The swimming world records over 400 meters are the best times swum in the swimming discipline of 400 meters. They are recognized by the international swimming federation FINA . World records are held separately for long courses (50 m) and short courses (25 m) and separately for men and women. In the following, the world record development since the first recognized world record is listed.
Long track world records men
World records for men over 400 m medley (50 m track)
No.
athlete
nation
time
date
place
1
Frank O'Neill
Australia Australia
05: 48.5
17th January 1953
Sydney
2
Frank O'Neill
Australia Australia
05: 43.0
February 24, 1953
Sydney
3
Gusztáv Kettesy
Hungary 1949 Hungary
05: 38.7
April 24, 1953
Budapest
4th
Maurice Lusien
France France
05: 35.6
April 24, 1953
Troyes
5
Gusztáv Kettesy
Hungary 1949 Hungary
05: 32.1
July 26, 1953
Budapest
6th
Jan Andsberg
Sweden Sweden
05: 31.0
October 29, 1953
Lund
7th
Maurice Lusien
France France
05: 27.3
March 18, 1954
Reims
8th
Alfred Spengler
Germany Democratic Republic 1949 GDR
05: 18.3
April 22, 1954
Dresden
9
Vladimir Struschanov
Soviet Union 1923 Soviet Union
05: 15.4
October 2, 1954
Minsk
10
Gennady Androsov
Soviet Union 1955 Soviet Union
05: 09.4
March 10, 1957
Lviv
11
Vladimir Struschanov
Soviet Union 1955 Soviet Union
05: 08.3
March 17, 1957
Moscow
Rule change
12
Gary Heinrich
United States 48 United States
05: 15.6
August 27, 1957
Philadelphia
13
Vladimir Struschanov
Soviet Union 1955 Soviet Union
05: 12.9
October 20, 1957
Moscow
14th
Ian Black
United Kingdom Society. King
05: 08.8
June 6, 1959
Cardiff
15th
George Harrison
United States United States
05: 07.8
June 24, 1960
los Angeles
16
George Harrison
United States United States
05: 05.3
June 24, 1960
los Angeles
17th
Dennis Rounsaville
United States United States
05: 04.5
July 22, 1960
Toledo
18th
Ted Stickles
United States United States
05: 04.3
July 1, 1961
Chicago
19th
Ted Stickles
United States United States
04: 55.6
August 18, 1961
los Angeles
20th
Gerhard Hetz
Germany BR BR Germany
04: 53.8
May 24, 1962
Moscow
21st
Ted Stickles
United States United States
04: 51.4
June 30, 1962
Chicago
22nd
Ted Stickles
United States United States
04: 51.0
July 12, 1962
Louisville
23
Gerhard Hetz
Germany BR BR Germany
04: 50.2
October 12, 1963
Tokyo
24
Richard Roth
United States United States
04: 48.6
July 31, 1964
Los Altos
25th
Richard Roth
United States United States
04: 45.4
October 14, 1964
Tokyo
26th
Andrei Dunaev
Soviet Union 1955 Soviet Union
04: 45.3
3rd April 1968
Tallinn
27
Greg Buckingham
United States United States
04: 45.1
July 6, 1968
Santa Clara
28
Gary Hall Sr.
United States United States
04: 43.4
20th July 1968
los Angeles
29
Charles Hickcox
United States United States
04: 43.3
August 30, 1968
Long Beach
30th
Charles Hickcox
United States United States
04: 39.0
August 30, 1968
Long Beach
31
Gary Hall Sr.
United States United States
04: 38.7
July 11, 1969
Santa Clara
32
Gary Hall Sr.
United States United States
04: 33.9
15th August 1969
Louisville
33
Gary Hall Sr.
United States United States
04: 31.0
August 21, 1970
los Angeles
34
Gary Hall Sr.
