HOBART - Australian Emily Seebohm broke the world record for the women’s 100 metres individual medley at the short-course Australian championships on Monday.

Seebohm finished in a time of 58.54 seconds, taking 0.26 seconds off American Natalie Coughlin’s mark set in 2002 at a world cup meet in East Meadow.

It was the third world record of the night after Libby Trickett broke her own world record for women's 100 metres freestyle and Christian Sprenger broke the men's 200 breaststroke.

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

  58.54 Emily Seebhom AUS Hobart 10.08.09

  58.80 Coughlin Natalie USA East Meadow 23.11.02

  59.30 Thompson Jenny USA Hong Kong 02.04.99

1:00.35 Moravcova Martina SVK Hong Kong 02.04.99

1:00.41 Thompson Jenny USA Sydney 16.01.99

1:00.43 Moravcova Martina SVK Sheffield 12.12.98

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Nov 24, 2002 Nick J. Thierry - Swimnews / FINA Press Commission