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
Name
Nationality
Date
Meet
Location
Ref
1
5:15.6
Gary Heinrich
United States
27 August 1957
-
Philadelphia , United States
2
5:12.9
Vladimir Strushanov
Soviet Union
20 October 1957
-
Moscow , Soviet Union
3
5:08.8
Ian Black
Great Britain
6 June 1959
-
Cardiff , United Kingdom
4
5:07.8
George Harrison
United States
24 June 1960
-
Los Angeles , United States
5
5:05.3
George Harrison
United States
24 June 1960
-
Los Angeles , United States
6
5:04.5
Dennis Rounsaville
United States
22 July 1960
-
Toledo , United States
7
5:04.3
Ted Stickles
United States
1 July 1961
-
Chicago , United States
8
4:55.6
Ted Stickles
United States
18 August 1961
-
Los Angeles , United States
9
4:53.8
Gerhard Hetz
West Germany
24 May 1962
-
Moscow , Soviet Union
10
4:51.4
Ted Stickles
United States
30 June 1962
-
Chicago , United States
11
4:51.0
Ted Stickles
United States
12 July 1962
-
Louisville , United States
12
4:50.2
Gerhard Hetz
West Germany
12 October 1963
-
Tokyo , Japan
13
4:48.6
Dick Roth
United States
31 July 1964
-
Los Altos , United States
14
4:45.4
Dick Roth
United States
14 October 1964
Olympic Games
Tokyo , Japan
15
4:45.3
Andrey Dunayev
Soviet Union
3 April 1968
-
Tallinn , Soviet Union
16
4:45.1
Greg Buckingham
United States
6 July 1968
Santa Clara Invitational
Santa Clara , United States
17
4:43.4
Gary Hall Sr.
United States
20 July 1968
-
Los Angeles , United States
18
4:43.3
h
Charlie Hickcox
United States
30 August 1968
US Olympic Trials
Long Beach , United States
19
4:39.0
Charlie Hickcox
United States
30 August 1968
US Olympic Trials
Long Beach , United States
20
4:38.7
Gary Hall Sr.
United States
11 July 1969
Santa Clara Invitational
Santa Clara , United States
21
4:33.9
Gary Hall Sr.
United States
15 August 1969
AAU Nationals
Louisville , United States
22
4:31.0
Gary Hall Sr.
United States
21 August 1970
AAU Nationals
Los Angeles , United States
23
4:30.81
Gary Hall Sr.
United States
3 August 1972
US Olympic Trials
Chicago , United States
24
4:28.89
András Hargitay
Hungary
20 August 1974
European Championships
Vienna , Austria
25
4:26.00
Zoltán Verrasztó
Hungary
2 April 1976
AAU Indoor Championships
Long Beach , United States
26
4:23.68
Rod Strachan
United States
25 July 1976
Olympic Games
Montreal , Canada
27
4:23.39
Jesse Vassallo
United States
4 August 1978
AAU Championships
The Woodlands , United States
28
4:20.05
Jesse Vassallo
United States
28 August 1978
World Championships
West Berlin , West Germany
29
4:19.78
Ricardo Prado
Brazil
8 August 1982
World Championships
Guayaquil , Ecuador
30
4:19.61
Jens-Peter Berndt
East Germany
23 May 1984
East German Championships
Magdeburg , East Germany
31
4:17.53
Alex Baumann
Canada
17 June 1984
Canadian Olympic Trials
Etobicoke , Canada
32
4:17.41
Alex Baumann
Canada
30 July 1984
Olympic Games
Los Angeles , United States
33
4:16.12
David Wharton
United States
14 August 1987
Pan Pacific Championships
Brisbane , Australia
34
4:15.42
Tamás Darnyi
Hungary
19 August 1987
European Championships
Strasbourg , France
35
4:14.75
Tamás Darnyi
Hungary
21 September 1988
Olympic Games
Seoul , South Korea
36
4:12.36
Tamás Darnyi
Hungary
8 January 1991
World Championships
Perth , Australia
37
4:12.30
Tom Dolan
United States
