World record progression 400 metres individual medley
The first world record in the 400 metres individual medley in long course (50 metres) swimming was recognized by the International Swimming Federation (FINA) in 1957, followed by the women a year later. In the short course (25 metres) swimming events the world's governing body recognizes world records since March 3, 1991.
Men
Long course
| Time | Swimmer | Date | Place |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5:15.6 |  |
27 August 1957 | Philadelphia, United States |
| 5:12.9 |  |
20 October 1957 | Moscow, Soviet Union |
| 5:08.8 |  |
6 June 1959 | Cardiff, United Kingdom |
| 5:07.8 | |
24 June 1960 | Los Angeles, United States |
| 5:05.3 | |
24 June 1960 | Los Angeles, United States |
| 5:04.5 | |
22 July 1960 | Toledo, United States |
| 5:04.3 | |
1 July 1961 | Chicago, United States |
| 4:55.6 | |
18 August 1961 | Los Angeles, United States |
| 4:53.8 |  |
24 May 1962 | Moscow, Soviet Union |
| 4:51.4 | |
30 June 1962 | Chicago, United States |
| 4:51.0 | |
12 July 1962 | Louisville, United States |
| 4:50.2 | |
12 October 1963 | Tokyo, Japan |
| 4:48.6 | |
31 July 1964 | Los Altos, United States |
| 4:45.4 | |
14 October 1964 | Tokyo, Japan |
| 4:45.3 | |
3 April 1968 | Tallinn, Soviet Union |
| 4:45.1 | |
6 July 1968 | Santa Clara, United States |
| 4:43.4 | |
20 July 1968 | Los Angeles, United States |
| 4:43.3 | |
30 August 1968 | Long Beach, United States |
| 4:39.0 | |
30 August 1968 | Long Beach, United States |
| 4:38.7 | |
11 July 1969 | Santa Clara, United States |
| 4:33.9 | |
15 August 1969 | Louisville, United States |
| 4:31.0 | |
21 August 1970 | Los Angeles, United States |
| 4:30.81 | |
3 August 1972 | Chicago, United States |
| 4:28.89 |  |
20 August 1974 | Vienna, Austria |
| 4:26.00 | |
2 April 1976 | Long Beach, United States |
| 4:23.68 | |
25 July 1976 | Montreal, Canada |
| 4:23.39 | |
4 August 1978 | The Woodlands, United States |
| 4:20.05 | |
28 August 1978 | West Berlin, West Germany |
| 4:19.78 |  |
8 August 1982 | Guayaquil, Ecuador |
| 4:19.61 |  |
23 May 1984 | Magdeburg, East Germany |
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17 June 1984 | Etobicoke, Canada |
| 4:17.41 | |
30 July 1984 | Los Angeles, United States |
| 4:16.12 | |
14 August 1987 | Brisbane, Australia |
| 4:15.42 | |
19 August 1987 | Strasbourg, France |
| 4:14.75 | |
21 September 1988 | Seoul, South Korea |
| 4:12.36 | |
8 January 1991 | Perth, Australia |
| 4:12.30 | |
11 September 1994 | Rome, Italy |
| 4:11.76 | |
17 September 2000 | Sydney, Australia |
| 4:11.09 | |
15 August 2002 | Fort Lauderdale, United States |
| 4:10.73 | |
7 April 2003 | Indianapolis, United States |
| 4:09.09 | |
27 July 2003 | Barcelona, Spain |
| 4:08.41 | |
7 July 2004 | Long Beach, United States |
| 4:08.26 | |
14 August 2004 | Athens, Greece |
| 4:06.22 | |
1 April 2007 | Melbourne, Australia |
| 4:05.25 | |
29 June 2008 | Omaha, United States |
| 4:03.84[1] | |
10 August 2008 | Beijing, China |
Short course
| Time | Swimmer | Nationality | Date | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4:08.77 | Luca Sacchi |  |
29 February 1992 | Palma de Mallorca, Spain |
| 4:07.10 | Jani Sievinen |  |
9 February 1993 | Malmö, Sweden |
| 4:06.03 | Jani Sievinen | |
20 January 1996 | Lappeenranta, Finland |
| 4:05.59 | Marcel Wouda |  |
1 February 1997 | Gelsenkirchen, Germany |
| 4:05.41 | Marcel Wouda | |
8 February 1997 | Paris, France |
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24 September 1998 | Perth, Australia |
| 4:02.72 | Brian Johns | |
23 February 2003 | Victoria, Canada |
| 4:00.37 | László Cseh | |
9 December 2005 | Trieste, Italy |
| 3:59.33 | László Cseh | |
14 December 2007 | Debrecen, Hungary |
| 3:57.27 | László Cseh | |
11 December 2009 | Istanbul, Turkey |
| 3:55.50 | Ryan Lochte | |
