter Freestyle
   1  1:56.78** Franziska Van Almsick, GER          World Championships                Rome             9/6/1994
   2  1:56.89a# Bin Lu, CHN                         World Championships                Rome             9/6/1994
   3  1:57.30   Yan Chen, CHN                       CHN National Games                 Shanghai       10/14/1997
   4  1:57.32   Luna Wang, CHN                      CHN National Games                 Shanghai       10/14/1997
   5  1:57.37   Lu                                  Asian Games                        Hiroshima       10/4/1994
   6  1:57.47sf*Susan O’Neill, AUS                  AUS Olympic Trials                 Sydney          5/15/2000
   7  1:57.48*" Claudia Poll, CRC                   Pan-Pacific Championships          Fukuoka         8/10/1997
   8  1:57.55   Heike Friedrich, GDR                GDR Nationals                      East Berlin     6/18/1986
   9  1:57.61   Poll                                World Championships                Rome             9/6/1994
  10  1:57.65+  Friedrich, GDR                      Olympics                           Seoul           9/21/1988
  11  1:57.70   O’Neill                             AUS Olympic Trials                 Sydney          5/16/2000
  12  1:57.71   Van Almsick                         XXIII European Championships       Vienna          8/23/1995
  13  1:57.75   Kristin Otto, GDR                   GDR Nationals                      Magdeburg       5/23/1984
  14  1:57.87   Friedrich                           GDR Olympic Trials                 Potsdam         7/20/1988
  15  1:57.90p  Van Almsick                         Olympics                           Barcelona       7/27/1992
  16  1:57.90*  Nicole Haislett, USA/Florida        Olympics                           Barcelona       7/27/1992
  17  1:57.97   Van Almsick                         XXI European Championships         Sheffield        8/4/1993
  18  1:58.00   Van Almsick                         Olympics                           Barcelona       7/27/1992
  19  1:58.02   Poll                                Janet Evans Invitational           Los Angeles     7/15/2000
  20  1:58.11   Liang Zhang, CHN                    9th National Games                 Guangzhou      11/25/2001
  21  1:58.14r  Van Almsick                         Olympics                           Atlanta         7/23/1996
  22  1:58.16   Poll                                Olympics                           Atlanta         7/21/1996
  23  1:58.17   O’Neill                             Pan-Pacific Championships          Sydney          8/25/1999
  24  1:58.17p  O’Neill                             AUS Olympic Trials                 Sydney          5/15/2000
  25  1:58.18   Van Almsick                         GER Nationals                      Warendorf       6/24/1995
  26  1:58.18   Poll                                Mare Nostrum Invitational          Canet           5/31/1997
  27  1:58.23   Cynthia Woodhead, USA/USC           FINA Cup                           Tokyo            9/2/1979
  28  1:58.24   Friedrich                           XVIII European Championships       Strasbourg      8/19/1987
  29  1:58.24   O’Neill                             Olympics                           Sydney          9/19/2000
  30  1:58.26^  Friedrich                           World Championships                Madrid          8/18/1986
  31  1:58.32*  Martina Moravcova, SVK/SMU          Olympics                           Sydney          9/19/2000
  32  1:58.33   Barbara Krause, GDR                 Olympics                           Moscow          7/24/1980
  33  1:58.43   Woodhead                            Pan-Ams                            San Juan         7/3/1979
  34  1:58.49   Van Almsick                         GER Nationals                      Potsdam          6/6/1993
  35  1:58.51   Friedrich                           URS Dual                           Tallinn         3/14/1988
  36  1:58.53   Woodhead                            World Championships                West Berlin     8/22/1978
  37  1:58.54r  Elka Graham, AUS                    World Championships                Fukuoka         7/25/2001
  38  1:58.57   Van Almsick                         Olympics                           Atlanta         7/21/1996
  39  1:58.57   Giaan Rooney, AUS                   World Championships                Fukuoka         7/27/2001
  40  1:58.61   C. Poll                             Olympics                           Sydney          9/19/2000
  41  1:58.65   Woodhead                            URS Dual                           Kiev            8/22/1981
  42  1:58.65   Haislett                            U.S. Olympic Trials                Indianapolis     3/2/1992
  43  1:58.66   Manuela Stellmach, GDR              GDR Nationals                      Magdeburg       6/14/1989
  44  1:58.67   Woodhead                            FRG Dual                           Belmont Plaza   4/22/1979
  45  1:58.67   Sylvia Poll, CRC                    Olympics                           Seoul           9/21/1988
  46  1:58.70r  O’Neill                             Olympics                           Sydney          9/21/2000
  47  1:58.71   YuYang, CHN                         9th National Games                 Guangzhou      11/25/2001
  48  1:58.72   Lu                                  CHN National Games                 Beijing         9/10/1993
  49  1:58.75   Birgit Meineke, GDR                 GDR Nationals                      Magdeburg       5/23/1984
  50  1:58.75   Friedrich                           Meeting NOK                        East Berlin     2/10/1988
  51  1:58.78p* Suzu Chiba, JPN                     JPN Nationals/Pan-Pacific Trials   Tokyo           6/12/1999
  52  1:58.78   Yang                                World Championships                Fukuoka         7/27/2001
  53  1:58.79   Stellmach                           GDR Olympic Trials                 Potsdam         7/20/1988
  54  1:58.79*  Camelia Potec, ROM                  XXIV European Championships        Istanbul        7/30/1999
  55  1:58.82   Stellmach                           GDR Nationals                      East Berlin     6/18/1986
  56  1:58.85   C. Poll                             Pan-Pacific Championships          Kobe            8/12/1993
  57  1:58.85   Potec                               World Championships                Fukuoka         7/27/2001
  58  1:58.86r  Lindsay Benko, USA/USC              Pan-Pacific Championships          Sydney          8/26/1999
  59  1:58.86*  Nadezda Chemezova, RUS              Olympics                           Sydney          9/19/2000
  60  1:58.86   Kerstin Kielgass, GER               Olympics                           Sydney          9/19/2000
  61  1:58.87   Friedrich                           Meeting NOK                        East Berlin     2/12/1986
  62  1:58.87r  Potec                               XXIV European Championships        Istanbul        7/27/1999
  63  1:58.88   Van Almsick                         GER Nationals/Olympic Trials       Braunschweig    5/28/1996
  64  1:58.89p  Haislett                            U.S. Olympic Trials                Indianapolis     3/2/1992
  65  1:58.90   Stellmach                           World Championships                Madrid          8/18/1986
  66  1:58.90   C. Poll                             World Championships                Perth           1/13/1998
