PESCARA - Federica Pellegrini of Italy has set a world record in the 400 metres freestyle at the Mediterranean Games on Saturday.

She won the final Saturday night in 4:00.41 seconds, lowering the old mark of 4:00.66 set by Joanne Jackson of Great Britain in March.

World record evolution (Time, Name/Nationality, Place, Date):
4:00.41 Federica Pellegrini ITA Pescara 27.06.09
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

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Briton Jackson sets world record in 400 freestyle
Mar 17, 2009