Sporting and Athletic Records

292 SWIMMING Distance Time Name Miles m. s. 1 q 26 8 J. Nuttall (P.) Nationality Place British Rochdale Date 19 Aug. '93 N.B.—At the recognized distances of 100, 150, 220, 300, 440, 500, 880, 1000 yards and 1 mile World's Amateur Records are all held by J. H. T yers, British Amateur, and of these all except the */« mile and mile are also World's Records, which see. T vers' records for the , /a mile and mile are given in footnotes under World's Records. All British Records and British Amateur Records in Swimming are also World's Records. American Records Distance Yards 50 r 80 r 100 ISO 220 250 j 300 t 440 u Time h. m. s. SO 1 9 2 II'Is 3 33 9 /» 4 22 4 57 6 24>/i Name W. B. Izard (A.) G. Whittaker (A.) »> A. T. Kenney (A.) A. Meffert (A.) A. T. Kenney (A.) S. Gormley (A.) H. F. Brewer (A.) Place Annapolis, Md. Milwaukee, Wis. Philadelphia Locust Grove, L.I. Philadelphia San Francisco Date 20 May '93 10 Aug. '95 8 Sept. '96 25 July '93 8 Sept. '89 25 J^y '93 24 June '76 21 Apr. '97 q In Hollingworth Lake. World's Amateur Record for the mile is 26m. 46 , /tS. made by J. H. T YERS , British Amateur, over a 220 yards course at Walsall, 11 July 1896. Other mile records in open water are as follows :— Time H. M. 2721% 28 3'' t 28 7 , /i 28 SS*/* Name J. H. Tyers (A.) W. J. Gormley (A.) J. Nuttall (P.) G. Whittaker (A.) Nationality British Colonial British American Place Walsall Sydney, N.S.W. Open Sea, Brighton Chicago, 111. Date 8 July 1893 28 Mar. '93 30 Aug. '90 13 Sept. '93 r Straightaway. W HITTAKER'S 50s. is in all probability a better performance than E VAN'S world's record of 49 4 /»s. made with 1 turn, f With 6 turns. t Straightaway. u With 4 turns.