PESCARA - Aschwin Wildeboer Faber has set a new individual world record of 52.38 seconds in leading Spain gold medal-winning 4x100m medley relay at the Mediterranean Games on Wednesday.

The previous record of 52.54 was set by Aaron Peirsol of United States at last year’s Games in Beijing.

World record evolution (Time, Name/Nationality, Place, Date):
52.38 Aschwin Wildeboer ESP Pescara 01.07.09
52.54 Aaron Peirsol USA Beijing 12.08.08
52.89 Aaron Peirsol USA Omaha 01.07.08
52.98 Aaron Peirsol USA Melbourne 27.03.07
53.17 Aaron Peirsol USA Indianapolis 02.04.05
53.45 Aaron Peirsol USA Athens 21.08.04
53.60 Lenny Krayzelburg USA Sydney 24.08.99
53.86 Jeff Rouse USA Barcelona 31.07.92
53.93 Jeff Rouse USA Edmonton 25.08.91
54.51 David Berkoff USA Seoul 24.09.88

Yesterday, the 23-year-old Wildeboer, set a new European record for this event, winning gold in 52.87sec.

Also see:

Mediterranean Games, Wildeboer wins 100 backstroke with European mark
Jun 30, 2009