--- Results,
Rankings, and Records ---
ALL-TIME WORLD PERFORMERS-PERFORMANCES RANKINGS
Compiled by Bill Bell, The Write Stuff |
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KEY
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** World Record
# 2nd-Performance All-Time
*' European Record
*+ Commonwealth Record
*" Latin-South American Record
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' U.S. Open Record
* National Record
r Relay Split
p Preliminary Time
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+ Olympic Record
^ World Championship Record
a Asian Record
h Hand time
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| MEN'S EVENT |
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| 400 METER FREESTYLE |
| Top 150 Performances |
| 3:41.83** |
Ian Thorpe, AUS |
Pan-Pacific Championships |
Brisbane |
08-22-99 |
| 3:43.80# |
Kieren Perkins, AUS |
World Championships |
Rome |
09-09-94 |
| 3:43.85 |
Thorpe, AUS |
AUS Nationals/Pan-Pacific Trials |
Brisbane |
03-20-99 |
| 3:44.35 |
Thorpe |
Commonwealth Games |
Kuala Lumpur |
09-15-98 |
| 3:44.88 |
Grant Hackett, AUS |
Commonwealth Games |
Kuala Lumpur |
09-15-98 |
| 3:45.00* |
Evgeniy Sadoviy, EUN |
Olympics |
Barcelona |
07-29-92 |
| 3:45.16 |
Perkins |
Olympics |
Barcelona |
07-29-92 |
| 3:45.59 |
Hackett |
AUS Nationals/Pan-Pacific Trials |
Brisbane |
03-20-99 |
| 3:45.77 |
Perkins |
Commowealth Games |
Victoria |
08-22-94 |
| 3:45.90(exh.) |
Hackett |
AUS AG Championships |
Hobart |
04-10-99 |
| 3:45.96* |
Emeliano Brembilla, ITA |
European Championships |
Seville |
08-22-97 |
| 3:46.02 |
Hackett |
Pan-Pacific Championships |
Sydney |
08-22-99 |
| 3:46.29 |
Thorpe |
World Championships |
Perth |
01-15-98 |
| 3:46.31* |
Ryk Neethling, RSA |
Pan-Pacific Championships |
Sydney |
08-22-99 |
| 3:46.44 |
Hackett |
World Championships |
Perth |
01-15-98 |
| 3:46.47 |
Perkins |
AUS Nationals/OTs |
Canberra |
04-03-92 |
| 3:46.47 |
Thorpe |
AUS Commonwealth Games Trials |
Melbourne |
04-30-98 |
| 3:46.77* |
Anders Holmertz, SWE |
Olympics |
Barcelona |
07-29-92 |
| 3:46.85 |
Hackett |
AUS World Championship Trials |
Brisbane |
10-08-97 |
| 3:46.95* |
Uwe Dassler, GDR |
Olympics |
Seoul |
09-23-88 |
| 3:47.15 |
Duncan Armstrong, AUS |
Olympics |
Seoul |
09-23-88 |
| 3:47.15 |
Hackett |
AUS Commonwealth Games Trials |
Melbourne |
04-30-98 |
| 3:47.27 |
Hackett |
Pan-Pacific Championships |
Fukuoka |
08-12-97 |
| 3:47.34* |
Artur Wojdat, POL |
Olympics |
Seoul |
09-23-88 |
| 3:47.37p |
Hackett |
Pan-Pacific Championships |
Sydney |
08-22-99 |
| 3:47.38 |
Wojdat |
U.S. Nationals |
Orlando |
03-25-88 |
| 3:47.78 |
Wojdat |
European Championships |
Bonn |
08-17-89 |
| 3:47.80* |
Michael Gross, FRG |
FRG Nationals |
Remscheid |
06-27-85 |
| 3:47.81* |
Antti Kasvio, FIN |
European Championships |
Sheffield |
08-06-93 |
| 3:47.97* |
Danyon Loader, NZL |
Olympics |
Atlanta |
07-23-96 |
| 3:48.02* |
Paul Palmer, GBR |
World Championships |
Perth |
01-15-98 |
