Italian record progression 400 metres freestyle

Long course (50 m)

Men

# Time Name Club Date Meet Location Ref
1 5:34.00 Mario Massa Juv. Nervi 1923 - Rijeka, Croatia
2 5:32.20 Giuseppe Perentin Pullino 1927 - Bologna, Italy
3 5:27.20 R. Baciagalupo Nafta Ge. 1928 - Rome, Italy
4 5:25.00 Giuseppe Perentin Edera Trieste 1929 - Bologna, Italy
5 5:24.00 Paolo Costoli Libero 1929 - Rome, Italy
6 5:19.00 Paolo Costoli Libero 1929 - Rome, Italy
7 4:54.60 Giovanni Paliaga R.n. Napoli 1950 - Turin, Italy
8 4:40.40 Angelo Romani Vis Sauro 1954 - Turin, Italy
9 4:37.60 Angelo Romani  Italy 1 Dec 1956 Olympic Games Melbourne, Australia
10 4:37.50 Fritz Dennerlein Can. Napoli 1960 - Rome, Italy
11 4:35.60 Paolo Galletti Florentia 1960 - Rome, Italy
12 4:31.10 Giovanni Orlando Can. Napoli 1961 - Turin, Italy
13 4:29.90 Giovanni Orlando Can. Napoli 1962 - Leipzig, Germany
14 4:29.80 Sergio De Gregorio Roma Nuoto 1963 - Sanremo, Italy
15 4:25.80 Pierpaolo Spangaro Edera Trieste 1964 - Sanremo, Italy
16 4:21.40 Sandro Grassi Florentia 1971 - Syracuse, Sicily, Italy
17 4:19.60 Sandro Grassi Florentia 1971 - Milan, Italy
18 4:19.60 Arnaldo Cinquetti Fiamme Oro Roma 1972 - Rome, Italy
19 4:19.00 Arnaldo Cinquetti Fiamme Oro Roma 1972 - Groningen (city), Netherlands
20 4:16.30 Arnaldo Cinquetti Fiamme Oro Roma 1972 - Rome, Italy
21 4:13.60 Arnaldo Cinquetti Fiamme Oro Roma 1972 - Turin, Italy
22 4:11.50 Arnaldo Cinquetti Fiamme Oro Roma 1973 - Bratislava, Slovakia
23 4:09.37 Arnaldo Cinquetti Fiamme Oro Roma 1973 - Belgrade, Serbia
24 4:06.70 Marcello Guarducci Carabinieri 1976 - Acapulco, Mexico
25 4:03.95 Fabio Bracaglia Lazio Nuoto 1976 - Oslo, Norway
26 4:02.01 Giorgio Quadri Lazio Nuoto 1977 - Chiavari, Italy
27 3:59.71 Paolo Revelli De Gregorio-NC Verona 1978 - Rome, Italy
28 3:58.90 Paolo Revelli De Gregorio-NC Verona 1978 - Berlin, Germany
29 3:58.17 Giorgio Quadri Fiamme Oro Roma 1980 - Piacenza, Italy
30 3:56.73 M. Rodella Fiat Ricambi 1982 - Chiavari, Italy
31 3:56.03 Marco Dell'Uomo De Gregorio-NC Verona 1984 - Amersfoort, Netherlands
32 3:55.73 Marco Dell'Uomo De Gregorio-NC Verona 1984 - Rome, Italy
33 3:55.00 Marco Dell'Uomo De Gregorio-NC Verona 1984 - Los Angeles, United States
34 3:52.73 Giorgio Lamberti Leonessa Brescia 1987 - Strasbourg, France
35 3:50.58 Giorgio Lamberti Leonessa Brescia 1988 - San Donato Milanese, Italy
36 3:50.46 Giorgio Lamberti Leonessa Brescia 1991 - Athens, Greece
37 3:49.35 Emiliano Brembilla Bergamo Nuoto 1996 - Atlanta, United States
38 3:49.32 Emiliano Brembilla Carabinieri 1997 - Bari, Italy
39 3:48.94 Emiliano Brembilla Carabinieri 1997 - San Donato Milanese, Italy
40 3:45.96 Emiliano Brembilla Carabinieri 1997 - Seville, Spain
41 3:45.65 Massimiliano Rosolino Canottieri 2000 - Sydney, Australia
42 3:43.40 Massimiliano Rosolino  Italy 16 Sep 2000 Olympic Games Sydney, Australia
Legend: # – Record awaiting ratification by Italian Swimming Federation; WR – World record; ER – European record;
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

