Frenchman Leon Marchaland holds the world record in the men's 400m medley.
For 15 years the king was Michael Phelps. But the French beat him in Fukukoa. The reigning world champion swam in 4:02.50 , canceling the 4:03.84 set at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games by Phelps.
The American Carson Foster won the silver. The bronze instead went to the Japanese Daiya Seto. Nothing to do for Italy: the blue Alberto Razzetti finished in seventh place with a time lower than that established in the semifinal.
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