List of European swimming records over 400 meters freestyle

The European swimming records over 400 meters freestyle are the best times in the 400 meter freestyle swimming discipline . They are recognized by the European swimming federation LEN . European records are held separately for long courses (50 m) and short courses (25 m) and separately for men and women. The following shows the development of the European record since the first recognized European record.

Long course European records men

Men's European records over 400 m freestyle (50 m track)

No.	athlete	nation	time	date	place
1	Henry Taylor	United Kingdom	05: 36.8	July 16, 1908	London
2	Thomas Battersby	United Kingdom	05: 35.8	September 21, 1911	London
3	Alajos Kenyery	Hungary	05: 29.0	April 21, 1912	Magdeburg
4th	Béla of Las Torres	Hungary	05: 28.4	June 5, 1912	Budapest
5	Jack Hatfield	United Kingdom	05: 21.6	September 26, 1912	London
6th	Arne Borg	Sweden	05: 11.8	April 9, 1922	Stockholm
7th	Arne Borg	Sweden	04: 54.7	December 9, 1924	Stockholm
8th	Arne Borg	Sweden	04: 50.3	September 11, 1925	Stockholm
9	Jean Taris	France	04: 47.0	April 16, 1931	Paris
		Vichy France		August 29, 1941	Norrkoping
10	Alex Jany	France	04: 35.2	September 12, 1947	Monte Carlo
11	Jean Boiteux	France	04: 33.3	July 10, 1951	Marseille
12	Jean Boiteux	France	04: 30.7	July 30, 1952	Helsinki
13	Jean Boiteux	France	04: 29.0	17th August 1956	Marseille
Rule change
14th	Ian Black	United Kingdom	04: 28.5	July 23, 1958	Cardiff
15th	Ian Black	United Kingdom	04: 28.4	20th August 1958	Blackpool
16	Ian Black	United Kingdom	04: 27.5	April 29, 1960	Blackpool
17th	Ian Black	United Kingdom	04: 21.6	August 21, 1960	Rome
18th	Frank Wiegand	GDR	04: 18.4	August 29, 1964	Dortmund
19th	Frank Wiegand	GDR	04: 17.2	October 14, 1964	Tokyo
20th	Frank Wiegand	GDR	04: 14.9	October 15, 1964	Tokyo
21st	Semion Belitz-Geiman	Soviet Union	04: 14.1	August 25, 1966	Moscow
22nd	Frank Wiegand	GDR	04: 11.1	August 25, 1966	Utrecht
23	Alain Mosconi	France	04: 10.6	2nd July 1967	Monte Carlo
24	Alain Mosconi	France	04: 09.2	4th July 1967	Monte Carlo
25th	Hans Fassnacht	BR Germany	04: 08.2	July 11, 1969	Santa Clara
26th	Hans Fassnacht	BR Germany	04: 06.9	1st August 1969	Louisville
27	Hans Fassnacht	BR Germany	04: 04.0	August 14, 1969	Louisville
28	Gunnar Larsson	Sweden	04: 02.6	7th September 1970	Barcelona
29	Bengt Gingsjoe	Sweden	04: 01.27	September 6, 1973	Belgrade
30th	Frank puddle	GDR	04: 01.10	July 25, 1975	East Berlin
31	Volodymyr Raskatov	Soviet Union	03: 58.02	June 2nd 1976	Kiev
32	Volodymyr Raskatov	Soviet Union	03: 57.56	July 22, 1976	Montreal
33	Volodymyr Raskatov	Soviet Union	03: 55.76	July 22, 1976	Montreal
34	Sergei Russian	Soviet Union	03: 54.83	18th August 1977	Jonkoping
35	Sergei Russian	Soviet Union	03: 54.47	July 7, 1978	Moscow
36	Vladimir Salnikov	Soviet Union	03: 53.32	23rd August 1978	West Berlin
37	Vladimir Salnikov	Soviet Union	03: 51.94	23rd August 1978	West Berlin
38	Vladimir Salnikov	Soviet Union	03: 51.41	April 6, 1979	Potsdam
39	Vladimir Salnikov	Soviet Union	03: 51.40	19th August 1979	Moscow
40	Vladimir Salnikov	Soviet Union	03: 51.20	February 29, 1980	Potsdam
41	Vladimir Salnikov	Soviet Union	03: 49.57	March 12, 1982	Moscow
				July 14, 1982	Kiev
42	Vladimir Salnikov	Soviet Union	03: 48.32	February 19, 1983	Moscow
43	Michael Gross	BR Germany	03: 47.80	June 27, 1985	Remscheid
44	Artur Wojdat	Poland	03: 47.38	March 25, 1988	Orlando
45	Uwe Dassler	GDR	03: 46.95	September 23, 1988	Seoul
46	Yevgeny Sadowy	United team	03: 45.00	July 29, 1992	Barcelona
47	Massimiliano Rosolino	Italy	03: 43.40	September 16, 2000	Sydney
48	Paul Biedermann	Germany	03: 43.01	July 26, 2009	Rome
49	Paul Biedermann	Germany	03: 40.07	July 26, 2009	Rome

