Table 4.
Actual 1996 means, predicted and actual means for 2000 and 2004 Olympics. All times are in seconds.
Event
Actual 1996
Predicted/Actual 2000
Predicted/Actual
2004
Men’s
50m Freestyle
22.47
22.26/22.19
22.13/22.11
100m Freestyle
49.31
48.17/48.95
47.53/48.80
200m Freestyle
108.40
105.57/107.43
104.32/106.47
400m Freestyle
230.57
219.03/226.21
215.29/225.92
1500m Freestyle
910.29
854.72/901.67
835.76/898.05
Women’s
50m Freestyle
25.37
25.11/25.01
24.91/24.96
100m Freestyle
55.37
54.81/54.76
54.53/54.58
200m Freestyle
119.95
117.90/118.89
116.91/118.69
400m Freestyle
250.00
238.98/249.46
233.91/248.05
800m Freestyle
514.89
496.38/507.82
489.03/509.06