Women

# Time Name Club Date Meet Location Ref
1 06:51.80 Nerina Bravin Sturla 1929 - Rome, Italy
2 06:45.20 Ines Sulligi Sturla 1931 - Rome, Italy
3 06:39.20 Emanuela Toso Sturla 1933 - Bologna, Italy
4 06:27.80 Narcisa Foscati Sturla 1936 - Trieste, Italy
5 06:21.40 Liliana Riva Sturla 1937 - Sanremo, Italy
6 06:18.20 S. Samuel Torino N. 1935 - Sanremo, Italy
7 06:11.80 Etta Radivo Giordana Genova 1938 - Trieste, Italy
8 06:02.90 M. Kratochwila Giordana Genova 1938 - Sanremo, Italy
9 05:55.50 Etta Radivo N/a 1941 - Sanremo, Italy
10 05:42.20 Romana Calligaris R.n. napoli 1949 - Venezia, Italy
11 05:36.40 Romana Calligaris R.N. Napoli 1950 - Levanto, Liguria, Italy
12 05:35.40 Romana Calligaris R.N. Napoli 1951 - Trieste, Italy
13 05:35.40 Romana Calligaris R.N. Napoli 1951 - Trieste, Italy
14 05:34.90 Sandra Valle R.N. Napoli 1957 - Rome, Italy
15 05:31.00 Sandra Valle R.N. Napoli 1957 - Paris, France
16 05:30.10 Sandra Valle R.N. Napoli 1957 - Genoa, Italy
17 05:28.80 Romana Calligaris Na 1951 - Marseille, France
18 05:22.60 Velleda Veschi - 1957 - Genoa, Italy
19 05:19.30 Velleda Veschi - 1958 - Budapest, Hungary
20 05:15.50 Paola Saini - 1960 - Rome, Italy
21 05:13.10 Paola Saini - 1960 - Rome, Italy
22 05:12.80 Paola Saini - 1961 - Turin, Italy
23 05:09.00 Daniela Beneck - 1962 - Rome, Italy
24 05:08.00 Paola Saini - 1962 - Moscow, Russia
25 05:06.10 Daniela Beneck - 1962 - Sanremo, Italy
26 05:05.30 Daniela Beneck - 1962 - Genoa, Italy
27 05:04.80 Daniela Beneck - 1962 - Rome, Italy
28 04:56.90 Daniela Beneck Nazionale 1964 - Paris, France
29 04:56.10 Daniela Beneck Nazionale 1964 - Dieren, Netherlands
30 04:52.20 Daniela Beneck Nazionale 1965 - Sanremo, Italy
31 04:51.50 Nives Cassera Nazionale 1968 - Málaga, Spain
32 04:46.20 Novella Calligaris Nazionale 1969 - Milan, Italy
33 04:45.70 Novella Calligaris Nazionale 1969 - Belgrade, Serbia
34 04:42.70 Novella Calligaris Nazionale 1969 - Naples, Italy
35 04:42.20 Novella Calligaris Nazionale 1969 - Vienna, Italy
36 04:39.10 Novella Calligaris Nazionale 1969 - Dubrovnik, Italy
37 04:38.30 Novella Calligaris Nazionale 1971 - Düsseldorf, Italy
38 04:36.80 Novella Calligaris Nazionale 1971 - Rome, Italy
39 04:33.60 Novella Calligaris Nazionale 1971 - Berlin, Germany
40 04:31.90 Novella Calligaris Nazionale 1971 - Bolzano, Italy
41 04:31.90 Novella Calligaris Nazionale 1971 - Bolzano, Italy
42 04:31.80 Novella Calligaris Nazionale 1972 - Rome, Italy
43 04:29.10 Novella Calligaris Nazionale 1972 - Syracuse, Sicily, Italy
44 04:29.10 Novella Calligaris Nazionale 1972 - Syracuse, Sicily, Italy
45 04:26.70 Novella Calligaris Nazionale 1972 - Turin, Italy
46 04:24.14 Novella Calligaris Gre 1978 - Munich, Germany
47 04:22.44 Novella Calligaris Snam 1972 - Munich, Germany
48 04:22.44 Novella Calligaris Gre 1972 - Munich, Germany
49 04:21.79 Novella Calligaris SNAM 1973 - Belgrade, Serbia
50 04:21.79 Novella Calligaris Gre 1973 - Belgrade, Serbia
51 04:19.90 Roberta Felotti SNAM 1979 - Rome, Italy
52 04:18.94 Roberta Felotti SNAM 1979 - Split (city), Croatia
53 04:18.29 Roberta Felotti SNAM 1980 - Piacenza, Italy
54 04:18.14 Carla Lasi SNAM 1983 - Rome, Italy
55 04:15.51 Carla Lasi SNAM 1984 - Rome, Italy
56 04:15.37 Orietta Patron Gabbiano 1987 - Rome, Italy
57 04:13.31 Tanya Vannini Fiorentina N. 1987 - Strasbourg, France
58 04:10.71 Tanya Vannini Fiorentina N. 1987 - Strasbourg, France
59 04:10.38 Federica Pellegrini Dds 2005 - Riccione, Italy
60 04:08.56 Alessia Filippi Fiamme Gialle 2006 - Riccione, Italy
61 04:06.51 Federica Pellegrini Aniene 2007 - Melbourne, Australia
62 04:05.79 Federica Pellegrini Nazionale 2007 - Melbourne, Australia
63 04:01.53 Federica Pellegrini Nazionale 24 Mar 2008 - Eindhoven, Netherlands
Legend: # – Record awaiting ratification by Italian Swimming Federation; WR – World record; ER – European record;
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

