2022 STOCKHOLM OPEN
- April 9 to 12, 2022
- Erikdalsbadet, Sweden
- Lengthy Course Meters (50 m)
- Reside Outcomes
Germany’s Lukas Märtens put an exclamation level on his standout efficiency on the 2022 Stockholm Open Tuesday evening in Sweden, flying to a brand new Nationwide File within the males’s 800 freestyle.
Going through off in opposition to an elite discipline that included three of the 11-fastest swimmers in historical past, Märtens opened up an early lead on the midway mark earlier than upping his tempo coming house, finally negative-splitting his technique to a ultimate time of seven:41.43.
The swim for the 20-year-old breaks the German File of seven:41.77, set on the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Video games by Florian Wellbrock, and makes him the Tenth-fastest swimmer within the historical past of the occasion.
Märtens additionally dropped greater than 12 seconds from his earlier finest time, having been 7:53.78 final month on the way in which to his breakout 14:40.28 swim within the 1500 free.
SPLIT COMPARISON
Wellbrock, Earlier GER File | Märtens, New GER File |
27.18 | 26.62 |
56.16 (28.98) | 55.41 (29.18) |
1:25.29 (29.13) | 1:24.90 (29.49) |
1:54.44 (29.15) | 1:54.38 (29.48) |
2:23.37 (28.93) | 2:23.64 (29.26) |
2:52.51 (29.14) | 2:53.01 (29.37) |
3:21.64 (29.13) | 3:22.44 (29.43) |
3:50.98 (29.34) | 3:51.98 (29.54) |
4:20.07 (29.09) | 4:21.16 (29.18) |
4:49.08 (29.01) | 4:50.51 (29.35) |
5:18.22 (29.14) | 5:19.87 (29.36) |
5:47.22 (29.00) | 5:48.80 (28.93) |
6:16.42 (29.20) | 6:17.78 (28.98) |
6:45.50 (29.08) | 6:46.18 (28.40) |
7:14.30 (28.80) | 7:14.47 (28.29) |
7:41.77 (27.47) | 7:41.43 (26.96) |
Within the all-time rankings, Märtens joins a gaggle of six others who’ve been as quick as 7:41-something of their profession, with solely six males in historical past having dipped under the 7:40-threshold.
Märtens was additionally greater than four-tenths faster than the time American Bobby Finke produced en path to profitable the inaugural Olympic gold medal within the occasion final summer time.
All-Time Performers, Males’s 800 Freestyle (LCM)
Rank | Swimmer | Time | Meet |
1 | Zhang Lin (CHN) | 7:32.12 | 2009 World Championships – Rome, Italy |
2 | Oussama Mellouli (TUN) | 7:35.27 | 2009 World Championships – Rome, Italy |
3 | Solar Yang (CHN) | 7:38.57 | 2011 World Championships – Shanghai, China |
4 | Grant Hackett (AUS) | 7:38.65 | 2005 World Championships – Montreal, Canada |
5 | Ian Thorpe (AUS) | 7:39.16 | 2001 World Championships – Fukuoka, Japan |
6 | Gregorio Paltrinieri (ITA) | 7:39.27 | 2019 World Championships – Gwangju, South Korea |
7 | Gabriele Detti (ITA) | 7:40.77 | 2017 World Championships – Budapest, Hungary |
T-8 | Henrik Christiansen (NOR) | 7:41.28 | 2019 World Championships – Gwangju, South Korea |
T-8 | Mykhailo Romanchuk (UKR) | 7:41.28 | 2021 Olympic Video games – Tokyo, Japan |
10 | Lukas Märtens (GER) | 7:41.43 | 2022 Stockholm Open – Stockholm, Sweden |
11 | Wojciech Wojdak (POL) | 7:41.73 | 2017 World Championships – Budapest, Hungary |
12 | Florian Wellbrock (GER) | 7:41.77 | 2021 Olympic Video games – Tokyo, Japan |
13 | Ryan Cochrane (CAN) | 7:41.86 | 2011 World Championships – Shanghai, China |
14 | Bobby Finke (USA) | 7:41.87 | 2021 Olympic Video games – Tokyo, Japan |
15 | David Aubry (FRA) | 7:42.08 | 2019 World Championships – Gwangju, South Korea |
Within the race on Tuesday, Wellbrock practically matched Märtens’ break up on the back-half, as he pulled away from Austrian Felix Auboeck to complete second in 7:43.10.
The 400 splits for Märtens and Wellbrock have been as follows:
- Märtens – 3:51.98 / 3:49.45 = 7:41.43
- Wellbrock – 3:53.42 / 3:49.68 = 7:43.10
Auboeck took third in 7:45.32, as these three males now sit 1-2-3 within the 2021-22 world rankings.
2 | Florian Wellbrock |
GER | 7:43.10 | 04/12 |
3 | Felix Auboeck |
AUT | 7:45.32 | 04/12 |
4 | Gregorio Paltrinieri |
ITA | 7:46.01 | 04/11 |
5 | Gabriele Detti |
ITA | 7:48.07 | 04/11 |
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Märtens has been completely on fireplace during the last month and has now positioned himself as a respectable gold medal risk in 4 totally different occasions on the upcoming World Championships.
Along with immediately’s 800 free and his 1500 swim from final month, the 2021 Olympian additionally leads the 2021-22 world rankings within the 200 free (1:45.44) and 400 free (3:41.60), with the latter making him the eighth-fastest performer of all-time.