11 September 1994
World Championships
Rome , Italy
38
4:11.76
Tom Dolan
United States
17 September 2000
Olympic Games
Sydney , Australia
39
4:11.09
Michael Phelps
United States
15 August 2002
US National Championships
Fort Lauderdale , United States
40
4:10.73
Michael Phelps
United States
7 April 2003
Duel in the Pool
Indianapolis , United States
41
4:09.09
Michael Phelps
United States
27 July 2003
World Championships
Barcelona , Spain
42
4:08.41
Michael Phelps
United States
7 July 2004
US Olympic Trials
Long Beach , United States
43
4:08.26
Michael Phelps
United States
14 August 2004
Olympic Games
Athens , Greece
44
4:06.22
Michael Phelps
United States
1 April 2007
World Championships
Melbourne , Australia
45
4:05.25
Michael Phelps
United States
29 June 2008
US Olympic Trials
Omaha , United States
46
4:03.84
Michael Phelps
United States
10 August 2008
Olympic Games
Beijing , China
[1]
47
4:02.50
Léon Marchand
France
23 July 2023
World Championships
Fukuoka , Japan
[2] [3]
Short course
Time
Swimmer
Nationality
Date
Location
4:08.77
Luca Sacchi
Italy
29 February 1992
Palma de Mallorca , Spain
4:07.10
Jani Sievinen
Finland
9 February 1993
Malmö , Sweden
4:06.03
Jani Sievinen
Finland
20 January 1996
Lappeenranta , Finland
4:05.59
Marcel Wouda
Netherlands
1 February 1997
Gelsenkirchen , Germany
4:05.41
Marcel Wouda
Netherlands
8 February 1997
Paris, France
4:04.24
Matthew Dunn
Australia
24 September 1998
Perth, Australia
4:02.72
Brian Johns
Canada
23 February 2003
Victoria, Canada
4:00.37
László Cseh
Hungary
9 December 2005
Trieste, Italy
3:59.33
László Cseh
Hungary
14 December 2007
Debrecen , Hungary
3:57.27
László Cseh
Hungary
11 December 2009
Istanbul , Turkey
3:55.50
Ryan Lochte
United States
16 December 2010
Dubai , United Arab Emirates
3:54.81
Daiya Seto
Japan
20 December 2019
Las Vegas , United States
Women
Long course
#
Time
Name
Nationality
Date
Meet
Location
Ref
1
5:46.6
Sylvia Ruuska
United States
27 June 1958
-
Los Angeles , United States
2
5:43.7
Sylvia Ruuska
United States
1 August 1958
-
Topeka , United States
3
5:41.1
Sylvia Ruuska
United States
24 February 1959
-
Melbourne , Australia
4
5:40.2
Sylvia Ruuska
United States
17 July 1959
-
Redding , United States
5
5:36.5
Donna de Varona
United States
15 July 1960
-
Indianapolis , United States
6
5:34.5
Donna de Varona
United States
11 August 1961
-
Philadelphia , United States
7
5:29.7
Donna de Varona
United States
2 June 1962
-
Los Altos , United States
8
5:27.4
Sharon Finneran
United States
26 July 1962
-
Osaka , Japan
9
5:24.7
Donna de Varona
United States
26 July 1962
-
Osaka , Japan
10
5:21.9
Sharon Finneran
United States
28 July 1962
-
Osaka , Japan
11
5:16.5
Donna de Varona
United States
10 March 1964
-
Lima , Peru
12
5:14.9
Donna de Varona
United States
30 August 1964
-
New York City , United States
13
5:11.7
Claudia Kolb
United States
9 July 1967
Santa Clara International
Santa Clara , United States
14
5:09.7
Claudia Kolb
United States
1 August 1967
Pan American Games
Winnipeg , Canada
15
5:08.2
Claudia Kolb
United States
19 August 1967
AAU Nationals
Philadelphia , United States
16
5:04.7
Claudia Kolb
United States
24 August 1968
US Olympic Trials
Los Angeles , United States
17
5:02.97
Gail Neall
Australia
31 August 1972
Olympic Games
