World’s Fastest 400m Individual Medley – Women’s Long Course
World Record: Summer McIntosh 4:24.38
Olympic Record: Katinka Hosszu 4:26.36
World Junior Record: Summer McIntosh 4:25.87
Commonwealth Record: Summer McIntosh 4:24.38
Top 10 All-time Performers:
- Summer McIntosh (27.55, 31.63, 34.13, 32.99, 37.92, 39.21, 31.23, 29.72) 4:24.38
- Katinka Hosszu (28.33, 32.58, 34.10, 33.38, 37.23, 38.88, 31.18, 30.68) 4:26.36
- Kaylee McKeown (28.57, 33.11, 35.13, 33.18, 39.10, 37.07, 21.89, 30.17) 4:28.22
- Shiwen Ye (28.85, 33.34, 35.34, 34.20, 38.80, 39.22, 29.75, 28.93) 4:28.43
- Stephanie Rice (28.66, 32.81, 34.70, 33.66, 38.29, 39.13, 31.67, 30.53) 4:29.45
- Kristy Coventry (29.50, 33.25, 33.57, 33.18, 38.74, 40.22, 31.33, 30.10) 4:29.89
- Yui Ohashi 4:30.82
- Yui Ohashi (28.41, 32.85, 35.04, 34.38, 38.83, 38.91, 32.11, 30.70) 4:30.82
- Hui Qi 4:30.85
- Katie Hoff (30.10, 33.59, 35.47, 34.17, 37.45, 37.87, 31.01, 31.46) 4:31.12
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The chart below compares the World’s Fastest 400m Individual Medley – Women’s Long Course 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.
| Women's 400 IM - Long Course | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Summer McIntosh | Katinka Hosszu | Kaylee McKeown | Shiwen Ye | Stephanie Rice | Kirsty Coventry | Yui Ohashi | Katie Hoff | |
| Height: | 5 ft 8 in 173cm | 5 ft 9 in 175cm | 5 ft 9 in 175cm | 5 ft 8 in 172cm | 5 ft 9 in 176cm | 5 ft 9 in 176cm | 5 ft 8 in 173cm | 5 ft 9 in 175cm |
| Weight: | 150 Ib 68kg | 132 Ib 60kg | 141 Ib 64kg | 148 Ib 67kg | 141Ib 64kg | 125 Ib 57kg | 141 Ib 64kg | |
| Country: | CAN | HUN | AUS | CHN | AUS | ZIM | JPN | USA |
| DOB: | 2006-08-18 | 1989-05-03 | 2001-07-11 | 1996-03-01 | 1988-06-17 | 1983-09-16 | 1995-10-18 | 1989-06-03 |
| Meet: | Canadian Olympic Trials 2024 | Olympic Games Rio 2016 | 2024 Australian Open Championships | Olympic Games London 2012 | Olympic Games Beijing 2008 | Olympic Games Beijing 2008 | Japan Swim 2018 | USA Olympic Trails 2008 |
| 1st 50m Split | 27.55 | 28.33 | 28.57 | 28.85 | 28.66 | 29.50 | 28.41 | 30.10 |
| Strokes | 20 | 20 | 20 | 23 | ||||
| Split Time: | 27.55 | 28.33 | 28.57 | 28.85 | 28.66 | 29.50 | 28.41 | 30.10 |
| 50m PB: | 27.26 | 26.62 | 27.84 | 27.54 | 28.54 | 27.95 | 26.59 | 28.52 |
| Time off 50m PB: | 0.31 | 1.71 | 0.73 | 1.31 | 0.12 | 1.55 | 1.82 | 1.58 |
| Percentage of 50m PB: | 101.064% | 106.424% | 102.622% | 104.757% | 100.420% | 105.546% | 106.844% | 105.540% |
| 2nd 50m Split | 31.63 | 32.58 | 33.11 | 33.34 | 32.81 | 33.25 | 32.85 | 33.59 |
| Strokes | 23 | 23 | 23 | 25 | ||||
| Split Time: | 59.18 | 1:00.91 | 1:01.68 | 1:02.19 | 1:01.47 | 1:02.75 | 1:00.76 | 1:03.69 |
| 3rd 50m Split | 34.13 | 34.10 | 35.13 | 35.34 | 34.70 | 33.57 | 35.04 | 35.47 |
| Strokes | 38 | 42 | 41 | 37 | ||||
| Split Time: | 1:33.31 | 1:35.01 | 1:36.81 | 1:37.53 | 1:36.17 | 1:36.32 | 1:35.80 | 1:39.16 |
| 4th 50m Split | 32.99 | 33.38 | 33.18 | 34.20 | 33.66 | 33.18 | 34.38 | 34.17 |
| Strokes | 37 | 43 | 37 | 37 | ||||
| Split Time: | 2:06.30 | 2:08.29 | 2:09.99 | 2:11.73 | 2:09.83 | 2:09.50 | 2:10.18 | 2:13.33 |
| 5th 50m Split | 37.92 | 37.23 | 39.10 | 38.80 | 38.29 | 38.74 | 38.83 | 37.45 |
| Strokes | 22 | 23 | 20 | 26 | ||||
| Split Time: | 2:44.22 | 2:45.62 | 2:49.09 | 2:50.53 | 2:48.12 | 2:48.24 | 2:49.10 | 2:50.78 |
| 6th 50m Split | 39.21 | 38.88 | 39.10 | 39.22 | 39.13 | 40.22 | 38.91 | 37.87 |
| Strokes | 22 | 23 | 21 | 26 | ||||
| Split Time: | 3:23.43 | 3:24.50 | 3:26.16 | 3:29.75 | 3:27.25 | 3:28.46 | 3:28.01 | 3:28.65 |
| 7th 50m Split | 31.23 | 31.18 | 31.89 | 29.75 | 31.67 | 31.33 | 32.11 | 31.01 |
| Strokes | 39 | 39 | 42 | 42 | ||||
| Split Time: | 3:54.66 | 3:55.68 | 3:58.05 | 3:59.50 | 3:58.92 | 3:59.79 | 4:00.12 | 3:59.66 |
| 8th 50m Split | 29.72 | 30.68 | 30.17 | 28.93 | 30.53 | 30.10 | 30.70 | 31.46 |
| Strokes | 41 | 41 | 43 | 43 | ||||
| Total Time: | 4:24.38 | 4:26.36 | 4:28.22 | 4:28.43 | 4:29.45 | 4:29.89 | 4:30.82 | 4:31.12 |
Here is Summer McIntosh’s 400m Individual Medley World Record swim to view.
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Note: World’s Fastest 400m Individual Medley – Women’s Long Course Update July 2024
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