United States United States
04: 30.81
3rd August 1972
Chicago
35
András Hargitay
Hungary 1949 Hungary
04: 28.89
20th August 1974
Vienna
36
Zoltán Verrasztó
Hungary 1949 Hungary
04: 26.00
April 2, 1976
Long Beach
37
Rod Strachan
United States United States
04: 23.68
July 25, 1976
Montreal
38
Jesse Vassallo
United States United States
04: 23.39
4th August 1978
The Woodlands
39
Jesse Vassallo
United States United States
04: 20.05
August 22, 1978
West Berlin
40
Ricardo Prado
Brazil Brazil
04: 19.78
2nd August 1982
Guayaquil
41
Jens-Peter Berndt
Germany Democratic Republic 1949 GDR
04: 19.61
May 23, 1984
Magdeburg
42
Alexander Baumann
Canada Canada
04: 17.53
17th June 1984
Etobicoke
43
Alexander Baumann
Canada Canada
04: 17.41
July 30, 1984
los Angeles
44
Dave Wharton
United States United States
04: 16.12
August 14, 1987
Brisbane
45
Tamás Darnyi
Hungary 1949 Hungary
04: 15.42
August 19, 1987
Strasbourg
46
Tamás Darnyi
Hungary 1949 Hungary
04: 14.75
September 21, 1988
Seoul
47
Tamás Darnyi
Hungary 1949 Hungary
04: 12.36
January 8, 1991
Perth
48
Tom Dolan
United States United States
04: 12.30
September 6, 1994
Rome
49
Tom Dolan
United States United States
04: 11.76
September 17, 2000
Sydney
50
Michael Phelps
United States United States
04: 11.09
August 15, 2002
Fort Lauderdale
51
Michael Phelps
United States United States
04: 10.73
April 6, 2003
Indianapolis
52
Michael Phelps
United States United States
04: 09.09
July 27, 2003
Barcelona
53
Michael Phelps
United States United States
04: 08.41
July 7, 2004
Long Beach
54
Michael Phelps
United States United States
04: 08.26
August 14, 2004
Athens
55
Michael Phelps
United States United States
04: 06.22
April 1, 2007
Melbourne
56
Michael Phelps
United States United States
04: 05.25
June 29, 2008
Omaha
57
Michael Phelps
United States United States
04: 03.84
August 10, 2008
Beijing
Long track world records women
World records for women over 400 m individual medley (50 m track)
No.
athlete
nation
time
date
place
1
Éva Székely
Hungary 1949 Hungary
05: 50.4
April 10, 1953
Budapest
2
Mary Kok
Netherlands Netherlands
05: 47.3
March 28, 1955
Hilversum
3
Éva Székely
Hungary 1949 Hungary
05: 40.8
July 13, 1955
Budapest
4th
Mary Kok
Netherlands Netherlands
05: 38.9
0 2nd December 1956
Hilversum
Rule change
5
Sylvia Ruuska
United States 48 United States
05: 46.6
June 27, 1958
los Angeles
6th
Sylvia Ruuska
United States 48 United States
05: 43.7
0 August 1, 1958
Topeka
7th
Sylvia Ruuska
United States 48 United States
05: 41.1
February 24, 1959
Melbourne
8th
Sylvia Ruuska
United States United States
05: 40.2
17th July 1959
Redding
9
Donna de Varona
United States United States
05: 36.5
July 15, 1960
Indianapolis
10
Donna de Varona
United States United States
05: 34.5
August 11, 1961
Philadelphia
11
Donna de Varona
United States United States
05: 29.7
0 June 2, 1962
Los Altos
12
Sharon Finneran
United States United States
05: 27.4
July 26, 1962
Osaka
13
Donna de Varona
United States United States
05: 24.7
July 26, 1962
Osaka
14th
Sharon Finneran
United States United States
05: 21.9
July 28, 1962
Osaka
15th
Donna de Varona
United States United States
05: 16.5
March 10, 1964
Lima
16
Donna de Varona
United States United States
05: 14.9
August 30, 1964
new York
17th
Claudia Kolb
United States United States
05: 11.7
0 July 9, 1967
Santa Clara
18th
Claudia Kolb
United States United States
05: 09.7
0 August 1, 1967
Winnipeg
19th
Claudia Kolb
United States United States
05: 08.2
19th August 1967
Philadelphia
20th
Claudia Kolb
United States United States
05: 04.7
August 24, 1968
los Angeles
21st
Gail Neall
Australia Australia
05: 02.97
August 31, 1972
Munich
22nd
Angela Franke
Germany Democratic Republic 1949 GDR
05: 01.10
18th August 1973
Utrecht
23
Gudrun Wegner
Germany Democratic Republic 1949 GDR
04: 57.51