| 3:48.04^ |
Jorg Hoffman, GER |
World Championships |
Perth |
01-11-91 |
| 3:48.06* |
Matt Cetlinski, USA |
U.S. Olympic Trials |
Austin |
08-11-88 |
| 3:48.09 |
Cetlinski |
Olympics |
Seoul |
09-23-88 |
| 3:48.10 |
Wojdat |
Olympics |
Barcelona |
07-29-92 |
| 3:48.11 |
Massi Rosolino, ITA |
European Championships |
Seville |
08-22-97 |
| 3:48.12 |
Palmer |
European Championships |
Istanbul |
07-27-99 |
| 3:48.14 |
Palmer |
European Championships |
Sheffield |
08-06-93 |
| 3:48.26 |
Holmertz |
SWE Olympic Trials |
Landskrona |
06-27-92 |
| 3:48.30 |
Rainer Henkel, FRG |
FRG Nationals |
Hannover |
06-27-86 |
| 3:48.32* |
Vladimir Salnikov,URS |
URS Winter Nationals |
Moscow |
02-19-83 |
| 3:48.36p |
Thorpe |
Pan-Pacific Championships |
Sydney |
08-22-99 |
| 3:48.37* |
Pieter van den Hoogenband, NED |
Intl Meeting/Speedo de Toulouse |
Toulouse |
03-16-00 |
| 3:48.38 |
Salnikov |
URS Winter Nationals |
Moscow |
02-16-84 |
| 3:48.50 |
Brembilla |
European Championships |
Istanbul |
07-27-99 |
| 3:48.55 |
Kasvio |
World Championships |
Rome |
09-09-94 |
| 3:48.59 |
Marius Podkoscielny, POL |
Olympics |
Seoul |
09-23-88 |
| 3:48.60 |
Brembilla |
World Championships |
Perth |
01-15-98 |
| 3:48.61 |
Wojdat |
Goodwill Games |
Federal Way |
07-23-90 |
| 3:48.62 |
Loader |
World Championships |
Rome |
09-09-94 |
| 3:48.68 |
Stefan Pfeiffer, FRG |
European Championships |
Bonn |
08-17-89 |
| 3:48.74 |
Neethling |
RSA Olympic Trials |
Durban |
04-04-00 |
| 3:48.79 |
Ian Brown, AUS |
Olympics |
Barcelona |
07-29-92 |
| 3:48.86 |
Pfeiffer |
World Championships |
Perth |
01-12-91 |
| 3:48.86 |
Daniel Kowalski, AUS |
AUS Nationals/Pan-Pacific Trials |
Brisbane |
03-20-99 |
| 3:48.89 |
Rosolino |
World Championships |
Perth |
01-15-98 |
| 3:48.91 |
Kowalski |
Commonwealth Games |
Kuala Lumpur |
09-15-98 |
| 3:48.94s |
Brembilla |
ITA Nationals/EC Trials |
San Donato |
07-10-97 |
| 3:48.95 |
Dassler |
European Championships |
Strasbourg |
08-21-87 |
| 3:48.98 |
Holmertz |
European Championships |
Sheffield |
08-06-93 |
| 3:48.99 |
Tom Dolan, USA |
U.S. Olympic Trials |
Indianapolis |
03-09-96 |
| 3:49.00 |
Palmer |
Olympics |
Atlanta |
07-23-96 |
| 3:49.02 |
Sadoviy, URS |
European Championships |
Athens |
08-23-91 |
| 3:49.04* |
Dragos Coman, ROM |
European Championships |
Istanbul |
07-27-99 |
| 3:49.06 |
Sebastian Wiese, GER |
Olympics |
Barcelona |
07-29-92 |
| 3:49.09 |
Wojdat |
European Championships |
Athens |
08-23-91 |
| 3:49.09 |
Thorpe |
AIS Invitational |
Canberra |
05-16-99 |
| 3:49.11 |
Loader |
Commonwealth Games |
Kuala Lampur |
09-15-98 |
| 3:49.14 |
Dan Jorgensen, USA |
U.S. Olympic Trials |
Indianapolis |
03-04-92 |
| 3:49.16 |
Henkel |
FRG Nationals |
Sindelfingen |
07-03-87 |
| 3:49.16 |
Steffen Zesner, GER |
European Championships |
Sheffield |
08-06-93 |
| 3:49.18 |
Salnikov |
URS Nationals |
Kiev |
06-07-84 |
| 3:49.19 |
Hackett |
Victoria State AG-Open Championship |
Melbourne |
01-14-00 |
| 3:49.20 |
Dassler |
