2014 Event 17-year-old Katie Ledecky, the current world record holder for fastest 400-meter freestyle, breaks her own record at the Pan Pacific championships 2012 Event U.S. Olympic swimming champion Michael Phelps wins a record 19th Olympic medal, with gold in the 4x200metres freestyle relay 2010 Event Men's freestyle skiing moguls competitor, Alexandre Bilodeau, wins the first gold medal Canada has ever won on home soil at the 2010 Vancouver Olympics 1995 Event Warnecke swims world record 50m freestyle 1995 Event Danyon Loader swims world record 400m freestyle (340.46) 1994 Event Jingyi Le swims female world record 50m freestyle 1994 Event Jingyi Le/Ying Shan/Ying Le/Bin Lu swimming 4x100 freestyle (3:37.91) 1994 Event Franziska van Almsick swims female record 200m freestyle (1:56.78) 1994 Event Jingyi Le swims world record 100m women's freestyle (54.01 sec) 1992 Event Louise Karlsson swims world record 50m freestyle (31.19 sec) 1992 Event Yang Wenyi swims world record/OR 50m freestyle (24.79 sec) 1992 Event Evgueni Sadovyi swims world record/OR 400m freestyle (3:45.00) 1992 Event Sadovyi swim world record 4x200m freestyle (7:11.95) 1992 Event Anita Hall swims female world record 200m freestyle (2:25.35) 1992 Event Jenny Thompson swims 100m freestyle world record (1:01.40) 1992 Event Nelson Diebel swims 100m freestyle U.S. record (54.48 seconds) 1992 Event Kieren John Perkins swims world record 800m freestyle (7:46.60) 1992 Event Kieren Perkins swims world record 1500m freestyle (14:32.40) 1990 Event Tom Hunter swims world record 50m freestyle (21.81 sec) 1990 Event Anders Holmertz swims world record 400 m freestyle (3:40.81) 1989 Event Dmitri Volkov swims world record 50m freestyle (27.15 sec) 1989 Event Janet Evans swims female world record 800m freestyle (8:16.22) 1988 Event Christopher Jacobs, Troy Dalbey, Tom Hunter and Matt Biondi, swim world record 4x100 m freestyle (3:16.53) 1988 Event Matt Biondi swims U.S. record 200m freestyle (1:47.72) 1988 Event Janet Evans swims 1500m freestyle female world record (15:52.10) 1987 Event Janet Evans swims female world record 400m freestyle (4:03.85) 1987 Event Straatsburg: Manuela Stellmach/Astrid Strauss/Anke Mohring/ Heike Friedrich swims female world record 4x200m freestyle (7:55.47) 1986 Event Heike Friedrich swims female world record 200m freestyle (1:57.55) 1986 Event West German team swims world record 4x200 m freestyle (7:05.17) 1985 Event Michael Gross swims world record 800m freestyle (7:38.75) 1984 Event Jolande van de Meer swims Dutch record 800 m freestyle (8:39.30) 1982 Event Petra Schneider swims world record 1500 m freestyle (15:43.31) 1980 Birthday Brooke Bennett, 800m freestyle, 1996 Olympics gold 1979 Birthday Ashley Whitney, born in Nashville, Tennessee, 800m freestyle relay 1996 Olympics 1978 Birthday Cristina Teuscher, born in New Rochelle, New York, 4X200m freestyle, 1996 Olympic gold 1977 Birthday Catherine Fox, 400m freestyle relay, 1996 Olympics gold 1977 Birthday Trina Jackson, 4X200m freestyle swimmer, 1996 Olympics gold 1975 Birthday Tom Dolan, U.S., 400m freestyle/200m/400m medley swimmer, Gold Medal 1996 Olympics 1975 Birthday Scott Tucker, Birmingham, Alabama, 400m/800m freestyle relay 1996 Olympics 1975 Birthday John Piersma, U.S., 200m/400m freestyle swimmer, Olympics-4th-96 1974 Birthday Annette Salmeen, 200m butterfly/800m freestyle relay 1996 Olympics 1974 Birthday Lisa Jacob, 800m freestyle relay 1996 Olympics 1973 Birthday Ryan Berube, U.S., 800m freestyle relay, 1996 Olympics gold 1973 Birthday Joe Hudepohl, U.S., 800m freestyle relay, 1996 Olympics gold 1973 Birthday Jenny Thompson, Danvers Massachusetts, 400m freestyle, Olympics gold 92, 96 1973 Birthday Les Gutches, Medford Oregon, 180 lbs freestyle wrestler, 1996 Olympics 1973 Birthday Amy Van Dyken, 50m/100m freestyle/100m butterfly swimmer, 2 Gold Medals 1996 Olympics 1972 Birthday Peter Wright, U.S., 1500m freestyle 1996 Olympics 1972 Birthday Josh Davis, U.S., 800m freestyle swimmer, 1996 Olympics gold 1972 Birthday Norbert Rosza, Hungarian swimmer, 100m freestyle record 1972 Birthday [Thomas] Carlton Bruner, U.S., 1500m freestyle swimmer 1996 Olympics 1972 Birthday Yang Wenyi, Chinese swim star, WR/OR 50m freestyle 1971 Birthday Janet Evans, born in Placentia, California, competitive swimmer, 1988 Olympics gold-medal winner, freestyle, seven World records, five Olympic medals 1971 Birthday Oleg Ladik, born in Kiev, Ukraine, Canadian 100 kg freestyle wrestler 1996 Olympics 1971 Birthday Paul Ragusa, born in