How Many Super-Suit Marks Remain in the All-Time Top-25s? (Men’s Edition)
Over the next few months, and particularly late in the summer, the sport’s all-time rankings will undergo their latest shakeup. While a handful of performances generally dent the all-time top-25s during the early and later stages of the year, the summer offers the biggest overhaul of swimming’s hierarchy. This summer, three competitions – Commonwealth Games, European Championships and Pan Pacific Championships – should generate efforts that alter the all-time rankings.
As those rankings await editing, it’s worth noting that dozens of performances from the super-suit era (2008-09) remain in the historical top-25. The 50 freestyle and 200 freestyle lead the way with eight performances each, while the 50 freestyle can count nine performers among its all-time top-25. On the other side, no breaststroke performances – in any distance – remain among the all-time top-25. The same can be said for the 1500 freestyle.
Here is an event-by-event look at how many top-25 men’s performances and performers remain from the super-suit era.
Top-25 Performances
50 Freestyle – 8
100 Freestyle – 3
200 Freestyle – 8
400 Freestyle – 3
800 Freestyle – 2
1500 Freestyle – 0
50 Backstroke – 2
100 Backstroke – 1
200 Backstroke – 3
50 Breaststroke – 0
100 Breaststroke – 0
200 Breaststroke – 0
50 Butterfly – 4
100 Butterfly – 3
200 Butterfly – 3
200 Individual Medley – 4
400 Individual Medley – 7
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Top-25 Performers
50 Freestyle – 9
100 Freestyle – 7
200 Freestyle – 3
400 Freestyle – 5
800 Freestyle – 2
1500 Freestyle – 2
50 Backstroke – 4
100 Backstroke – 6
200 Backstroke – 4
50 Breaststroke – 0
100 Breaststroke – 3
200 Breaststroke – 2
50 Butterfly – 4
100 Butterfly – 5
200 Butterfly – 5
200 Individual Medley – 3
400 Individual Medley – 3
