Shane Gould was an unexplained and remarkable phenomenon in the 70′ competitive swimming world. When she was 6 years old, her talent as a swimmer was already discovered. In Jan 1972, when she was only 15, Gould set a new world record in 100m’ freestyle, clocking – 58.5 sec, 0.4 sec. faster than the previous time.
01/13/1972- Just 17 years old, the Australian swimmer Brad Cooper makes a world record time in 800m freestyle- 8:23.8 min. 5
The East German swimmer Roland Matthes breaks his own world record in 100m backstroke, when he clocks it on 56.6 sec. Only a day later, Matthes does it again – in the 4x100m medley backstroke swim, he finishes his 100m in a new world record time – 56.3 sec.
08/04/2012- So, yes he didn’t recapture his accomplishments in Beijing 2008, but in London 2012 Michael Phelps proved to the world
07/26/2009- At the 2009 World Championships held in Rome, Federica Pellegrini, Italy’s no.1 swimmer becomes the first women to go below
The East German swimmer Caren Metschuck, sets a new world record in 50m’ (in a Short course) – 25.8 seconds. Metschuck made her record time in a international event held in Florida.
She may look like a young American sweetheart, but when it comes to the pool Rebecca Soni doesn’t take any prisoners and aims always to be the best. She made that clear again in London 2012, as she imitated her achievement in Beijing 2008 and won the gold in 200m breaststroke. By doing so Soni also set a new world record (she also set the previous record) time- 2:19.59.
07/12/1912- 1912 Stockholm: Hawaiian prince and the swimmer, Faaoah “Duke” Kahanmko, wins an Olympic gold medal in 100m freestyle swimming. Kahanmko was also an excellent wave surfer.
Johnny Weissmuller conquers the Olympic pool in Paris 1924 by wining 3 gold medals (100m freestyle, 400m freestyle and 4x200m freestyle). In each event Weissmuller sets a new world record.
American swimmer Gertrude Ederle (winner of Olympic gold medal), swims across the English Channel. Ederle sets a new record time – 14 hours and 31 min. improvement of about 2 hours the previous record.
Sydney Olympic games: Inge de Bruijn makes a phenomenal comeback to the Olympic pool. She wins the gold in: 100m butterfly, 100m freestyle, 50m freestyle, and sets new world records in each of those events.
Athens: Amanda Beard becomes a swimming pool queen when she gets the gold and sets a world record in 200m breaststroke – 2:22.44 min. Beard also won the silver in 200m indie medley and the 4x100m medley relay.
Ian Thorpe wins the first gold medal for Australia at the 2000 Olympics. On that occasion he managed to set
In the Munich Olympics of 1972, Mark Spitz amazed the whole world by winning seven gold medal and setting 4 new world records.
Michael Phelps must definitely be the hero of the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympics. He managed to break seven world records and win the incredible number of 8 gold medals.