  67  1:58.91p  C. Poll                             World Championships                Rome             9/6/1994
  68  1:58.92p  Mitzi Kremer, USA/Clemson           U.S. Olympic Trials                Austin           8/9/1988
  69  1:58.92   Chiba                               JPN Nationals/Pan-Pacific Trials   tokyo           6/12/1999
  70  1:58.92   :Poll                               World Championships                Fukuoka         7/27/2001
  71  1:58.93   Stellmach                           XIX European Championships         Bonn            8/16/1989
  72  1:58.95   Stellmach                           XVIII European Championships       Strasbourg      8/19/1987
  73  1:58.95r  Anke Mohring, GDR                   XIX European Championships         Bonn            8/15/1989
  74  1:58.95   Haislett                            Pan-Pacific Championships          Kobwe           8/12/1993
  75  1:58.97p  Mary Wayte, USA/Florida             U.S. Olympic Trials                Austin           8/9/1988
  76  1:58.97   C. Poll                             RUS Dual/Goodwill Games            East Meadow      8/1/1998
  77  1:58.97   Kremer                              U.S. Olympic Trials                Austin           8/9/1988
  78  1:59.01   Stellmach                           Olympics                           Seoul           9/21/1988
  79  1:59.01   Jiaying Pang, CHN                   9th National Games                 Guangzhou      11/25/2001
  80  1:59.02p  Friedrich                           Olympics                           Seoul           9/20/1988
  81  1:59.02   Li Kang, CHN                        CHN National Games                 Beijing         9/10/1993
  82  1:59.02   Jingyi Le, CHN                      CHN Nationals                      Tianjin          5/6/1994
  83  1:59.02   Van Almsick                         GER Nationals/WCTs                 Hannover         7/8/1994
  84  1:59.02   C. Poll                             Seven Hills Invit./Mare Nostrum-R3 Rome            6/10/2001
  85  1:59.04   Krause                              GDR Nationals                      East Berlin      7/2/1978
  86  1:59.04   Wayte                               Olympics                           Seoul           9/21/1988
  87  1:59.06   Chemezova                           USA Dual/Goodwill Games            East Meadow     7/30/1998
  88  1:59.06   Potec                               XXI Trofeo Internacional de NatacioBarcelona       5/24/2000
  89  1:59.10r  Potec                               Olympics                           Sydney          9/20/2000
  90  1:59.11   Wayte                               U.S. Olympic Trials                Austin           8/9/1988
  91  1:59.11   O’Neill                             AUS Nationals/Pan-Pacific Trials   Brisbane        3/23/1999
  92  1:59.14   Krause                              GDR Olympic Trials                 Magdeburg       5/26/1980
  93  1:59.14p  O’Neill                             Olympics                           Sydney          9/18/2000
  94  1:59.15   Lu                                  CHN Nationals                      Tianjin          5/6/1994
  95  1:59.17   Guanbin Zhou, CHN                   CHN National Games                 Beijing         9/10/1993
  96  1:59.18   Yang                                CHN Nationals/WCTs                 Hangzhou        4/12/2001
  97  1:59.20   Friedrich                           AUS Invitational                   Canberra         1/9/1988
  98  1:59.22p  Poll                                Olympics                           Seoul           9/20/1988
  99  1:59.23   Wayte                               Olympics                           Los Angeles     7/30/1984
 100  1:59.24   Wayte                               U.S. Open                          Orlando        12/21/1987

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Women 400 Meter Freestyle
   1  4:03.85** Janet Evans, USA/Stanford           Olympics                           Seoul           9/22/1988
   2  4:04.53#  Evans                               Pan-Pacific Championships          Tokyo           8/19/1989
   3  4:05.00a  Yan Chen, CHN                       CHN National Games                 Shanghai       10/15/1997
   4  4:05.40   Evans                               U.S. Open                          Orlando        12/20/1987
   5  4:05.84*’ Anke Mohring, GDR                   XIX European Championships         Bonn            8/17/1989
   6  4:05.80   Brooke Bennett, USA                 Olympics                           Sydney          9/18/2000
   7  4:05.84   Evans                               Goodwill Games                     Federal Way     7/21/1990
   8  4:05.85   Evans                               U.S. Nationals                     Austin          7/29/1993
   9  4:05.94   Heike Friedrich, GDR                Olympics                           Seoul           9/22/1988
  10  4:06.28*+ Tracey Wickham, AUS                 World Championships                West Berlin     8/24/1978
  11  4:06.39   Friedrich                           XVIII European Championships       Strasbourg      8/20/1987
  12  4:06.43   Evans                               U.S. Olympic Trials                Austin          8/10/1988
  13  4:06.55*  Hannah Stockbauer, GER              GER Olympic Trials                 Berlin          6/16/2000
  14  4:06.56*” Claudia Poll, CRC                   Pan-Pacific Championships          Fukuoka         8/12/1997
  15  4:06.62   Mohring                             Olympics                           Seoul           9/22/1988
  16  4:06.72   Yan                                 World Championships                Perth           1/14/1998
  17  4:06.73   Evans                               U.S. Nationals                     Los Angeles      8/2/1989
  18  4:06.85   Friedrich                           GDR Nationals                      East Berlin     6/19/1986
  19  4:06.97   Evans                               URS Dual                           Atlanta         8/25/1989
  20  4:06.97   Liang Zhang, CHN                    9th National Games                 Guangzhou      11/24/2001
  21  4:07.02   Friedrich                           GDR Olympic Trials                 Potsdam         7/21/1988
  22  4:07.07   Bennett                             World Championships                Perth           1/14/1998
  23  4:07.07   Diana Munz, USA                     Olympics                           Sydney          9/18/2000
  24  4:07.10   Tiffany Cohen, USA/Texas            Olympics                           Los Angeles     7/31/1984
  25  4:07.12   Kim Linehan, USA/Texas              Texas Sr. Circuit Championships    Austin          7/27/1979
  26  4:07.12   Jiaying Pang, CHN                   9th Natiinal Games                 Guangzhou      11/24/2001
  27  4:07.15   Cynthia Woodhead, USA/USC           World Championships                West Berlin     8/24/1978
  28  4:07.18   Dagmar Hase, GER                    Olympics                           Barcelona       7/28/1992
  29  4:07.25*  Michelle Smith, IRL/Houston         Olympics                           Atlanta         7/22/1996
  30  4:07.30*  Yana Klochkova, UKR                 World Championships                Fukuoka         7/29/2001
  31  4:07.32   Evans                               U.S. Nationals                     Orlando         3/25/1988