Munich , West Germany
18
5:01.10
Angela Franke
East Germany
18 August 1973
-
Utrecht , Netherlands
19
4:57.51
Gudrun Wegner
East Germany
6 September 1973
World Championships
Belgrade , Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
20
4:52.42
Ulrike Tauber
East Germany
21 August 1974
European Championships
Vienna , Austria
21
4:52.20
Ulrike Tauber
East Germany
7 June 1975
GDR National Championships
Wittenberg , East Germany
22
4:48.79
Birgit Treiber
East Germany
1 June 1976
GDR Olympic Trials & National Championships
East Berlin , East Germany
23
4:42.77
Ulrike Tauber
East Germany
24 July 1976
Olympic Games
Montreal , Canada
24
4:40.83
Tracy Caulkins
United States
23 August 1978
World Championships
West Berlin , West Germany
25
4:39.96
Petra Schneider
East Germany
30 March 1980
-
Leningrad , Soviet Union
26
4:38.44
Petra Schneider
East Germany
27 May 1980
-
Magdeburg , East Germany
27
4:36.29
Petra Schneider
East Germany
26 July 1980
Olympic Games
Moscow , Soviet Union
28
4:36.10
Petra Schneider
East Germany
26 July 1982
World Championships
Guayaquil , Ecuador
29
4:34.79
Chen Yan
China
13 October 1997
Chinese National Games
Shanghai , China
30
4:33.59
Yana Klochkova
Ukraine
16 September 2000
Olympic Games
Sydney , Australia
31
4:32.89
Katie Hoff
United States
1 April 2007
World Championships
Melbourne , Australia
32
4:31.46
Stephanie Rice
Australia
22 March 2008
Australian Championships
Sydney , Australia
33
4:31.12
Katie Hoff
United States
29 June 2008
US Olympic Trials
Omaha , United States
34
4:29.45
Stephanie Rice
Australia
10 August 2008
Olympic Games
Beijing , China
35
4:28.43
Ye Shiwen
China
28 July 2012
Olympic Games
London , United Kingdom
36
4:26.36
Katinka Hosszú
Hungary
6 August 2016
Olympic Games
Rio de Janeiro , Brazil
37
4:25.87
Summer McIntosh
Canada
1 April 2023
Canadian Trials
Toronto , Canada
38
4:24.38
Summer McIntosh
Canada
16 May 2024
Canadian Trials
Toronto , Canada
[4] [5]
Short course
#
Time
Name
Nationality
Date
Meet
Location
Ref
4:29.00
Dai Guohong
China
2 December 1993
Short Course Worlds
Palma de Mallorca , Spain
4:27.83
Yana Klochkova
Ukraine
20 January 2002
World Cup meet
Paris , France
4:26.52
Kirsty Coventry
Zimbabwe
9 April 2008
Short Course Worlds
Manchester , United Kingdom
4:25.87
Julia Smit
USA
28 November 2008
Canada Cup
Toronto , Canada
4:25.06
Mireia Belmonte
Spain
14 December 2008
Short Course Europeans
Rijeka , Croatia
4:22.80
Kathryn Meaklim
South Africa
22 November 2009
World Cup meet
Singapore
4:21.04
Julia Smit
USA
18 December 2009
Duel in the Pool
Manchester , United Kingdom
4:20.85
Katinka Hosszú
Hungary
11 Aug 2013
World Cup
Berlin , Germany
[6]
4:20.83
Katinka Hosszú
Hungary
28 Aug 2014
World Cup
Doha , Qatar
[7]
4:19.86
Mireia Belmonte
Spain
3 December 2014
World Championships
Doha , Qatar
[8]
4:19.46
Katinka Hosszú
Hungary
2 December 2015
European Championships
Netanya , Israel
[9]
4:18.94
Mireia Belmonte
Spain
12 August 2017
World Cup
Eindhoven , Netherlands
[10]
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
All-time top 25
Men long course
Correct as of April 2024[11]
Notes
Below is a list of other times equal or superior to 4:10.18:
Léon Marchand also swam 4:04.28 (2022), 4:07.80 (2023), 4:09.09 (2022), 4:09.65 (2021), 4:10.09 (2021).
