Wednesday, August 13, 2008

Spitz' times...

What were Spitz's times? I heard he wouldn't have made the team with them. If that's true -- has the technology or shaving excess hair improved times that much in 20 years. Can you imagine a swimmer today with Spitz's mustache?

1 comment:

Burner said...

Here is what Spitz did and the Silver medalist just to see the margin of victory.

100m Freestyle 51.22
Jerry Heidenreich USA 51.65
200m Freestyle 1:52.78
Steven Genter USA 1:53.73
100m Butterfly 54.27
Bruce Robertson CAN 55.56
200m Butterfly 2:00.70
Gary Hall USA 2:02.86
4x100m Free Relay 3:26.42
URS 3:29.72
4x200m Free Relay 7:35.78
FRG 7:41.69
4x100m Medley Relay 3:48.16
GDR 3:52.12