  32  4:07.37   Evans                               Olympics                           Barcelona       7/28/1992
  33  4:07.45   Friedrich                           World Championships                Madrid          8/19/1986
  34  4:07.47   Evans                               Pan-Pacific Championships          Kobe            8/14/1993
  35  4:07.56s  Evans                               U.S. Nationals                     Orlando         3/22/1988
  36  4:07.57p  Bennett                             Olympics                           Sydney          9/18/2000
  37  4:07.66   Linehan                             AAU Nationals                      Woodlands        8/2/1978
  38  4:07.66   Astrid Strauss, GDR                 Friendship Games                   Moscow          8/21/1984
  39  4:07.68*  Sarah Hardcastle, GBR               Commonwealth Games                 Edinburgh       7/27/1986
  40  4:07.71   Strauss                             European Championships             Strasbourg      8/20/1987
  41  4:07.73   Linehan                             World Championships                West Berlin     8/24/1978
  42  4:07.76s  Evans                               U.S. Olympic Trials                Austin          8/12/1988
  43  4:07.77   Linehan                             U.S. "Olympic Trials"              Irvine          7/31/1980
  44  4:07.83   Poll                                Olympics                           Sydney          9/18/2000
  45  4:07.83s  Bennett                             Olympics                           Sydney          9/22/2000
  46  4:07.84   Linehan                             Women's International              Austin           1/5/1980
  47  4:07.86   Luna Wang, CHN                      CHN National Games                 Shanghai       10/15/1997
  48  4:07.89   Mohring                             GDR Olympic Trials                 Potsdam         7/21/1988
  49  4:07.89   Tami Bruce, USA/Florida             U.S. Olympic Trials                Austin          8/10/1988
  50  4:07.92s  Evans                               Pan-Pacific Championships          Tokyo           8/20/1989
  51  4:08.01   Friedrich                           URS Dual                           Tallinn         3/17/1988
  52  4:08.05   Cohen                               U.S. Nationals                     Clovis           8/5/1983
  53  4:08.05   Mitzi Kremer, USA/Clemson           U.S. Olympic Trials                Austin           8/5/1989
  54  4:08.07   Strauss                             European Championships             Rome            8/24/1983
  55  4:08.09*  Camelia Potec, ROM                  European Championships             Istanbul         8/1/1999
  56  4:08.16   Bruce                               Olympics                           Seoul           9/22/1988
  57  4:08.17   Woodhead                            U.S. "Olympic Trials"              Irvine          7/31/1980
  58  4:08.25   Strauss                             GDR Nationals                      Gera            6/17/1983
  59  4:08.30   Hase                                Olympics                           Atlanta         7/22/1996
  60  4:08.37   Franziska Van Almsick, GER          European Championships             Vienna          8/24/1995
  61  4:08.39   Bennett                             Pan-Pacific Championships          Sydney          8/24/1999
  62  4:08.45   Wickham                             Commonwealth Games                 Edmonton         8/9/1978
  63  4:08.47   Cohen                               U.S. Winter Nationals              Indianapolis    3/30/1984
  64  4:08.56   Munz                                U.S. Nationals                     Federal Way     3/31/2000
  65  4:08.57   Kerstin Kielgass, GER               European Championships             Istanbul         8/1/1999
  66  4:08.58   Ines Diers, GDR                     European Championships             Split            9/9/1981
  67  4:08.59   Smith                               Pre-Olympic Invitational           Ft. Lauderdale   7/4/1996
  68  4:08.63   Mohring                             GDR Nationals                      Magdeburg       6/15/1989
  69  4:08.63p  Mohring                             European Championships             Bonn            8/17/1989
  70  4:08.63   Evans                               World Championships                Perth            1/9/1991
  71  4:08.67   Evans                               U.S. Nationals/WCTs                Austin          7/31/1990
  72  4:08.68   Strauss                             GDR Nationals                      Erfurt          6/18/1987
  73  4:08.70*  Kirsten Vlieghuis, NED              Olympics                           Atlanta         7/22/1996
  74  4:08.71   Carmela Schmidt, GDR                European Championships             Split            9/9/1981
  75  4:08.71   Munz                                U.S. Olympic Trials                Indianapolis    8/10/2000
  76  4:08.73   Cohen                               U.S. Olympic Trials                Indianapolis    6/27/1984
  77  4:08.75   Lindsay Benko, USA/USC.             Pan-Pacific Championships          Sydney          8/24/1999
  78  4:08.76   Diers                               Olympics                           Moscow          7/22/1980
  79  4:08.76   Bennett                             U.S. Olympic Trials                Indianapolis    8/10/2000
  80  4:08.77   Strauss                             GDR Nationals                      East Berlin     6/19/1986
  81  4:08.78   Evans                               U.S. Nationals/WCTs                Indianapolis    8/17/1994
  82  4:08.79*  Janelle Atkinson, JAM/Bolles        Olympics                           Sydney           9/7/2000
  83  4:08.80   Guanbin Zhou, CHN                   Asian Games                        Hiroshima       10/6/1994
  84  4:08.82   Wickham                             Commonwealth Games                 Brisbane        10/6/1982
  85  4:08.82   Hase                                World Championships                Perth           1/14/1998
  86  4:08.82   Kielgass                            GER Olympic Trials                 Berlin          6/16/2000
  87  4:08.86   Sheridan Lopez, AUS                 Sundown Invitational               Mission Bay     5/28/1988
  88  4:08.89   Hayley Lewis, AUS                   Commonwealth Games                 Auckland        1/27/1990
  89  4:08.91   Petra Thumer, GDR                   European Championships             Jonkoepping     8/17/1977
  90  4:09.10   Katja Hartmann, GDR                 GDR Olympic Trials                 Potsdam         7/21/1988
  91  4:09.16   Petra Schneider, GDR                Olympics                           Moscow          7/22/1980
  92  4:09.22*  Irina Oufimtseva, RUS               Canet Invitational/Mare Nostrum-   Canet            6/6/2001
  93  4:09.24   Julia Jung, GER                     GER Nationals                      Warendorf       6/22/1995
  94  4:09.38   Janelle Elford, AUS                 Sundown Invitational               Mission Bay     5/28/1988
  95  4:09.40   Annelies Maas, NED                  European Championships             Jonkoepping     8/17/1977
  96  4:09.56   Hua Chen, CHN                       CHN National Games                 Shanghai       10/15/1997
  97  4:09.58   Andrea Hayes, USA/Texas             U.S. Olympic Trials                Austin          8/10/1988