(This list is not yet complete)

Long course European records for women

European records for women over 400 m freestyle (50 m track)

No.	athlete	nation	time	date	place
1	Hilda James	United Kingdom	06: 16.6	July 29, 1921	Leeds
2	Maria Braun	Netherlands	06: 11.8	September 2, 1927	Bologna
3	Maria Braun	Netherlands	05: 53.6	4th August 1929	Amsterdam
4th	Maria Braun	Netherlands	05: 42.0	August 30, 1931	Paris
5	Willy den Ouden	Netherlands	05: 16.0	July 12, 1934	Rotterdam
6th	Ragnhild Hveger	Denmark	05: 14.2	February 10, 1937	Copenhagen
7th	Ragnhild Hveger	Denmark	05: 14.0	October 3, 1937	Ghent
8th	Ragnhild Hveger	Denmark	05: 12.4	November 14, 1937	Magdeburg
9	Ragnhild Hveger	Denmark	05: 11.0	December 12, 1937	Copenhagen
10	Ragnhild Hveger	Denmark	05: 08.2	January 16, 1938	Copenhagen
11	Ragnhild Hveger	Denmark	05: 06.1	August 1, 1938	Copenhagen
12	Ragnhild Hveger	Denmark	05: 05.4	September 8, 1940	Svendborg
13	Ragnhild Hveger	Denmark	05: 00.1	September 15, 1940	Copenhagen
Rule change
14th	Corrie Schimmel	Netherlands	04: 57.7	July 26, 1959	Waalwijk
15th	Corrie Schimmel	Netherlands	04: 52.4	August 8, 1959	Appelscha
16	Jane Cederquist	Sweden	04: 46.9	May 3, 1961	Haifa
17th	Claude Mandonnaud	France	04: 46.8	February 18, 1967	Melbourne
18th	Williams	United Kingdom	04: 45.6	July 22, 1967	Coventry
19th	Elisabeth Ljunggren	Sweden	04: 45.4	April 20, 1968	Stockholm
20th	Marie-José Kersaudy	France	04: 44.3	June 20, 1968	Mourenx
21st	Elisabeth Ljunggren	Sweden	04: 42.4	1st August 1968	Lincoln
22nd	Claude Mandonnaud	France	04: 41.1	4th August 1968	Paris
23	Gabriele Wetzko	German Democratic Republic	04: 40.2	20th October 1968	Mexico city
24	Gabriele Wetzko	German Democratic Republic	04: 36.1	15th August 1969	Vienna
25th	Elke Sehmisch	German Democratic Republic	04: 32.9	September 8, 1970	Barcelona
26th	Novella Calligaris	Italy	04: 31.9	20th July 1971	Bolzano
27	Hansje Bunschoten	Netherlands	04: 31.7	15th August 1971	Rotterdam
28	Hansje Bunschoten	Netherlands	04: 31.3	August 28, 1971	Bratislava
29	Hansje Bunschoten	Netherlands	04: 31.1	March 19, 1972	Dresden
30th	Anke Rijnders	Netherlands	04: 29.7	2nd July 1972	Leusden
31	Novella Calligaris	Italy	04: 29.1	July 6, 1972	Syracuse
32	Novella Calligaris	Italy	04: 26.7	July 25, 1972	Turin
33	Novella Calligaris	Italy	04: 24.14	August 30, 1972	Munich
34	Novella Calligaris	Italy	04: 22.44	August 30, 1972	Munich
35	Novella Calligaris	Italy	04: 21.79	7th September 1973	Belgrade
36	Angela Franke	German Democratic Republic	04: 17.83	20th August 1974	Vienna
37	Barbara Krause	German Democratic Republic	04: 17.00	March 14, 1976	Tallinn
38	Barbara Krause	German Democratic Republic	04: 11.69	3rd June 1976	Berlin
39	Petra Thümer	German Democratic Republic	04: 09.89	July 20, 1976	Montreal
40	Petra Thümer	German Democratic Republic	04: 08.91	17th August 1977	Jonkoping
41	Ines Diers	German Democratic Republic	04: 08.76	July 22, 1980	Moscow
42	Ines Diers	German Democratic Republic	04: 08.58	September 9, 1981	Split
43	Astrid Strauss	German Democratic Republic	04: 08.25	June 17, 1983	Gera
44	Astrid Strauss	German Democratic Republic	04: 08.07	August 24, 1983	Rome
45	Heike Friedrich	German Democratic Republic	04: 06.85	June 19, 1986	Berlin
46	Heike Friedrich	German Democratic Republic	04: 06.39	August 20, 1987	Strasbourg
47	Heike Friedrich	German Democratic Republic	04: 05.94	September 22, 1988	Seoul
48	Anke Möhring	German Democratic Republic	04: 05.84	17th August 1989	Athens
49	Laure Manaudou	France	04: 05.34	August 15, 2004	Athens
50	Laure Manaudou	France	04: 03.03	May 12, 2006	Tours
51	Laure Manaudou	France	04: 02.13	August 6, 2006	Budapest
52	Federica Pellegrini	Italy	04: 01.53	March 24, 2008	Eindhoven
53	Joanne Jackson	United Kingdom	04: 00.66	March 16, 2009	Sheffield
54	Federica Pellegrini	Italy	04: 00.41	June 27, 2009	Pescara
55	Federica Pellegrini	Italy	03: 59.15	July 26, 2009	Rome