16 December 2010 | Dubai, United Arab Emirates |
| 3:54.81 | Daiya Seto |  |
20 December 2019 | Las Vegas, United States |
Women
Long course
| Time | Swimmer | Date | Place |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5:46.6 | |
27 June 1958 | Los Angeles, United States |
| 5:43.7 | |
1 August 1958 | Topeka, United States |
| 5:41.1 | |
24 February 1959 | Melbourne, Australia |
| 5:40.2 | |
17 July 1959 | Redding, United States |
| 5:36.5 | |
15 July 1960 | Indianapolis, United States |
| 5:34.5 | |
11 August 1961 | Philadelphia, United States |
| 5:29.7 | |
2 June 1962 | Los Altos, United States |
| 5:27.4 | |
26 July 1962 | Osaka, Japan |
| 5:24.7 | |
26 July 1962 | Osaka, Japan |
| 5:21.9 | |
28 July 1962 | Osaka, Japan |
| 5:16.5 | |
10 March 1964 | Lima, Peru |
| 5:14.9 | |
30 August 1964 | New York City, United States |
| 5:11.7 | |
9 July 1967 | Santa Clara, United States |
| 5:09.7 | |
1 August 1967 | Winnipeg, Canada |
| 5:08.2 | |
19 August 1967 | Philadelphia, United States |
| 5:04.7 | |
24 August 1968 | Los Angeles, United States |
| 5:02.97 | |
9 July 1972 | Munich, West Germany |
| 5:01.10 | |
18 August 1973 | Utrecht, Netherlands |
| 4:57.51 | |
6 September 1973 | Belgrade, Yugoslavia |
| 4:52.42 | |
21 August 1974 | Vienna, Austria |
| 4:52.20 | |
7 June 1975 | Wittenberg, West Germany |
| 4:48.79 | |
1 June 1976 | East Berlin, East Germany |
| 4:42.77 | |
24 July 1976 | Montreal, Canada |
| 4:40.83 | |
23 August 1978 | West Berlin, West Germany |
| 4:39.96 | |
30 March 1980 | Leningrad, Soviet Union |
| 4:38.44 | |
27 May 1980 | Magdeburg, East Germany |
| 4:36.29 | |
26 July 1980 | Moscow, Soviet Union |
| 4:36.10 | |
1 August 1982 | Guayaquil, Ecuador |
| 4:34.79 |  |
13 October 1997 | Shanghai, PR China |
| 4:33.59 |  |
16 September 2000 | Sydney, Australia |
| 4:32.89 | |
1 April 2007 | Melbourne, Australia |
| 4:31.46 | |
22 March 2008 | Sydney, Australia |
| 4:31.12 | |
29 June 2008 | Omaha, United States |
| 4:29.45 | |
10 August 2008 | Beijing, China |
| 4:28.43 | |
28 July 2012 | London, United Kingdom |
| 4:26.36 | |
6 August 2016 | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
Short course
| # | Time | Name | Nationality | Date | Meet | Location | Ref | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4:29.00 | Dai Guohong | |
2 December 1993 | Short Course Worlds | Palma de Mallorca, Spain | |||
| 4:27.83 | Yana Klochkova | |
20 January 2002 | World Cup meet | Paris, France | |||
| 4:26.52 | Kirsty Coventry |  |
9 April 2008 | Short Course Worlds | Manchester, United Kingdom | |||
| 4:25.87 | Julia Smit | |
28 November 2008 | Canada Cup | Toronto, Canada | |||
| 4:25.06 | Mireia Belmonte |  |
14 December 2008 | Short Course Europeans | Rijeka, Croatia | |||
| 4:22.80 | Kathryn Meaklim |  |
22 November 2009 | World Cup meet | Singapore | |||
| 4:21.04 | Julia Smit | |
18 December 2009 | Duel in the Pool | Manchester, United Kingdom | |||
| 4:20.85 | Katinka Hosszú | |
11 Aug 2013 | World Cup | Berlin, Germany | [2] | ||
| 4:20.83 | Katinka Hosszú | |
28 Aug 2014 | World Cup | Doha, Qatar | [3] | ||
| 4:19.86 | Mireia Belmonte | |
3 December 2014 | World Championships | Doha, Qatar | [4] | ||
| 4:19.46 | Katinka Hosszú | |
2 December 2015 | European Championships | Netanya, Israel | [5] | ||
| 4:18.94 | Mireia Belmonte | |
12 August 2017 | World Cup | Eindhoven, Netherlands | [6] | ||
Legend: # – Record awaiting ratification by FINA;
Records not set in finals: h – heat; sf – semifinal; r – relay 1st leg; rh – relay heat 1st leg; b – B final; † – en route to final mark; tt – time trial
Records not set in finals: h – heat; sf – semifinal; r – relay 1st leg; rh – relay heat 1st leg; b – B final; † – en route to final mark; tt – time trial
All-time top 25
Men
- Correct as of March 2020