  98  4:09.64   Aihua Yang, CHN                     World Championships                Rome             9/7/1994
  99  4:09.65   Stela Pura, ROM                     European Championships             Strasbourg      8/20/1987
 100  4:09.70*  Irina Laritscheva, URS              Friendship Games                   Moscow          8/21/1984
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Women 800 Meter Freestyle
   1  8:16.22** Janet Evans, USA/Stanford           Pan-Pacific Championships          Tokyo           8/20/1989
   2  8:17.12*# Evans                               U.S. Nationals                     Orlando         3/22/1988
   3  8:19.53*  Anke Mohring, GDR                   European Championships             Strasbourg      8/22/1987
   4  8:19.67+  Brooke Bennett, USA                 Olympics                           Sydney          9/22/2000
   5  8:20.20   Evans                               Olympics                           Seoul           9/24/1988
   6  8:22.09   Astrid Strauss, GDR                 Olympics                           Seoul           9/24/1988
   7  8:22.11   Evans                               U.S. Nationals                     Los Angeles      8/4/1989
   8  8:22.44   Evans                               U.S. Nationals                     Clovis          7/27/1987
   9  8:22.66*  Jana Klochkova, UKR                 Olym[ics                           Sydney          9/22/2000
  10  8:22.93+* Julie McDonald, AUS                 Olympics                           Seoul           9/24/1988
  11  8:23.09   Mohring                             Olympics                           Seoul           9/24/1988
  12  8:23.18   McDonald                            Pan-Pacific Championships          Brisbane        8/16/1987
  13  8:23.59   Evans                               U.S. Olympic Trials                Austin          8/12/1988
  14  8:23.61   Evans                               U.S. Nationals                     Austin          7/26/1993
  15  8:23.72   Evans                               Pan-Pacific Championships          Kobe            8/15/1993
  16  8:23.92   Brooke Bennett, USA                 U.S. Olympic Trials                Indianapolis    8/15/2000
  17  8:23.99   Mohring                             European Championships             Bonn            8/19/1989
  18  8:24.05^  Evans                               World Championships                Perth           1/12/1991
  19  8:24.15   Janelle Elford, AUS                 Sundown Invitational               Mission Bay     5/30/1988
  20  8:24.29   Kaitlin Sandeno, USA/El Toro Hig    Olympics                           Sydney          9/22/2000
  21  8:24.32   Evans                               U.S. Nationals/WCTs                Austin           8/2/1990
  22  8:24.62   Tracey Wickham, AUS                 Commonwealth Games                 Edmonton         8/5/1978
  23  8:24.64   Mohring                             GDR Olympic Trials                 Potsdam         7/23/1988
  24  8:24.66*  Hannah Stockbauer, GER              World Championships                Fukuoka         7/23/2001
  25  8:24.70   Kim Linehan, USA/Texas              AAU Nationals                      Ft. Lauderdale  8/16/1979
  26  8:24.71   Evans                               U.S. Open                          Orlando        12/22/1987
  27  8:24.73   Evans                               URS Dual                           Atlanta         8/24/1989
  28  8:24.77*  Sarah Hardcastle, GBR               Commonwealth Games                 Edinburgh       7/29/1986
  29  8:24.94   Wickham                             World Championships                West Berlin     8/28/1978
  30  8:24.95   Tiffany Cohen, USA/Texas            Olympics                           Los Angeles      8/3/1984
  31  8:25.06   Bennett                             Pan-Pacific Championships          Sydney          8/28/1999
  32  8:25.52   Evans                               Olympics                           Barcelona       7/30/1992
  33  8:25.78   Michelle Ford, AUS/USC              Commonwealth Games                 Edmonton         8/5/1978
  34  8:25.91*  Flavia Rigamonti, SUI               Olympics                           Sydney          9/22/2000
  35  8:26.34p  Bennett                             Pan-Pacific Championships          Sydney          8/28/1999
  36  8:26.36   Bennett                             Pan-Pacific Championships          Fukuoka         8/13/1997
  37  8:26.37   Sheridan Lopez, AUS                 Sundown Invitational               Mission Bay     5/30/1988
  38  8:26.38   Mohring                             FRG Dual                           Munich          8/26/1987
  39  8:26.47p  Bennett                             Olympics                           Sydney          9/21/2000
  40  8:26.48a  LiangZhang, CHN                     9th National Games                 Guangzhou      11/26/2001
  41  8:26.52   Strauss                             GDR Nationals                      East Berlin     6/21/1986
  42  8:26.52s  Evans                               U.S. Nationals                     Orlando         3/26/1988
  43  8:26.54   Hua Chen, CHN                       9th National Games                 Guangzhou      11/26/2001
  44  8:26.86   Hayley Lewis, AUS                   Pan-Pacific Championships          Kobe            8/15/1993
  45  8:26.95   Elford                              AUS Olympic Trials                 Sydney          5/14/1988
  46  8:27.07   Strauss                             GDR Olympic Trials                 Potsdam         7/23/1988
  47  8:27.24   Evans                               U.S. Olympic Trials                Indianapolis     3/5/1992
  48  8:27.35   Katja Hartmann, GDR                 GDR Nationals                      East Berlin     6/21/1986
  49  8:27.47s  Evans                               Goodwill Games                     Federal Way     7/23/1990
  50  8:27.48   Linehan                             World Championships                Guayaquil        8/5/1982
  51  8:27.80   Marybeth Linzmeier, USA/Stanford    U.S. Nationals                     Brown Deer      8/13/1981
  52  8:27.82   Linehan                             U.S. Winter Nationals              Austin           4/9/1980
  53  8:27.86   Linehan                             U.S. "Olympic Trials"              Irvine          7/29/1980
  54  8:27.89   Bennett                             Olympics                           Atlanta         7/25/1996
  55  8:27.94   Yan Chen, CHN                       CHN National Games                 Shanghai       10/18/1997
  56  8:28.07   Strauss                             GDR Nationals                      Erfurt          6/20/1987
  57  8:28.07p  Strauss                             Olympics                           Seoul           9/23/1988
  58  8:28.08   Cohen                               U.S. Olympic Trials                Indianapolis    6/29/1984
  59  8:28.13p  Evans                               Olympics                           Seoul           9/23/1988
  60  8:28.24   Strauss                             World Championships                Madrid          8/22/1986
  61  8:28.24   Strauss                             European Championships             Bonn            8/19/1989
  62  8:28.27   Elford                              AUS Commonwealth Games Trials      Adelaide       12/15/1989