Michael Phelps also swam 4:05.25 (2008), 4:06.22 (2007), 4:07.82 (2008), 4:07.89 (2012), 4:08.26 (2004), 4:08.41 (2004), 4:09.09 (2003), 4:09.28 (2012), 4:10.16 (2006).
Ryan Lochte also swam 4:06.08 (2008), 4:06.40 (2009), 4:07.01 (2009), 4:07.06 (2012), 4:07.13 (2011), 4:07.59 (2010), 4:08.09 (2008), 4:08.77 (2010), 4:09.74 (2007), 4:09.98 (2010).
Chase Kalisz also swam 4:06.75 (2016), 4:06.99 (2017), 4:07.47 (2022), 4:07.95 (2018), 4:08.12 (2016), 4:08.22 (2023), 4:08.25 (2018), 4:08.92 (2018), 4:09.09 (2021), 4:09.22 (2013), 4:09.39 (2024), 4:09.42 (2021), 4:09.43 (2017), 4:09.54 (2016), 4:09.62 (2014), 4:09.65 (2021), 4:09.67 (2017), 4:09.79 (2017), 4:10.05 (2015), 4:10.09 (2022).
Tyler Clary also swam 4:07.31 (2009), 4:09.03 (2014), 4:09.20 (2010), 4:09.51 (2014), 4:09.55 (2010), 4:09.92 (2012), 4:10.04 (2009).
László Cseh also swam 4:07.37 (2009), 4:07.96 (2008), 4:09.26 (2008), 4:09.59 (2008), 4:09.63 (2005), 4:09.86 (2006), 4:10.10 (2005).
Kosuke Hagino also swam 4:07.61 (2013), 4:07.75 (2014), 4:07.88 (2014), 4:08.31 (2014), 4:08.54 (2015), 4:08.85 (2016), 4:08.90 (2016), 4:08.94 (2012), 4:09.06 (2016), 4:09.52 (2016), 4:09.62 (2014), 4:09.80 (2016), 4:09.82 (2014), 4:10.00 (2016), 4:10.01 (2012).
Carson Foster also swam 4:07.64 (2024), 4:08.14 (2023), 4:08.46 (2021), 4:09.33 (2022), 4:09.60 (2022), 4:09.69 (2023), 4:09.83 (2023).
Daiya Seto also swam 4:07.92 (2023), 4:07.95 (2019), 4:07.99 (2017), 4:08.47 (2016), 4:08.50 (2015), 4:08.69 (2013), 4:08.79 (2018), 4:08.95 (2019), 4:08.98 (2018), 4:09.02 (2021), 4:09.07 (2022), 4:09.14 (2017), 4:09.25 (2019), 4:09.41 (2023), 4:09.62 (2019), 4:09.71 (2016), 4:09.88 (2021), 4:09.98 (2019), 4:10.04 (2015, 2019), 4:10.10 (2012), 4:10.14 (2022), 4:10.17 (2016), 4:10.18 (2017).
Dávid Verrasztó also swam 4:08.38 (2017), 4:09.57 (2021), 4:09.80 (2021), 4:09.90 (2015), 4:10.01 (2017).
Lewis Clareburt also swam 4:08.71 (2024), 4:09.49 (2021), 4:09.72 (2024), 4:09.87 (2021).
