World record progression 400 metres individual medley
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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.
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
Tables show data for two definitions of "Top 25" - the top 25 400 m individual medley times and the top 25 athletes:
- denotes top performance for athletes in the top 25 400 m individual medley times
- denotes lesser performances, still in the top 25 400 m individual medley times, by repeat athletes
- denotes top performance (only) for other top 25 athletes who fall outside the top 25 400 m individual medley times
Men long course
Correct as of December 2025
Ath.#
Perf.#
Time
Athlete
Nation
Date
Place
Ref.
1
1
4:02.50
Léon Marchand
France
25 July 2023
Fukuoka
2
4:02.95
Marchand #2
28 July 2024
Paris
2
3
4:03.84
Michael Phelps
United States
10 August 2008
Beijing
4
4:04.28
Marchand #3
18 June 2022
Budapest
5
4:04.73
Marchand #4
3 August 2025
Singapore
3
6
4:05.18
Ryan Lochte
United States
28 July 2012
London
7
4:05.25
Phelps #2
18 June 2008
Omaha
4
8
4:05.90
Chase Kalisz
United States
30 July 2017
Budapest
5
9
4:06.05
Kosuke Hagino
Japan
6 August 2016
Rio de Janeiro
10
4:06.08
Lochte #2
18 June 2008
Omaha
6
11
4:06.09
Daiya Seto
Japan
25 January 2020
Tokyo
7
12
4:06.16
László Cseh
Hungary
10 August 2008
Beijing
13
4:06.22
Phelps #3
1 April 2007
Melbourne
14
4:06.40
Lochte #3
7 July 2009
Indianapolis
8
15
4:06.56
Carson Foster
United States
18 June 2022
Budapest
25 July 2023
Fukuoka
17
4:06.75
Kalisz #2
6 August 2016
Rio de Janeiro
9
18
4:06.96
Tyler Clary
United States
7 July 2009
Indianapolis
19
4:06.99
Kalisz #3
29 June 2017
Indianapolis
20
4:07.01
Lochte #4
2 August 2009
Rome
21
4:07.02
Foster #3
5 December 2025
Austin
22
4:07.06
Lochte #5
25 June 2012
Omaha
23
4:07.11
Marchand #5
16 May 2025
Austin
24
4:07.13
Lochte #6
31 July 2011
Shanghai
10
25
4:07.21
Tomoyuki Matsushita
Japan
4 September 2025
Tokyo
11
4:07.46
Bobby Finke
United States
5 June 2025
Indianapolis
12
4:07.47
Dávid Verrasztó
Hungary
24 June 2017
Rome
13
4:07.67
Asaki Nishikawa
Japan
29 November 2025
Tokyo
14
4:08.05
Ilya Borodin
Russia
25 July 2022
Kazan
15
4:08.70
Lewis Clareburt
New Zealand
30 July 2022
Birmingham
16
4:08.85
Max Litchfield
Great Britain
28 July 2024
Paris
17
4:08.86
Thiago Pereira
Brazil
2 August 2009
Rome
28 July 2012
London
18
4:09.10
Wang Shun
China
4 September 2013
Shenyang
19
4:09.18
Duncan Scott
Great Britain
7 April 2022
Sheffield
20
4:09.22
Jay Litherland
United States
28 July 2019
Gwangju
21
4:09.27
Brendon Smith
Australia
28 July 2021
Tokyo
22
4:09.29
Alberto Razzetti
Italy
30 November 2023
Riccione
23
4:09.38
Yumeki Kojima
Japan
19 July 2025
Suzuka
24
4:09.65
Rex Maurer
United States
5 June 2025
Indianapolis
25
4:09.79
Kosuke Makino
Japan
23 March 2025
Tokyo
Men short course
Correct as of October 2025
Ath.#
Perf.#
Time
Athlete
Nation
Date
Place
Ref.
