World’s Swimming Records

Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 175, 14 October 1927, Page 10

World’s Swimming Records

Arne Borg’s Great Efforts

America and Sweden in Front

ALTHOUGH Johnnie Weissmuller, America’s Olympic champion, must still be acknowledged as the greatest sprinter the world has known, Arne Borg, of Sweden, has proved his claim to the title of the best all-round swimmer.

HHHE world’s titles from the 100yds -*■ to the I,7ooyds, in free style, are held by America and Sweden, and out of the vast number of swimmers Arne Borg and Johnnie Weissmuller are the two men who have the distinction of holding them. Until Monday last “Boy” Charlton, the speedy Sydney swimmer, held the world’s record for the 880yds, his time be.ng lOmin 32sec, but Borg, at Berlin, constituted a new' record when he covered the distance in lOmin 14$sec, and so lost to Australia the only record it possessed. Since the publication of the last list

of world’s swimming records Borg has captured six of 'Weissmuller’s records, and is now credited with 11 of the 16 records recognised by the International Federation de Natation .Amateur. \ It would seem that records are made for him to shatter, and he has excelled in any and every climate. It will prove interesting to watch the efforts of these two swimmers in the season now’ under way, and Australian or New Zealand competitors who have an eye on competing at the game will see by the following list of records what they will have to contend with.

FREE STYLE.

Dist. Name Country Time: Date Place Length of Course 100 yds J. 52s 1/8/25 Seattle, Wash. 100 yds 100 met. J. 58 2-5s 19/2/24 Miami Beach, Florida 140.2 ft 150 yds J. lm 25 2- 5s 7/12/25 Pittsburg 30 yds 200 met J. 2m 15 3-!>s 26/5/22 Honolulu 25 yds 220 yds I'nited States 2m 15 l- 5s 9/12/25 McKeesport 25 yds 200 >ds Sweden 3m 16 4-L0s 11/9/25 Stockholm 25 yds 300 met Sweden 3m 33 8-10s 11/9/25 Stockholm 25 yds 400 met Sweden 4m 50 3-10s 11/9/25 Stockholm 25 yds 440 yds Sweden 4m 52 6-10s 11/9/25 Stockholm 25 yds 500 yds ne Borg: Sweden 5m 31 2-5s 30/1/26 Detroit 25 yds 500 met Sweden 6m 8 4-10s 1C/9/25 Stockholm 25 yds 880 yds Sweden 10m 14is Berlin 1.000 yds Sweden 12m 16 8-10s 2/9/24 Gothenburg 50 met l.ooo met Sweden 13m 4 2-10s 12/8/25 Oslo 50 met 1.500 met A i Sweden 20m 4 4-10s Budapest 50 me t 1,760 yds A) ne Borg Sweden 21m 41 3-10s 12/8/25 Gothenburg 50.01 met