DUBAI - Ryan Lochte of the United States won the gold medal in the men's 400 metres individual medley at the SC Worlds on Thursday with a new world record time of 3:55.50.

He became the first swimmer in 2010 to set a world record in a solo event.

Lochte shaved 1.77 off the previous world record of 3:57.27 which Hungary’s Laszlo Cseh set at last Europeans in Istanbul.

World record evolution (Time, Name/Nationality, Place, Date):
3:55.50 Ryan Lochte USA Dubai 16.12.10
3:57.27 Laszlo Cseh HUN Istanbul 11.12.09
3:59.33 Cseh Laszlo HUN Debrecen 14.12.07
4:00.37 Cseh Laszlo HUN Trieste 09.12.05
4:02.72 Johns Brian CAN Victoria 23.02.03
4:04.24 Dunn Matthew AUS Perth 24.09.98

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Istanbul, 2 world records and 4 European marks
Dec 11, 2009