Man, the 200m Butterfly must be super easy...
Seriously, that is insane. I am sure I am asking a question that everyone knows the answer to, but what is the record for the most consecutive Olympic Teams made?
How about the longest span between the first and last Olympic Team?
Meh, that's all he pretty much he is...Good at all the swim strokes that don't matter. Sucks at the freestyle. The standard swim stroke. The fastest swim stroke. He's nothing compared to the real swimmers...Cesar Cielo, Paul Biedermann, Yannick Agnel, Florent Manaudou, Grant Hackett, etc..
some answers wrote:
http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ot/merlene-ottey-page-1.htmlhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_athletes_with_the_most_appearances_at_Olympic_Games
Fascinating. Thanks for those.
Of course, the record (ten) goes to an equestrian rider... I assume he wasn't riding the same horse for those 40 years...
Athlete Nation Sport Era Participations
Ian Millar CAN EQU 1972—2012 10
in T&F
Merlene Ottey-Page JAM and SLO ATH 1980—2004 7
Nobody from swimming has as 7
from Olympedis
Well, he DID set the 200m freestyle world record. Twice. So it's prolly not accurate to say he "sucks" at it.
Whatever. I am just repulsed by all the excessive hype around him.
This is a good indicator of where he is at in all time freestyle records.
How many times do you see him in the top 5 of these events? He's mostly not even in top 50. I think in the 100m, just barely in top 10.
50 meters freestyle
1. Cielo 20.91
2. Bousquet 20.94
3. Callus 21.19
4. Bovell 21.20
5. Bernard 21.23
100 meters freestyle
1. Cielo 46.91
2. Bernard 46.94
3. Sullivan 47.05
4. Magnussen 47.10
5. Bousquet 47.15
200 meters freestyle
1. Biedermann 1:42.00
2. Phelps 1:42.96
3. Agnel 1:43.14
4. Izotov 1:43.90
5. Thorpe 1:44.06
400 meters freestyle
1. Biedermann 3:40.07
2. Thorpe 3:40.08
3. Sun 3:40.14
4. Mellouli 3:41.11
5. Zhang 3:41.35
wineturtle wrote:
Athlete Nation Sport Era Participations
Ian Millar CAN EQU 1972—2012 10
Come on. Even Canadians know the horse is the reason for the longevity.
I read somewhere that he and Hailie G. have the same leg length despite a huge height difference because of optimal body shapes for their respective sports
Wha? Put down crack pipe.
Who cares about 06.
..and especially, who cares about the backstroke!! When we start respecting the Olympic 100 meter backwards run or some other useless, cornball event, then maybe I'll start to rethink that.
You do realize he held the world record in the 200 freestyle until biederman broke it in the now illegal swim suit? You are right he sucks at freestyle
calculo wrote:
idiot
.....
There's prolly no need for ^this
Tnfmedia wrote:
You do realize he held the world record in the 200 freestyle until biederman broke it in the now illegal swim suit? You are right he sucks at freestyle
Um, Phelps achieved the record in the now illegal swimsuit as well..
backspace wrote:Wha? Put down crack pipe
utterly clueless
Who cares about 06
i damn well do
that was ~ phelps physical peak but no games that year
..and especially, who cares about the backstroke!! When we start respecting the Olympic 100 meter backwards run or some other useless, cornball event, then maybe I'll start to rethink that.
moron
it is helluva lot more natural event than 'fly or breaststroke
how inept do you have to be to post on a swimming thread that backstroke is not a category ???
former canuck runner wrote:
wineturtle wrote:Athlete Nation Sport Era Participations
Ian Millar CAN EQU 1972—2012 10
Come on. Even Canadians know the horse is the reason for the longevity.
I highly doubt it was the same horse for 40 years. Horses do live a good long time, would not be on top of their game for that long.
backspace wrote:
Tnfmedia wrote:You do realize he held the world record in the 200 freestyle until biederman broke it in the now illegal swim suit? You are right he sucks at freestyle
Um, Phelps achieved the record in the now illegal swimsuit as well..
I'm pretty sure that Biederman's suit was technologically more advanced than the one Phelps used, but maybe that was just the American media making excuses for him. Regardless, when Biederman beat Phelps and broke the WR, Phelps wasn't in the best of shape relative to years past.
Many of Phelps' WRs came in meets where he was swimming a huge number of events compared to his competitors. If he focused on only a few races per meet he could have lowered the bar even further on his WRs. I don't think that he ever swam the 400m freestyle in major competitions but, based on the endurance he has for the 400m IM, as well as his gold medal and WR in the 200m freestyle, he probably was capable of breaking or at least challenging the WR in that event as well.
former swimmer wrote:
... I don't think that he ever swam the 400m freestyle in major competitions but, based on the endurance he has for the 400m IM, as well as his gold medal and WR in the 200m freestyle, he probably was capable of breaking or at least challenging the WR in that event as well.
You're kidding right? Phelps didn't get anywhere CLOSE to that record. Thorpe was the man at this distance .. Phelps wasn't in the same league. His best time is nearly 7 seconds off the WR.
wtfunny wrote:
former swimmer wrote:... I don't think that he ever swam the 400m freestyle in major competitions but, based on the endurance he has for the 400m IM, as well as his gold medal and WR in the 200m freestyle, he probably was capable of breaking or at least challenging the WR in that event as well.
You're kidding right? Phelps didn't get anywhere CLOSE to that record. Thorpe was the man at this distance .. Phelps wasn't in the same league. His best time is nearly 7 seconds off the WR.
Thorpe was the man at the 200m freestyle and Phelps broke that record. Phelps, at his peak, was unbeatable at the 400m IM, which takes more endurance than 400m of freestyle.
I'm just speculating... Maybe he wouldn't have beat Thorpe's time, but he certainly could have gotten a lot closer than 7 seconds to it if he made the 400m freestyle one of his priority events at championship meets during his prime.
backspace wrote:
Wha? Put down crack pipe.
Who cares about 06.
.
Yet you used Grant Hackett as an example? That was even before Phelps time. You think (or want people to think) that you know swimming but actually don't.
former swimmer wrote:
wtfunny wrote:You're kidding right? Phelps didn't get anywhere CLOSE to that record. Thorpe was the man at this distance .. Phelps wasn't in the same league. His best time is nearly 7 seconds off the WR.
Thorpe was the man at the 200m freestyle and Phelps broke that record. Phelps, at his peak, was unbeatable at the 400m IM, which takes more endurance than 400m of freestyle.
I'm just speculating... Maybe he wouldn't have beat Thorpe's time, but he certainly could have gotten a lot closer than 7 seconds to it if he made the 400m freestyle one of his priority events at championship meets during his prime.
Not really .. Thorpe was beaten by Van Den Hoogenband over the 200m in Sydney ... and while Thorpe went on to win the 200m, his time in the 400m was WAY ahead of what anyone else came close to.
And the same thing with Perkins' WR before Thorpe came along.