2016 Summer Olympics / Swimming - 400m Freestyle (Men)

sport	swim
discipline	400 meters freestyle
gender	Men
place	Estádio Aquático Olímpico
Attendees	50 athletes from 39 countries
Competition phase	August 6, 2016

The men's 400 meter freestyle competition at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro was held on August 6, 2016 at the Estádio Aquático Olímpico . 50 athletes took part.

There were seven preliminary runs. The eight fastest swimmers of all heats qualified for the final, which was held on the same day (CEST the next day).

Existing records

World record	Paul Biedermann ( Germany )	3: 40.07 min	Rome , Italy	July 26, 2009
Olympic record	Sun Yang ( People's Republic of China )	3: 40.14 min	London , UK	July 28, 2012

Title holder

Olympic champion	Sun Yang ( People's Republic of China )	3: 40.14 min	London 2012
World Champion	Sun Yang ( People's Republic of China )	3: 42.58 min	Kazan 2015
European champion	Gabriele Detti ( Italy )	3: 44.01 min	London 2016
German champions	Florian Vogel	3: 44.89 min	Berlin 2016

leader

Forward 1

August 6, 2016

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	Geoffrey Butler	CAY	4: 07.87 min
2	Pol Arias Dourdet	AND	4: 21.16 min
3	Haris Bandey	PAH	4: 33.13 min

Forward 2

August 6, 2016

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	Cristian Quintero	VEN	3: 50.84 min
2	Ahmed Mathlouthi	TO DO	3: 52.00 min
3	Martin Naidich	ARG	3: 54.58 min
4th	Alex Sobers	BAR	3: 59.97 min
5	Irakli Revishvili	GEO	4: 00.56 min
6th	Jessie Khing Lacuna	PHI	4: 01.70 min
7th	Iacovos Hadjiconstantinou	CYP	4: 03.53 min

Forward 3

August 6, 2016

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	Marcelo Alberto Acosta Jimenez	ESA	3: 48.82 min
2	Luiz Altamir	BRA	3: 50.82 min
3	Welson sim	MAS	3: 51.57 min
4th	Gergő Kis	HUN	3: 54.15 min
5	David Brandl	AUT	3: 54.59 min
6th	Dimitrios Dimitriou	GRE	3: 54.98 min
7th	Matias Koski	FIN	3: 55.57 min
8th	Nezir Karap	DOOR	3: 58.37 min

Forward 4

August 6, 2016

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	Marwan Elkamash	EGY	3: 47.43 min
2	Matt Hutchins	NZL	3: 48.25 min
3	Anton Ipsen	THE	3: 48.31 min
4th	Ahmed Akram	EGY	3: 49.46 min
5	Jan Micka	CZE	3: 49.97 min
6th	Viacheslav Andrusenko	RUS	3: 50.23 min
7th	Mads Glæsner	THE	3: 52.59 min
8th	Miguel Durán Navia	ESP	3: 53.40 min

Forward 5

August 6, 2016

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	Jordan Pothain	FRA	3: 45.43 min
2	Devon Myles William Brown	RSA	3: 45.92 min
3	Alexander Krasnych	RUS	3: 47.39 min
4th	Maarten Brzoskowski	NED	3: 48.00 min
5	Clemens Rapp	GER	3: 49.10 min
6th	Ziao Qiu	CHN	3: 49.45 min
7th	Filip Zaborowski	POLE	3: 49.84 min
8th	Naito Ehara	JPN	3: 50.61 min

Forward 6

August 6, 2016

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	Sun Yang	CHN	3: 44.23 min
2	Connor Jaeger	United States	3: 45.37 min
3	Florian Vogel	GER	3: 45.49 min
4th	Tae-hwan Park	COR	3: 45.63 min
5	Ryan Cochrane	CAN	3: 45.83 min
6th	Henrik Christiansen	NOR	3: 47.90 min
7th	Wojciech Wojdak	POLE	3: 48.87 min
8th	Felix Auböck	AUT	3: 49.35 min

Forward 7

August 6, 2016

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	Conor Dwyer	United States	3: 43.42 min
2	Mack Horton	OUT	3: 43.84 min
3	Gabriele Detti	ITA	3: 43.95 min
4th	David McKeon	OUT	3: 44.68 min
5	James Guy	GBR	3: 45.31 min
6th	Stephen Milne	GBR	3: 46.00 min
7th	Velimir Stjepanović	SRB	3: 46.78 min
8th	Peter Bernek	HUN	3: 48.58 min

final

August 7, 2016, 3:30 a.m. CET

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	Mack Horton	OUT	3: 41.55 min
2	Sun Yang	CHN	3: 41.68 min
3	Gabriele Detti	ITA	3: 43.49 min
4th	Conor Dwyer	United States	3: 44.01 min
5	Connor Jaeger	United States	3: 44.16 min
6th	James Guy	GBR	3: 44.68 min
7th	David McKeon	OUT	3: 45.28 min
8th	Jordan Pothain	FRA	3: 49.07 min

Web links

• Results of the preliminary runs
• Result of the final