Michael Phelps - Olympics 2004 - 4 x 100m Freestyle Relay

Place......Third
Time.......3:14.62
Record.....None

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[atdesantis11]

whats that suppost to mean?

[Hybridswimmer]

I dont think the south africans have the speed now, that they did back then. Roland, Ryk, Darien and the the other guy have all pretty much peaked

[addiction2rock]

Hoogenband is the best and always will be!

[BaconAndEggsFTW]

Crocker was a big disappointment in this olympic games good thing he wasnt in the 2008 4 x 100 relay

[polo4ever1]

man neil walker really saved their asses, 47.5 on that split

[splitkostanjeuma]

well you're right but i still find it a bit unfair

now records stand at times that these guys haven't swam themselves but with so much assistence from the suits

in my opinion there are a lot of record that would still be standing if it weren't for the suits

around 2000 or so swimming started to reach the max of human capabilities just like in running for example

sure record would still fall but not like this not every record in the books and i think hoogie would still be holding the 100free

[Sm1le43]

@splitkostanjeuma I didn't say that suit didn't make a difference (read properly). I said that everyone paid too much attention to suit because of its marvelous quality to "drop" time and everybody forgot that the results had been improving since the swimming appeared though swimmers didn't have the suits in those times. I am sure that the record on 50m free would be beaten without suit. Swimmers just needed time

[splitkostanjeuma]

@Sm1le43 suits don't make a diffrence??? that worng man

21.64 was the world record on the 50 free from 2000 to 2008 and it was broken by 10-11 swimmers who never before even came close to those times and this happened just when the lzr came out

[splitkostanjeuma]

@stratocasternik1985 46.79

[ZapdAmer]

you can not make up a body length in a hundred meters? tell that to van den hoogenband

[stratocasternik1985]

Just incredible race from Pieter VDH! He started 5th, behind the American, Italian, and Ian Thorpe and still managed to finish 2nd! I wonder what was his split.

[maskedriderghost]

@Sm1le43 if there is competition in the pool then yeah they can beat a record, but the suit can drop about half a second which is a lot in swimming

[Sm1le43]

@maskedriderghost Can 5% make a big difference? Results in sport, such as in swimming, have been always becoming higher, nevertheless some equipment or suits. I think there is too big attention to the suits and all forgot that person beats records, but not the cloth