Swimming 2016/Men's 400 metre freestyle

The men's 400 metre freestyle of Swimming 2016 during the 2016 Summer Olympics was held on 6 August 2016 in the Rio de Janeiro Olympic Aquatics Stadium. With 50 athletes competing, the event was won by Mack Horton from Australia, with Sun Yang from China taking the silver medal and Gabriele Detti from Italy taking bronze.

Format[]

The competition exists out of two rounds. In the qualification round, all competitors set in a time in heats of three to eight swimmers. The eight swimmers with the fastest times advance to the final. The fastest competitor in the final is the winner of the event.

Preview[]

Fifty athletes qualified for the event, with Mack Horton as favorite with the world-leading time. His biggest competitor would be defending Olympic champion and reigning world champion Sun Yang, although there were plenty of other athletes who could contend for the medals. These included the world silver medalist James Guy, Ryan Cochrane, European champion Gabriele Detti, and Connor Jaeger. Other potential medal contenders and outsiders included Conor Dwyer, defending silver medalist Park Tae-hwan, David McKeon, Stephen Milne, Henrik Christiansen, and Jordan Pothain.

Athlete	Nationality
Haris Bandey	Pakistan
Geoffrey Butler	Cayman Islands
Pol Arias Dourdet	Andorra
Iacovos Hadjiconstantinou	Cyprus
Iralki Revishvili	Georgia
Cristian Quintero	Venezuela
Ahmed Mathlouthi	Tunisia
Martin Naidich	Argentina
Jessie Khing Lacuna	Philippines
Alex Sobers	Barbados
Dimitrios Dimitriou	Greece
Luiz Altamir	Brazil
Nezir Karap	Turkey
Matias Koski	Finland
Gergo Kis	Hungary
David Brandl	Austria
Welson Sim	Malaysia
Marcelo Acosta Jimenez	El Salvador
Jan Micka	Czech Republic
Matt Hutchins	New Zealand
Anton Ipsen	Denmark
Ahmed Akram	Egypt
Marwan Elkamash	Egypt
Mads Glaesner	Denmark
Miguel Duran Navia	Spain
Viacheslav Andrusenko	Russia
Devon Myles William Brown	South Africa
Filip Zabrowski	Poland
Clemens Rapp	Germany
Aleksandr Krasnykh	Russia
Maarten Brzoskowski	Netherlands
Naito Ehara	Japan
Jordan Pothain	France
Qiu Ziao	China
Wojciech Wojdak	Poland
Florian Vogel	Germany
Park Tae-hwan	South Korea
Sun Yang	China
Connor Jaeger	United States
Ryan Cochrane	Canada
Henrik Christiansen	Norway
Felix Auboeck	Austria
Stephen Milne	Great Britain
Conor Dwyer	United States
Gabriele Detti	Italy
Mack Horton	Australia
James Guy	Great Britain
David McKeon	Australia
Peter Bernek	Hungary
Velimir Stjepanovic	Serbia

Current Records[]

Record	Date	Nat.	Name	Time
WR	26 July 2009		Paul Biedermann	3:40.07
OR	28 July 2012		Sun Yang	3:40.14

Summary[]

Heats[]

Heat 1 Results
Rank	Nat.	Athlete	Time	Info
1		Geoffrey Butler	4:07.87
2		Pol Arias Dourdet	4:21.16
3		Haris Bandey	4:33.13

Heat 2 Results
Rank	Nat.	Athlete	Time	Info
1		Cristian Quintero	3:50.84
2		Ahmed Mathlouthi	3:52.00
3		Martin Naidich	3:54.58
4		Alex Sobers	3:59.97
5		Irakli Revishvili	4:00.56
6		Jessie Khing Lacuna	4:01.70
7		Iacovos Hadjiconstantinou	4:03.53

Heat 3 Results
Rank	Nat.	Athlete	Time	Info
1		Marcelo Acosta Jimenez	3:48.82	NR
2		Luiz Altamir	3:50.82
3		Welson Sim	3:51.57
4		Gergo Kis	3:54.15
5		David Brandl	3:54.59
6		Dimitrios Dimitriou	3:54.98
7		Matias Koski	3:55.57
8		Nezir Karap	3:58.37