GDR Olympic Trials |
Potsdam |
07-22-88 |
| 3:49.21 |
Holmertz |
SWE Olympic Trials |
Jonkoepping |
08-02-88 |
| 3:49.24p |
Perkins |
Olympics |
Barcelona |
07-29-92 |
| 3:49.26 |
Kowalski |
AUS Nationals |
Brisbane |
03-18-94 |
| 3:49.26 |
Brembilla |
ITA Winter Nationals |
Turin |
04-18-00 |
| 3:49.27 |
Sven Lodziewski, GDR |
GDR Nationals |
Gera |
06-18-83 |
| 3:49.27 |
Salnikov |
Friendship Games |
Moscow |
08-23-84 |
| 3:49.28 |
Henkel |
European Championships |
Strasbourg |
08-21-87 |
| 3:49.29 |
Henkel |
GDR Dual |
Munich |
08-26-87 |
| 3:49.29 |
Podkoscielny |
European Championships |
Bonn |
08-17-89 |
| 3:49.32 |
Brembilla |
Mediterranean Games |
Bari |
06-15-97 |
| 3:49.35p |
Brembilla |
Olympics |
Atlanta |
07-22-96 |
| 3:49.37p |
Sadoviy, EUN |
Olympics |
Barcelona |
07-29-92 |
| 3:49.38 |
Salnikov |
World University Games |
Edmonton |
07-05-83 |
| 3:49.39 |
Kowalski |
Olympics |
Atlanta |
07-23-96 |
| 3:49.41 |
Jorgensen |
U.S. WCTs |
Orlando |
06-25-86 |
| 3:49.43p |
Cetlinski |
U.S. Nationals |
Clovis |
07-30-87 |
| 3:49.43 |
Perkins |
Pan-Pacific Championships |
Kobe |
08-14-93 |
| 3:49.44 |
Dassler |
GDR Nationals |
East Berlin |
06-20-86 |
| 3:49.45 |
Kowalski |
AUS Commonwealth Games Trials |
Melbourne |
04-30-98 |
| 3:49.47 |
Salnikov |
URS Nationals |
Kiev |
07-04-82 |
| 3:49.47p |
Carvin |
Pan-Pacific Championships |
Sydney |
08-22-99 |
| 3:49.51 |
Salnikov |
GDR Dual |
Kharkov |
03-09-84 |
| 3:49.51 |
Cetlinski |
Pan-Pacific Championships |
Brisbane |
08-15-87 |
| 3:49.51p |
Podkoscielny |
Olympics |
Seoul |
09-23-88 |
| 3:49.52p |
Pfeiffer |
Olympics |
Seoul |
09-23-88 |
| 3:49.56 |
Brambilla |
ITA Winter Nationals |
Livorno |
03-14-97 |
| 3:49.57 |
Salnikov |
GDR Dual |
Moscow |
03-13-82 |
| 3:49.57 |
Salnikov |
URS Nationals |
Kiev |
07-19-82 |
| 3:49.58 |
Holmertz |
European Championships |
Bonn |
08-17-89 |
| 3:49.59 |
Dolan |
U.S. Nationals |
Federal Way |
03-31-00 |
| 3:49.64 |
Thorpe |
Pan-Pacific Championships |
Fukuoka |
08-12-97 |
| 3:49.65 |
Loader |
Commonwealth Games |
Victoria |
08-22-94 |
| 3:49.67 |
Wojdat |
World Championships |
Perth |
01-12-91 |
| 3:49.68p |
Wojdat |
Olympics |
Seoul |
09-23-88 |
| 3:49.68p |
Wojdat |
European Championships |
Bonn |
08-17-89 |
| 3:49.68 |
Chad Carvin, USA |
U.S. Nationals |
Minneapolis |
08-09-99 |
| 3:49.69 |
Cetlinski |
U.S. Nationals |
Clovis |
07-30-87 |
| 3:49.70 |
Zesner |
GER Nationals |
Potsdam |
06-05-93 |
| 3:49.70p |
Brambilla |
ITA Nationals/EC Trials |
San Donato |
07-09-97 |
| 3:49.72 |
Cetlinski |
U.S. WCTs |
Orlando |
06-25-86 |
| 3:49.72 |
Holmertz |
World Championships |
Perth |
01-12-91 |
| 3:49.72 |
John Piersma, USA |
U.S. Nationals |
Rose Bowl |
08-03-95 |
| 3:49.74 |
Henkel |
FRG Olympic Trials |
Karlsruhe |
07-22-88 |
| 3:49.74 |
Carvin |
Pan-Pacific Championships |
Sydney |
08-22-99 |
| 3:49.75 |
Pfeiffer |
Olympics |
Barcelona |
07-29-92 |
| 3:49.78 |
Dassler |
European Championships |
Bonn |
08-17-89 |
| 3:49.78 |