  63  8:28.36   Strauss                             GDR Nationals                      Magdeburg       5/26/1984
  64  8:28.39   Cohen                               U.S. Winter Nationals              Indianapolis    3/27/1984
  65  8:28.40   Mohring                             GDR Nationals                      Erfurt          6/20/1987
  66  8:28.44   Hartmann                            World Championships                Madrid          8/22/1986
  67  8:28.47   Evans                               Goodwill Games                     Federal Way     7/20/1990
  68  8:28.59*  Irene Dalbey, NOR                   European Championships             Bonn            8/19/1989
  69  8:28.61   Sandeno                             U.S. Olympic Trials                Indianapolis    8/15/2000
  70  8:28.66   Diana Munz, USA                     U.S. Olympic Trials                Indianapolis    8/15/2000
  71  8:28.69   Evans                               Pan-Pacific Championships          Edmonton        8/25/1991
  72  8:28.71   Bennett                             World Championships                Perth           1/17/1998
  73  8:28.78   Lewis                               Pan-Pacific Championships          Atlanta         8/13/1995
  74  8:28.80   McDonald                            AUS Nationals/Olympic Trials       Perth            4/5/1992
  75  8:28.82   Michelle Richardson, USA/Miami      U.S. Olympic Trials                Indianapolis    6/29/1984
  76  8:28.84   Munz                                World Championships                Fukuoka         7/23/2001
  77  8:28.85   Linehan                             U.S. Olympic Trials                Indianapolis    6/29/1984
  78  8:28.90   Ford                                Olympics                           Moscow          7/27/1980
  79  8:28.91   Heike Friedrich, GDR                GDR Olympic Trials                 Potsdam         7/23/1988
  80  8:28.92*  Christina Sossi, ITA                European Championships             Bonn            8/19/1989
  81  8:29.05   Wickham                             Commonwealth Games                 Brisbane        10/2/1982
  82  8:29.05"  Claudia Poll, CRC                   Pan-Pacific Championships          Fukuoka         8/13/1997
  83  8:29.06   Munz                                Pan-Pacific Championships          Fukuoka         8/13/1997
  84  8:29.08s  Bennett                             U.S. Nationals/Pan-Pacific Trial   Nashville       7/26/1997
  85  8:29.11   Munz                                U.S. Nationals                     Federal Way     3/28/2000
  86  8:29.13   Mohring                             GDR Nationals                      Magdeburg       6/17/1989
  87  8:29.16   Rigamonti                           XXV European Championships         Helsinki         7/6/2000
  88  8:29.19   Hartmann                            GDR Olympic Trials                 Potsdam         7/23/1988
  89  8:29.21   Bennett                             Pan-Pacific Championships          Atlanta         8/13/1995
  90  8:29.22   Strauss                             Meeting NOK                        East Berlin      2/2/1987
  91  8:29.24   Evans                               U.S. Olympic Trials                Indianapolis     3/5/1992
  92  8:29.35   Cynthia Woodhead, USA/USC           World Championships                West Berlin     8/24/1978
  93  8:29.35   Strauss                             Friendship Games                   Moscow          8/24/1984
  94  8:29.48   Cohen                               U.S. World Championship Trials     Mission Viejo   7/23/1982
  95  8:29.48p  Cohen                               World Championships                Guayaquil        8/4/1982
  96  8:29.52   McDonald                            Commonwealth Games                 Edinburgh       7/19/1986
  97  8:29.91   Dagmar Hase, GER                    Olympics                           Atlanta         7/25/1996
  98  8:30.00   Tami Bruce, USA/Florida             U.S. Olympic Trials                Austin          8/12/1988
  99  8:30.05   Erika Hansen, USA/Texas             U.S. Olympic Trials                Indianapolis     3/4/1992
 100  8:30.18   Stacey Gartrell, AUS                Commonwealth Games                 Victoria        8/23/1994
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Women 1500 Meter Freestyle
   1  15:52.10**Janet Evans, USA/Stanford           U.S. Nationals                     Orlando         3/26/1988
   2  15:54.23# Evans                               Goodwill Games                     Federal Way     7/23/1990
   3  15:59.44  Evans                               U.S. Nationals                     Austin          7/30/1993
   4  16:00.73  Evans                               U.S. Nationals                     Clovis          7/31/1987
   5  16:01.02^ Hannah Stockbauer, GER              World Championships                Fukuoka         7/28/2001
   6  16:03.30  Diana Munz, USA                     U.S. Nationals                     Federal Way      4/1/2000
   7  16:04.49  Kim Linehan, USA/Texas              AAU Nationals                      Ft. Lauderdale  8/19/1979
   8  16:04.84*+Hayley Lewis, AUS                   Pan-Pacific Championships          Kobe            8/12/1993
   9  16:05.99* Flavia Rigamonti, SUI               Woirld Championships               Fukuoka         7/28/2001
  10  16:06.63  Tracey Wickham, AUS                 AUS Nationals                      Perth           2/25/1979
  11  16:07.05  Munz                                World Championships                Fukuoka         7/28/2001
  12  16:08.02  Marybeth Linzmeier, USA/Stanford    AAU Nationals                      Ft. Lauderdale  8/19/1979
  13  16:08.80  Brooke Bennett, USA                 U.S. Nationals                     Federal Way      4/1/2000
  14  16:10.11  Janelle Elford, AUS                 AUS Nationals                      Perth           2/28/1987
  15  16:10.24  Bennett                             Pan-Pacific Championships          Fukuoka         8/13/1997
  16  16:10.42  Stacey Gartrell, AUS                Pan-Pacific Championships          Kobe            8/12/1993
  17  16:10.68  Elford                              Pan-Pacific Championships          Tokyo           8/17/1989
  18  16:10.93  Bennett                             U.S. Nationals/Pan-Pacific Trials  Nashville       7/26/1997
  19  16:11.15  Michelle Ford, AUS/USC              New South Wales Invitational       Sydney         12/19/1980
  20  16:11.22  Evans                               U.S. Nationals                     Federal Way      4/7/1991
  21  16:11.97  Tiffany Cohen, USA/Texas            U.S. Nationals                     Clovis           8/6/1983
  22  16:12.16  Ford                                AUS Age Group Championships        Brisbane        1/10/1981
  23  16:12.32  Lewis                               Goodwill Games                     Federal Way     7/23/1990
  24  16:12.57  Michelle Richardson, USA/Miami      U.S. Winter Nationals              Indianapolis    3/31/1984
  25  16:13.55*'Astrid Strauss, GDR                 USS International                  Austin           1/5/1984
  26  16:13.81  Evans                               Chrysler Meet of Champions         Mission Viejo   6/20/1993
  27  16:13.89  Bennett                             U.S. Nationals                     Buffalo         2/16/1997
  28  16:14.12  Julie Kole, USA/Stanford            U.S. Nationals                     Los Angeles     7/31/1989