(This list is not yet complete)

Short course European records for men

Men's European records over 400 m freestyle (25 m track)

No.	athlete	nation	time	date	place
1	Giorgio Lamberti	Italy	03: 41.74	February 13, 1988	Bonn
2	Not so Holmertz	Sweden	03: 40.81	4th February 1990	Paris
3	Jörg Hoffmann	Germany	03: 40.78	February 1, 1997	Gelsenkirchen
4th	Jörg Hoffmann	Germany	03: 40.45	February 8, 1997	Paris
5	Emiliano Brembilla	Italy	03: 40.45	December 11, 1998	Sheffield
6th	Massimiliano Rosolino	Italy	03: 39.59	December 14, 2000	Valencia
7th	Yuri Prilukov	Russia	03: 37.81	December 8, 2005	Trieste
8th	Yuri Prilukov	Russia	03: 37.35	April 11, 2008	Manchester
9	Paul Biedermann	Germany	03: 34.98	November 30, 2008	eat
10	Paul Biedermann	Germany	03: 32.77	November 14, 2009	Berlin
11	Yannick Agnel	France	03: 32.25	November 15, 2012	Angers

(This list is not yet complete)

European short course records women

European records for women over 400 m freestyle (25 m track)

No.	athlete	nation	time	date	place
1	Astrid Strauss	German Democratic Republic	04: 02.05	February 6, 1987	Bonn
2	Laure Manaudou	France	04: 00.20	4th December 2005	Chalon-sur-Saône
3	Laure Manaudou	France	03: 56.79	December 10, 2005	Trieste
4th	Laure Manaudou	France	03: 56.09	December 9, 2006	Helsinki
5	Joanne Jackson	Society. King	03: 54.92	August 8, 2009	Leeds
6th	Camille Muffat	France	03: 54.85	November 24, 2012	Chartres
7th	Mireia Belmonte	Spain	03: 54.52	August 11, 2013	Berlin

(This list is not yet complete)

See also

• List of European swimming records
• List of swimming world records
• List of German swimming records
• List of swimming world records over 400 meters freestyle
• Freestyle swimming

Web links

• Official list of the European swimming records on the long course (LEN) (PDF file; 22 kB)
• Official list of European swimming records on the short course (LEN) (PDF file; 22 kB)
• Official rankings of the LEN and other national associations in Europe
• Historical development of the European swimming records, www.agendadiana.com (Italian)
• Historical development of the European swimming records, www.zwemkroniek.com (Dutch)

Remarks

1. ↑ ^{a b} Volker Kluge : Summer Olympic Games. Die Chronik II. London 1948 - Tokyo 1964. Sportverlag Berlin, Berlin 1998, ISBN 3-328-00740-7 , p. 462 ff .: Due to the time advantages when turning, the majority of the previous records came from competitions in a 25-meter Pool. On the one under 1956 Olympics conducted FINA -Congress was finally determined that records from May 1, 1957 found only on the long course (50 meters or 55 yards) official recognition.