Swimming at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's 400 metre freestyle
| Men's 400 metre freestyle at the Games of the XXXI Olympiad | ||||||||||
| Venue | Olympic Aquatics Stadium | |||||||||
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| Dates | 6 August 2016 (heats & final) | |||||||||
| Competitors | 50 from 39 nations | |||||||||
| Winning time | 3:41.55 | |||||||||
| Medalists | ||||||||||
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| Swimming at the 2016 Summer Olympics  | ||||
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| Qualification | ||||
| Freestyle | ||||
| 50 m | men | women | ||
| 100 m | men | women | ||
| 200 m | men | women | ||
| 400 m | men | women | ||
| 800 m | women | |||
| 1500 m | men | |||
| Backstroke | ||||
| 100 m | men | women | ||
| 200 m | men | women | ||
| Breaststroke | ||||
| 100 m | men | women | ||
| 200 m | men | women | ||
| Butterfly | ||||
| 100 m | men | women | ||
| 200 m | men | women | ||
| Individual medley | ||||
| 200 m | men | women | ||
| 400 m | men | women | ||
| Freestyle relay | ||||
| 4×100 m | men | women | ||
| 4×200 m | men | women | ||
| Medley relay | ||||
| 4×100 m | men | women | ||
| Marathon | ||||
| 10 km | men | women | ||
The men's 400 metre freestyle event at the 2016 Summer Olympics took place on 6 August at the Olympic Aquatics Stadium.[1]
China's Sun Yang fell short of his attempt to a back-to-back gold in one of the program's long-distance freestyle races due to an upset performance from Australia's Mack Horton. Heading into the final lap with a narrow 0.14-second lead, Horton managed to hold off the fast-charging Sun towards the finish for his first individual gold medal in 3:41.55.[2] Unable to catch his Aussie rival near the wall by 13-hundredths of a second, Sun settled for the silver in 3:41.68. Meanwhile, Gabriele Detti picked up the bronze with a time of 3:43.49 to become Italy's first male Olympic medalist in swimming since 2000.[3]
Conor Dwyer (3:44.01), the fastest swimmer headed into the final, and fellow American Connor Jaeger (3:44.16) finished off the podium in fourth and fifth respectively, separated by a 0.15-second margin.[4] Great Britain's James Guy led the pack towards the halfway mark under a world record pace, but faded to sixth in 3:44.68. Horton's teammate David McKeon (3:45.28) and France's Jordan Pothain (3:49.07) rounded out the field.[3]
South Korean swimmer and Beijing 2008 champion Park Tae-hwan, as well as Canada's long distance ace Ryan Cochrane, did not advance to the final, finishing tenth and eleventh in the prelims.[5]
Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.
| World record |  Paul Biedermann (GER) | 3:40.07 | Rome, Italy | 26 July 2009 |
| Olympic record |  Sun Yang (CHN) | 3:40.14 | London, Great Britain | 28 July 2012 |
Results
Heats
The heats began at 1:48 pm.[6]
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 7 | 2 | Dwyer, ConorConor Dwyer |  United States | 3:43.42 | Q |
| 2 | 7 | 4 | Horton, MackMack Horton |  Australia | 3:43.84 | Q |
| 3 | 7 | 3 | Detti, GabrieleGabriele Detti |  Italy | 3:43.95 | Q |
| 4 | 6 | 4 | Sun Yang | China | 3:44.23 | Q |
| 5 | 7 | 6 | McKeon, DavidDavid McKeon | Australia | 3:44.68 | Q |
| 6 | 7 | 5 | Guy, JamesJames Guy |  Great Britain | 3:45.31 | Q |
| 7 | 6 | 5 | Jaeger, ConnorConnor Jaeger | United States | 3:45.37 | Q |
| 8 | 5 | 7 | Pothain, JordanJordan Pothain |  France | 3:45.43 | Q |
| 9 | 6 | 2 | Vogel, FlorianFlorian Vogel | Germany | 3:45.49 | |
| 10 | 6 | 3 | Park Tae-hwan |  South Korea | 3:45.63 | |
| 11 | 6 | 6 | Cochrane, RyanRyan Cochrane |  Canada | 3:45.83 | |
| 12 | 5 | 1 | Brown, MylesMyles Brown |  South Africa | 3:45.92 | |
| 13 | 7 | 1 | Milne, StephenStephen Milne | Great Britain | 3:46.00 | |
| 14 | 7 | 8 | Stjepanović, VelimirVelimir Stjepanović |  Serbia | 3:46.78 | |
| 15 | 5 | 4 | Krasnykh, AleksandrAleksandr Krasnykh |  Russia | 3:47.39 | |
| 16 | 4 | 5 | El-Kamash, MarwanMarwan El-Kamash |  Egypt | 3:47.43 | |
| 17 | 6 | 7 | Christiansen, HenrikHenrik Christiansen |  Norway | 3:47.90 | |