  29  16:14.37  Evans                               Alamo Invitational                 Ft. Lauderdale  5/24/1992
  30  16:14.51p Stockbauer                          World Championships                Fukuoka         7/27/2001
  31  16:14.56  Cohen                               U.S. Open                          Austin           1/5/1984
  32  16:14.71  Lewis                               AUS Nationals                      Perth           3/30/1995
  33  16:14.77  Bennett                             U.S. Nationals                     Minneapolis     8/10/1999
  34  16:15.37  Julie McDonald, AUS                 AUS Winter Nationals               Perth            8/4/1989
  35  16:15.58  Bennett                             Pan-Pacific Championships          Atlanta         8/10/1995
  36  16:15.73  Lewis                               Pan-Pacific Championships          Atlanta         8/10/1995
  37  16:15.86  Linehan                             U.S. Winter Nationals              Austin          4/12/1980
  38  16:15.88  Leslie Daland, USA/USC              Goodwill Games                     Moscow           7/6/1986
  39  16:16.00  Munz                                U.S. Nationals                     Clovis          8/15/1998
  40  16:16.09  Lewis                               Pre-Commonwealth                   Brisbane        1/18/1991
  41  16:16.38  Evans                               U.S. Nationals                     Nashville        4/4/1993
  42  16:16.80  Amanda Pascoe, AUS                  World Championships                Fukuoka         7/28/2001
  43  16:16.86  Linzmeier                           U.S. Nationals                     Brown Deer      8/16/1981
  44  16:18.94  Karen LaBerge, USA/USC              U.S. Nationals                     Indianapolis    8/21/1982
  45  16:18.95a Sachiko Yamada, JPN                 Meet of Champions                  Mission Viejo   6/22/2000
  46  16:19.03  Alexis Larsen, USA/USC              Pan-Pacific Championships          Kobe            8/12/1993
  47  16:19.44  Anna McVann, AUS                    AUS Nationals                      Melbourne       2/23/1985
  48  16:19.59  Kim Brown, USA                      U.S. Nationals                     Clovis          7/31/1987
  49  16:20.15* Rebecca Cooke, GBR                  World Championships                Fukuoka         7/28/2001
  50  16:20.30  Anke Mohring, GDR                   Goodwill Games                     Moscow           7/6/1986
  51  16:20.58  Tobie Smith, USA/Texas              World University Games             Fukuoka         8/28/1995
  52  16:21.30  Trina Jackson, USA/Areizona         Pan-Pacific Championships          Kobe            8/12/1993
  53  16:21.33  Kaitlin Sandeno, USA/El Toro High   U.S. Nationals                     Minneapolis     8/10/1999
  54  16:21.94  Peggy Busche, GER                   GER Nationals/WCTs                 Braunschweig    5/18/2001
  55  16:22.12* Janelle Atkinson, JAM/Bolles        Santa Clara Invitational           Santa Clara     6/25/2000
  56  16:22.41  Jana Henke, GER                     GER Nationals/WCTs                 Braunschweig    5/18/2001
  57  16:23.49  Kim Small, USA/Miami                U.S. Nationals                     Federal Way      4/7/1991
  58  16:24.60  Alice Browne, USA                   AAU Nationals                      Mission Viejo   8/21/1977
  59  16:24.86  Jessica Foschi, USA                 U.S. Nationals                     Rose Bowl        8/4/1995
  60  16:25.87  Julie Robinson, AUS                 Queensland Open                    Adelaide         1/9/1988
  61  16:25.98  Erica Rose, USA                     Pan-Pacific Championships          Fukuoka         8/13/1997
  62  16:26.13  Lauren Costella, USA                U.S. Nationals                     Clovis          8/18/2001
  63  16:26.27  Jamie Johnson, USA                  U.S. Nationals                     Rose Bowl        8/4/1995
  64  16:26.44* Philippa Langrell, NZL              Pan-Pacific Championships          Edmonton        8/23/1991
  65  16:27.37  Florence Barker, USA                U.S. Nationals                     Brown Deer      8/16/1981
  66  16:27.40  Debbie Babashoff, USA/U Cal Irvine  U.S. Nationals                     Orlando         3/26/1988
  67  16:27.44  Barb Metz, USA/Stanford             Pan-Pacific Championships          Tokyo           8/17/1989
  68  16:27.79* Irina Ofimtseva, RUS                Moscow Cup/RUS Spring Nationals    Moscow          4/15/2001
  69  16:27.89  Ines Diers, GDR                     GDR Gala                           East Berlin     8/26/1981
  70  16:28.03  Donna Procter, AUS                  NSW Invitational                   Adelaide        1/19/1988
  71  16:28.87  Stephanie Carr, USA                 U.S. Nationals                     Clovis          8/18/2001
  72  16:28.97  Stacy Shupe, USA/Stanford           U.S. Nationals                     Clovis           8/6/1983
  73  16:29.20  Sherri Hanna, USA/Stanford          U.S. Nationals                     Brown Deer       8/6/1981
  74  16:29.29  Susan Andra, USA                    U.S. Nationals                     Indianapolis    8/21/1982
  75  16:29.71* Judit Csabi, HUN                    Mare Nostrum Invitational          Monte Carlo      6/3/1988
  76  16:30.00  Shellie Cave, AUS                   Queensland Open                    Adelaide         1/9/1988
  77  16:30.06  Sarah Anderson, USA/Stanford        U.S. Nationals                     Clovis          7/31/1986
  78  16:30.21* Manuela Melchori, ITA               Turin Invitational                 Turin           6/18/1989
  79  16:30.50  Magdalena Dyszkiewicz, USA          Bulldog Regional Championships     Athens          7/16/2000
  80  16:30.51  Julianne Brossman, USA              U.S. Nationals                     Ft. Lauderdale  8/18/1984
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Women 50 Meter Backstroke
   1  28.25p**  Sandra Volker, GER                  GER Olympic Trials                 Berlin          6/16/2000
   2  28.29#    Volker                              GER Olympic Trials                 Berlin          6/16/2000
   3  28.30p    Volker                              XIX Meeting de Monaco/Mare Nostr   Monte Carlo     6/13/2001
   4  28.30     Volker                              XIX Meeting de Monaco/Mare Nostr   Monte Carlo     6/13/2001
   5  28.49sf** Natalie Coughlin, USA/Cal           World Championships                Fukuoka         7/23/2001
   6  28.51sf   Volker                              World Championships                Fukuoka         7/23/2001
   7  28.51     Haley Cope, USA/Cal                 World Championships                Fukuoka         7/24/2001
   8  28.52     Volker                              GER Nationals/WCTs                 Braunschweig    5/19/2001
   9  28.53     Antje Buschschulte, GER             World Championships                Fukuoka         7/24/2001
  10  28.54     Coughlin                            World Championships                Fukuoka         7/24/2001
  11  28.60p    Cope                                World Championships                Fukuoka         7/23/2001
  12  28.62p    Buschschulte                        World Championships                Fukuoka         7/23/2001
  13  28.62     Volker                              World Championships                Fukuoka         7/24/2001
