SHEFFIELD - Joanne Jackson set a world record in the 400 metres freestyle Monday at the British swimming championships.

Jackson, 22, finished the race in 4:00.66 seconds, breaking the previous mark of 4:01.53, set by Federica Pellegrini at the European Championships in Eindhoven last year.

Rebecca Adlington finished second and sqam also under the old mark, touching in at 4:00.89.

World record evolution (Time, Name/Nationality, Place, Date):
4:00.66 Joanne Jackson GBR Sheffield 16.03.09
4:01.53 Federica Pellegrini ITA Eindhoven 24.03.08
4:02.13 Laure Manaudou FRA Budapest 06.08.06
4:03.03 Laure Manaudou FRA Tours 13.05.06
4:03.85 Janet Evans USA Seoul 22.09.88
4:05.45 Janet Evans USA Orlando 20.12.87
4:06.28 Tracey Wickham AUS West Berlin 24.08.78

European record evolution (Time, Name/Nationality, Place, Date):
4:00.66 Joanne Jackson GBR Sheffield 16.03.09
4:01.53 Federica Pellegrini ITA Eindhoven 24.03.08
4:02.13 Laure Manaudou FRA Budapest 06.08.06
4:03.03 Laure Manaudou FRA Tours 13.05.06
4:05.34 Laure Manaudou FRA Athens 15.08.04
4:05.84 Anke Mohring GDR Bonn 17.08.89

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Pellegrini sets new 400m freestyle World record
Mar 24, 2008