800 LCM Freestyle Relay - World Record

Swimmers: Michael Phelps, Ricky Berens, David Walters and Ryan Lochte
Time: 6:58.55
Nationality: United States
Date: July 31, 2009
Meet: World Championships
Location: Rome, Italy

Category:

Sports

Tags:

• Swimming
• World Record
• 800 LCM Freestyle Relay
• Michael Phelps
• Ricky Berens
• David Walters
• Ryan Lochte
• 6:58.55
• United States
• July 31
• 2009
• World Championships
• Rome
• Italy
• Drew DeSantis
• atdesantis11

[nahting]

dont talk too much mate, let us see you do 1.43 twice.

you make it sound so easy

[MVPacMan23]

so he was out of shape. he obviously cares about his country. shut the fuck up, troll.

[PussyLover283]

@healyc Firstly, he went just 1.2sec slower then what he did earlier. Secondly, he was tired after the 200m butterfly relay he swam 20 minutes ago, lets see you try to do your record after 200m butterfly. And the last thing, Biederman went 0.81 secs slower then his individual relay, and he hasnt swam 200m butterfly before that race. Why you dont say anything bad about him?

[dougotbubbles2]

@nahting ha. mate.

[JKing232323]

@healyc

yo you know he just finished his friken butterfly race cut him some slack

[healyc]

@TheBradleyC4 i do swim competitively and I know that a relay start in an 800 free relay can make a difference of .5 absolute max.  Even so hes still seconds over his best time.

[TheLeilisa]

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[TheBradleyC4]

@TheLeilisa

A little bit, definitely a big advantage for sprinters, but then again Kitajima is only 5"9 and he's the best breastroker in the world, so height is not everything.

[TheBradleyC4]

@healyc

Rowdy doesn't realize the strength of the American team, and phelps' role on the team. He, just like you, have come to just expect great swims from michael phelps. He is still a great swimmer, adding some time every now and then is to be expected. Especially after coming off a world record 100 fly, a gold medal he earned in his LZR, against full polyurethane suits. So just shut up, phelps did just fine.

[TheBradleyC4]

@healyc

Even half a second is never negligable, that half second would have made him the fastest regardless. The average reaction time for competitive swimming, from what I've experienced, can be anywhere from 0.5 - 0.8. I'm not that fast getting off the blocks, my fastest ever has been 0.67. I've seen swimmers take a second to get off, I've seen some swimmers take 0.50, it's a pretty big range. And what I said still stands, that time was faster than any of the other 3's best times.

[healyc]

@dofaan Rowdy Gaines: "Not the best relay leg..." 

[healyc]

@TheBradleyC4 since when does a relay start save .8 sec??? at the most .5 seconds, and in a 200 free its negligable.