WORLD RECORD: US Freestyle Relay Set in Rome 2009 FINA World Championships

FRI JUL 31 2009 — Michael Phelps, Ricky Berens, David Walters and Ryan Lochte clocked 6 minutes 58.55 seconds to shave one-hundredth of a second off the previous record of 6:58.56 set by a recent US team that one the Olympic gold in Beijing last August.

13th FINA World Championships Men’s 4x 200 meter Freestyle — WR
Name R.T. 50m 100m 150m 200m Time
PHELPS Michael 0.73 24.73 51.26 1:17.97 1:44.49 (2) 1:44.49
BERENS Ricky 0.26 24.30 50.84 1:17.80 1:44.13 (1) 3:28.62
WALTERS David 0.28 23.35 49.22 1:16.65 1:45.47 (1) 5:14.09
LOCHTE Ryan 0.32 24.15 50.65 1:18.00 1:44.46 (1) 6:58.55

R.T. = Reaction Time