Swim-City.com - Record history World records men (50m) 400m freestyle

Time	Name	Country	Date	Place (Country)
4:27.0	Murray ROSE	AUS	27-10-1956	Melbourne, AUS
4:25.9	John KONRADS	AUS	15-01-1958	Sydney, AUS
4:21.8	John KONRADS	AUS	12-01-1959	Melbourne, AUS
4:19.0	John KONRADS	AUS	07-02-1959	Sydney, AUS
4:16.6	Tsuyoshi YAMANAKA	JPN	26-07-1959	Osaka, JPN
4:15.9	John KONRADS	AUS	23-02-1960	Sydney, AUS
4:13.4	Murray ROSE	AUS	17-08-1962	Chicago, IL, USA
4:12.7	Don SCHOLLANDER	USA	31-07-1964	Los Altos, CA, USA
4:12.2	Don SCHOLLANDER	USA	15-10-1964	Tokyo, JPN
4:11.6	Don SCHOLLANDER	USA	18-08-1966	Lincoln, NE, USA
4:11.8	John NELSON	USA	18-08-1966	Lincoln, NE, USA
4:11.1	Frank WIEGAND	GDR	25-08-1966	Utrecht, NED
4:10.6	Mark SPITZ	USA	25-06-1967	Haywood, USA
4:09.2	Alain MOSCONI	FRA	04-07-1967	Monaco, MON
4:08.8	Mark SPITZ	USA	07-07-1967	Santa Clara, CA, USA
4:08.2	Greg CHARLTON	USA	28-08-1967	Tokyo, JPN
4:07.7	Mark SPITZ	USA	23-06-1968	Haywood, USA
4:06.5	Ralph HUTTON	CAN	01-08-1968	Lincoln, NE, USA
4:04.0	Hans-Joachim FASSNACHT	FRG	14-08-1969	Louisville, KY, USA
4:02.8	John KINSELLA	USA	20-08-1970	Los Angeles, CA, USA
4:02.6	Gunnar LARSSON	SWE	07-09-1970	Barcelona, ESP
4:02.1	Tom MCBREEN	USA	25-08-1971	Houston, TX, USA
4:01.7	Brad COOPER	AUS	12-02-1972	Brisbane, AUS
4:00.11	Kurt KRUMPHOLZ	USA	04-08-1972	Chicago, IL, USA
3:58.18	Rick DEMONT	USA	09-09-1973	Belgrade, YUG
3:54.69	Tim SHAW	USA	22-08-1974	Concord, USA
3:56.69	Tim SHAW	USA	22-08-1974	Concord, USA
3:53.95	Tim SHAW	USA	19-06-1975	Long Beach, CA, USA
3:53.31	Tim SHAW	USA	20-08-1975	Kansas City, MO, USA
3:53.08	Brian GOODELL	USA	18-06-1976	Long Beach, CA, USA
3:51.93	Brian GOODELL	USA	22-07-1976	Montreal, CAN
3:51.56	Brian GOODELL	USA	27-08-1978	West Berlin, FRG
3:51.41	Vladimir SALNIKOV	URS	06-04-1979	Potsdam, GDR
3:51.40	Vladimir SALNIKOV	URS	19-08-1979	Moscow, URS
3:51.20	Vladimir SALNIKOV	URS	29-02-1980	Potsdam, GDR
3:50.49	Peter SZMIDT	CAN	15-07-1980	Etobicoke, CAN
3:49.57	Vladimir SALNIKOV	URS	13-03-1982	Moscow, URS
3:48.32	Vladimir SALNIKOV	URS	19-02-1983	Moscow, URS
3:47.80	Michael GROSS	FRG	27-06-1985	Wuppertal, FRG
3:47.38	Artur WOJDAT	POL	25-03-1988	Orlando, FL, USA
3:46.95	Uwe DASSLER	GDR	23-09-1988	Seoul, KOR
3:46.47	Kieren PERKINS	AUS	03-04-1992	Canberra, AUS
3:45.00	Evgeny SADOVYI	EUN	29-07-1992	Barcelona, ESP
3:43.80	Kieren PERKINS	AUS	11-09-1994	Rome, ITA
3:41.83	Ian THORPE	AUS	22-08-1999	Sydney, AUS
3:41.33	Ian THORPE	AUS	13-05-2000	Sydney, AUS
3:40.59	Ian THORPE	AUS	16-09-2000	Sydney, AUS
3:40.17	Ian THORPE	AUS	22-07-2001	Fukuoka, JPN
3:40.08	Ian THORPE	AUS	30-07-2002	Manchester, ENG
3:40.07 (*)	Paul Biedermann	GER	25-07-2009	Rome, ITA

(*) = 'artificially aided'