Olympic champion Lukas Martens of Germany has broken the men’s 400-metre freestyle record at the Swim Open Stockholm.
German clocks 3:39.96 to break compatriot Paul Biedermann’s mark from 2009The Associated Press
· Posted: Apr 13, 2025 9:41 AM EDT | Last Updated: 9 hours ago
Germany’s Lukas Martens, pictured at Paris 2024, became the first swimmer to break the three minute 40 seconds barrier on Saturday at the Swim Open Stockholm. (Kai Pfaffenbach/Reuters)Olympic champion Lukas Martens of Germany has broken the men’s 400-metre freestyle record at the Swim Open Stockholm.
Martens became the first swimmer to break the three minute 40 seconds barrier, finishing Saturday’s race with a time of 3:39.96.
That was 0.11 seconds better than the previous record set by fellow German Paul Biedermann in 2009, according to Olympics.com.
Biedermann’s mark had been set wearing the drag-reducing “super suits” that were eventually banned in 2010.
The 23-year-old Martens won the 400m freestyle gold medal at the 2024 Paris Olympics with a time of 3:41.78.
