World’s Fastest 400m Freestyle – Men’s Short Course

1. Yannick Agnel (24.28, 26.52, 26.88, 27.05, 26.96, 27.16, 26.95, 26.45) 3:32.25
2. Paul Biedermann (25.48, 27.14, 27.01, 27.05, 26.84, 27.13, 26.69, 25.43) 3:32.27
3. Danas Rapsys (24.48, 26.73, 27.09, 27.07, 27.23, 27.27, 27.29, 26.04) 3:33.20
4. Peter Bernek (24.49, 26.80, 27.22, 27.44, 26.42, 27.18, 27.76, 27.01) 3:34.32
5. Kieran Smith (24.11, 26.66, 26.81, 27.03, 27.42, 27.28, 27.61, 27.16) 3:34.48
6. Grant Hackett (limited data) 3:34.58
7. Park Tae Hwan (24.77, 27.51, 27.48, 27.57, 27.57, 27.00, 26.91, 25.78) 3:34.59

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The chart below compares the World’s fastest 400m Freestyle swimmers. Swimmers and coaches can looks at the individual Splits, Stroke Counts and the first 50m split compared to swimmers 50m PB. All swim data has been collected from our team reviewing race footage where possible. Here is Yannick Agnel’s 400m Freestyle World Record swim to view.

Men's 400m Freestyle - Short Course
	Yannick Agnel	Paul Biedermann	Danas Rapsys	Peter Bernek	Kieran Smith	Grant Hackett	Park Tae Hwan
Height:	6 ft 8 in 202cm	6 ft 4 in 193cm	6 ft 1 in 186cm	6 ft 4 in 193cm	6 ft 5 in 195cm	6 ft 6 in 197cm	6 ft 0 in 183cm
Weight:	198Ib 90kg	205Ib 93kg	176Ib 80kg	183Ib 83kg		212Ib 96kg	168Ib 76kg
Country:	FRA	GER	LTU	HUN	USA	AUS	KOR
DOB:	1992-06-09	1986-08-07	1995-05-21	1992-04-13	2000-05-20	1980-05-09	1989-09-27
Meet:	2012 French Short Course Swimming Championships	FINA/Arena Swimming World Cup 2009	2019 Euro's Champs cm	2014 SCM World Champs	16th FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) 2022	2002 Telstra Grand Prix	2016 SCM World Champs
1st 25m Strokes	8		8		7
2nd 25m Strokes			11	13	11
1st 50m Split:	24.28	25.48	24.48	24.49	24.11		24.77
50m PB:	22.06	23.38	22.17	24.07	22.52	23.76	22.54
Time off 50m PB:	2.22	2.10	2.31	0.42	1.59		2.23
Percentage of 50m PB:	110.063%	108.982%	110.419%	101.745%	107.060%		109.894%
3rd 25m Strokes	13		11	13	11
2nd 50m Split	26.52	27.14	26.73	26.80	26.66		27.51
4th 25m Strokes	13		12	14	11
Split Time:	50.80	52.62	51.21	51.29	51.07	51.35	52.28
5th 25m Strokes	14		11	14	11
3rd 50m Split	26.88	27.01	27.09	27.22	26.81		27.48
6th 25m Strokes	13		12	14	11
Split Time:	1:17.68	1:19.63	1:18.30	1:18.51	1:17.88		1:19.76
7th 25m Strokes	14		12	14	11
4th 50m Split	27.05	27.05	27.07	27.44	27.03		27.57
8th 25m Strokes	14		13	14	11
Split Time:	1:44.73	1:46.68	1:45.37	1:45.95	1:44.91	1:45.40	1:47.33
9th 25m Strokes	14		13	14	11
5th 50m Split	26.96	26.84	27.23	26.42	27.42		27.57
10th 25m Strokes	14		13	14	11
Split Time:	2:11.69	2:13.52	2:12.60	2:12.37	2:12.33		2:14.90
11th 25m Strokes	14		12	15	12
6th 50m Split	27.16	27.13	27.27	27.18	27.28		27.00
12th 25m Strokes	14		13	14	12
Split Time:	2:38.85	2:40.65	2:39.87	2:39.55	2:39.61	2:40.25	2:41.90
13th 25m Strokes	14		13	15	12
7th 50m Split	26.95	26.69	27.29	27.76	27.61		26.91
14th 25m Strokes	14		13	15	12
Split Time:	3:05.80	3:07.34	3:07.16	3:07.31	3:07.22		3:08.81
15th 25m Strokes	15		14	15	12
8th 50m Split	26.45	25.43	26.04	27.01	27.16		25.78
16th 25m Strokes	16		15	14	13
Total Time:	3:32.25	3:32.27	3:33.20	3:34.32	3:34.38	3:34.58	3:34.59