Italian record progression 400 metres freestyle
# Italian record progression 400 metres freestyle

## Long course (50 m)

### Men

| # | Time | Name | Club | Date | Meet | Location |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 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 |

### Women

| # | Time | Name | Club | Date | Meet | Location |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 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 |

## Short course (25 m)

### Men

| # | Time | | Name | Club | Date | Meet | Location |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 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 |

### Women

| # | Time | Name | Club | Date | Meet | Location |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 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 |
