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2025 CHINESE NATIONAL GAMES
Monday, November 10th – Monday, November 17th (swimming) Shenzhen, China LCM (50m) Prelims at 9am local (8pm previous night ET)/Finals at 7pm local (6am ET) Meet Central Day 1 Finals Recap ResultsNew World Junior Record!!!!!!
A World Record Holder Zhang Zhanshuo did it again!!!!
Men’s 400Fr 张展硕 (Zhang Zhanshuo) 3:42.82 =WJR!!!!!! t.co/kvwKeJQTNT pic.twitter.com/UzZNNLxxXn
— 競泳NEWS (@swimcoverage) November 10, 2025
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The men’s 400m freestyle started off the first finals session of the 2025 Chinese National Games with a huge bang as 18-year-old Zhang Zhanshuo fired off a new World Junior Record of 3:42.82 en route to gold.
The teen was far and away ahead of the field, as Xu Haibo was next to the wall nearly 5 seconds back in 3:47.73 followed by Fei Liwei who captured bronze in 3:47.91.
Zhang’s monster time of 3:42.82 overwrote the former official WJR of 3:44.37 Bulgarian Petar Mitsin put on the books in 2023.
However, Zhang held the unofficial WJR with the 3:42.99 he unleashed just this past September at the Chinese Nationals.
Prior to that, Zhang’s career-swiftest outing rested at the 3:44.82 notched at this year’s World Championships. There in Singapore, Zhang ultimately placed 5th.
His effort this evening now ranks him as China’s 3rd-swiftest men’s 400m free swimmer of all time.
China’s Top 5 Men’s LCM 400 Freestyle Performers All-Time
Sun Yang – 3:40.14, 2012 Zhang Lin – 3:41.35, 2009 Zhang Zhanshuo – 3:42.82, 2025 Fei Liwei – 3:44.24, 2024 Hao Yun – 3:44.87, 2013This caliber of performance is par for the course for rising Zhang. At the 2023 World Championships, he became the fastest-ever 16-year-old 400m IM performer (4:12.44) before Japan’s Raito Numata overtook the crown (4:12.10) earlier this year.
At the 2024 World Championships, he helped China take gold in both the men’s 4x100m free and 4x200m free relays before also reaping silver on the men’s 4x200m free relay in Singapore.
Also in tonight’s final was 100m freestyle world record holder and Olympic champion Pan Zhanle who hit 3:48.93 for 5th place. Once-banned Olympic champion and reigning national record holder Sun Yang settled for 6th place in a time of 3:49.53.
MEN’S 400 FREE – FINAL
World Record – 3:39.96, Lukas Märtens (GER), 2025 Asian Record – 3:40.14, Sun Yang (CHN), 2012 CHN Record – 3:40.14, Sun Yang, 2012GOLD – Zhang Zhanshuo (CHN), 3:42.82 *World Junior Record SILVER – Xu Haibo (CHN), 3:47.73 BRONZE – Fei Liwei (CHN), 3:47.91
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