SC Worlds 3. Lochte breaks 200m IM world mark
2012-12-14
Fabio Terrone
Lochte of USA has broken his own 200 medley world mark. Pedersen set new breaststroke European record as well as Denmark set women's 4x100 medley record

ISTANBUL - Ryan Lochte of the United States won the gold medal in the men's 200 metres individual medley on Friday with a new world record time of 1:49.63.

World record evolution (Time, Name/Nationality, Place, Date):
1:49.63 Ryan Lohte USA Istanbul 14.12.12
1:50.08 Ryan Lochte USA Dubai 17.12.10
1:51.55 Darian Townsend RSA Berlin 15.11.09
1:51.56 Ryan Lochte USA Manchester 11.04.08
1:52.99 Laszlo Cseh HUN Debrecen 13.12.07

Earlier in the women's 100 metres breaststoke semi-finals, Rikke Moeller Pederesen of Denmark lowered her own European mark by one-hundredths of a second by recording a time of 1:04.11.

European record evolution:
1:04.11 Rikke Møller Pedersen DEN Istanbul 14.12.12
1:04.12 Rikke Møller Pedersen DEN Chartres 25.11.12
1:04.21 Rikke Møller Pedersen DEN Saint Petersburg 19.12.09
1:04.43 Rikke Møller Pedersen DEN Moscow 07.11.09
1:04.59 Rikke Møller Pedersen DEN Odense 23.10.09

In the final event of day 3, Denmark set a new European record for the women's 400 metres medley relay, winning an historical gold in 3:49.87, ahead of Australia and United States.
The previous European record was set by Great Britain at the 2008 Worlds.

European record evolution:
3:48.87 Denmark DEN Istanbul 14.12.12
3:53.02 Great Britain GBR Manchester 11.04.08
3:55.78 Sweden SWE Moscow 05.04.02
3:59.53 Sweden SWE Athens 19.03.00
4:00.84 Sweden SWE Hong kong 04.04.99

Leading results at the World chosrt-course Championships on Friday.

WOMEN

100 FREESTYLE
1. Britta Steffen GER 52.31
2. Megan Romano USA 52.48
3. Yi Tang CHN 52.73

200 BACKSTROKE
1. Daryna Zevina UKR 2:02.24
2. Bonnie Brandon USA 2:03.19
3. Duane Da Rocha Marce ESP 2:04.15

50 BUTTERFLY
1. Ying Lu CHN 25.14
2. Liuyang Jiao CHN 25.23
3. Jeanette Ottesen Gray DEN 25.55

400 FREESTYLE
1. Melanie Costa Schmid ESP 4:01.18
2. Chloe Sutton USA 4:01.20
3. Lauren Boyle NZL 4:01.24

100 INDIVIDUAL MEDLEY
1. Katinka Hosszu HUN 58.49 CR
2. Ruta Meilutyte LTU 58.79
3. Jing Zhao CHN 58.80

4x100 MEDLEY
1. Denmark DEN 3:49.87 ER (Nielsen 56.73, Pedersen 1:03.48, Ottesen 56.49, Blume 53.17)
2. Australia AUS 3:50.88 (Goh 58.16, Katsoulis 1:03.89, Guehrer 56.36, Bainbridge 52.47)
3. United States USA 3:51.43 (Smoliga 57.25, Hardy 1:04.61, Donahue 57.67, Romano 51.90)

MEN

200 BREASTSTROKE
1. Daniel Gyurta HUN 2:01.35 CR
2. Michael Jamieson GBR 2:03.00
3. Viatcheslav Sinkevich RUS 2:03.08

400 FREESTYLE
1. Paul Biedermann GER 3:39.15
2. Yun Hao CHN 3:39.48
3. Mads Glaesner DEN 3:40.09

50 FREESTYLE
1. Vladimir Morozov RUS 20.55
2. Florent Manaudou FRA 20.88
3. Anthony Ervin USA 20.99

200 INDIVIDUAL MEDLEY
1. Ryan Lochte USA 1:49.63 CR, WR
2. Daiya Seto JPN 1:52.80
3. Laszlo Cseh HUN 1:52.89