2012 Best Performances (Long Course - Male)

100 METRES BREASTSTROKE

#	Country		Time	Name	IPS	Meet
1		JPN	58.90	Kitajima, Kosuke	998	JPNLCAPR
2		JPN	59.60	Tateishi, Ryo	981	JPNLCAPR
3		BRA	59.63	Franca da Silva, Felipe	980	BRALCAPR
4		RSA	59.90	van der Burgh, Cameron	973	RSALCAPR
5		AUS	59.91	Sprenger, Christian	973	AUSLCMAR

Eighteen-year-old Sydney wonder boy Ian Thorpe, destroyed the world record with a time of 1:44.69, taking back the mark Dutchman, Pieter van den Hoogenband stole from him at last year's Sydney Olympics at the Tattersall's Hobart Aquatic Centre

His time of 1:44.69 (24.96; 51.90; 1:18.27)lopped a staggering 0.65 seconds off the record and left the rest of the field in his wake, winning by over three body lengths.