Ilya Borodin also swam 4:09.12 (2023), 4:09.80 (2023), 4:09.86 (2022), 4:10.02 (2021).
Jay Litherland also swam 4:09.31 (2017), 4:09.91 (2021).
Thiago Pereira also swam 4:09.48 (2013).
Max Litchfield also swam 4:09.62 (2017).
Alberto Razzetti also swam 4:09.91 (2021).
Brendon Smith also swam 4:10.04 (2021), 4:10.15 (2022), 4:10.18 (2024).
Wang Shun also swam 4:10.13 (2019).
Men short course
Correct as of December 2023[33]
Notes
Below is a list of other times equal or superior to 4:01.63:
Daiya Seto also swam 3:55.53 (2019), 3:55.75 (2022), 3:56.26 (2021), 3:56.33 (2014), 3:56.43 (2018), 3:57.25 (2018), 3:57.66 (2017), 3:57.85 (2021), 3:58.20 (2017), 3:58.65 (2021), 3:58.84 (2013), 3:59.01 (2021), 3:59.15 (2012), 3:59.20 (2014), 3:59.24 (2016), 4:00.35 (2022), 4:00.49 (2021), 4:00.84 (2021).
Carson Foster also swam 3:57.99 (2021), 4:01.34 (2022).
Thomas Fraser-Holmes also swam 3:58.69 (2014).
Ilya Borodin also swam 3:58.83 (2021), 3:59.57 (2021).
László Cseh also swam 3:59.33 (2007), 4:00.37 (2005).
Alberto Razzetti also swam 3:59.57 (2021), 4:00.34 (2021), 4:00.45 (2022), 4:01.57 (2021).
Duncan Scott also swam 4:00.17 (2023).
Brendon Smith also swam 4:01.11 (2022).
Kosuke Hagino also swam 4:01.17 (2014).
Women long course
Correct as of May 2024[42]
Notes
Below is a list of other times equal or superior to 4:33.96:
Summer McIntosh also swam 4:25.87 (2023), 4:27.11 (2023), 4:28.61 (2022), 4:29.01 (2022), 4:29.12 (2022), 4:29.96 (2023), 4:32.04 (2022).
Katinka Hosszú also swam 4:28.58 (2016), 4:29.33 (2017), 4:29.89 (2016), 4:30.31 (2009), 4:30.39 (2015, 2019), 4:30.41 (2013), 4:30.75 (2016), 4:30.90 (2016), 4:30.97 (2016), 4:31.03 (2014), 4:31.07 (2015), 4:31.53 (2014), 4:31.93 (2015), 4:32.25 (2016), 4:32.30 (2019), 4:32.33 (2016), 4:32.52 (2019), 4:32.68 (2016), 4:32.72 (2013), 4:32.78 (2015), 4:32.83 (2012), 4:32.87 (2019), 4:33.06 (2019), 4:33.49 (2012), 4:33.71 (2017), 4:33.76 (2012), 4:33.77 (2012, 2019), 4:33.80 (2014), 4:33.81 (2017), 4:33.83 (2019), 4:33.88 (2009, 2015), 4:33.90 (2017).
Ye Shiwen also swam 4:30.84 (2014), 4:31.59 (2013), 4:31.73 (2012), 4:32.07 (2019), 4:32.97 (2014), 4:33.66 (2011), 4:33.79 (2010).
Yui Ohashi also swam 4:31.42 (2017), 4:32.08 (2021), 4:32.33 (2019), 4:32.57 (2019), 4:32.60 (2018), 4:33.02 (2019), 4:33.77 (2018), 4:33.81 (2019).
Stephanie Rice also swam 4:31.46 (2008), 4:32.29 (2009), 4:33.45 (2012).
