2022 COMMONWEALTH GAMES
- Friday, July 29 – Wednesday, August 3, 2022
- Birmingham, England
- Sandwell Aquatic Center
- Start Times
- Prelims: 10:30 am local / 5:30 am ET
- Finals: 7:00 pm local / 2:00 pm ET
- LCM (50m)
- Meet Central
- Event Schedule
- Entry List (PDF)
- Live Results
Ariarne Titmus of Australia further sealed her status as one of the most dominant freestyle swimmers in the world, as the 21-year-old just nailed a 400m freestyle victory here on the final night of competition at the 2022 Commonwealth Games.
Stopping the clock in a time of 3:58.06, Titmus earned one of two times under the 4:00 barrier, with Canadian superstar Summer McIntosh, just 15 years of age, snagging silver in a new World Junior Record time of 3:59.32.
For Titmus, her time tonight in Birmingham checks in as a new Commonwealth Games record, overtaking the previous standard of 4:00.93 she logged herself 4 years ago in the Gold Coast.
In terms of her already-prolific career, tonight’s 3:58.06 performance represents the 4th fastest time of the Dean Boxall-trained star’s career and the 7th fastest performance of all time. She owns the current World Record in the 3:56.40 she produced just earlier this year at the Australian Trials.
Titmus’ top 5 400m freestyle performances of all-time
- 3:56.40, 2022 WR
- 3:56.69, 2021
- 3:56.90, 2021
- 3:58.06, 2022
- 3:58.76, 2019
Top 400m freestyle performances of all-time
- 3:56.40, Titmus 2022 WR
- 3:56.46, Katie Ledecky (USA) 2016
- 3:56.69, Titmus 2021
- 3:56.90 Titmus 2021
- 3:57.36, Ledecky 2021
- 3:57.94, Ledecky 2021
- 3:58.06, Titmus 2022
Splits for tonight’s performance:
I don’t remember Ledecky going 3:57 twice in 2021. One was Tokyo silver. What was the other one?
400 FR LCM3:56.463:56.461911252022 Summer Nationals (LCM)2016 Olympic GamesPVNCAP8/7/2016YesPROG.
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RELAY400 FR LCM3:57.363:57.362411132020 Olympic Trials Wave II2020 Olympic GamesPVNCAP7/26/2021YesPROG.
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RELAY400 FR LCM3:57.943:57.942111052022 Summer Nationals (LCM)2018 Pro Series – IndianapolisPCSTAN5/17/2018YesPROG.
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RELAY400 FR LCM3:58.153:58.152511022022 Summer Nationals (LCM)2022 World ChampsFLUN6/18/2022YesPROG.
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RELAY400 FR LCM3:58.343:58.342011002022 Summer Nationals (LCM)2017 World ChampsPCUN7/23/2017YesPROG.
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RELAY400 FR LCM3:58.373:58.371711122020 Olympic Trials Wave I2014 Pan Pacific ChampsPVNCAP8/23/2014YesPROG.
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RELAY400 FR LCM3:58.443:58.442010982022 Summer Nationals (LCM)2017 Summer NationalsPCSTAN6/30/2017YesPROG.
INDIV.
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Read the article,
Swimswam wrote:
3:57.36, Ledecky 2021
3:57.94, Ledecky 2021
2018 Pro Series Indianapolis. It looks like she went a 3:58 in 2014 and eight years later still able to repeat
So 2018 and 2021, and NOT 2021 and 2021 as the article says.
She didn’t. The time listed as 6 should be 2018, not 2021.
Faster than Ledecky’s gold medal swim .. could have won Worlds ?
She could have won but she didn’t show up. She was already faster than Ledecky this year so I don’t think you need to rub it in further.
just stating the facts… they love to rub it in when Ledecky swims a faster 200m free that “could have won worlds” but they stay silent when the shoe is on the other foot … american ignorance at
sorry we are a better swimming country
stick to the facts of the article AND STOP BEING AN IGNORANT FOOL
Agreed. Just look at Lia Thomas.
