Medley swimming is a combination of four different styles into one race.
The 400-metre medley consists of8 laps (50m each). The diagram below
illustrates the individual swimming positions of the three swimmers.
Butterfly
50 50
Backstroke Breaststoke
50 50
50
50
Freestyle STYLES
50 50 LAPS
SPLITS
THE LAST TWO LAPS
Lochte Ye
O Phelps
1.76 Ye was faster
1.73 than Lochte
1.72
Ye was faster 1.69
1.68
than Phelps H
1.67
at 350m
Lap winner
START
Phelps @ 147.98m
helps 9.88m
Ye D 178.26
helps 99.44m
chte O SOnÅ
Loehte@ 200m
1;56.9 minutes:
TALE OF
THE TAPE
A
B
C
D
E
F
On this graphic,
we plot and compare
the performance of the three
super swimmers in the
400-m individual medley.
Note that the length of
this line exactly measures
to 400 metres.
Phelps @ 392.79m
Lochte @ 400m
4:05.2 minutes
THE
SIZZLING
400 METRES
MEDLEY
Lochte@ 150m
minutes
hte@ 250m
igutes
310.64m
Lochte 0300m
Phelps 0 293.93m
Phelps@342.03
PhelpS@245.1
Lochte@ 350m
3;36.1 minutes
at 400m
Speed
average
per lap
(m/s)
The lap winner's
advantage over
other swimmers
(lighter tone)
hte 0100
55.02 econds
e
89.25
44.
Ryan
Lochte
Michael
Phelps
Phelps
6 ft4 in
185 lbs
Much to everyone's surprise,
16-year old Ye Shiwen finished
the last 50 metres of her first
gold medal performance faster
than Ryan Lochte, the gold
winner with the best timing in
the corresponding men's event.
She even outswam Michael
Phelps, the fastest swimmer in
the world, in one split time.
Her smashing performance
broke two world records.
Could she be the next greatest
swimmer?
Ye Shiwen
Ye@359.82m
270.40m
224.88m
Phelps@196.01m
Ye@133.96nv
Lochte
6ft2in
190 lbs
5 ft8 in
140 lbs
The Chinese prodigy
has big hands and big feet
— the potential tools of
a brilliant swimming career
QUEEN
OF MEDLEY
Ye won gold in
these individual
medley events:
2012
Olympics
200m & 400m
2011
Chinese Nationals
200m
World Aquatics Championships
Asian Games
200m & 400m
FINA Swimming World Cup
200m & 400m
Source: Official site ofthe London 2012 Olympic I wikipedia.com I yahoo.com
200m
2010
China Water Games
200m
Chinese Nationals
200m
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