2001 | Ian Thorpe Vs Grant Hackett | World Record | 7.41.59 | 800m Freestyle | 2 of 2

Part 2 of 2 | 18 year old Ian Thorpe takes down Kieren Perkins 800m Freestyle World Record at the 2001 Australian Swimming Championships in Hobart | Thorpe swims a time of 7.41.59, bettering the previous world mark by over 4 seconds | Grant Hackett also goes under the previous World Record | Thorpe and Hackett go on to take 1, 2 , later that year, at the 2001 World Swimming Championships, with Thorpe bettering the World Record even further | This footage has been taken from a Fox Sports Australia broadcast | If this is a breach of copyright please advise and it will be removed

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[australianswimming]

Actually Hackett bettered this World Record at the 2005 World Champs in Montreal.

[mc1703]

I can't beleive Thorpe pumped 6 seconds into Perkins over the last 200!!!

[MVPacMan23]

53.71 last 100! holy shiiiiiiit!

[ViniBsb1973]

Thorpe swum last 100m in about 53s!!!!

[atreya87]

at 2:18 . "lets start the clock again"  legendary!

[789caliman]

not even with a torpedo in my ass

[sathyaeragon]

wow... wat a swimming championship this had turned out to be... thorpedo remained silent till the last two laps to show his valor...

this is the most incredible swimming champ i have ever seen... didnt imagine he would take that much lead in the end...!!! Awesome Thorpe..!!!

[docdowney]

Absolutely incredible! Ian creates a huge wave in the last 100m. Incredible.

[darksector41]

WTF he didn't use his legs for the first half of the race...

[hotjulio123]

back when swimming was exciting...

[adamlewis934]

TANK!

[striker122693]

26:04 in the last 50...wow...thats almost faster than biedermanns last 50 split in his 200m wr. He went a 25:62 (with a supersuit)