World’s Fastest 400m Freestyle – Women’s Long Course
World Record: Ariarne Titmus 3:55.38
Olympic Record: Katie Ledecky 3:56.46
World Junior Record: Summer McIntosh 3:56.46
Commonwealth Record: Ariarne Titmus 3:55.38
Top 8 All-time Performers:
- Ariarne Titmus (27.56, 29.36, 30.00, 30.02, 30.19, 29.77, 29.61, 28.87) 3:55.38
- Summer McIntosh (27.34, 29.12, 29.65, 29.80, 29.65, 30.28, 30.26, 29.98) 3:56.08
- Katie Ledecky (27.73, 29.32, 29.94, 30.12, 30.30, 30.21, 29.92, 28.92) 3:56.46
- Federica Pellegrini (28.45, 30.21, 30.31, 30.45, 30.24, 30.27, 29.86, 29.36) 3:59.15
- Erika Fairweather (27.70, 29.83, 30.29, 30.39, 30.65, 30.93, 30.71, 29.09) 3:59.59
- Joanne Jackson (28.43, 30.34, 30.44, 30.70, 30.31, 30.62, 30.16, 29.60) 4:00.60
- Leah Smith (27.97, 29.73, 30.06, 30.40, 30.74, 30.61, 30.84, 30.30) 4:00.65
- Rebecca Adlington (28.63, 30.42, 30.53, 30.48, 30.74, 30.47, 30.39, 29.13) 4:00.79
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The chart below compares the World’s Fastest 400m Freestyle – 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 Freestyle - Long Course | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ariane Titmus | Summer McIntosh | Katie Ledecky | Federica Pellegrini | Erika Fairweather | Joanne Jackson | Leah Smith | Rebecca Adlington | |
| Height: | 5 ft 10 in 177cm | 5 ft 8 in 173cm | 6 ft 0 in 183cm | 5 ft 10 in 179cm | 5 ft 8 in 173cm | 6 ft 0 in 184cm | 5 ft 10 in 178cm | 5 ft 10 in 179cm |
| Weight: | 139Ib 63kg | 160Ib 73kg | 143Ib 65kg | 168Ib 76kg | 148Ib 67kg | 154Ib 70kg | ||
| DOB: | 2000-09-07 | 2006-08-18 | 1997-03-17 | 1988-08-05 | 2003-12-31 | 1986-09-12 | 1995-04-19 | 1989-02-17 |
| Country: | AUS | CAN | USA | ITA | NZ | GBR | USA | GBR |
| Meet: | World Aquatic Championships - Fukuoka 2023 23 Jul 2023 | 2023 Canadian Swimming Trials | Olympic Games Rio 2016 | 13th FINA World Championships 2009 | World Aquatic Championships - Fukuoka 2023 23 Jul 2023 | 13th FINA World Championships 2009 | U.S. Olympic Team Trials 2016 | 13th FINA World Championships 2009 |
| 1st 50m Split | 27.56 | 27.34 | 27.73 | 28.45 | 27.70 | 28.43 | 27.97 | 28.63 |
| Strokes | 35 | 34 | 37 | 38 | 36 | 39 | ||
| 50m PB: | 26.13 | 26.39 | 25.45 | 24.92 | 26.14 | 27.52 | 27.85 | |
| Time off 50m PB: | 1.55 | 0.95 | 2.28 | 3.53 | 1.56 | 0.91 | 0.78 | |
| Percentage of 50m PB: | 105.932% | 103.600% | 108.959% | 114.165% | 105.968% | 103.307% | 102.801% | |
| 2nd 50m Split | 29.36 | 29.12 | 29.32 | 30.21 | 29.83 | 30.34 | 29.73 | 30.42 |
| Strokes | 38 | 37 | 40 | 39 | 38 | 43 | ||
| Split Time: | 56.92 | 56.46 | 57.05 | 58.66 | 57.53 | 58.77 | 57.70 | 59.05 |
| 3rd 50m Split | 30.00 | 29.65 | 29.94 | 30.31 | 30.29 | 30.44 | 30.06 | 30.53 |
| Strokes | 38? | 38 | 41 | 41 | 38 | 44 | ||
| Split Time: | 1:26.92 | 1:28.11 | 1:26.99 | 1:28.97 | 1:27.82 | 1:29.21 | 1:27.76 | 1:29.58 |
| 4th 50m Split | 30.02 | 29.80 | 30.12 | 30.45 | 30.39 | 30.70 | 30.40 | 30.48 |
| Strokes | 38 | 39 | 40 | 40 | 39 | |||
| Split Time: | 1:56.94 | 1:55.91 | 1:57.11 | 1:59.42 | 1:58.21 | 1:59.91 | 1:58.16 | 2:00.06 |
| 5th 50m Split | 30.19 | 29.65 | 30.30 | 30.24 | 30.65 | 30.31 | 30.74 | 30.74 |
| Strokes | 38? | 39 | 40 | 40 | 39 | |||
| Split Time: | 2:27.13 | 2:25.56 | 2:27.41 | 2:29.66 | 2:28.86 | 2:30.22 | 2:28.90 | 2:30.80 |
| 6th 50m Split | 29.77 | 30.28 | 30.21 | 30.27 | 30.93 | 30.62 | 30.61 | 30.47 |
| Strokes | 38 | 40 | 40 | 40 | 39 | 45 | ||
| Split Time: | 2:56.90 | 2:55.94 | 2:57.54 | 2:59.93 | 2:59.59 | 3:00.84 | 2:59.51 | 3:01.27 |
| 7th 50m Split | 29.61 | 30.26 | 29.92 | 29.86 | 30.71 | 30.16 | 30.84 | 30.39 |
| Strokes | 39 | 41 | 40 | 41 | 39 | 46 | ||
| Split Time: | 3:26.51 | 3:26.10 | 3:27.54 | 3:29.79 | 3:30.50 | 3:31.00 | 3:30.35 | 3:31.66 |
| 8th 50m Split | 28.87 | 29.98 | 28.92 | 29.36 | 29.09 | 29.60 | 30.30 | 29.13 |
| Strokes | 42 | 42 | 40 | 42 | 41 | |||
| Total Time: | 3:55.38 | 3:56.08 | 3:56.46 | 3:59.15 | 3:59.59 | 4:00.60 | 4:00.65 | 4:00.79 |
Here is Ariarne’s 400m Freestyle World Record swim to view.
Note: World’s Fastest 400m Freestyle – Women’s Long Course Update July 2024
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