Museum
World Records
Men - 400m Free
Time Name Location Date
5:36.8 Henry Taylor, GBR London 07-16-1908
5:26.4 Syd Battersby, ENG Seacombe 10-26-1908
5:23.0 Frank Beaurepaire, AUS Budapest 06-08-1910
5:24.4 George Hodgson, CAN Stockholm 07-13-1912
5:21.6 Jack Hatfield, ENG London 09-26-1912
5:14.6 Ross Norman, USA Los Angeles 10-09-1919
5:14.4 Ross Norman, USA Brighton Beach 09-25-1921
5:11.8 Arne Borg, SWE Stockholm 06-22-1922
5:06.6 Johnny Weissmuller, USA Honolulu 06-22-1922
4:57.0 Johnny Weissmuller, USA New Haven 03-06-1923
4:54.7 Arne Borg, SWE Stockholm 12-09-1923
4:50.3 Arne Borg, SWE Stockholm 09-11-1925
4:47.0 Jean Taris, FRA Paris 04-16-1931
4:46.4 Shozo Makino, JAP Tokyo 08-14-1933
4:38.y Jack Medica, USA Honolulu 08-30-1934
4:38.5 Bill Smith, USA Honolulu 05-13-1941
4:35.2 Alex Jany, FRA Monto Carlo 09-12-1947
4:34.6 Hironashin Furuhashi, JAP Tokyo 07-24-1949
4:33.3 Hironashin Furuhashi, JAP Los Angeles 08-18-1949
4:33.1 John Marshall, AUS New Haven 03-11-1950
4:29.5 John Marshall, AUS New Haven 04-01-1950
4:26.9 John Marshall, AUS New Haven 03-24-1951
4:26.7 Ford Konno, USA New Haven 04-03-1954
4:25.9 Murray Rose, AUS Sydney 01-15-1958
New Regulations
4:21.8 John Konrads, AUS Melbourne 01-12-1957
4:19.0 John Konrads, AUS Sydney 02-07-1959
4:16.6 Tsuyoshi Yamanaka, JAP Osaka 07-26-1959
4:15.9 John Konrads, AUS Sydney 02-23-1960
4:13.4 Murray Rose, AUS Chicago 08-17-1962
4:12.7 Don Schollander, USA Los Altos 07-31-1964
4:12.2 Don Schollander, USA Tokyo 10-15-1964
4:11.8 John Nelson,USA Lincoln 08-18-1966
4:11.6 Don Schollander,USA Lincoln 08-18-1966
4:11.1 Frank Wiegand, GDR Utrect 08-25-1966
4:10.6 Mark Spitz, USA Heywood 06-25-1967
4:10.6 Alain Mosconi, FRA Monaco 07-02-1967
4:09.2 Alain Mosconi, FRA Monaco 07-04-1967
4:08.8 Mark Spitz, USA Santa Clara 07-07-1967
4:08.2 Gregory Charlton, USA Tokyo 08-28-1967
4:07.7 Mark Spitz, USA Heywood 06-23-1968
4:06.5 Ralph Hutton, CAN Lincoln 08-01-1968
4:04.0 Hans Fassnacht, FRG Luisville 08-14-1969
4:02.8 John Kinsella, USA Los Angeles 08-20-1970
4:02.6 Gunnar Larsson, SWE Barcelona 09-07-1970
4:02.1 Thomas McBreen, USA Houston 08-25-1971
4:01.7 Bradford Cooper, AUS Brisbane 02-12-1972
4:00.11 Kurt Krumpholz, USA Chicago 08-04-1972
3:58.18 Rick DeMont, USA Belgrade 09-06-1973
3:56.96 Timothy Shaw, USA Concord 08-22-1974
3:54.69 Timothy Shaw, USA Concord 08-22-1974
3:53.95 Timothy Shaw, USA Long Beach 06-19-1975
3:53.31 Timothy Shaw, USA Kansas City 08-20-1975
3:53.08 Brian Goodell, USA Long Beach 06-18-1976
3:51.93 Brian Goodell, USA Montreal 07-22-1976
3:51.56 Brian Goodell, USA Berlin 08-27-1977
3:51.41 Vladimir Salnikov, URS Potsdam 04-06-1979
3:51.40 Vladimir Salnikov, URS Moscow 08-19-1979
3:51.20 Vladimir Salnikov, URS Potsdam 02-29-1980
3:50.49 Peter Szmidt, CAN Toronto 07-15-1980
3:49.57 Vladimir Salnikov, URS Moscow 03-12-1982
3:48.32 Vladimir Salnikov, URS Moscow 02-19-1983
3:47.80 Michael Gross, FRG Remscheid 06-27-1985
3:47.38 Artur Wojdat, POL Orlando 03-25-1988
3:46.95 Uwe Dassler, GDR Seoul 09-23-1988
3:46.47 Kieren Perkins, AUS Canberra 04-03-1992
3:45.00 Evgueni Sadovyi, EUN Barcelona 07-29-1992
3:43.80 Kieren Perkins, AUS Rome 09-09-1994
3:41.83 Ian Thorpe, AUS Sydney 08-22-1999
3:41.33 Ian Thorpe, AUS Sydney 05-13-2000
3:41.83 Ian Thorpe, AUS Sydney 09-16-2000
3:40.17 Ian Thorpe, AUS Fukuoka 07-22-2001
3:40.08 Ian Thorpe, AUS Manchester 07-30-2002
 


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