Summer McIntosh

2023 - 3 - 29

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Summer McIntosh smashes 400m freestyle swimming world record (Olympics)

The 16-year-old continues her meteoric rise in the sport by breaking a record previously held by Ariarne Titmus and Katie Ledecky. Find out more below.

[broke three junior world records in three days](https://olympics.com/en/news/summer-mcintosh-breaks-world-junior-record) at the TYR Pro Swim Series earlier this month. [Summer McIntosh](https://olympics.com/en/athletes/summer-mcintosh) continued her meteoric rise in [swimming](https://olympics.com/en/sports/swimming/) by breaking the women’s 400m freestyle world record at the Canadian trials on Tuesday (28 March). [Ariarne Titmus](https://olympics.com/en/athletes/ariarne-titmus), who took her record off reigning world champion [Katie Ledecky](https://olympics.com/en/athletes/katie-ledecky).

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Canadian teenager smashes 400m freestyle swimming world record (CNN)

Teenage swimmer Summer McIntosh smashed the 400m freestyle world record, shaving more than three-tenths of a second off the previous mark at the Canadian ...

She now trains in Florida under coach Brent Arckey with the Sarasota Sharks team. To achieve something like this, it was very unexpected. To be the best I can be. I’m just so grateful for everyone who got me to this point,” she told “Over the past few years, I’ve put my life into this. I’m not an emotional person, but I was hit with so much emotion.

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Summer McIntosh Excels Beyond All Expectations On Way to World ... (Swimming World Magazine)

As Ariarne Titmus and Katie Ledecky dueled for gold in what became one of the most memorable Olympic finals ever, a 14-year-old sat in bronze-medal position for ...

[after the World Championships](https://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/news/summer-mcintosh-has-officially-arrived-now-pointing-toward-greatness/), [after the Commonwealth Games](https://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/news/summer-mcintosh-shows-speed-fulfills-promise-with-six-medals-at-commonwealth-games/), after back-to-back stellar weeks at the U.S. Junior Nationals in December and even [after the very recent Pro Series meet](https://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/news/summer-mcintosh-setting-up-for-busy-and-potentially-historic-second-olympic-games/). That 400 IM world record, held by Katinka Hosszu at 4:26.46, sits in the distance, two seconds better than any swimmer in history, and McIntosh is third all-time at 4:28.61. Is 3:55 in the cards, possibly as soon as this summer’s World Championships in Fukuoka, Japan? How about the 200 free, where her world junior record of 1:54.13 ranks eighth all-time. Somehow, McIntosh has out-paced even the most ambitious expectations for her potential accomplishments in the pool. [a time of 3:56.06 Tuesday evening at the Canadian Swimming Trials](https://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/news/flash-summer-mcintosh-takes-down-400-freestyle-world-record-with-356-06/), McIntosh is now the fastest swimmer ever, better than even the legendary performances of her predecessors to hold the No. Even McIntosh recognized the gravity of what she had pulled off. At both meets, her lone silver came in the 400 free, when she finished just over a second behind Ledecky at Worlds and then Titmus at the Commonwealth Games. Out in 1:55.91 at the 200-meter mark, more than a second faster than Titmus in her world-record swim last year. In the end, Summer McIntosh fell behind China’s Li Bingjie for the last spot on the podium, but the swimming world was left anticipating —marveling, even — what this teenager could become. This was the sort of record that had the potential to stand the test of time.

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Live the moment poolside, when Summer McIntosh broke the 400m ... (NEWS.com.au)

Feel as thought you are right next to Summer McIntosh as she breaks her first world record at 16 years old, at the Canadian national swimming trials.

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Summer McIntosh to Laure Manaudou: Women's 400m freestyle ... (Sportstar)

Here is a list of the World Record holders in the women's 400m freestyle event from the 2000s.

Canadian teen Summer McIntosh sets world swimming record (Cornwall Seaway News)

TORONTO (AP) — Sixteen-year-old Summer McIntosh of Canada set a world record Tuesday night in the women's 400-meter freestyle.

“To achieve something like this, it was very unexpected. This just blows my mind.” McIntosh also shaved more than 3 seconds from her previous national record of 3:59.32.

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McIntosh breaks Titmus's 400m freestyle world record (The Express Tribune)

Teenage swimmer clocks world best time of 3min 56.08sec at Canadian Swimming Trials.

This just blows my mind." It was never in my dreams to do this tonight or even a few years ago. To achieve something like this, it was very unexpected.

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Summer McIntosh sets world record to open Bell Canadian ... (Canadian Olympic Committee)

Summer McIntosh had the Toronto Pan Am Sports Centre buzzing on Tuesday night as she set her first senior world record at the 2023 Bell Canadian Swimming ...

Olympians [Sydney Pickrem](https://olympic.ca/team-canada/sydney-pickrem/) and [Kelsey Wog](https://olympic.ca/team-canada/kelsey-wog/) both qualified for worlds in the women’s 200m breaststroke. [Javier Acevedo ](https://olympic.ca/team-canada/javier-acevedo/)swam his fastest 100m backstroke since 2017, qualifying for the worlds with his winning time of 53.83 seconds. Twice an Olympic medallist in the event, Masse had won the event at every Trials since 2016. McIntosh swam more than three seconds faster than the national record she set in winning silver behind Titmus at the 2022 Commonwealth Games. In other notable news from the opening night, Ingrid Wilm defeated Masse in the final of the women’s 100m backstroke. McIntosh went on to win six medals at the 2022 Commonwealth Games.

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Summer McIntosh, Canada's 16-year-old swim star, smashes world ... (Daily Mail)

Competing in the Canadian swimming trials at the Pan Am Sports Centre in Toronto, McIntosh finished in 3 minutes, 56.08 seconds to break the mark of 3:56.40 ...

If she shaves just over two seconds off her time, she has the potential to break yet another world record. McIntosh could break another world record on Saturday when she races in the 400m IM McIntosh also shaved more than 3 seconds from her previous national record of 3:59.32. This just blows my mind.' Summer McIntosh celebrates on the top step of the podium after breaking the world record 'To achieve something like this, it was very unexpected.

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Ariarne Titmus 400m freestyle: Australian swimming star's world ... (Sporting News AU)

The women's 400 metre freestyle swimming event at the 2024 Paris Olympics is shaping up to be a very tasty race, with Canadian young gun Summer McIntosh ...

Ledecky was previously the queen of the 400 metre event, setting the world record in 2014 before improving on it two more times, with her best effort a 3:56.46. This just blows my mind." A lot has been made of the rivalry between Ledecky and Titmus in the pool, but McIntosh is primed to make it a three-way battle in Paris. I'm just so grateful for everyone who got me to this point. "Over the past few years, I've put my life into this. The women's 400 metre freestyle swimming event at the 2024 Paris Olympics is shaping up to be a very competitive encounter, with Canadian young gun Summer McIntosh putting herself into contention off the back of a stunning world record performance.

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'Nobody cares': Star's reality check for Titmus (Wide World of Sports)

The "sky is the limit" for new 400 metres freestyle world record holder Summer McIntosh, setting the stage ...

"But you're only as good as your last race. There's always someone else coming through and gunning for your spot. READ MORE:

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