User:Pakman044/World record progression 800m freestyle

I'm not really sure when FINA started keeping records!

Men

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!style="width: 5em"|TIME

!align="left" style="width: 18em"|SWIMMER

!DATE

!align="left" style="width: 18em"|PLACE

align="center" |11:25.4yThe "y" notation likely means set in a yards course. Modern records may not be set in yards courses.

|{{flagicon|GBR}} Henry Taylor

|align="center" |July 21, 1906

|{{flagicon|GBR}} Runcorn, United Kingdom

align="center" |11:24.2y

|{{flagicon|USA}} Norman Ross

|align="center" |January 10, 1920

|{{flagicon|AUS}} Sydney, Australia

align="center" |11:05.2y

|{{flagicon|AUS}} Andrew Charlton

|align="center" | January 13, 1923

|{{flagicon|AUS}} Sydney, Australia

align="center" |10:51.8y

|{{flagicon|AUS}} Andrew Charlton

|align="center" | January 19, 1924

|{{flagicon|AUS}} Sydney, Australia

align="center" |10:43.6

|{{flagicon|SWE}} Arne Borg

|align="center" | April 11, 1924

|{{flagicon|USA}} Honolulu, USA

align="center" |10:37.4

|{{flagicon|SWE}} Arne Borg

|align="center" | August 25, 1925

|Harnus

align="center" |10:32.0y

|{{flagicon|AUS}} Andrew Charlton

|align="center" | January 8, 1927

|{{flagicon|AUS}} Sydney, Australia

align="center" |10:22.2y

|{{flagicon|USA}} Johnny Weissmuller

|align="center" | July 27, 1927

|{{flagicon|USA}} Honolulu, USA

align="center" |10:19.6

|{{flagicon|FRA}} Jean Taris

|align="center" | May 30, 1930

|ParigiParigi means Paris in Italian, although without additional verification, it will be listed as Paris here.

align="center" |10:17.2

|{{flagicon|FRA}} Jean Taris

|align="center" | June 9, 1931

|{{flagicon|FRA}} Cannes, France

align="center" |10:16.6

|{{flagicon|JPN}} Shozo Makino

|align="center" | August 30, 1931

|{{flagicon|JPN}} Osaka, Japan

align="center" |10:15.6

|{{flagicon|FRA}} Jean Taris

|align="center" | June 21, 1932

|{{flagicon|FRA}} Cannes, France

align="center" |10:08.6

|{{flagicon|JPN}} Shozo Makino

|align="center" | June 25, 1933

|{{flagicon|JPN}} Tokyo, Japan

align="center" |10:01.2

|{{flagicon|JPN}} Shozo Makino

|align="center" | September 16, 1933

|{{flagicon|JPN}} Tokyo, Japan

align="center" |9:55.8

|{{flagicon|JPN}} Shozo Makino

|align="center" | September 15, 1934

|{{flagicon|JPN}} Tokyo, Japan

align="center" |9:50.9

|{{flagicon|USA}} William Smith

|align="center" | July 24, 1941

|{{flagicon|USA}} Honolulu, USA

align="center" |9:45.6

|{{flagicon|JPN}} Hironoshin Furuhashi

|align="center" | June 26, 1949

|{{flagicon|JPN}} Tokyo, Japan

align="center" |9:45.0

|{{flagicon|JPN}} Shiro Hashiume

|align="center" | August 16, 1949

|{{flagicon|USA}} Los Angeles, USA

align="center" |9:40.7

|{{flagicon|JPN}} Hironoshin Furuhashi

|align="center" | August 16, 1949

|{{flagicon|USA}} Los Angeles, USA

align="center" |9:35.5

|{{flagicon|JPN}} Hironoshin Furuhashi

|align="center" | August 19, 1949

|{{flagicon|USA}} Los Angeles, USA

align="center" | 9:30.7

|{{flagicon|USA}} Ford Konno

|align="center" | July 7, 1951

|{{flagicon|USA}} Honolulu, USA

align="center" | 9:15.7

|{{flagicon|USA}} George Breen

|align="center" | October 27, 1956

|{{flagicon|USA}} New Haven, USA

[http://www.usaswimming.org/USASWeb/_Rainbow/Documents/f6b7d964-6cd6-4e4f-8a30-741b052c8efa/mens_event_history.pdf Reference]