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

1. Li Bingjie (27.41, 29.31, 29.55, 29.61, 29.39, 29.25, 29.00, 27.78) 3:51.30
2. Summer Mcintosh (27.37, 29.10, 29.29, 29.28, 29.43, 29.69, 29.86, 28.78) 3:52.80
3. Katie Ledecky (27.20, 28.95, 29.26, 29.40, 29.58, 29.94, 29.38, 29.17) 3:52.88
4. Ariarne Titmus (26.93, 29.15, 29.38, 29.91, 29.84, 29.73, 29.70, 29.28) 3:53.92
5. Wang Jianjiahe (27.00, 29.03, 29.67, 29.75, 30.05, 30.21, 30.10, 28.16) 3:53.97
6. Mireia Belmonte (27.82, 29.52, 29.81, 29.91, 29.63, 29.77, 29.35, 28.71) 3:54.52
7. Camille Muffat (26.84, 29.40, 29.67, 30.04, 29.99, 30.07, 29.71, 29.13) 3:54.85
8. Joanne Jackson (27.29, 30.00, 29.81, 29.83, 29.68, 29.77, 29.80, 28.74) 3:54.92

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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 Li Bingjie’s 400m Freestyle World Record swim to view.

The video above which is reviewed by Fares Ksebati is the Co-Founder and CEO of MySwimPro, does a fantastic analysis of the race. Recently, Summer McIntosh set a new world record in the 400m Freestyle Long Course at the Canadian Swimming Trials, and Ariarne Titmus looks to still be improving.  Hopefully we see these three women go head to head at one of the World Short Course Championships.

Women's 400m Freestyle - Short Course
	Li Bingjie	Summer McIntosh	Katie Ledecky	Ariarne Titmus	Wang Jianjiahe	Mireia Belmonte	Camille Muffat	Joanne Jackson
Height:		5 ft 8 in 173cm	6 ft 0 in 183cm	5 ft 10 in 177cm	6 ft 0 in 182cm	5 ft 7 in 170cm	6 ft 0 in 183cm	6 ft 0 in 184cm
Weight:			160Ib 73kg	139Ib 63kg	146Ib 66kg	132 Ib 60kg	157Ib 71kg	168Ib 76kg
Country:	CHN	CAN	USA	AUS	CHN	ESP	FRA	GBR
DOB:	2002-03-03	2006-08-18	1997-03-17	2000-09-07	2002-07-17	1990-11-10	1989-10-28	1986-09-12
Meet:	2022 Chinese Swimming Championships	FINA Swimming World Cup 2022	FINA Swimming World Cup 2022	2018 SCM World Champs	2018 World Cup - Budapest	2013 World Cup - Berlin	2012 European SCM Champs
1st 25m Strokes				14		13
2nd 25m Strokes				17		17
1st 50m Split:	27.41	27.37	27.20	26.93	27.00	27.82	26.84	27.29
50m PB:	26.29		25.45	26.43	26.60	27.51	24.55	26.80
Time off 50m PB:	1.12		1.75	0.50	0.40	0.31	2.40	0.49
Percentage of 50m PB:	104.260%		106.876%	101.892%	101.504%	101.127%	109.328%	101.828%
3rd 25m Strokes				18
2nd 50m Split	29.31	29.10	28.95	29.15	29.03	29.52	29.40	30.00
4th 25m Strokes				17		16
Split Time:	56.72	56.47	56.15	56.08	56.03	57.34	56.24	57.29
5th 25m Strokes				17		17
3rd 50m Split	29.55	29.29	29.26	29.38	29.67	29.81	29.67	29.81
6th 25m Strokes				17		17
Split Time:	1:26.27	1:25.76	1:25.41	1:25.46	1:25.70	1:27.15	1:25.91	1:27.10
7th 25m Strokes				18		17
4th 50m Split	29.61	29.28	29.40	29.91	29.75	29.91	30.04	29.83
8th 25m Strokes				18		17
Split Time:	1:55.88	1:55.04	1:54.81	1:55.37	1:55.45	1:57.06	1:55.95	1:56.93
9th 25m Strokes				18		17
5th 50m Split	29.39	29.43	29.58	29.84	30.05	29.63	29.99	29.68
Strokes				18		18
Split Time:	2:45.27	2:24.47	2:24.39	2:25.21	2:25.50	2:26.69	2:25.94	2:26.61
11th 25m Strokes				18		18
6th 50m Split	29.25	29.69	29.94	29.73	30.21	29.77	30.07	29.77
12th 25m Strokes				18		18
Split Time:	2:74.52	2:54.16	2:54.33	2:54.94	2:55.71	2:56.46	2:56.01	2:56.38
13th 25m Strokes				18		18
7th 50m Split	29.00	29.86	29.38	29.70	30.10	29.35	29.71	29.80
14th 25m Strokes				18		18
Split Time:	3:23.52	3:24.02	3:23.71	3:24.64	3:25.81	3:25.81	3:25.72	3:26.18
15th 25m Strokes				18		17
8th 50m Split	27.78	28.78	29.17	29.28	28.16	28.71	29.13	28.74
16th 25m Strokes				19		18
Total Time:	3:51.30	3:52.80	3:52.88	3:53.92	3:53.97	3:54.52	3:54.85	3:54.92

Note: World’s Fastest 400m Freestyle – Women’s Short Course Update April 2023