Sean Killion, USA |
Goodwill Games |
Federal Way |
07-23-90 |
| 3:49.78 |
Perkins |
AUS Nationals |
Brisbane |
03-18-94 |
| 3:49.78 |
Carvin |
U.S. Nationals |
Rose Bowl |
08-03-95 |
| 3:49.80 |
Salnikov |
European Championships |
Rome |
08-25-83 |
| 3:49.80 |
Jorgensen |
U.S. Nationals/WCTs |
Austin |
08-01-90 |
| 3:49.82 |
Thomas Fahrner, FRG |
European Championships |
Strasbourg |
08-21-87 |
| 3:49.83 |
Carvin |
U.S. Nationals/WCTs |
Indianapolis |
08-17-94 |
| 3;49.86 |
Dolan |
U.S. Nationals |
Rose Bowl |
08-03-95 |
| 3:49.87 |
Brambilla |
Olympics |
Atlanta |
07-23-96 |
| 3:49.89p |
Pfeiffer |
European Championships |
Bonn |
08-17-89 |
| 3:49.89 |
Rosolino |
ITA Winter Nationals |
Livorno |
03-14-97 |
| 3:49.90p |
Dassler |
Olympics |
Seoul |
09-23-88 |
| 3:49.91 |
Brown |
Commonwealth Games |
Auckland |
01-28-90 |
| 3:49.93 |
Perkins |
Pan-Pacific Championships |
Kobe |
08-14-93 |
| 3:49.94* |
Sadoviy, RUS |
European Championships |
Sheffield |
08-06-93 |
| 3:49.94 |
Brembilla |
ITA Nationals |
Catania |
08-23-96 |
| 3:49.95 |
Cetlinski |
U.S. Open |
Orlando |
12-20-87 |
| 3:49.95p |
Holmertz |
Olympics |
Barcelona |
07-29-92 |
| 3:49.96 |
Dassler |
Meeting NOK |
East Berlin |
02-03-87 |
| 3:49.96 |
Pfeiffer |
FRG Olympic Trials |
Karlsruhe |
07-24-88 |
| 3:49.96 |
Pfeiffer |
Olympics |
Seoul |
09-23-88 |
| 3:49.97 |
Loader |
Olympics |
Barcelona |
07-29-92 |
| 3:49.99p |
Pfeiffer |
Olympics |
Barcelona |
07-29-92 |
| 3:50.00 |
Perkins |
Queensland State Championships |
Victoria |
01-13-95 |
| 3:50.01p |
Kevin Boyd, GBR |
Olympics |
Seoul |
09-23-88 |
| 3:50.01 |
Kowalski |
Pan-Pacific Championships |
Atlanta |
08-12-95 |
| 3:50.02 |
Glen Housman, AUS |
AUS Nationals/OTs |
Canberra |
04-03-92 |
| 3:50.03 |
Holmertz |
U.S. Open |
Orlando |
12-20-87 |
| 3:50.03 |
Brown |
AUS WCTs |
Brisbane |
10-12-90 |
| 3:50.03 |
Kowalski |
World Championships |
Rome |
09-09-94 |
| 3:50.03p |
Palmer |
European Championships |
Seville |
08-22-97 |
| 3:50.04 |
Perkins |
U.S. Open |
Minneapolis |
11-29-91 |
| 3:50.05 |
Henkel |
World Championships |
Madrid |
08-21-86 |
| 3:50.05p |
Loader |
Olympics |
Barcelona |
07-29-92 |
| 3:50.06p |
Holmertz |
Olympics |
Seoul |
09-23-88 |
| 3:50.06 |
Kasvio |
Olympics |
Barcelona |
07-29-92 |
| Remaining Top 100 Performers |
| 3:50.16 |
Igor Snitko, UKR |
World Championships |
Perth |
01-15-98 |
| 3:50.39 |
Carvin |
U.S. Nationals |
Federal Way |
03-31-00 |
| 3:50.46 |
Giorgio Lamberti, ITA |
European Championships |
Athens |
08-23-91 |
| 3:50.49* |
Peter Szmidt, CAN |
CAN Nationals |
Etobicoke |
07-16-80 |
| 3:50.78 |
Pier Maria Siciliano, ITA |
ITA Winter Nationals |
Florence |
04-07-94 |
| 3:50.89 |
Evgeniy Logvinov, URS |
World Championships |
Perth |
01-12-91 |
| 3:51.01 |
Rossolino |
ITA Winter Nationals |
Turin |
04-18-00 |
| 3:51.03 |
George DiCarlo, USA |
U.S. Olympic Trials |
Indianapolis |
06-28-84 |
| 3:51.11 |
Belas Szabados, HUN |
Phoenician Grand Prix |
Phoenix |
05-17-97 |
| 3:51.12* |