1
1
3:54.81
Daiya Seto
Japan
20 December 2019
Las Vegas
2
2
3:55.50
Ryan Lochte
United States
16 December 2010
Dubai
3
3:55.53
Seto #2
26 October 2019
Tokyo
4
3:55.75
Seto #3
17 December 2022
Melbourne
3
5
3:56.13
Shaine Casas
United States
25 October 2025
Toronto
6
3:56.26
Seto #4
20 December 2021
Abu Dhabi
7
3:56.33
Seto #5
4 December 2014
Doha
8
3:56.43
Seto #6
15 December 2018
Hangzhou
4
9
3:56.47
Ilya Borodin
Russia
20 December 2021
Abu Dhabi
5
10
3:56.48
Kosuke Hagino
Japan
13 January 2014
Tokyo
11
3:56.83
Borodin #2
14 December 2024
Budapest
6
12
3:57.01
Alberto Razzetti
Italy
10 December 2023
Otopeni
13
3:57.25
Seto #7
30 September 2018
Eindhoven
7
14
3:57.27
László Cseh
Hungary
11 December 2009
Istanbul
8
15
3:57.40
Oussama Mellouli
Tunisia
16 December 2010
Dubai
16
3:57.41
Casas #2
19 October 2025
Westmont
9
17
3:57.45
Carson Foster
United States
14 December 2024
Budapest
10
18
3:57.56
Tyler Clary
United States
16 December 2010
Dubai
19
3:57.63
Foster #2
17 December 2022
Melbourne
20
3:57.66
Seto #8
15 November 2017
Tokyo
21
3:57.67
Borodin #3
25 November 2024
Saint Petersburg
22
3:57.85
Seto #9
30 October 2021
Kazan
11
23
3:57.91
Thomas Fraser-Holmes
Australia
28 November 2015
Sydney
24
3:57.99
Foster #3
20 December 2021
Abu Dhabi
25
3:58.08
Borodin #4
24 November 2022
Kazan
12
3:58.30
Léon Marchand
France
26 October 2024
Incheon
13
3:59.21
Matthew Sates
South Africa
17 December 2022
Melbourne
14
3:59.23
Chad le Clos
South Africa
9 November 2013
Tokyo
15
3:59.33
Brendon Smith
Australia
30 September 2021
Naples
16
3:59.47
Péter Bernek
Hungary
14 December 2017
Copenhagen
17
3:59.81
Duncan Scott
Great Britain
20 December 2019
Las Vegas
18
3:59.90
Conor Dwyer
United States
10 August 2013
Berlin
19
3:59.99
Wang Shun
China
17 November 2018
Singapore
20
4:00.10
Dávid Verrasztó
Hungary
11 December 2009
Istanbul
21
4:00.18
Max Litchfield
Great Britain
16 December 2018
Sheffield
22
4:00.43
Kaito Tabuchi
Japan
14 December 2024
Budapest
23
4:00.44
Tomoyuki Matsushita
Japan
19 October 2024
Tokyo
24
4:00.55
Gal Nevo
Israel
11 December 2009
Istanbul
25
4:00.57
Tristan Jankovics
Canada
14 December 2024
Budapest
Women long course
Correct as of January 2026
Ath.#
Perf.#
Time
Athlete
Nation
Date
Place
Ref.
1
1
4:23.65
Summer McIntosh
Canada
11 June 2025
Victoria
2
4:24.38
McIntosh #2
16 May 2024
Toronto
3
4:25.78
McIntosh #3
3 August 2025
Singapore
4
4:25.87
McIntosh #4
1 April 2023
Toronto
2
5
4:26.36
Katinka Hosszú
Hungary
6 August 2016
Rio de Janeiro
6
4:26.98
McIntosh #5
7 March 2025
Westmont
7
4:27.11
McIntosh #6
30 July 2023
Fukuoka
8
4:27.71
McIntosh #7
29 July 2024
Paris
9
4:28.13
McIntosh #8
16 January 2026
Austin
3
10
4:28.22
Kaylee McKeown
Australia
18 April 2024
Gold Coast
4
11
4:28.43
Ye Shiwen
China
28 July 2012
London
12
4:28.58
Hosszú #2
6 August 2016
Rio de Janeiro
13
4:28.61
McIntosh #9
2 December 2022
Greensboro
14
4:29.01
McIntosh #10
29 July 2022
Birmingham
15
4:29.12
McIntosh #11
4 March 2022
Toronto
16
4:29.33
Hosszú #3
30 July 2017
Budapest
5
17
4:29.45
Stephanie Rice
Australia
10 August 2008
Beijing
6
18
4:29.89
Kirsty Coventry
Zimbabwe
10 August 2008
Beijing
18
4:29.89
Hosszú #4
4 March 2016
Marseille
20
4:29.96
McIntosh #12
1 December 2023
Greensboro
21
4:30.31
Hosszú #5
2 August 2009
Rome
22
4:30.39
Hosszú #6
9 August 2015
Kazan
Hosszú #7
28 July 2019
Gwangju
24
4:30.41
Hosszú #8
4 August 2013
Barcelona
7
25
4:30.43
Li Xuanxu
China
17 October 2009
Jinan
8
4:30.82
Yui Ohashi
Japan
8 April 2018
Tokyo
9
4:30.85
Qi Hui
China
17 October 2009
Jinan
10
4:31.12
Katie Hoff
United States
29 June 2008
Omaha
11
4:31.15
Maya Dirado
United States
6 August 2016
Rio de Janeiro
12
4:31.21
Mireia Belmonte
Spain
4 August 2013
Barcelona
13
4:31.27
Elizabeth Beisel
United States
28 July 2012
London
14
4:31.33
Hannah Miley
Great Britain
20 March 2009
Sheffield
15
4:31.41
Katie Grimes
United States
30 July 2023
Fukuoka
16
4:32.30
Jenna Forrester
Australia
30 July 2023
Fukuoka
17
4:32.52
Emily Overholt
Canada
9 August 2015
Kazan
18
4:32.53
Melanie Margalis
United States
6 March 2020
Des Moines
19
4:32.76
Emma Weyant
United States
25 July 2021
Tokyo
20
4:32.88
Sydney Pickrem
Canada
30 July 2017
Budapest
21
4:33.01
Aimee Willmott
Great Britain
24 July 2014
Glasgow
22
4:33.26
Mio Narita
Japan
3 August 2025
Singapore
23
4:33.50
Zhou Min
China
4 September 2013
Shenyang
24
4:33.59
Yana Klochkova
Ukraine
16 September 2000
Sydney
25
4:33.76
Yu Zidi
China
3 August 2025
Singapore
Women short course
Correct as of October 2025
Ath.#
Perf.#
Time
Athlete
Nation
Date
Place
Ref.