And yet, Swimswam created a special article when Ledecky swam 1:54 mid in US summer Nationals just last week.
Ledecky would have won 200 free worlds with 1:54mid but she didn’t show up in 200 free start.
But she would have won!!!! Lol
Likewise Titmus would’ve won 200 & 400.
Not if Titmus swam it.
Just for clarification, are you Katie’s mother?
oh you are trying to make fun of me?
Nope, as others have noted, Titmus’ prelims swims in both the 400 Free and 800 Free at the 2022 Birmingham AUS Inter-squad Games would not have qualified her for Finals at the 2022 Budapest World Championships.
I love how mad you get that someone dares have a competition you’re not involved in. And even when they swim better times than your best swimmer all you can do is throw insults and make excuses.
Might I suggest getting a hobby?
Pls point out the insults and excuses in Tigger’s comment
Would have won worlds
Probably her time today wasn’t as fast as expected
Titmus’ times in her individual 200m Free and 400m Free certainly were not as fast in Birmingham as they were in that loooooong, looooooong, oft-measured Adelaide pool.
Interestingly, I don’t think Titmus’ prelims times at Birmingham in the 400 Free and 800 Free would’ve even qualified her for the Finals at Budapest Worlds, correct?
I’m not sure you understand the rules of the ‘Would’ve games’.
If anyone swam a time in the US championship or the CWG that WOULD’VE won a medal they qualify.
Remember MA would’ve been multiple individual Olympics Gold medalists if the Olympics were held in yards & not metres swimming pools.
Omg. So she intelligently swam for the conditions she was in instead of wasting energy for no reason? Thanks for pointing out another reason she’s so great!
The point is that the World and Comm meets are not comparable. Situation for Titmus is very different when she can swim in low-pressure environment, lag in prelims and essentially then swim a one-off time trial in Finals against inter-squad competition whom she knows she will beat (esp in 200 and 800 Fr). That’s what Titmus did at Birmingham, and what she also did in Adelaide in breaking the 400 Free world record on what she admitted was her biggest taper ever. Even so, her indiv event times at Comms were slow versus her own record and her times at Tokyo.
Ledecky has no competition at US trials in the 200, 400, 800 or 1500 and could cruise through heats. Why isn’t she breaking records? I guess she’s just not very good?
Ok, so just so we’re clear:
Hunter Armstrong WR at US trials: That counts because he’s American.
Ledecky times at US trials: Those count even though she has zero domestic competition in any of her events.
Ledecky time at US Nationals which was missing the vast majority of Worlds swimmers where she swam a 200 that “would’ve won” worlds: Amazing. She can swim super fast times without even being pushed!
Titmus WR at Australian trials: She had no competition so it doesn’t even count.
Titmus WR at Comm Games: Oh the field was so thin so there was no pressure, of course they were going to break the WR
So basically any time an Australian swims well… Read more »
Summer McIntosh’s 3:59.32 is not the world junior record. The world junior record is Katie Ledecky’s 3:58.37 from the 2014 Pan Pacific Championships. However, it is a new national record for Summer.
“…with Canadian superstar Summer McIntosh, just 15 years of age, snagging silver in a new World Junior Record time of 3:59.32.”
Why does every article keep saying this is a World Junior Record? It’s not; Katie Ledecky still has it at 3:58.37. Summer has the fastest swim as a 15-year-old by a vast margin, yes, but that doesn’t = WJR
Give her time. She’ll have ALL the records and then these articles won’t bug you so much 😎
To be accurate, the FINA recognized WJR in 400FR is Ledecky’s 2014 PanPacs swim of 3:58.37. Having said that, that “only” leaves 15 year old Summer McIntosh 4 WJRs – 200FR, 200FL, 200IM, 400IM. Ledecky and Titmus are amazing swimmers and both are great role models. Lets hope McIntosh can stay grounded and healthy – so that she too can inspire the next generation of swimmers. There’s room for lots of greatness – as athletes and as people. Ledecky and Titmus are both.
She will by Paris 😉