  14  28.66sf   Buschschulte                        World Championships                Fukuoka         7/23/2001
  15  28.67p*   Mai Nakamura, JPN                   JPN Olympic Trials                 Tokyo           4/18/2000
  16  28.67*    Nakamura                            JPN Olympic Trials                 Tokyo           4/18/2000
  17  28.68c    Dyana Calub, AUS                    AUS WCTs                           Hobart          3/22/2001
  18  28.69*    Nina Zhivanevskaya, ESP             ESP Spring Nationals               Madrid           4/8/2000
  19  28.71     Volker                              XXIV European Championships        Istanbul         8/1/1999
  20  28.72p    Volker                              World Championships                Fukuoka         7/23/2001
  21  28.73sf   Zhivanevskaya                       XIX Meeting de Monaco              Monte Carlo     6/12/2001
  22  28.74     Zhivanevskaya                       ESP Olympic Trials                 Barcelona       3/22/2000
  23  28.74sf   Calub                               World Championships                Fukuoka         7/23/2001
  24  28.76     Zhivanevskaya                       XXV European Championships         Helsinki         7/4/2000
  25  28.77p    Coughlin                            World Championships                Fukuoka         7/23/2001
  26  28.78     Volker                              Mare Nosrom Invitational           Monte Carlo     6/12/1999
  27  28.78p    Volker                              XIX Meeting de Monaco              Monte Carlo     6/13/2001
  28  28.82     Zhivanevskaya                       Cid. de Barcelona Inv./Mare Nost   Barcelona        6/2/2001
  29  28.83sf   Zhivanevskaya                       XXV European Championships         Helsinki         7/3/2000
  30  28.83sf   Zhivanevskaya                       World Championships                Fukuoka         7/23/2001
  31  28.84sf   Zhivanevskaya                       ESP Spring Nationals               Madrid           4/8/2000
  32  28.85*    Diana Mocanu, ROM                   XXV European Championships         Helsinki         7/4/2000
  33  28.86     Calub                               AUS Olympic Trials                 Sydney          5/15/2000
  34  28.86     Mocanu                              World Championships                Fukuok          7/24/2001
  35  28.89     Calub                               World Championships                Fukuoka         7/24/2001
  36  28.89     Cope                                USA-EUR All Stars Dual/GWGs        Brisbane        8/29/2001
  37  28.90sf   Volker                              Mare Nostrum Invitational          Monte Carlo     6/12/1999
  38  28.90     Zhivanevskaya                       World Championships                Fukuoka         7/24/2001
  39  28.92     Cope                                USA-World All Stars Dual/GWGs      Brisbane         9/1/2001
  40  28.93p    Zhivanevskaya                       World Championships                Fukuoka         7/23/2001
  41  28.96p    Zhivanevskaya                       ESP Spring Nationals               Madrid           4/7/2000
  42  28.96     Giaan Rooney, AUS                   AUS Olympic Trials                 Sydney          5/15/2000
  43  28.96sfB  Nakamura                            FISU Games                         Beijing         8/26/2001
  44  28.97     Mocanu                              ROM Nationals/WCTs                 Pitesti          6/8/2001
  45  28.99     Mocanu                              Turnier des Natations              Vienna          4/22/2001
  46  28.99*    Hinkelien Schreuder, NED            World Championships                Fukuoka         7/24/2001
  47  29.00     Volker                              Mare Nostrum Invitational          Monte Carlo     5/27/1997
  48  29.00p    Nakamura                            World Championships                Fukuoka         7/23/2001
  49  29.01     Coughlin                            Far Western Championships          San Jose         8/6/1998
  50  29.02sf   Zhivanevskaya                       XXIV European Championships        Istanbul        7/31/1999
  51  29.04*    Cihong He, CHN                      2nd World Military Championships   Rome             9/3/1998
  52  29.04     Jiaru Cheng, CHN                    CHN Nationals                      Hangzhou       10/13/1999
  53  29.04*    Ilona Hlavackova, CZE               FISU Games                         Beijing         8/27/2001
  54  29.05     Zhivanevskaya                       Mare Nostrum Invitational          Monte Carlo     6/12/1999
  55  29.05s    Wenyi Yang, CHN                     Pan-Pacific Championships          Sydney          8/30/1999
  56  29.05     Nakamura                            JPN Nationals/WCTs                 Yokohama        4/23/2001
  57  29.06p    Volker                              Mare Nostrum Invitational          Monte Carlo     6/12/1999
  58  29.07     Volker                              GER Nationals/EC Trials            Leipzig         5/30/1999
  59  29.07     Calub                               USA Dual/Goodwill Games            Brisbane        8/30/2001
  60  29.08     Yingjuan Zhen, CHN                  CHN National Games                 Shanghai       10/15/1997
  61  29.08     Buschulte                           GER Nationals/WCTs                 Braunschweig    5/19/2001
  62  29.10     Volker                              Turnier des Natations              Vienna          4/22/2001
  63  29.11     Nakamura                            JPN Nationals/Pan-Pacific Trials   Tokyo           6/13/1999
  64  29.11*    Jennifer Carroll, CAN               CAN Nationals/WCTs                 Edmonton        3/14/2001
  65  29.11     Calub                               AUS-EUR All Stars Dual/GWGs        Brisbane         9/1/2001
  66  29.12s*   Kristin Otto, GDR                   XXIV Olympics                      Seoul           9/22/1988
  67  29.12     Hanae Ito, JPN                      JPN Nationals/WCTs                 Yokohama        4/23/2001
  68  29.14     Shu Zhan, CHN                       CHN Nationals/WCTs                 Hangzhou        4/13/2001
  69  29.16p    Ito                                 JPN Nationals/WCTs                 Yokohama        4/23/2001
  70  29.17s    Nakamura                            XXVII Olympics                     Sydney          9/18/2000
  71  29.18     Zhivanevskaya                       ESP Winter Championships           Cadiz            4/7/2001
  72  29.18     Hlavacova                           XXV European Championships         Helsinki         7/4/2000
  73  29.19p(s) Lea Loveless, USA/Stanford          U.S. Olympic Trials                Indianapolis     3/3/1992
  74  29.19     Zhivanevskaya                       ESP Winter Nationals               Cadiz           3/22/1999
  75  29.19p    Nakamura                            JPN Nationals/WCTs                 Yokohama        4/23/2001
  76  29.19sf   Mocanu                              World Championships                Fukuoka         7/23/2001
  77  29.19     Nakamura                            World All-Stars-AUS Dual/GWGs      Brisbane         9/1/2001
  78  29.22     Angel Myers-Martino, USA/Furman     Arena Festival Gala                Hamburg          2/3/1993
  79  29.24     Diana MacManus, USA                 USA-AUS Dual/GWGs                  Brisbane        8/30/2001