Elizabeth Beisel also swam 4:31.68 (2012), 4:31.69 (2013), 4:31.74 (2012), 4:31.78 (2011), 4:31.99 (2014), 4:32.87 (2008), 4:32.98 (2014), 4:33.52 (2014), 4:33.55 (2016).
Kaylee McKeown also swam 4:31.68 (2023), 4:31.74 (2022), 4:32.73 (2020).
Maya DiRado also swam 4:31.71 (2015), 4:32.70 (2013), 4:33.50 (2016), 4:33.73 (2016).
Katie Hoff also swam 4:31.71 (2008), 4:32.89 (2007).
Hannah Miley also swam 4:31.76 (2014), 4:32.16 (2015), 4:32.54 (2016), 4:32.67 (2012), 4:32.72 (2009), 4:33.09 (2010), 4:33.24 (2008), 4:33.25 (2014), 4:33.40 (2016), 4:33.51 (2015), 4:33.74 (2016).
Katie Grimes also swam 4:31.81 (2023), 4:32.45 (2024), 4:32.67 (2022), 4:33.80 (2023).
Kirsty Coventry also swam 4:32.12 (2009), 4:32.15 (2009).
Mireia Belmonte also swam 4:32.17 (2017), 4:32.39 (2016), 4:32.75 (2016), 4:32.92 (2014), 4:33.13 (2014), 4:33.42 (2016), 4:33.91 (2012).
Li Xuanxu also swam 4:32.91 (2012).
Emma Weyant also swam 4:33.55 (2021), 4:33.81 (2021).
Aimee Willmott also swam 4:33.64 (2014), 4:33.66 (2015).
Women short course
Correct as of December 2022[47]
Notes
Below is a list of other times equal or superior to 4:26.52:
Katinka Hosszú also swam 4:19.75 (2015), 4:19.82 (2017), 4:20.83 (2014), 4:20.85 (2013), 4:21.05 (2014), 4:21.21 (2015), 4:21.40 (2018), 4:21.67 (2016), 4:21.91 (2018), 4:22.05 (2017), 4:22.06 (2014), 4:22.18 (2013), 4:22.94 (2014), 4:23.55 (2018), 4:23.59 (2018), 4:23.66 (2014), 4:23.67 (2014), 4:23.91 (2012), 4:24.02 (2018), 4:24.37 (2011), 4:24.69 (2013), 4:24.78 (2017), 4:25.03 (2016), 4:25.10 (2019), 4:25.13 (2016), 4:25.15 (2018), 4:25.18 (2017), 4:25.24 (2019), 4:25.33 (2014), 4:25.66 (2014), 4:25.68 (2018), 4:25.69 (2016), 4:25.88 (2017), 4:25.95 (2012), 4:25.97 (2013), 4:26.32 (2019).
Mireia Belmonte also swam 4:19.86 (2014), 4:21.23 (2013), 4:22.55 (2017), 4:22.68 (2014), 4:24.21 (2010), 4:24.55 (2011), 4:24.58 (2013), 4:25.06 (2008), 4:25.23 (2013), 4:25.85 (2014), 4:26.16 (2014).
Yui Ohashi also swam 4:23.25 (2020), 4:24.03 (2017), 4:24.87 (2020), 4:25.53 (2020), 4:25.84 (2020), 4:26.13 (2020).
Hannah Miley also swam 4:23.47 (2012), 4:24.51 (2009), 4:24.74 (2014), 4:25.66 (2009), 4:26.06 (2011).
Melanie Margalis also swam 4:24.46 (2019), 4:25.48 (2020), 4:25.84 (2018).
Ye Shiwen alsow swam 4:24.55 (2010).
Sydney Pickrem also swam 4:24.84 (2020), 4:25.90 (2020).
Julia Smit also swam 4:25.87 (2008).
Bailey Andison also swam 4:26.39 (2021).
Summer McIntosh also swam 4:26.44 (2021).
Hali Flickinger also swam 4:26.51 (2022).
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