2012 Summer Olympics / Swimming - 400m Freestyle (Men)
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sport | swim |
discipline | 400 meters freestyle |
gender | Men |
place | London Aquatics Center |
Attendees | 28 athletes from 23 countries |
Competition phase | July 28, 2012 |
The contest over 400 meters freestyle men at the 2012 Olympics in London , on 28 July 2012 at the London Aquatics Center held. 28 athletes took part.
There were four preliminary runs. The eight fastest swimmers of all heats qualified for the final.
Abbreviations: WR = world record, OR = Olympic record, NR = national record, PB = personal best, JWB = annual world record
Existing records
World record | Paul Biedermann ( Germany ) | 3: 40.07 min | Rome , Italy | July 26, 2009 |
Olympic record | Ian Thorpe ( Australia ) | 3: 40.59 min | Sydney , Australia | September 16, 2000 |
Title holder
Olympic champion | Park Tae-hwan ( South Korea ) | 3: 41.86 min | Beijing 2008 |
World Champion | Park Tae-hwan ( South Korea ) | 3: 42.04 min | Shanghai 2011 |
European champion | Paul Biedermann ( Germany ) | 3: 47.84 min | Debrecen 2012 |
German champions | Paul Biedermann | 3: 47.98 min | Berlin 2012 |
leader
Forward 1
July 28, 2012
space | Surname | nation | time | annotation |
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1 | Mateusz Sawrymowicz | Poland | 3: 53.33 min | |
2 | Mateo de Angulo | Colombia | 3: 57.76 min | |
3 | Ahmed Gebrel | Palestine | 4: 08.51 min | |
4th | Allan Gutiérrez Castro | Honduras | 4: 09.10 min |
Forward 2
July 28, 2012
space | Surname | nation | time | annotation |
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1 | Ryan Cochrane | Canada | 3: 47.26 min | |
2 | Robert Renwick | United Kingdom | 3: 47.44 min | |
3 | Mads Glæsner | Denmark | 3: 48.27 min | |
4th | Paul Biedermann | Germany | 3: 48.50 min | |
5 | Matthew Stanley | New Zealand | 3: 49.44 min | |
6th | Igor Degtyaryov | Russia | 3: 52.33 min | |
7th | Đorđe Marković | Serbia | 3: 55.35 min | |
8th | Juan Martín Pereyra | Argentina | 3: 56.76 min |
Forward 3
July 28, 2012
space | Surname | nation | time | annotation |
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1 | Tae-hwan Park | South Korea | 3: 46.68 min | |
2 | Gergő Kis | Hungary | 3: 46.77 min | |
3 | Ryan Napoleon | Australia | 3: 47.01 min | |
4th | David Carry | United Kingdom | 3: 47.25 min | |
5 | David McKeon | Australia | 3: 48.57 min | |
6th | Sergei Frolov | Ukraine | 3: 50.63 min | |
7th | Matias Koski | Finland | 3: 54.96 min | |
8th | Heerden Herman | South Africa | 3: 57.28 min |
Park was first disqualified for false starts. The disqualification was withdrawn after a protest by the Korean Federation. Cornel Marculescu, executive director of the umbrella organization FINA , said Park's shrug on the starting block was unconscious and did not affect the race.
Forward 4
July 28, 2012
space | Surname | nation | time | annotation |
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1 | Sun Yang | People's Republic of China | 3: 45.07 min | |
2 | Peter Vanderkaay | United States | 3: 45.80 min | |
3 | Conor Dwyer | United States | 3: 46.24 min | |
4th | Hao Yun | People's Republic of China | 3: 46.88 min | |
5 | Pál Joensen | Denmark | 3: 47.36 min | |
6th | Cristian Quintero | Venezuela | 3: 50.44 min | |
7th | Samuel Pizzetti | Italy | 3: 50.93 min | |
8th | Dominik Meichtry | Switzerland | 3: 51.34 min |
final
July 30, 2012, 7:51 p.m. CET
space | Surname | nation | time | annotation |
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1 | Sun Yang | People's Republic of China | 3: 40.14 min | OR |
2 | Tae-hwan Park | South Korea | 3: 42.06 min | |
3 | Peter Vanderkaay | United States | 3: 44.69 min | |
4th | Hao Yun | People's Republic of China | 3: 46.02 min | |
5 | Conor Dwyer | United States | 3: 46.39 min | |
6th | Gergő Kis | Hungary | 3: 47.03 min | |
7th | David Carry | United Kingdom | 3: 48.62 min | |
8th | Ryan Napoleon | Australia | 3: 49.25 min |
Yang achieved the third fastest time ever swum over this distance. Only world record holder Paul Biedermann and the Australian Ian Thorpe, whose best performance is 1/100 of a second below the world record.
Yang is also the first male Olympic swimming champion from China.
Web links
- Olympic Summer Games 2012 / Swimming - 400 m freestyle in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )
Individual evidence
- ^ Report in the English edition of Chosun from July 30, 2012
- ↑ Report of Swimmingworld Magazine from July 28, 2012 (English) ( Memento of the original from January 28, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.