| 18 | 5 | 5 | Brzoskowski, MaartenMaarten Brzoskowski |  Netherlands | 3:48.00 | |
| 19 | 4 | 2 | Hutchins, MatthewMatthew Hutchins |  New Zealand | 3:48.25 | |
| 20 | 4 | 3 | Ipsen, AntonAnton Ipsen |  Denmark | 3:48.31 | |
| 21 | 7 | 7 | Bernek, PéterPéter Bernek |  Hungary | 3:48.58 | |
| 22 | 3 | 8 | Acosta, MarceloMarcelo Acosta |  El Salvador | 3:48.82 | |
| 23 | 6 | 1 | Wojdak, WojciechWojciech Wojdak |  Poland | 3:48.87 | |
| 24 | 5 | 3 | Rapp, ClemensClemens Rapp | Germany | 3:49.10 | |
| 25 | 6 | 8 | Auböck, FelixFelix Auböck |  Austria | 3:49.35 | |
| 26 | 5 | 8 | Qiu Ziao | China | 3:49.45 | |
| 27 | 4 | 4 | Akram, AhmedAhmed Akram | Egypt | 3:49.46 | |
| 28 | 5 | 2 | Zaborowski, FilipFilip Zaborowski | Poland | 3:49.84 | |
| 29 | 4 | 1 | Micka, JanJan Micka |  Czech Republic | 3:49.97 | |
| 30 | 4 | 8 | Andrusenko, VyacheslavVyacheslav Andrusenko | Russia | 3:50.23 | |
| 31 | 5 | 6 | Ehara, NaitoNaito Ehara |  Japan | 3:50.61 | |
| 32 | 3 | 2 | Melo, Luiz AltamirLuiz Altamir Melo |  Brazil | 3:50.82 | |
| 33 | 2 | 3 | Quintero, CristianCristian Quintero |  Venezuela | 3:50.84 | |
| 34 | 3 | 7 | Sim, WelsonWelson Sim |  Malaysia | 3:51.57 | |
| 35 | 2 | 4 | Mathlouthi, AhmedAhmed Mathlouthi |  Tunisia | 3:52.00 | |
| 36 | 4 | 6 | Glæsner, MadsMads Glæsner | Denmark | 3:52.59 | |
| 37 | 4 | 7 | Durán, MiguelMiguel Durán |  Spain | 3:53.40 | ƒ |
| 38 | 3 | 5 | Kis, GergőGergő Kis | Hungary | 3:54.15 | |
| 39 | 2 | 5 | Naidich, MartínMartín Naidich |  Argentina | 3:54.58 | |
| 40 | 3 | 6 | Brandl, DavidDavid Brandl | Austria | 3:54.59 | |
| 41 | 3 | 1 | Dimitriou, DimitriosDimitrios Dimitriou |  Greece | 3:54.98 | |
| 42 | 3 | 4 | Koski, MatiasMatias Koski |  Finland | 3:55.57 | |
| 43 | 3 | 3 | Karap, NezirNezir Karap |  Turkey | 3:58.37 | |
| 44 | 2 | 7 | Sobers, AlexAlex Sobers |  Barbados | 3:59.97 | |
| 45 | 2 | 2 | Revishvili, IrakliIrakli Revishvili |  Georgia (country) | 4:00.56 | |
| 46 | 2 | 6 | Lacuna, JessieJessie Lacuna |  Philippines | 4:01.70 | |
| 47 | 2 | 1 | Hadjiconstantinou, IacovosIacovos Hadjiconstantinou |  Cyprus | 4:03.53 | |
| 48 | 1 | 4 | Butler, GeoffreyGeoffrey Butler |  Cayman Islands | 4:07.87 | |
| 49 | 1 | 5 | Arias, PolPol Arias |  Andorra | 4:21.16 | |
| 50 | 1 | 3 | Bandey, HarisHaris Bandey |  Pakistan | 4:33.13 | |
ƒ False start, but allowed to continue at referee's discretion.[7]
Final
The final began at 10:30 pm.[8]
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| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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 | 5 | Horton, MackMack Horton | Australia | 3:41.55 | |
 | 6 | Sun Yang | China | 3:41.68 | |
 | 3 | Detti, GabrieleGabriele Detti | Italy | 3:43.49 | |
| 4 | 4 | Dwyer, ConorConor Dwyer | United States | 3:44.01 | |
| 5 | 1 | Jaeger, ConnorConnor Jaeger | United States | 3:44.16 | |
| 6 | 7 | Guy, JamesJames Guy | Great Britain | 3:44.68 | |
| 7 | 2 | McKeon, DavidDavid McKeon | Australia | 3:45.28 | |
| 8 | 8 | Pothain, JordanJordan Pothain | France | 3:49.07 |
References
- ↑ "Men's 400m Freestyle". Rio 2016. Retrieved 5 August 2016.
- ↑ Pentony, Luke (7 August 2016). "Rio 2016: Mack Horton wins Australia's first swimming medal, winning 400-metres freestyle". ABC News Australia. Retrieved 27 August 2016.
- 1 2 "Mack Horton Edges Sun Yang for 400 Freestyle Gold in Rio". Swimming World Magazine. 6 August 2016. Retrieved 27 August 2016.
- ↑ Johnson, Raphielle (6 August 2016). "Australia's Horton hangs on for 400 meter freestyle gold". NBC Olympics. Retrieved 27 August 2016.
- ↑ "Conor Dwyer Leads Tight 400 Free Field Into Finals At 2016 Rio Olympic Games". Swimming World Magazine. 6 August 2016. Retrieved 27 August 2016.
- ↑ "Results of the men's 400 metre freestyle heats at the 2016 Summer Olympics" (pdf). Rio 2016. 6 August 2016.
- ↑ Lutton, Phil (7 August 2016). "Teary Miguel Duran Navia gets second Rio chance after false start at Olympics". The Sydney Morning Herald. Fairfax Media. Retrieved 7 August 2016.
- ↑ "Results of the men's 400 metre freestyle final at the 2016 Summer Olympics" (pdf). Rio 2016. 6 August 2016.
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