0 September 6, 1973
Belgrade
24
Ulrike Tauber
Germany Democratic Republic 1949 GDR
04: 52.42
August 21, 1974
Vienna
25th
Ulrike Tauber
Germany Democratic Republic 1949 GDR
04: 52.20
0 June 7th 1975
Piesteritz
26th
Birgit driver
Germany Democratic Republic 1949 GDR
04: 48.79
0 June 1, 1976
East Berlin
27
Ulrike Tauber
Germany Democratic Republic 1949 GDR
4: 42.77
July 24, 1976
Montreal
28
Tracy Caulkins
United States United States
4: 40.83
23rd August 1978
West Berlin
29
Petra Schneider
Germany Democratic Republic 1949 GDR
04: 39.96
March 30, 1980
Leningrad
30th
Petra Schneider
Germany Democratic Republic 1949 GDR
04: 38.44
May 27, 1980
Magdeburg
31
Petra Schneider
Germany Democratic Republic 1949 GDR
04: 36.29
July 26, 1980
Moscow
32
Petra Schneider
Germany Democratic Republic 1949 GDR
04: 36.10
0 August 1, 1982
Guayaquil
33
Chen Yan
China People's Republic People's Republic of China
04: 34.79
October 13, 1997
Shanghai
34
Jana Klotschkowa
Ukraine Ukraine
04: 33.59
September 16, 2000
Sydney
35
Katie Hoff
United States United States
04: 32.89
0 April 1, 2007
Melbourne
36
Stephanie Rice
Australia Australia
04: 31.46
March 22, 2008
Sydney
37
Katie Hoff
United States United States
04: 31.12
June 29, 2008
Omaha
38
Stephanie Rice
Australia Australia
04: 29.45
August 10, 2008
Beijing
39
Ye Shiwen
China People's Republic People's Republic of China
04: 28.43
July 28, 2012
London
40
Katinka Hosszú
Hungary 1949 Hungary
04: 26.36
August 6, 2016
Rio de Janeiro
Short course world records men
Men's world records over 400 m medley (25 m track)
No.
athlete
nation
time
date
place
1
Luca Sacchi
Italy Italy
04: 08.77
February 28, 1992
Palma
2
Jani Sievinen
Finland Finland
04: 07.10
February 9, 1993
Malmo
3
Jani Sievinen
Finland Finland
04: 06.03
January 20, 1996
Lappeenranta
4th
Marcel Wouda
Netherlands Netherlands
04: 05.59
February 1, 1997
Gelsenkirchen
5
Marcel Wouda
Netherlands Netherlands
04: 05.41
February 8, 1997
Paris
6th
Matthew Dunn
Australia Australia
04: 04.24
September 24, 1998
Perth
7th
Brian Johns
Canada Canada
04: 02.72
February 23, 2003
Victoria
8th
László Cseh
Hungary 1949 Hungary
04: 00.37
December 9, 2005
Trieste
9
László Cseh
Hungary 1949 Hungary
03: 59.33
December 14, 2007
Debrecen
10
László Cseh
Hungary 1949 Hungary
03: 57.27
December 11, 2009
Istanbul
11
Ryan Lochte
United States United States
03: 55.50
December 16, 2010
Dubai
12
Daiya Seto
Japan Japan
03: 54.81
20th December 2019
Las Vegas
(This list is not yet complete)
Short course world records women
World records for women over 400 m individual medley (25 m track)
No.
athlete
nation
time
date
place
1
Guohong Dai
China People's Republic People's Republic of China
04: 29.00
2nd December 1993
Palma
2
Jana Klotschkowa
Ukraine Ukraine
04: 27.83
January 19, 2002
Paris
3
Kirsty Coventry
Zimbabwe Zimbabwe
04: 26.52
April 9, 2008
Manchester
4th
Julia Smit
United States United States
04: 25.87
November 28, 2008
Toronto
5
Mireia Belmonte
Spain Spain
04: 25.06
December 14, 2008
Rijeka
6th
Kathryn Meaklim
South Africa South Africa
04: 22.88
November 22, 2009
Singapore
7th
Julia Smit
United States United States
04: 21.04
December 18, 2009
Manchester
8th
Katinka Hosszú
Hungary 1949 Hungary
04: 22.18
August 8, 2013
Eindhoven
8th
Katinka Hosszú
Hungary 1949 Hungary
04: 20.85
August 11, 2013
Berlin
9
Katinka Hosszú
Hungary 1949 Hungary
04: 20.83
August 28, 2014
Doha
10
Mireia Belmonte
Spain Spain
04: 19.86
3rd December 2014
Doha
11
Katinka Hosszú
Hungary 1949 Hungary
04: 19.46
2nd December 2015
Netanya
12
Mireia Belmonte
Spain Spain
04: 18.94
August 12, 2017
Eindhoven
(This list is not yet complete)
See also
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Remarks
↑ 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.
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