ɡʌstˈɑːvoʊ bˈoːɹdʒᵻz sˈɛt ɐ nˈuː sˈaʊθ ɐmˈɛɹɪkən ˈɛɹiə ɹˈɛkɚd, ænd tˈuː nˈæʃənəl ɹˈɛkɚdz wɜː sˈɛt: ðə ɹˈʌʃən ɹˈɛkɚd baɪ ˌælɪɡzˈændɚ pˈɑːpɑːv ænd ðə pwˈɛɹɾoʊ ɹˈɪkən ɹˈɛkɚd baɪ ɹɪkˈɑːɹdoʊ bˈʌskeɪs.
Gustavo Borges set a new South American area record, and two national records were set: the Russian record by Alexander Popov and the Puerto Rican record by Ricardo Busquets.