STOCKHOLM - South African breaststroker Cameron van der Burgh and American Peter Marshall gave the ongoing Fina World Cup a soar after reclaiming world records at Stockholm on Tuesday.

Van der Burgh, 21, has broken his world record in the 50m breaststroke. He stopped the clock at 25.94 seconds last night to lower his mark set on Saturday in Moscow.

Following the record evolution (Time, Name/Nationality, Place, Date):

25.94 Van der Burgh Cameron RSA Stockholm 11.11.08
26.08 Van der Burgh Cameron RSA Moscow 08.11.08
26.17 Lisogor Oleg UKR Berlin 21.01.06
26.20 Lisogor Oleg UKR Berlin 26.01.02
26.28 Moses Ed USA Stockholm 23.01.02
26.70 Warnecke Mark GER 11.12.98

Marshall, 27-year-old, hit the wall at 49.94 seconds in the men's 100 meters backstroke to pull 0.05 off compatriot Ryan Lochte’s record set in August 2006, swimming the first leg of the 400m medley relay at World Championships in Shanghai.

Following the record evolution for this event (Time, Name/Nationality, Place, Date):

49.94 Marshall Peter USA Stockholm 11.11.08
49.99 Lochte Ryan USA Shanghai 08.11.06
50.32 Marshall Peter USA East Meadow 26.03.04
50.58 Rupprath Thomas GER Melbourne 08.12.02
50.75 Neil Walker USA Athens 19.03.00
51.28 Lenny Krayzelburg USA Berlin 06.02.00

Also see:

Van der Burgh breaks short course breaststroke record
Nov 9, 2008

Lochte Concludes Perfect Worlds
Apr 9, 2006