Guilherme Costa Resets 400 Freestyle South American Record with 3:43.31

2022 FINA WORLD AQUATICS CHAMPIONSHIPS

After breaking his own South American and national record in prelims on Day 1 of the 2022 World Swimming Championships, Brazil’s Guilherme Costa swam 3:43.31 in finals to break those records again. That swim lowers the mark by more than a second, improving on the 3:44.52 he swam in the heats to qualify for the final. In addition to rebreaking his record, Costa snagged bronze, improving on his 11th place from Tokyo.

Split Comparison:

2022 World Champs–Final 2022 World Champs–Prelims 2021 Brazilian Olympic Trials
100 54.24 54.15 54.35
200 57.47 56.67 57.51
300 57.23 57.19 57.51
400 54.37 56.50 56.01
Total 3:43.31 3:44.52 3:45.85

As you can see from the split comparisons, Costa was much faster over the last 100 in the Budapest final than he was for either of his two other records. In fact, that’s where he found all of the time to reset the record from the prelims, as in the morning he was faster over the first 300.

At the 2019 World Championships, Costa placed 21st in the 800 free in 7:58.67 and 25th in the 1500 freestyle in 15:20.73. He holds the Brazilian and South American records in the 400 (3:43.31), 800 (7:46.09), and 1500 (14:55.49) freestyles.

In addition to the 400 free, Costa is slated to race both the 800 and 1500 at 2022 Worlds. Given his start on Day 1, it’s fair to put South American records in the 800 and 1500 free on notice.

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Sophie grew up in Boston, Massachusetts, which means yes, she does root for the Bruins, but try not to hold that against her. At 9, she joined her local club team because her best friend convinced her it would be fun. Shoulder surgery ended her competitive swimming days long ago, …

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