CHARTRES - Olympic gold medalist Camille Muffat set a short-course world record for the women's 400 metres freestyle at the European championships on Saturday.

She won gold and clocked a time of 3:54.85, breaking the previous mark of 3:54.92 set by Joanne Jackson of Great Britain at British Grand Prix in 2009.

World record evolution (Time, Name/Nationality, Place, Date):
3:54.85 Camille Muffat FRA Chartres 24.11.12
3:54.92 Joanne Jackson GBR Leeds 08.08.09
3:56.09 Manaudou Laure FRA Helsinki 09.12.06
3:56.79 Manaudou Laure FRA Trieste 10.12.05
3:59.53 Benko Lindsay USA Berlin 26.01.03
4:00.03 Poll Claudia CRC Goteborg 19.04.96

Leading results on Saturday:

MIXED FREESTYLE RELAY
1. France FRA 1:29.64
2. Russia RUS 1:30.41
3. Finland FIN 1:31.74

WOMEN

400 FREESTYLE
1. Camille Muffat FRA 3:54.85
2. Lotte Friis DEN 3:58.85
3. Coralie Balmy FRA 3:59.80

100 INDIVIDUAL MEDLEY
1. Katinka Hosszu HUN 58.83
2. Zsuzsanna Jakabos HUN 59.15
3. Siobhan-Marie O'Connor GBR 59.72

50 BACKSTROKE
1. Laure Manaudou FRA 26.78
2. Sanja Jovanovic CRO 26.84
3. Simona Baumrtova CZE 26.97

MEN

1500 FREESTYLE
1. Gregorio Paltrinieri ITA 14:27.78
2. Sergiy Frolov UKR 14:30.87
3. Anthony Pannier FRA 14:41.97

200 BUTTERFLY
1. Laszlo Cseh HUN 1:52.11
2. Viktor B. Bromer DEN 1:53.38
3. Joeri Verlinden NED 1:53.47

100 FREESTYLE
1. Vladimir Morozov RUS 45.68
2. Evgeny Lagunov RUS 46.52
3. Yannick Agnel FRA 46.80

50 BREASTSTROKE
1. Fabio Scozzoli ITA 26.18
2. Aleksander Hetland NOR 26.20
3. Damir Dugonjic SLO 26.24