Igor Snitko, UKR |
European Championships |
Seville |
08-22-97 |
| 3:51.23 |
Erik Vendt, USA |
U.S. Nationals |
Clovis |
08-14-98 |
| 3:51.35* |
Jacob Carstensen, DEN |
European Championships |
Istanbul |
07-27-99 |
| 3:51.43 |
Sviastoslav Semenov, URS |
World Championships |
Guayaquil |
08-05-82 |
| 3:51.44 |
John Mykkanen, USA |
U.S. Olympic Trials |
Indianapolis |
06-28-84 |
| 3:51.55 |
Zoltan Szilagy, HUN |
World Championships |
Perth |
01-12-91 |
| 3:51.55 |
Massimo Trevisan, ITA |
Meeting Seven Hills |
Rome |
06-14-92 |
| 3:51.56 |
Brian Goodell, USA |
GDR Dual |
East Berlin |
08-27-77 |
| 3:51.60 |
Malcolm Allen, AUS |
AUS Nationals/OTs |
Sydney |
04-23-96 |
| 3:51.63* |
Borut Petric, YUG |
European Championships |
Split |
09-10-81 |
| 3:51.63 |
Rick Say, CAN |
CAN Winter Nationals |
Toronto |
03-09-00 |
| 3:51.66 |
Mike O'Brien, USA |
U.S. Olympic Trials |
Indianapolis |
06-28-84 |
| 3:51.75 |
Peter Wright, USA |
U.S. Nationals |
Austin |
07-29-93 |
| 3:51.79 |
Justin Lemberg, AUS |
Olympics |
Los Angeles |
08-02-84 |
| 3:51.81 |
John Piersma, USA |
Pan-Pacific Championships |
Fukuoka |
08-12-97 |
| 3:51.86p |
Graeme Smith, GBR |
European Championships |
Seville |
08-22-97 |
| 3:51.95 |
Josh Davis, USA |
World University Games |
Fukuoka |
08-27-95 |
| 3:51.98 |
Jeff Float, USA |
URS Dual |
Kiev |
08-22-81 |
| 3:52.00 |
Jon Younghouse, USA |
U.S. Nationals |
Clovis |
08-14-98 |
| 3:52.12* |
Christophe Marchand, FRA |
FRA Winter Nationals |
La Rochelle |
03-22-90 |
| 3:52.17 |
Norbert Agh, HUN |
HUN Nationals |
Budapest |
07-16-89 |
| 3:52.19 |
Mike Bruner, USA |
U.S. "Olympic Trials" |
Irvine |
07-31-80 |
| 3:52.23 |
Thomas Muller, FRG |
FRG Nationals |
Sindelfingen |
07-03-87 |
| 3:52.25*? |
Luiz Lima, BRA |
Pan-Ams |
Winnipeg |
08-06-99 |
| 3:52.3l |
Scott Brackett, USA |
Goodwill Games |
Moscow |
07-07-86 |
| 3:52.31 |
Tyler Painter, USA |
U.S. Nationals/Pan-Pacific Trials |
Nashville |
07-29-97 |
| 3:52.32a |
Masato Hiranoi, JPN |
Pan-Pacific Championships |
Sydney |
08-22-99 |
| 3:52.53 |
Alexei Akatiev, RUS |
RUS Nationals/OTs |
Moscow |
04-26-96 |
| 3:52.54 |
Tim Shaw, USA |
Olympics |
Montreal |
07-22-76 |
| 3:52.55 |
Darjan Petric, YUG |
World Championships |
Guayaquil |
08-15-82 |
| 3:52.58 |
Steffen Leiss, GDR |
URS Dual |
Tallinn |
03-14-88 |
| 3:52.58 |
Sylvain Cros, FRA |
European Championships |
Istanbul |
07-27-99 |
| 3:52.63p |
Chris Thompson, USA |
Pan-Pacific Championships |
Sydney |
08-22-99 |
| 3:52.66 |
Jon Sakovich, USA |
U.S. Nationals/WCTs |
Indianapolis |
08-17-94 |
| 3:52.67 |
Bruce Hayes, USA |
U.S. Nationals |
Ft. Lauderdale |
08-17-84 |
| 3:52.67 |
John Witchel, USA |
U.S. Nationals |
Los Angeles |
08-03-89 |
| 3:52.75 |
Roberto Gleria, ITA |
ITA Nationals |
Catania |
07-06-87 |
| 3:52.86 |
Trent Bray, NZL |
Commonwealth Games |
Victoria |
08-22-94 |
| 3:52.89 |
Turlough O'Hare, CAN |
Pan-Pacific Championships |
Tokyo |
08-19-89 |
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