Olympics, Van Der Burgh breaks World 100m breaststroke record
2012-07-29
Fabio Terrone
Cameron van der Burgh broke Brenton Ricckard's 100 metres world record of 58.58, when he swam a blistering 58.46 winning gold at the Olympic Games in London tonight

LONDON - Cameron van der Burgh of South Africa broke Brenton Ricckard's 100 metres breatstroke world record of 58.58, when he swam a blistering 58.46 winning gold at the Olympic Games in London tonight.

Australian Rickard set the mark for gold a the World Champs in Rome.

World record evolution (Time, Name/Nationality, Place, Date):
58.46 Cameron van der Burgh RSA London 29.07.12
58.58 Brenton Rickard AUS Rome 27.07.09
58.91 Kosuke Kitajima JPN Beijing 11.08.08
59.13 Brendan Hansen USA Irvine 01.08.06
59.30 Brendan Hansen USA Long Beach 08.07.04
59.78 kosuke Kitajima JPN Barcelona 21.07.03
59.94 Roman Sloudnov RUS Fukuoka 23.07.01
59.97 Roman Sloudnov RUS Moscow 29.06.01
1:00.26 Roman Sloudnov RUS Moscow 28.06.01
1:00.29 Ed Moses USA Austin 28.03.01
1:00.36 Roman Sloudnov Moscow 15.06.00
1:00.60 Fred Deburghgraeve BEL Atlanta 20.07.96
1:00.95 Károly Güttler HUN Sheffield 03.08.93