User:Pakman044/World record progression 800m freestyle

I'm not really sure when FINA started keeping records!

Men

TIME	SWIMMER	DATE	PLACE
11:25.4y^[1]	Henry Taylor	July 21, 1906	Runcorn, United Kingdom
11:24.2y	Norman Ross	January 10, 1920	Sydney, Australia
11:05.2y	Andrew Charlton	January 13, 1923	Sydney, Australia
10:51.8y	Andrew Charlton	January 19, 1924	Sydney, Australia
10:43.6	Arne Borg	April 11, 1924	Honolulu, USA
10:37.4	Arne Borg	August 25, 1925	Harnus
10:32.0y	Andrew Charlton	January 8, 1927	Sydney, Australia
10:22.2y	Johnny Weissmuller	July 27, 1927	Honolulu, USA
10:19.6	Jean Taris	May 30, 1930	Parigi^[2]
10:17.2	Jean Taris	June 9, 1931	Cannes, France
10:16.6	Shozo Makino	August 30, 1931	Osaka, Japan
10:15.6	Jean Taris	June 21, 1932	Cannes, France
10:08.6	Shozo Makino	June 25, 1933	Tokyo, Japan
10:01.2	Shozo Makino	September 16, 1933	Tokyo, Japan
9:55.8	Shozo Makino	September 15, 1934	Tokyo, Japan
9:50.9	William Smith	July 24, 1941	Honolulu, USA
9:45.6	Hironoshin Furuhashi	June 26, 1949	Tokyo, Japan
9:45.0	Shiro Hashiume	August 16, 1949	Los Angeles, USA
9:40.7	Hironoshin Furuhashi	August 16, 1949	Los Angeles, USA
9:35.5	Hironoshin Furuhashi	August 19, 1949	Los Angeles, USA
9:30.7	Ford Konno	July 7, 1951	Honolulu, USA
9:15.7	George Breen	October 27, 1956	New Haven, USA

^ The "y" notation likely means set in a yards course. Modern records may not be set in yards courses.
^ Parigi means Paris in Italian, although without additional verification, it will be listed as Paris here.