1
1
4:15.48
Summer McIntosh
Canada
14 December 2024
Budapest
2
2
4:18.94
Mireia Belmonte
Spain
12 August 2017
Eindhoven
3
3
4:19.46
Katinka Hosszú
Hungary
2 December 2015
Netanya
4
4:19.75
Hosszú #2
2 December 2015
Netanya
5
4:19.82
Hosszú #3
6 August 2017
Berlin
6
4:19.86
Belmonte #2
3 December 2014
Doha
4
7
4:20.14
Katie Grimes
United States
14 December 2024
Budapest
8
4:20.83
Hosszú #4
28 August 2014
Doha
9
4:20.85
Hosszú #5
11 August 2013
Berlin
5
10
4:21.04
Julia Smit
United States
18 December 2009
Manchester
11
4:21.05
Hosszú #6
3 December 2014
Doha
12
4:21.21
Hosszú #7
11 December 2015
Indianapolis
13
4:21.23
Belmonte #3
15 December 2013
Herning
14
4:21.40
Hosszú #8
11 December 2018
Hangzhou
15
4:21.49
McIntosh #2
29 October 2022
Toronto
16
4:21.67
Hosszú #9
6 December 2016
Windsor
17
4:21.91
Hosszú #10
10 November 2018
Tokyo
18
4:22.05
Hosszú #11
14 November 2017
Tokyo
19
4:22.06
Hosszú #12
1 September 2014
Dubai
20
4:22.18
Hosszú #13
8 August 2013
Eindhoven
21
4:22.55
Belmonte #4
6 August 2017
Berlin
22
4:22.68
Belmonte #5
2 November 2014
Singapore
6
23
4:22.73
Yui Ohashi
Japan
10 November 2018
Tokyo
7
24
4:22.88
Kathryn Meaklim
South Africa
22 November 2009
Singapore
25
4:22.94
Hosszú #14
3 December 2014
Doha
8
4:22.97
Ellen Walshe
Ireland
24 October 2025
Toronto
9
4:23.14
Hannah Miley
Great Britain
12 December 2012
Istanbul
10
4:23.33
Ye Shiwen
China
12 December 2012
Istanbul
11
4:23.68
Sydney Pickrem
Canada
15 November 2020
Budapest
12
4:24.15
Melanie Margalis
United States
20 December 2019
Las Vegas
13
4:24.25
Mary-Sophie Harvey
Canada
24 October 2025
Toronto
14
4:24.31
Dagny Knutson
United States
18 December 2009
Manchester
15
4:24.34
Abbie Wood
Great Britain
14 December 2024
Budapest
16
4:24.62
Caitlin Leverenz
United States
16 December 2011
Atlanta
17
4:25.37
Aimee Willmott
Great Britain
15 December 2013
Herning
18
4:25.50
Hali Flickinger
United States
22 November 2020
Budapest
19
4:25.55
Tessa Cieplucha
Canada
16 December 2021
Abu Dhabi
20
4:25.56
Elizabeth Beisel
United States
3 December 2014
Doha
21
4:25.61
Zsuzsanna Jakabos
Hungary
25 November 2012
Chartres
22
4:26.06
Alessia Filippi
Italy
14 December 2008
Rijeka
Ella Eastin
United States
12 August 2017
Eindhoven
24
4:26.31
Bailey Andison
Canada
5 September 2021
Naples
25
4:26.41
Fantine Lesaffre
France
23 November 2019
London
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