Ian Thorpe 2002 400m Freestyle World Record



As of Nov 2008, this is still the current World Record, 3:40.08, set at the 2002 Commonwealth Games in the Manchester Aquatics Centre, England UK.

Comments

  1. イアンソープの美しく力強い泳ぎを見れないのが寂しい
  2. he could have gone under 3:39.99 if he took one more stroke at the end
  3. LoL never knew the former South African Cricket captain won a bronze in swimming.
  4. Do someone has splits (and last 50 splits) for his WR of 7.41.59 -. 7.39.16 (800) , 3.40.14 and 3.40.08 (400) and 1.44.06 (200)?is avalaible a video of his 7.39.16 (i've only see The underwater one )
  5. Ian Thorpe could have finish quicker, finishing on his left arm and still holding this record from Biedermann 3:40:07.
  6. thorpe should hold this record until now, not bidermann just 0.01second.
  7. Such a lovely champion! So powerful and so effortless, so fast and so smooth..
  8. Ian Thorpe : The greatest Freestyle Swimmer of all Time.Only Sun Yang Technique may be compared with Ian's,but The great chinese hasn't The stellar kick of the Aussie Master.
    For The ones Who are BLA blaing about Ian's suit shut up,there is no advantage and was only a business thing, he Also swam qualification without it during olympics.
    If ian should had swam with supersuit now we'd have had 1.39 in 200 and 3.35 in 400
  9. C
  10. haha xD "the greatest swimmer of the modern era"
  11. Zlatan Ibrahimovic :-)
  12. If he took one more stroke he would of been under 3:40, that glide cost him that barrier.
  13. Thorpe was already dry before the third arrived.
  14. lol Speedo did a very good job advertising this suit as an advantage. The reality is, it isn't. Most swimmers tested the same exact suit as Thorpe and had the chance to use it but they went slower in it. Aside from that, Speedo and Adidas were two of his biggest sponsors so of course he was gonna use every chance he got to advertise that fact. Sydney Olympics basically trademarked Ian to forever wear this full body suit so he couldn't wear anything else even if he wanted to. It became part of his 'Thorpedo' brand. Whenever you saw this full black body suit at the starting blocks, you knew you were in for something special. It's basically one giant speedo, the same material as the shorts and body suit. The banned suits are made from completely different material. Now THOSE are the suits that held an advantage for swimmers. Which is why everyone wore it! If the suit Thorpe was wearing gave an advantage, best believe every other swimmer would've worn it too, just like they all wore the banned suits. It was the person that made the suit. All these people saying his suit made him win don't know squat. His stroke, his technique and the way he moves in water is like watching Picasso paint or Mozart playing piano. He's a master. An artist. Like watching a shakespeare play on the West End. While Phelps is the greatest swimmer of all time, Thorpe will always be the king of freestyle. I'll much rather watch Thorpe swim freestyle than watch Phelps swim different kinds of strokes. Funny that, had Ian stuck to training for Individual IM maybe we could've seen a Phelps and Thorpe race in that!
  15. He split a 52.98 for his first split that's like a 43 high or fourth four low in yards
  16. @j asuaje Which country are you from again?? Probably from one of the counties who continuously accused Ian of steroids but failed to prove anything simply because he didn't use any. As for the body suit, Ian broke his first world record when he was only 15 and WITHOUT the body suit. So that settles the matter of bodysuit. Yes, now the bodysuits are not allowed but in those days, anyone could have won it. And some even after wearing it failed to win let alone break records. So the credit goes to Ian- the swimmer, not his bodysuit. Incidentally I'm not from Australia, in case you're wondering
  17. Looks like they're gonna have to make him use the womens dressing rooms now!
  18. Still the WR in my mind
  19. Anyone else think he could have broken the 3:40 barrier if he took another stroke instead of gliding?
  20. Really, is 1500m 60 laps? No its 30 laps!


Additional Information:

Visibility: 328739

Duration: 8m 27s

Rating: 502