Short course (25 m)

Men

# Time Name Club Date Meet Location Ref
1 05:05.40 Paolo Costoli Florentia 1929 - Nice, France
2 04:54.80 Paolo Costoli Florentia 1953 - Marseille, France
3 04:47.80 Giovanni Paliaga Fiat Ricambi 1953 - Torino, Italy
4 04:30.00 ER Angelo Romani Dom 1956 - New Haven, United States
5 03:52.21 Paolo Revelli Carabinieri 1981 - Gainesville, United States
6 03:49.72 Marco Dell'Uomo Carabinieri 1984 - Ravenna, Italy
7 03:46.70 Giorgio Lamberti Carabinieri 1987 - Loano, Italy
8 03:46.13 Giorgio Lamberti Carabinieri 1988 - Bonn, Germany
9 03:41.74 Giorgio Lamberti Carabinieri 1988 - Bonn, Germany
10 03:41.74 Giorgio Lamberti Dom 1988 - Bonn, Germany
11 03:41.15 Giorgio Lamberti Carabinieri 1990 - Desenzano, Italy
12 03:40.89 Giorgio Lamberti Carabinieri 1990 - Viareggio, Italy
13 03:40.83 Federico Colbertaldo Dom 2007 - Debrecen, Hungary
14 03:40.45 Emiliano Brembilla Canottieri 1998 - Sheffield, United Kingdom
15 03:39.59 Massimiliano Rosolino Larus Nuoto 2000 - València, Spain
16 03:39.55 Massimiliano Rosolino Larus Nuoto 4 Feb 2006 - East Meadow, New York, United States
Legend: # – Record awaiting ratification by Italian Swimming Federation; WR – World record; ER – European record;
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

Women

# Time Name Club Date Meet Location Ref
1 04:14.40 Carla Lasi San Donato 1982 - Asti, Italy
2 04:14.20 Carla Lasi SNAM 1984 - Verolanuova, Italy
3 04:13.68 Carla Lasi SNAM 1984 - Ravenna, Italy
4 04:12.44 Tanya Vannini Amici N. Firenze 1985 - Loano, Italy
5 04:10.83 Tanya Vannini Fiorentina N. 1986 - Bonn, Germany
6 04:09.90 Manuela Melchiorri Fiorentina N. 1989 - Lavagna, Italy
7 04:09.48 Manuela Melchiorri Dds 1990 - Desenzano, Italy
8 04:09.48 Tanya Vannini Fiorentina N. 1990 - Desenzano, Italy
9 04:09.38 Simona Ricciardi Dds 2002 - Verona, Italy
10 04:08.48 Simona Ricciardi Fiamme Gialle 2002 - Camogli, Italy
11 04:08.48 Simona Ricciardi Fiamme Gialle 2003 - Camogli, Italy
12 04:04.42 Simona Ricciardi Fiamme Gialle 2005 - Viareggio, Italy
13 04:02.81 Federica Pellegrini Nazionale 2005 - Trieste, Italy
14 03:59.96 Federica Pellegrini Nazionale 9 Dec 2006 - Helsinki, Finland
Legend: # – Record awaiting ratification by Italian Swimming Federation; WR – World record; ER – European record;
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

References