Heat 4 Results
Rank	Nat.	Athlete	Time	Info
1		Marwan Elkamash	3:47.43
2		Matt Hutchins	3:48.25
3		Anton Ipsen	3:48.31
4		Ahmed Akram	3:49.46
5		Jan Micka	3:49.97
6		Viacheslav Andrusenko	3:50.23
7		Mads Glaesner	3:52.59
8		Miguel Duran Navia	3:53.40

Heat 5 Results
Rank	Nat.	Athlete	Time	Info
1		Jordan Pothain	3:45.43	Q
2		Devon Myles William	3:45.92
3		Aleksandr Krasnykh	3:47.39
4		Maarten Brzoskowski	3:48.00
5		Clemens Rapp	3:49.10
6		Qiu Ziao	3:49.45
7		Filip Zabrowski	3:49.84
8		Naito Ehara	3:50.61	PR

Heat 6 Results
Rank	Nat.	Athlete	Time	Info
1		Sun Yang	3:44.23	Q
2		Connor Jaeger	3:45.37	Q
3		Florian Vogel	3:45.49
4		Park Tae-hwan	3:45.63
5		Ryan Cochrane	3:45.83
6		Henrik Christiansen	3:47.90
7		Wojciech Wojdak	3:48.87

Heat 7 Results
Rank	Nat.	Athlete	Time	Info
1		Conor Dwyer	3:43.42	Q
2		Mack Horton	3:43.84	Q
3		Gabriele Detti	3:43.95	Q
4		David McKeon	3:44.68	Q
5		James Guy	3:45.31	Q
6		Stephen Milne	3:46.00
7		Velimir Stjepanovic	3:46.78
8		Peter Bernek	3:48.58

Final[]

Final Results
Rank	Nat.	Athlete	Time	Info
1		Mack Horton	3:41.55	PR
2		Sun Yang	3:41.68
3		Gabriele Detti	3:43.49
4		Conor Dwyer	3:44.01
5		Connor Jaeger	3:44.16
6		James Guy	3:44.68
7		David McKeon	3:45.28
8		Jordan Pothain	3:49.07

Results[]

Result	Athlete	Nationality
	Mack Horton	Australia
	Sun Yang	China
	Gabriele Detti	Italy
4	Conor Dwyer	United States
5	Connor Jaeger	United States
6	James Guy	Great Britain
7	David McKeon	Australia
8	Jordan Pothain	France
9	Florian Vogel	Germany
10	Park Tae-hwan	South Korea
11	Ryan Cochrane	Canada
12	Devon Myles William Brown	South Africa
13	Stephen Milne	Great Britain
14	Velimir Stjepanovic	Serbia
15	Aleksandr Krasnykh	Russia
16	Marwan Elkamash	Egypt
17	Henrik Christiansen	Norway
18	Maarten Brzoskowski	Netherlands
19	Matt Hutchins	New Zealand
20	Anton Ipsen	Denmark
21	Peter Bernek	Hungary
22	Marcelo Acosta Jimenez	El Salvador
23	Wojciech Wojdak	Poland
24	Clemens Rapp	Germany
25	Felix Auboeck	Austria
26	Qiu Ziao	China
27	Ahmed Akram	Egypt
28	Filip Zabrowski	Poland
29	Jan Micka	Czech Republic
30	Viacheslav Andrusenko	Russia
31	Naito Ehara	Japan
32	Luiz Altamir	Brazil
33	Cristian Quintero	Venezuela
34	Welson Sim	Malaysia
35	Ahmed Mathlouthi	Tunisia
36	Mads Glaesner	Denmark
37	Miguel Duran Navia	Spain
38	Gergo Kis	Hungary
39	Martin Naidich	Argentina
40	David Brandl	Austria
41	Dimitrios Dimitriou	Greece
42	Matias Koski	Finland
43	Nezir Karap	Turkey
44	Alex Sobers	Barbados
45	Irakli Revishvili	Georgia
46	Jessie Khing Lacuna	Philippines
47	Iacovos Kadjiconstantinou	Cyprus
48	Geoffrey Butler	Cayman Islands
49	Pol Arias Dourdet	Andorra
50	Haris Bandey	Pakistan

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