New Records 2012

As always, I kept a list of every single world and American record broken in 2012. For my fellow swim geeks out there, why not take a look? 14 world records and 31 American records went down over the course of the year, and a look through these records means a trip down memory lane. Only a matter of time now before the records start falling once again.

New World Records 2012:

• Ryan Lochte (USA), M 100m IM (SCM), 50.71sf, 12/15/12
• Ryan Lochte (USA), M 200m IM (SCM), 1:49.63, 12/14/12
• Camille Muffat (FRA), W 400m Free (SCM), 3:54.85, 11/24/12
• Camille Muffat (FRA), W 800m Free (SCM), 8:01.06, 11/16/12
• Yannick Agnel (FRA), M 400m Free (SCM), 3:32.25, 11/15/12
• United States (Missy Franklin, Rebecca Soni, Dana Vollmer, Allison Schmitt), W 400m Medley Relay (LCM), 3:52.05, 8/4/12
• Sun Yang (CHN), M 1500m Free (LCM), 14:31.02, 8/4/12
• Missy Franklin (USA), W 200m Back (LCM), 2:04.06, 8/3/12
• Rebecca Soni (USA), W 200m Breast (LCM), 2:19.59, 8/2/12
• Rebecca Soni (USA), W 200m Breast (LCM), 2:20.00sf, 8/1/12
• Daniel Gyurta (HUN), M 200m Breast (LCM), 2:07.28, 8/1/12
• Cameron van der Burgh (RSA), M 100m Breast (LCM), 58.46, 7/28/12
• Dana Vollmer (USA), W 100m Fly (LCM), 55.98, 7/28/12
• Yi Shiwen (CHN), W 400m IM (LCM), 4:28.43, 7/28/12

New American Records 2012:

• Olivia Smoliga, W 50m Back (SCM), 26.13, 12/16/12
• Tom Shields, M 50m Fly (SCM), 22.46, 12/15/12
• Olivia Smoliga, W 50m Back (SCM), 26.57sf, 12/15/12
• Olivia Smoliga, W 50m Back (SCM), 26.75p, 12/15/12
• Tom Shields, M 50m Fly (SCM), 22.58sf, 12/14/12
• Christine Magnuson, W 50m Fly (SCM), =25.65, 12/13/12
• Elizabeth Pelton, W 200y Back (SCY), 1:48.90, 12/2/12
• Kevin Cordes, M 200y Breast (SCY), 1:50.73, 12/1/12
• Matt Grevers, M 100y Back (SCY), 44.55, 11/30/12
• Kevin Cordes, M 100y Breast (SCY), 51.10, 11/30/12
• Breeja  Larson, W 200y Breast (SCY), 2:04.48p, 11/17/12
• Breeja  Larson, W 100y Breast (SCY), 57.53, 11/16/12
• Anthony Ervin, M 50m Free (SCM), 20.85, 10/21/12
• Katie Ledecky, W 800m Free (LCM), 8:14.63, 8/3/12
• Allison Schmitt, W 200m Free (LCM), 1:53.61, 7/31/12
• Missy Franklin, W 100m Back (LCM), 58.33, 7/30/12
• Allison Schmitt, W 400m Free (LCM), 4:01.77, 7/29/12
• United States (Missy Franklin, Jessica Hardy, Lia Neal, Allison Schmitt), W 400m Free Relay (LCM), 3:34.24, 7/28/12
• Dana Vollmer, W 100m Fly (LCM), 56.25p, 7/28/12
• Allison Schmitt, W 200m Free (LCM), 1:54.40, 6/28/12
• Missy Franklin, W 100m Back (LCM), 58.85, 6/27/12
• Dana Vollmer, W 100m Fly (LCM), 56.42, 6/25/12
• Chad La Tourette, M 1650y Free (SCY), 14:24.35, 3/24/12
• Arizona (Mitchell Friedemann, Kevin Cordes, Giles Smith, Adam Small), M 200y Medley Relay (SCY), 1:23.53, 3/23/12
• Kevin Cordes, M 100y Breast (SCY), 51.32p, 3/23/12
• Stanford (Samantha Woodward, Madeline Schaefer, Andrea Murez, Elizabeth Webb), W 200y Free Relay (SCY), 3:10.77, 3/17/12
• Breeja Larson, W 100y Breast (SCY), 57.71, 3/16/12
• Megan Romano, W 200y Free (SCY) 1:41.21, 3/16/12
• Caitlin Leverenz, W 400y IM (SCY), 3:57.89, 3/16/12
• California (Cindy Tran, Caitlin Leverenz, Colleen Fotsch, Liv Jensen), W 200y Medley Relay (SCY), 1:34.24, 3/16/12
• Caitlin Leverenz, W 200y IM (SCY), 1:51.77, 3/15/12

I didn't get to see any records broken during my three days at Olympic
Trials, but Phelps vs. Lochte in the 200 IM was pretty cool too.