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Reported by Michael Hamann.

Men’s 400 IM Final

• World Record: 3:54.81 – SETO Daiya (JPN) 20 DEC 2019
• Championship Record: 3:55.50 – LOCHTE Ryan (USA) 16 DEC 2010
• World Junior Record: 3:59.15 – SETO Daiya (JPN) 13 DEC 2012

Top 8 finishers:

1. Daiya Seto (JPN): 3:56.26
2. Illia Borodin (RUS): 3:56.47 (WJR)
3. Carson Foster (USA): 3:57.99
4. Alberto Razzetti (ITA): 3:59.57
5. Kieran Smith (USA): 4:03.29
6. Eitan Ben Shitrit (ISR): 4:08.31
7. Brandonn Almeida (BRA): 4:08.77
8. Balazs Hollo (HUN): 4:11.26

Japan’s Daiya Seto, the current World Record holder, led wire to wire and held off a hard charging Illia Borodin to win the world title in 3:56.26. Seto’s lifetime best of 3:54.81 came in the 2019 ISL finals in Las Vegas.

Nearly running down Seto was Russia’s Illia Borodin, who shattered Seto’s World Junior Record by almost three seconds by touching in 3:56.47. The Russian had a blistering freestyle leg, splitting 28.32/26.49 on the final 100 to nearly catch Seto for the gold. His swim also sets a new European Record.