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USA vs. Australia - National Swimming Championships 2001 Comparison
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"Is Ian Thorpe the best that ever was? World records in the 200, 400, 800 - and likely the 1500 and 100 to come in no time.

What other man has accomplished this in such a dominant fashion, in such a short amount of time, at age 18?"
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Dateline: 04/01/2001

World championships are this summer in Fukuoka, Japan; the USA and Australia are choosing teams this week. How do they match up with each other - and the rest of the world? Many swimmers are taking it easy the year after the Olympics - but not everyone. Thorpe is still setting world records down under, while in the USA Moses, Phelps, and Robinson have added their names to the list of best ever. Which swimmers will be world champions?

All times are from 2001
The rest
of the world		 USA Women Aussie Women Aussie Men USA Men The rest
of the world
Shepard - 25.07
Minamoto - 25.14
Brett - 25.30		 Stone - 25.11
Cope - 25.35		 Engelsman - 25.76
Ryan - 25.98 (25.62p)		 50
Free		 Hawke - 22.58
Klim - 22.71		 Ervin - 22.18
Lezak - 22.35		 Popov - 21.64
vd Hoogenband - 22.03
Kizierowski - 22.05
Xu - 54.68
Minamoto - 55.28
Brett - 55.78		 Lanne - 55.20
Benko - 55.51 (swim off - 55.28)
Correia - 55.51 (swim-off - 55.42)
 Ryan - 55.66
Thomas - 56.13		 100
Free		 Thorpe - 49.05
Callus - 49.46		 Ervin - 48.98
Lezak - 49.26		 vd Hoogenband - 47.84
Popov - 48.27
Frolander - 48.93
Yang - 1:59.18
Chemezova - 1:59.47
Mita - 2:00.64		 Benko - 1:59.81
Lanne - 2:00.71		 Graham - 1:59.77
Rooney - 1:59.99		 200
Free		 Thorpe - 1:44.69 (WR)
Kirby - 1:48.22		 Keller - 1:48.89
Goldblatt - 1:49.31		 vd Hoogenband - 1:45.35
Rosolino - 1:46.60
Palmer - 1:47.95
Oufimtseva - 4:11.42
Yamada - 4:12.36
Yang - 4:12.40		 Chandler - 4:12.06
Sandeno - 4:12.09		 Rooney - 4:13.98
D'Arcy - 4:14.40		 400
Free		 Thorpe - 3:40.76
Hackett - 3:45.46		 Margalis - 3:48.72
Carvin - 3:49.47		 Rosolino - 3:43.40
Brembilla - 3:47.01
Coman - 3:47.38
Zheng - 8:33.55
Yamada - 8:34.10
Cooke - 8:34.91		 Munz - 8:32.20
Sandeno - 8:32.82		 Pascoe - 8:39.78
Benzie - 8:44.49		 800
Free		 Thorpe - 7:41.59 (WR)
Hackett - 7:44.57		 Carvin - 7:56.39
Crippen - 8:01.81		 Neethling - 7:58.51
Filipets - 7:59.92
Chervynskiy - 8:01.13
Cooke - 16:21.75
Oufimtseva - 16:27.79
Rigamonti - 16:36.79		 Munz - 16:27.74
Green - 16:35.48		 Pascoe - 16:28.85
Lewis - 16:36.79		 1500
Free		 Hackett - 14:49.30
Stevens - 15:17.20		 Vendt - 15:13.00
Margalis - 15:16.45		 Filipets - 14:56.88
Neethling - 15:00.48
Chervynskiy - 15:05.31
The rest
of the world		 USA Women Aussie Women Aussie Men USA Men The rest
of the world
Mocanu - 29.05
Nakamura - 29.05
Carroll - 29.11		 Coughlin - 29.72 (split)
Cope - 30.25 (split)		 Calub - 28.68
Rooney - 29.42		 50
Back		 Watson - 25.66
Welsh - 25.76		 Peirsol - 26.63 (split)
Bal - 26.84 (split)		 Theloke - 25.60
Grigalionis - 25.61
Siembida - 25.74
Nakamura - 1:01.28
Price - 1:01.32
Zhivanevskaya - 1:01.55		 Coughlin - 1:01.32
Cope - 1:01.98		 Calub - 1:02.56
Rooney - 1:02.66		 100
Back		 Welsh - 54.43
Watson - 55.26		 Peirsol - 54.88
Bal - 55.00		 Theloke - 54.82
Kizierowski - 55.04
Driesen - 55.27
Nakamura - 2:11.53
Fargus - 2:11.81
Fratesi - 2:12.42		 Reid - 2:13.34
Benko - 2:13.38		 Stoney - 2:12.73
Tucker - 2:14.40		 200
Back		 Welsh - 1:59.64
Hass - 2:00.60		 Peirsol - 1:56.56
Lindsay - 1:59.44		 Kozulj - 1:58.62