  80  29.25*    Metka Sparavec, SLO                 XXIV Championships                 Istanbul         8/1/1999
  81  29.25     Janine Pietsch, GER                 GER Nationals/WCTs                 Braunschweig    5/19/2001
  82  29.28p    Giann Rooney, AUS                   World Championships                Fukuoka         7/23/2001
  83  29.30     Nan Liu, CHN                        CHN Nationals/WCTs                 Hangzhou        4/13/2001
  84  29.31     Huadong Lu, CHN                     City Games                         Zian            9/17/1999
  85  29.33*    Sarah Price, GBR                    SCO Nationals/WCTs                 Glasgow         6/24/2001
  86  29.35     Hui Li, CHN                         CHN Nationals/WCTs                 Hangzhou        4/13/2001
  87  29.36s*   Krisztina Egerszegi, HUN            XXIV Olympics                      Seoul           9/22/1988
  88  29.37*    Louise Ornstedt, DEN                European Jr. Championships         Dunquerque      7/30/2000
  89  29.38     Michele Lischinskiy, CAN            CANNationals/WCTs                  Edmonton        3/14/2001
  90  29.38p*   Anu Koivisto, FIN/SMU               World Championships                Fukuoka         7/23/2001
  91  29.38sfA  Susan Woessner, USA/Indiana         FISU Games                         Beijing         8/26/2001
  92  29.41     Chihiro Ideda, JPN                  JPN Nationals/WCTs                 Yokohama        4/23/2001
  93  29.42*    Charlene Wittstock, RSA             World All Stars-AUS Dual/GWGs      Brisbane        8/29/2001
  94  29.43s    Cornelia Sirch, GDR                 XXIV Olympics                      Seoul           9/22/1988
  95  29.44     Meredith Smith, AUS                 NSW Age Group Championships        Sydney          1/18/1997
  96  29.44     Ai Fukushima, JPN                   JPN Nationals/WCTs                 Yokohama        4/23/2001
  97  29.44p*   Allaksandra Herasimenia, BUL        World Chaampionships               Fukuoka         7/23/2001
  98  29.46sfB  Jen Crisman, USA/Michigan           FISU Games                         Beijing         8/26/2001
  99  29.48     Alena Nyvltova, CZE                 Mare Nostrum Invitational          Monte Carlo      6/4/1998
 100  29.48     Aya Terakawa, JPN                   JPN Nationals/WCTs                 Yokohama        4/23/2001
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Women 100 Meter Backstroke
   1  1:00.16r**Cihong He, CHN                      World Championships                Rome            9/10/1994
   2  1:00.18r*#Natalie Coughlin, USA/Cal           World Championships                Fukuoka         7/29/2001
   3  1:00.21*  Diana Mocanu, ROM                   Olympics                           Sydney          9/18/2000
   4  1:00.22a  Zheng Jingjuan, CHN                 CHN National Games                 Shanghai       10/15/1997
   5  1:00.31*  Krisztina Egerszegi, HUN            XX European Championships          Athens          8/22/1991
   6  1:00.37   Coughlin                            World Championships                Fukuoka         7/28/2001
   7  1:00.55*  Mai Nakamura, JPN                   Olympics                           Sydney          9/18/2000
   8  1:00.57   He                                  World Championships                Rome             9/7/1994
   9  1:00.59r* Ina Kleber, GDR                     Friendship Games                   Moscow          8/24/1984
  10  1:00.59   He                                  CHN Nationals                      Tianjin          5/7/1994
  11  1:00.68   Egerszegi                           Olympics                           Barcelona       7/28/1992
  12  1:00.68   Mocanu                              World Championships                Fukuoka         7/28/2001
  13  1:00.70sf Mocanu                              Olympics                           Sydney          9/17/2000
  14  1:00.71   He                                  Asian Games                        Hiroshima       10/5/1994
  15  1:00.77p  Lea Loveless-Maurer, USA/Stanfor    World Championships                Perth           1/14/1998
  16  1:00.78   Nakamura                            JPN Nationals/Olympic Trials       Tokyo           4/20/2000
  17  1:00.82r  Loveless                            Olympics                           Barcelona       7/30/1992
  18  1:00.83   Egerszegi                           XXI European Championships         Sheffield        8/5/1993
  19  1:00.83*  Nina Zhivanevskaya, RUS             World Championships                Rome             9/7/1994
  20  1:00.84   Janie Wagstaff, USA/Florida         U.S. Olympic Trials                Indianapolis     3/3/1992
  21  1:00.85p  Egerszegi                           Olympics                           Barcelona       7/28/1992
  22  1:00.86   Rica Reinisch, GDR                  Olympics                           Moscow          7/23/1980
  23  1:00.88p  Nakamura                            Olympics                           Sydney          9/17/2000
  24  1:00.89   Kristin Otto, GDR                   Olympics                           Seoul           9/22/1988
  25  1:00.89p  Nakamura                            JPN Nationals/Olympic Trials       Tokyo           4/19/2000
  26  1:00.89*  Zhivanevskaya, ESP                  Olympics                           Sydney          9/18/2000
  27  1:00.91sf Coughlin                            World Championships                Fukuoka         7/27/2001
  28  1:00.93r  Egerszegi                           XXIII European Championships       Vienna          8/26/1995
  29  1:00.93sf Nakamura                            JPN Nationals/Olympic Trials       Tokyo           4/20/2000
  30  1:00.94p  Coughlin                            World Championships                Fuluoka         7/27/2001
  31  1:00.96   He                                  CHN National Games                 Beijing         9/11/1993
  32  1:00.97   Bin Lu, CHN                         Asian Games                        Hiroshima       10/5/1994
  33  1:00.99   Kleber                              Friendship Games                   Moscow          8/21/1984
  34  1:01.00   Wagstaff                            Pan-Pacific Championships          Edmonton        8/22/1991
  35  1:01.01*  Antje Buschschulte, GER             GER Olympic Trials                 Berlin          6/16/2000
  36  1:01.02   Zhinaveskaya, ESP                   XXV European Championships         Helsinki         7/8/2000
  37  1:01.03r  Otto                                Olympics                           Seoul           9/24/1988
  38  1:01.05p  Egerszegi                           XXI European Championships         Sheffield        8/5/1993
  39  1:01.05pr Egerszegi                           Olympics                           Atlanta         7/24/1996
  40  1:01.05   Jiaru Cheng, CHN                    9th National Games                 Guangzhou      11/24/2001
  41  1:01.07   Nakamura                            JPN Nationals/Pan-Pacific Trials   Tokyo           6/13/1999
  42  1:01.07sf Nakamura                            Olympics                           Sydney          9/17/2000
  43  1:01.07r  Buschschulte                        World Championships                Fukuoka         7/29/2001
  44  1:01.08p  Wagstaff                            U.S. Olympic Trials                Indianapolis     3/3/1992
  45  1:01.09r  Wagstaff