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Paul Biedermann Record

Tuesday, July 28th, 2009

ROME (Reuters) – Germany’s Paul Biedermann set a world record and beat twice champion Michael Phelps to win the 200 meters freestyle final at the world championships on Tuesday.

Paul Biedermann swam 200 meters one minute and 42 seconds exactly (1:42,00), second-placed Michael Phelps swam 1:43.22 seconds. Previous record on 200 meters distance has been beaten by Michael Phelps during Beijing Olympic 2008 (1:42.96 s)

Conversions:

200 meters = 656.168 feet = 218.7227 yards = 0.1243 mile

Paul Biedermann average speed in 200m freestyle winning race:

1.96 m/s = 7.056 km/h = 2.1435 yd/s = 4.3844 mph

Michael Phelps average speed during 200 m freestyle race during Beijing Olympic 2008:

1.94 m/s = 6.984 km/h = 2.1216 yd/s = 4.3397 mph