{"id":46393,"date":"2024-08-04T14:28:35","date_gmt":"2024-08-04T14:28:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tennis.ireneeng.com\/?p=46393"},"modified":"2024-09-15T14:18:27","modified_gmt":"2024-09-15T14:18:27","slug":"a-good-swim-1040-yds-in-21-min","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tennis.ireneeng.com\/?p=46393","title":{"rendered":"A good swim: 1,040 in 21; Paris Olympic"},"content":{"rendered":"

Watching Katie swam her 4th 800 meter to gold yesterday was inspiring: she led the entire way! I did 1,040 in 21 minutes<\/a> (36’28” per mile): a pretty good record for me. Don’t know why the watch doesn’t show seconds any more, which is really annoying.<\/p>\n

1. Katie Ledecky, United States, 8:11.04
\n2. Ariarne Titmus, Australia, 8:12.29
\n3. Paige Madden (1998<\/a>-), US, \u00a08:13.00<\/p>\n

Katie’s four 800m results from 4 Olympics:<\/p>\n

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  1. 15 <\/sup><\/span><\/em>2012 @ London<\/a>, 8:14.63; Garc\u00eda 8:18.76<\/li>\n
  2. 19 <\/sup><\/span><\/em>2016 @ Rio<\/a> 8:04.79<\/a>; Jazmin Carlin 8:16.17<\/li>\n
  3. 24 <\/sup><\/span><\/em>2021 @ Tokyo<\/a>, 8:12.79; Titmus 8:13.83<\/li>\n
  4. 27 <\/sup><\/span><\/em>2024 @ Paris<\/a>, 8:11.04; Titmus 8:12.29<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    The 2012 London game, Great Britain’s\u00a0Rebecca Adlington<\/a>, was the fave but came in 3rd, 8:20.32. Mireia Belmonte Garc\u00eda<\/a> was the second at 8:18.76<\/p>\n

    The swimming part of 2024 Paris Olympics is over today, with Bobby Finke (1999<\/a>-) clinched 1,500 meter event, setting a world record.<\/p>\n

    \"\"<\/a>Here is USA swimming gold, silver and bronze medals summary \/ count since 1960:<\/p>\n