List of European swimming records over 400 meters

The swimming European records over 400 meters medley are the best times in the 400 m medley swimming discipline of Europeans . 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 medley (50 m track)

No.	athlete	nation	time	date	place
1	Gusztáv Kettesy	Hungary	05: 38.7	April 24, 1953	Budapest
2	Maurice Lusien	France	05: 35.6	April 24, 1953	Troyes
3	Gusztáv Kettesy	Hungary	05: 32.1	July 26, 1953	Budapest
4th	Jan Andsberg	Sweden	05: 31.0	October 29, 1953	Lund
5	Maurice Lusien	France	05: 27.3	March 18, 1954	Reims
6th	Alfred Spengler	GDR	05: 18.3	April 22, 1954	Dresden
7th	Vladimir Struschanov	Soviet Union	05: 15.4	0October 2, 1954	Minsk
8th	Gennady Androsov	Soviet Union	05: 09.4	March 10, 1957	Lviv
9	Vladimir Struschanov	Soviet Union	05: 08.3	March 17, 1957	Moscow
Rule change
10	Vladimir Struschanov	Soviet Union	05: 12.9	October 20, 1957	Moscow
11	Gennady Androssov	Soviet Union	05: 09.4	March 10, 1957	Lviv
12	Ian Black	United Kingdom	05: 08.8	0June 6, 1959	Cardiff
13	Boris Nikitin	Soviet Union	05: 06.9	April 15, 1962	Moscow
14th	Gerhard Hetz	BR Germany	04: 53.8	May 24, 1962	Moscow
15th	Gerhard Hetz	BR Germany	04: 50.2	October 12, 1963	Tokyo
16	Frank Wiegand	GDR	04: 47.9	22nd August 1966	Utrecht
17th	Andrei Dunaev	Soviet Union	04: 47.2	0August 1, 1967	Moscow
18th	Andrei Dunaev	Soviet Union	04: 45.3	03rd April 1968	Tallinn
19th	Michael Holthaus	BR Germany	04: 44.0	August 30, 1968	Berlin
20th	Hans Fassnacht	BR Germany	04: 43.0	02nd August 1969	los Angeles
21st	Hans Fassnacht	BR Germany	04: 42.5	August 24, 1969	Wurzburg
22nd	Gunnar Larsson	Sweden	04: 36.2	September 1970	Barcelona
23	Gunnar Larsson	Sweden	04: 34.99	August 30, 1972	Munich
24	Gunnar Larsson	Sweden	04: 31.98	August 30, 1972	Munich
25th	András Hargitay	Hungary	04: 31.11	05th September 1973	Belgrade
26th	András Hargitay	Hungary	04: 28.89	20th August 1974	Vienna
27	Zoltán Verraszto	Hungary	04: 26.00	0April 2, 1976	Long Beach
28	Serhiy Fessenko	Soviet Union	04: 25.37	03rd September 1978	Leningrad
29	Serhiy Fessenko	Soviet Union	04: 25.25	April 29, 1978	Leningrad
30th	Serhiy Fessenko	Soviet Union	04: 22.29	August 22, 1978	West Berlin
31	Olexandr Sidorenko	Soviet Union	04: 21.97	February 22, 1980	Leningrad
32	Giovanni Franceschi	Italy	04: 20.41	23rd August 1983	Rome
33	Jens-Peter Berndt	GDR	04: 19.61	May 23, 1984	Magdeburg
34	Jens-Peter Berndt	GDR	04: 18.29	20th August 1984	Moscow
35	Tamás Darnyi	Hungary	04: 15.42	August 19, 1987	Strasbourg
36	Tamás Darnyi	Hungary	04: 14.75	September 21, 1988	Seoul
37	Tamás Darnyi	Hungary	04: 12.36	0January 8, 1991	Perth
38	László Cseh	Hungary	04: 10.79	July 27, 2003	Barcelona
39	László Cseh	Hungary	04: 10.10	0June 7, 2005	Canet
40	László Cseh	Hungary	04: 09.63	July 31, 2005	Montreal
41	László Cseh	Hungary	04: 09.59	March 24, 2008	Eindhoven
42	László Cseh	Hungary	04: 07.96	June 14, 2008	Canet
43	László Cseh	Hungary	04: 06.16	August 10, 2008	Beijing

(This list is not yet complete)

Long course European records for women

European records for women over 400 m individual medley (50 m track)

