2019 FINA WORLD AQUATICS CHAMPIONSHIPS
- All sports: Friday, July 12 – Sunday, July 28, 2019
- Pool swimming: Sunday, July 21 – Sunday, July 28, 2019
- The Nambu University Municipal Aquatics Center, Gwangju, Korea
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Gabriele Detti set a new Italian Record in the final of the men’s 400 freestyle in Gwangju, winning the bronze medal in a time of 3:43.23.
Detti set the previous record of 3:43.36 at the 2017 Italian Championships, and then equalled that swim earlier this year. When he first set the mark in 2017, he broke Massimiliano Rosolino‘s record of 3:43.40 that had stood since 2000.
In tonight’s final, the 24-year-old Detti cruised through the first half of the race in 1:52.12, sitting sixth in the field, and then turned on the jets coming with a 1:51.11 back end to move up onto the podium.
Compared to his two 3:43.36 swims, he was out much more conservatively tonight:
| Detti, 2017 Italian Championships | Detti, 2019 Italian Championships | Detti, 2019 World Championships |
| 26.23 | 26.12 | 25.99 |
| 54.35 (28.12) | 54.07 (27.95) | 54.43 (28.44) |
| 1:22.55 (28.20) | 1:22.10 (28.03) | 1:23.28 (28.85) |
| 1:51.07 (28.52) | 1:50.65 (28.55) | 1:52.12 (28.84) |
| 2:19.48 (28.41) | 2:18.97 (28.32) | 2:20.59 (28.47) |
| 2:47.87 (28.39) | 2:47.56 (28.59) | 2:49.03 (28.44) |
| 3:16.03 (28.16) | 3:15.83 (28.27) | 3:16.62 (27.59) |
| 3:43.36 (27.33) | 3:43.36 (28.50) | 3:43.23 (26.61) |
Sun Yang won gold, his fourth consecutive, in a time of 3:42.44, and Olympic gold medalist Mack Horton moved up to grab silver in 3:43.17. Detti got in for the bronze, moving past Lithuanian Danas Rapsys (3:43.50) on the last 50.
Detti has now won bronze in this event at three consecutive major international competitions (Olympics & Worlds), doing so in Rio and Budapest as well. He was also the 2016 European Champion but missed the competition last year due to a shoulder injury.
He’s also entered in the 200 and 800 free, coming in as the defending champion in the latter.