| Pos | Time | Swimmer | Date | Venue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4:03.84 | | 10 August 2008 | China |
| 2 | 4:05.18 | | 28 July 2012 | Great Britain |
| 3 | 4:05.90 | | 30 July 2017 | Hungary |
| 4 | 4:06.05 | | 6 August 2016 | Brazil |
| 5 | 4:06.09 | | 26 January 2020 | Japan |
| 6 | 4:06.16 | | 10 August 2008 | China |
| 7 | 4:06.96 | | 7 July 2009 | United States |
| 8 | 4:07.47 | | 24 June 2017 | Hungary |
| 9 | 4:08.86 | | 2 August 2009 | Italy |
| 28 July 2012 | Great Britain | |||
| 10 | 4:09.10 | | 4 September 2013 | China |
| 11 | 4:09.22 | | 28 July 2019 | South Korea |
| 12 | 4:09.62 | | 30 July 2017 | Hungary |
| 13 | 4:09.88 | | 1 April 2007 | Australia |
| 14 | 4:10.14 | | 26 April 2013 | Australia |
| 15 | 4:10.18 | | 24 September 2014 | South Korea |
| 16 | 4:10.40 | | 2 August 2009 | Italy |
| 17[7] | 4:10.41 | | 21 October 2019 | China |
| 18 | 4:10.49 | | 24 September 2014 | South Korea |
| 19 | 4:10.52 | | 2 April 2012 | Japan |
| 20 | 4:10.53 |  | 29 June 2009 | Italy |
| 21 | 4:10.68 | | 9 August 2008 | China |
| 22 | 4:10.90 | | 20 May 2017 | Japan |
| 23 | 4:11.04 | | 24 July 2014 | Great Britain |
| 24 | 4:11.11 | | 30 July 2013 | United States |
| 25 | 4:11.27 | |
12 August 2002 | United States |
Notes
Below is a list of other times equal or superior to 4:11.27:
- Tyler Clary also swam 4:07.31 (2009).
- Daiya Seto also swam 4:07.95 (2019), 4:08.95 (2019).
- Jay Litherland also swam 4:09.31 (2017).
- Wang Shun also swam 4:10.13 (2019).
Women
- Correct as of June 2019
| Pos | Time | Swimmer | Date | Venue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4:26.36 | | 6 August 2016 | Brazil |
| 2 | 4:28.43 | | 28 July 2012 | Great Britain |
| 3 | 4:29.45 | | 10 August 2008 | China |
| 4 | 4:29.89 | | 10 August 2008 | China |
| 5 | 4:30.43 | | 17 October 2009 | China |
| 6 | 4:30.82 | | 3 April 2018 | Japan |
| 7 | 4:30.85 | | 17 October 2009 | China |
| 8 | 4:31.12 | | 29 June 2008 | United States |
| 9 | 4:31.15 | | 6 August 2016 | Brazil |
| 10 | 4:31.21 | | 4 August 2013 | Spain |
| 11 | 4:31.27 | | 28 July 2012 | Great Britain |
| 12 | 4:31.33 | | 16 March 2009 | Great Britain |
| 13 | 4:32.20 | | 8 January 2012 | China |
| 14 | 4:32.52 | | 9 August 2015 | Russia |
| 15 | 4:32.88 | | 30 July 2017 | Hungary |
| 16 | 4:33.01 | | 24 July 2014 | Great Britain |
| 17 | 4:33.50 | | 4 September 2013 | China |
| 18 | 4:33.59 | | 16 September 2000 | Australia |
| 19 | 4:33.86 | | 29 June 2017 | United States |
| 20 | 4:34.17 |  | 3 August 2018 | Great Britain |
| 21 | 4:34.34 | | 10 August 2008 | China |
| 22 | 4:34.48 | | 25 June 2012 | United States |
| 23 | 4:34.50 | | 4 August 2013 | Hungary |
| 24 | 4:34.65 | | 30 June 2018 | Italy |
| 25 | 4:34.66 | | 6 August 2016 | Brazil |
Notes
Below is a list of other times equal or superior to 4:34.66:
- Katinka Hosszú also swam 4:30.39 (2019).
- Yui Ohashi also swam 4:31.42 (2017), 4:32.33 (2019).
- Hannah Miley also swam 4:31.76 (2014).
- Ye Shiwen also swam 4:32.07 (2019).
- Li Xuanxu also swam 4:32.91 (2012).
References
- "Swimming Men's 400m Individual Medley Results". Beijing Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXIX Olympiad. 2008-08-10.
- "Women's 400m Individual medley Result". Omega Timing. 11 August 2013. Retrieved 11 August 2013.
- "Women's 400m Individual medley Result". Omega Timing. 28 August 2014. Retrieved 31 August 2014.
- "Women's 400m IM Results". Omega Timing. 3 December 2014. Retrieved 3 December 2014.
- "Katinka Hosszu's World Record Highlights Sizzling Day 1 Prelims at 2015 Euro SCs". Swimming World Magazine. 2 December 2015. Retrieved 2 December 2015.
- "Women's 400m IM Results". FINA. 12 August 2017. Retrieved 12 August 2017.
- "Wang Shun Doubles Up On IM Events To Keep China In Military Games Medal Lead". SwimSwam. 2019-10-21. Retrieved 2020-04-10.
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