Bulach, Switzerland, Canadian 48 kg freestyle wrestler 1996 Olympics 1971 Birthday Guivi Sissaouri, born in Tbilisi, Georgia, Canada freestyle wrestler, Silver Medal 1996 Olympics 1971 Birthday David Fox, U.S., 50m freestyle, Olympics-6th-96 1970 Birthday Greg Woodcroft, Hamilton Ontario, 52 kg freestyle wrestler 1996 Olympics 1970 Birthday Lou Rosselli, born in New York City, 114 lbs/52 kg freestyle wrestler 1996 Olympics 1969 Birthday Andrew Borodow, Montreal, 130 kg freestyle wrestler, 1992, 1996 Olympics 1969 Birthday Melanie Valerio, 400m freestyle swimmer 1996 Olympics 1969 Birthday Jon Olsen, U.S., 100m freestyle/400m/800m medley, 4 Gold Medals 1992, 1996 Olympics, Bronze Medal 1992 Olympics 1969 Birthday Sheila Taormina, 4X200m freestyle swimmer, 1996 Olympics gold 1968 Birthday Kurt Angle, born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 220 lbs freestyle wrestler, Gold Medal 1996 Olympics 1968 Birthday Craig Roberts, born in Everett, Washington, Canadian 68 kg freestyle wrestler 1996 Olympics 1968 Birthday Terry Brands, born in Omaha, Nebraska, 125 lbs/57 kg freestyle wrestler, 1996 Olympics 1968 Birthday Tom Brands, born in Omaha, Nebraska, 136 lbs/62 kg freestyle wrestler, 1996 Olympics gold 1968 Birthday Kendall Cross, born in Hardin, Montana, 125 lbs freestyle wrestler, Gold Medal 1996 Olympics 1967 Birthday Scott Bianco, Kamloops BC, 90 kg freestyle wrestler 1996 Olympics 1967 Birthday Rob Eiter, born in Chicago, Illinois, 105 lbs/48 kg freestyle wrestler 1996 Olympics 1967 Birthday Angel Martino, Americus Georgia, 50m/100m freestyle, Olympic-gold/2 br-92, 96 1967 Birthday Townsend Saunders, White Sands, New Mexico, freestyle wrestler, Silver Medals 1992, 1996 Olympics 1967 Birthday Marty Calder, St. Catharine ON, 62 kg freestyle wrestler, 1992, 1996 Olympics 1967 Birthday Nicholas Gillingham, British swimmer, world record 200m freestyle 1966 Birthday Zeke Jones, Yipsilanti, Michigan, 114 lbs freestyle wrestler 1996 Olympics 1966 Birthday David Hohl, born in Winnipeg Manitoba, freestyle wrestler, Olympics 1992, 1996 1965 Birthday John Smith, born in Del City, Oklahoma, 62kg freestyle wrestler, Gold Medals 1988, 1992 Olympics 1964 Birthday Kevin Jackson, Highland Falls, New York, 180 lbs freestyle wrestler 1996 Olympics 1964 Birthday Thomas "Tom" Hunter, U.S. 50M FREESTYLE swimmer, world record 1964 Birthday Matthew Cetlinski, U.S. 400m freestyle swimmer 1963 Birthday Ines Diers, born in East Germany, 400m freestyle swimmer, 1980 Olympics gold 1963 Birthday Antonia Real, Spain, 400m freestyle, Olympic-1976 1963 Event 1st 200 meter freestyle swum under 2 minutes (Don Schollander 1:58) 1963 Birthday Melvin Douglas, Topeka, Kansas, 198 lbs/90 kg freestyle wrestler 1996 Olympics 1960 Birthday Nate Carr, born in Erie, Pennsylvania, freestyle wrestler 1988 Olympics bronze 1959 Birthday Brian Goodell, U.S., 400m and 1500m freestyle swimmer, 2 Gold Medals 1976 Olympics 1957 Birthday Keena Rothhammer, U.S., 800 m freestyle swimmer, Gold Medal 1972 Olympics 1956 Birthday Anatoly Beloglazov, U.S.S.R., 52 kg freestyle wrestler, Gold Medal 1980 Olympics 1956 Birthday Sergei Beloglazov, U.S.S.R., 57 kg freestyle wrestler, 1980 Olympics gold 1956 Birthday Shane Gould, freestyle swimmer, Olympics-3 Gold-1972 1956 Event Cockie Gastelaars swims world record 100 m freestyle (1:04.2) 1948 Birthday Dan Gable, born in Waterloo, Iowa, 68kg freestyle wrestler, Gold Medal 1972 Olympics 1945 Birthday Carolyn Wood, U.S., 4 x 100m freestyle swimmer 1960 Olympics gold 1943 Birthday Gary Ilman, U.S., 100m freestyle, Olympic-4th-1964 1942 Birthday Sandra Morgan, U.S. 4 x 100m freestyle swimmer 1956 Olympics gold 1940 Birthday Lance Larson, U.S., 100m freestyle swimmer 1960 Olympics silver 1940 Birthday Sandra Morgan, 100m freestyle swimmer 1956 Olympics gold 1937 Birthday Dawn Fraser, NSW Australia, 100m freestyle, Gold Medals 1956, 1960, 1964 Olympics 1937 Birthday John Devitt, Australia, 100m freestyle swimmer 1960 Olympics gold 1935 Event Willy de Supervise swims runs world record 200 m freestyle (2:25.2) 1933 Birthday Jean Boiteux, born in France, 400m freestyle swimmer 1952 Olympics gold 1930 Birthday James McLane, U.S., 1500m freestyle swimmer 1948 Olympics gold 1927 Birthday Greta Andersen, Denmark, 100m freestyle swimmer 1948 Olympics gold 1926 Birthday Ann Curtis, U.S., 400m freestyle swimmer, Gold Medal 1948 Olympics 1924 Event Johnny Weissmuller sets 100-yard freestyle record (52.4 seconds) 1917 Birthday Kusuo Kitamura, Japan, 1500m freestyle swimmer 1932 Olympics gold