Arnarson - 1:58.99
Merisi - 1:59.01
The rest
of the world		 USA Women Aussie Women Aussie Men USA Men The rest
of the world
Luo - 31.45
Poewe - 31.50
Bogomazova - 31.87		 Kowal - 32.32 (split)
Quann - 32.87 (split)		 White - 31.84
Hanson - 31.90		 50
Breast		 Cowley - 28.84
Rogers - 28.85		 Moses - 27.39 (split) (WR)
Robinson - 27.49 (split)		 Warnecke - 27.66
Lisogor - 27.81
Lutolf - 27.91
Luo - 1:07.85
Poewe - 1:08.02
Qi - 1:08.52		 Kowal - 1:08.25
Quann - 1:08.58		 Jones - 1:07.96
White - 1:07.99		 100
Breast		 Cowley - 1:01.96
Harrison - 1:02.16		 Moses - 1:00.29 (WR)
 Robinson - 1:01.39		 Sloudnov - 1:00.36
Fioravanti - 1:00.46
Pihlava - 1:01.17
Qi - 2:22.99
Bakaldina - 2:26.29
Luo - 2:26.37		 Kowal - 2:26.57
Beard - 2:27.90		 Jones - 2:27.41
Hanson - 2:28.83		 200
Breast		 Harrison - 2:13.14
Cowley - 2:13.23		 Moses - 2:10.40
Hansen - 2:12.67		 Fioravanti - 2:10.87
Bernard - 2:12.48
Parkin - 2:12.50
The rest
of the world		 USA Women Aussie Women Aussie Men USA Men The rest
of the world
Onishi - 27.04
Popchenko - 27.22
Moravcova - 27.34		 Coughlin - 27.64 (split)
Descenza - 27.96 (split)		 Thomas - 27.06
Ham - 27.46		 50
Fly		 Huegill - 23.85
Klim - 23.99		 Crocker - 24.53 (split)
Jones - 24.91 (split)		 Schoeman - 23.82
Hard - 23.88
Frolander - 23.96
Moravcova - 59.18
Onishi - 59.26
Haruguchi - 1:00.25		 Coughlin - 59.38
Descenza - 59.39		 Thomas - 58.24
Ham - 1:00.28		 100
Fly		 Huegill - 52.23
Klim - 52.34		 Crocker - 52.46
Jones - 53.50		 Frolander - 52.00
Esposito - 52.52
Rupprath - 52.58
Nakanishi - 2:10.11
Lee - 2:10.21
Qu - 2:11.41		 Sandeno - 2:10.95
Ripple - 2:11.76		 Thomas - 2:07.42
Hunter - 2:12.40		 200
Fly		 Norris - 1:57.70
Kirby - 1:58.69		 Phelps - 1:54.92 (WR)
Malchow - 1:55.46		 Esposito - 1:55.63
Sylantyev - 1:55.76
Parry - 1:56.34
The rest
of the world		 USA Women Aussie Women Aussie Men USA Men The rest
of the world
Qi - 2:13.62
Limpert - 2:14.58
Verevka - 2:15.51		 Bowen - 2:14.19
Teuscher - 2:14.48		 Munz - 2:16.48
Reilly - 2:17.12		 200 IM McGregor - 2:01.54
Norris - 2:01.59		 Wilkens - 2:01.58
Margalis - 2:01.69		 Rosolino - 1:58.98
Czene - 2:01.16
Myden - 2:01.20
Chen - 4:46.54
Biscia - 4:47.93
Liang - 4:48.30		 Sandeno - 4:42.98
Bowen - 4:43.75		 Reilly - 4:46.35
McMahon - 4:52.44		 400 IM McGregor - 4:17.62
Norris - 4:21.52		 Vendt - 4:14.19
Wilkens - 4:14.52		 Boggiatto - 4:14.26
Myden - 4:15.33
Tabuchi - 4:16.04
The rest
of the world		 USA Women Aussie Women Aussie Men USA Men The rest
of the world
China - 3:45.77
Italy - 3:49.43
Canada - 3:50.06		 Lanne, Benko,
Correia, Stone -
3:41.51		 Ryan, Thomas,
Munz, Graham -
3:44.23		 400
FR
(add up)		 Thorpe, Callus,
Klim, Pearson -
3:17.71		 Ervin, Lezak,
Walker, Busse -
3:17.05		 Brazil - 3:17.40
Germany - 3:17.77
Italy - 3:17.85
Germany - 7:58.64
Romania - 8:01.63
Canada - 8:02.65		 Benko, Lanne,
Williams, Munz -
8:02.73		 Graham, Rooney,
Thomas, Giteau -
8:02.41		 800
FR
(add up)		 Thorpe, Kirby,
Pearson, Hass -
7:11.50		 Keller, Goldblatt,
Dusing, Schryver -
7:16.98		 Netherlands - 7:12.70
Italy - 7:12.91
Great Britain - 7:12.98
China - 4:06.77
Japan - 4:13.07
Canada - 4:13.37		 Coughlin, Kowal,
Descenza, Lanne -
4:04.16		 Calub, Jones,
Thomas, Ryan -
4:04.42		 400
MR
(add up)		 Welsh, Cowley,
Huegill, Thorpe -
3:37.67		 Peirsol, Moses,
Crocker, Ervin -
3:36.61		 Germany - 3:35.88
Netherlands - 3:37.53
Hungary - 3:38.58

Mid-July, Japan will be the site for fast swimming.

Swim On!

Mat

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