No.	athlete	nation	time	date	place
1	Éva Székely	Hungary	05: 50.4	April 10, 1953	Budapest
2	Mary Kok	Netherlands	05: 47.3	March 28, 1955	Hilversum
3	Éva Székely	Hungary	05: 40.8	July 13, 1955	Budapest
4th	Mary Kok	Netherlands	05: 38.9	02nd December 1956	Hilversum
Rule change
5	Marianne Heemskerk	Netherlands	05: 36.0	February 28, 1962	Rotterdam
6th	Adrie Lasterie	Netherlands	05: 33.1	July 29, 1962	The hague
7th	Adrie Lasterie	Netherlands	05: 27.8	August 25, 1962	Leipzig
8th	Elisabeth Anna Heukels	Netherlands	05: 25.0	August 27, 1966	Utrecht
9	Sabine Steinbach	GDR	05: 22.6	0April 9, 1967	Leipzig
10	Sabine Steinbach	GDR	05: 14.9	0April 2nd, 1968	Tallinn
11	Evelyn Proud	GDR	05: 07.9	0September 6, 1970	Barcelona
12	Evelyn Proud	GDR	05: 06.96	August 31, 1972	Munich
13	Novella Calligaris	Italy	05: 03.99	August 31, 1972	Munich
14th	Angela Franke	GDR	05: 01.10	18th August 1973	Utrecht
15th	Gudrun Wegner	GDR	04: 57.51	0September 6, 1973	Belgrade
16	Ulrike Tauber	GDR	04: 52.42	August 21, 1974	Vienna
17th	Ulrike Tauber	GDR	04: 52.20	0June 7th 1975	Piesteritz
18th	Birgit driver	GDR	04: 48.79	0June 1, 1976	East Berlin
19th	Ulrike Tauber	GDR	04: 42.77	July 24, 1976	Montreal
20th	Petra Schneider	GDR	04: 39.96	March 30, 1980	Leningrad
21st	Petra Schneider	GDR	04: 38.44	May 27, 1980	Magdeburg
22nd	Petra Schneider	GDR	04: 36.29	July 26, 1980	Moscow
23	Petra Schneider	GDR	04: 36.10	0August 1, 1982	Guayaquil
24	Jana Klotschkowa	Ukraine	04: 33.59	September 16, 2000	Sydney
25th	Hannah Miley	United Kingdom	04: 33.24	0April 5, 2008	Sheffield
26th	Hannah Miley	United Kingdom	04: 31.33	March 20, 2009	Sheffield
27	Katinka Hosszú	Hungary	04: 30.31	0August 2, 2009	Rome
28	Katinka Hosszú	Hungary	04: 29.89	04th March 2016	Marseille
29	Katinka Hosszú	Hungary	04: 26.36	0August 6, 2016	Rio de Janeiro

(This list is not yet complete)

Short course European records for men

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

No.	athlete	nation	time	date	place
1	Jan Bidrman	Sweden	04: 12.77	March 18, 1989	Malmo
2	Patrick Kühl	GDR	04: 12.02	February 11, 1990	Bonn
3	Jani Sievinen	Finland	04: 11.86	January 18, 1992	Kuopio
4th	Jani Sievinen	Finland	04: 11.69	January 21, 1992	Malmo
5	Luca Sacchi	Italy	4: 08.77	February 28, 1992	Palma
6th	Jani Sievinen	Finland	04: 07.10	0February 9, 1993	Malmo
7th	Jani Sievinen	Finland	04: 06.03	January 20, 1996	Lappeenranta
8th	Marcel Wouda	Netherlands	04: 05.59	0February 1, 1997	Gelsenkirchen
9	Marcel Wouda	Netherlands	04: 05.41	0February 8, 1997	Paris
10	László Cseh	Hungary	04: 04.10	0December 5, 2003	Dublin
11	László Cseh	Hungary	04: 03.96	December 10, 2004	Vienna
12	László Cseh	Hungary	04: 00.37	0December 9, 2005	Trieste
13	László Cseh	Hungary	03: 59.33	December 14, 2007	Debrecen
14th	László Cseh	Hungary	03: 57.27	December 11, 2009	Istanbul

(This list is not yet complete)

European short course records women

European records for women over 400 m individual medley (25 m track)

No.	athlete	nation	time	date	place
1	Noemi Lung	Romania	04: 31.36	January 31, 1987	Paris
2	Nicole Hetzer	Germany	04: 29.46	December 16, 2001	Antwerp
3	Jana Klotschkowa	Ukraine	04: 27.83	January 19, 2002	Paris
4th	Hannah Miley	United Kingdom	04: 27.27	0April 9, 2008	Manchester
5	Mireia Belmonte	Spain	04: 25.06	December 14, 2008	Rijeka
6th	Hannah Miley	United Kingdom	04: 24.51	December 18, 2009	Manchester
7th	Mireia Belmonte	Spain	04: 24.21	December 15, 2010	Dubai
8th	Hannah Miley	United Kingdom	04: 23.47	November 25, 2012	Chartres
9	Hannah Miley	United Kingdom	04: 23.14	December 12, 2012	Istanbul
10	Katinka Hosszú	Hungary	04: 22.18	0August 8, 2013	Eindhoven
11	Katinka Hosszú	Hungary	04: 20.85	August 11, 2013	Berlin
12	Katinka Hosszú	Hungary	04: 20.83	August 28, 2014	Doha
13	Mireia Belmonte	Spain	04: 19.86	03rd December 2014	Doha
14th	Katinka Hosszú	Hungary	04: 19.46	02nd December 2015	Netanya

(This list is not yet complete)

See also

• List of European swimming records
• List of swimming world records
• List of swimming world records over 400 meters
• The swimming pool

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. Also with effect from May 1, 1957, underwater swimming was banned, which was mainly practiced in the butterfly and breast sub-disciplines for reasons of lower water resistance. With the butterfly style, no underwater arm pull was allowed after the start or the turn, in the chest position only one underwater pull with symmetrical arm and leg movements was allowed to be carried out after the start or the turn, and both hands had to be used to hit the target touch the pool wall at the same time.