Projected Standards

These are the projected FINA 2008 standards after Beijing. I take no responsibility for their absolute accuracy until I've double-checked them against 'official' lists and they may change between now and 31 December as FINA use end-of-year rankings.

On March 2 I looked at the historical data back to 1988 and projected a 35 point increase for men and a 31 point increase for women by the end of 2012. The straight-line increase in standards had stretched across the DDR doping regime and the introduction of full body-suits in 2000.

We have a 35 point increase NOW! if anyone tells you the new suits make no difference, tell them to go jump in a lake.