Michael Phelps' Personal Bests
Michael Phelps' fans are all excited for the coming Charlotte UltraSwim. As reported by Charlotte Observer, the media attention will be great enough that newspapers from France and England plan to cover the races from Charlotte, as well as reporters from The New York Times, The Washington Post, USA Today and ESPN.
In the meantime, let's get ourselves aware of Phelps' personal bests in his swimming events. I start with those events in which he holds the World Records (with info on reaction time & splits):-
EventsRT50100150200250300350400200 Free(0.73)24.3150.29
(25.98)1:16.84
(26.55)1:42.96
(26.12) 200 Fly(0.74)25.3653.53
(28.17)1:22.75
(29.22)1:52.03
(29.28) 200 IM(0.70)24.5953.40
(28.81)1:26.90
(33.50)1:54.23
(27.33) 400 IM(0.74)25.7354.92
(29.19)1:26.29
(31.37)1:56.49
(30.20)2:31.26
(34.77)3:07.05
(35.79)3:35.99
(28.94)4:03.84
(27.85)
Info on other events to come later.