AMSTERDAM - Marleen Veldhuis of the Netherlands has improved the world records in the women's 50 metres butterfly and freestyle at the Amsterdam Swim Cup.

She won the 50 metres butterfly in 25.33 seconds, lowering the record of 25.46 set by Therese Alshammar of Sweden.

World record evolution (Time, Name/Nationality, Place, Date):
25.33 Marleen Veldhuis NED Amsterdam 19.04.09
25.46 Therese Alshammar SWE Barcelona 13.06.07
25.57 Anna-Karin Kammerling SWE Berlin 30.07.02
25.64 Inge de Bruijn NED Sheffield 26.05.00
25.83 Inge de Bruijn NED Monte-Carlo 20.05.00
26.29 Anna-Karin Kammerling SWE Istanbul
27.07.99 26.39 Anna-Karin Kammerling SWE Halmstad 01.07.99
26.54 Inge de Bruijn NED Amersfoort 18.06.99

Later, the 30-year-old from Borne, powered to victory in the 50 metres freestyle in a time of 23.96, to slash 0.01s off Australian Libby Trickett record.

World record evolution (Time, Name/Nationality, Place, Date):
23.96 Marleen Veldhuis NED Amsterdam 19.04.09
23.97 Libby Trickett AUS Sydney 29.03.08
24.09 Marleen Veldhuis NED Eindhoven 24.03.08
24.13 Inge de Bruijn NED Sydney 22.09.00
24.39 Inge de Bruijn NED Rio de Janeiro 10.06.00
24.48 Inge de Bruijn NED Amsterdam 04.06.00
    =   Inge de Bruijn NED Sheffield 27.05.00
24.51 Li Jingyi CHN Rome 11.09.94
24.79 Yang Wenyi CHN Barcelona 31.07.92
24.98 Yang Wenyi CHN Guangzhou 11.04.88
25.28 Tamara Costache ROM Madrid 23.08.86

The time also bettered her own European mark of 24.09 set at last year's European Championships.

European record evolution (Time, Name/Nationality, Place, Date):
23.96 Marleen Veldhuis NED Amsterdam 19.04.09
24.09 Marleen Veldhuis NED Eindhoven 24.03.08
24.13 Inge de Bruijn NED Sydney 22.09.00
24.39 Inge de Bruijn NED Rio de Janeiro 10.06.00
24.48 Inge de Bruijn NED Amsterdam 04.06.00
24.51 Inge de Bruijn NED Sheffield 27.05.00
24.84 Inge de Bruijn NED Istanbul 31.07.99
24.88 Inge de Bruijn NED Amersfoort 18.06.99
24.94 Inge de Bruijn NED Rio de Janeiro 05.06.99
25.01 Inge de Bruijn NED Rio de Janeiro 09.08.98
25.06 Inge de Bruijn NED Oakmont 18.06.98
25.10 Natalia Metscheryakova RUS Rome 11.09.94
25.28 Tamara Costache ROM Madrid 23.08.86

Also see:

Alshammar Sets Butterfly World Record At Mare Nostrum Meet
Jun 13, 2007

Trickett smashes 50m world mark
Mar 29, 2008

Veldhuis smashes freestyle world record
Mar 24, 2008