Swimming at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's 400 metre freestyle
Men's 400 metre freestyle at the Games of the XXXII Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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Venue | Tokyo Aquatics Centre | ||||||||||||
Dates | 24 July 2021 (heats) 25 July 2021 (final) | ||||||||||||
Competitors | 36 from 31 nations | ||||||||||||
Winning time | 3:43.36 | ||||||||||||
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The men's 400 metre freestyle event at the 2020 Summer Olympics was held in 2021 at the Tokyo Aquatics Centre.[1] It was the event's twenty-seventh consecutive appearance, having been held at every edition since 1904.
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 | [2] |
Olympic record | Sun Yang (CHN) | 3:40.14 | London, Great Britain | 28 July 2012 | [3] |
No new records were set during the competition.
Qualification
The Olympic Qualifying Time for the event is 3:46.78. Up to two swimmers per National Olympic Committee (NOC) can automatically qualify by swimming that time at an approved qualification event. The Olympic Selection Time is 3:53.58. Up to one swimmer per NOC meeting that time is eligible for selection, allocated by world ranking until the maximum quota for all swimming events is reached. NOCs without a male swimmer qualified in any event can also use their universality place.[4]
Competition format
The competition consists of two rounds: heats and a final. The swimmers with the best 8 times in the heats advance to the final. Swim-offs are used as necessary to break ties for advancement to the next round.[5]
Schedule
All times are Japan Standard Time (UTC+9)[1]
Date | Time | Round |
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24 July | 19:38 | Heats |
25 July | 10:52 | Final |
Results
The swimmers with the top 8 times, regardless of heat, advance to the final.[6]
Heats
Rank | Heat | Lane | Swimmer | Nation | Time | Notes |
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1 | 4 | 2 | Henning Mühlleitner | Germany | 3:43.67 | Q |
2 | 4 | 3 | Felix Auböck | Austria | 3:43.91 | Q, NR |
3 | 4 | 4 | Gabriele Detti | Italy | 3:44.67 | Q |
4 | 5 | 4 | Elijah Winnington | Australia | 3:45.20 | Q |
4 | 5 | 5 | Jack McLoughlin | Australia | 3:45.20 | Q |
6 | 5 | 2 | Kieran Smith | United States | 3:45.25 | Q |
7 | 5 | 1 | Jake Mitchell | United States | 3:45.38 | Q |
8 | 4 | 8 | Ahmed Hafnaoui | Tunisia | 3:45.68 | Q |
9 | 3 | 5 | Antonio Djakovic | Switzerland | 3:45.82 | NR |
10 | 5 | 6 | Marco De Tullio | Italy | 3:45.85 | |
11 | 4 | 7 | Guilherme Costa | Brazil | 3:45.99 | |
12 | 4 | 6 | Lukas Märtens | Germany | 3:46.30 | |
13 | 4 | 5 | Danas Rapšys | Lithuania | 3:46.32 | |
14 | 3 | 7 | Marwan El-Kamash | Egypt | 3:46.94 | |
15 | 3 | 1 | Kregor Zirk | Estonia | 3:47.05 | NR |
16 | 2 | 4 | Alfonso Mestre | Venezuela | 3:47.14 | NR |
17 | 3 | 4 | Aleksandr Yegorov | ROC | 3:47.71 | |
18 | 5 | 8 | Gábor Zombori | Hungary | 3:47.99 | |
19 | 5 | 7 | Ji Xinjie | China | 3:48.27 | |
20 | 4 | 1 | Kieran Bird | Great Britain | 3:48.55 | |
21 | 3 | 3 | Henrik Christiansen | Norway | 3:48.88 | |
22 | 5 | 3 | Martin Malyutin | ROC | 3:49.49 | |
23 | 3 | 2 | Zac Reid | New Zealand | 3:49.85 | |
24 | 2 | 3 | Martin Bau | Slovenia | 3:52.56 | |
25 | 2 | 2 | Joaquín Vargas | Peru | 3:52.94 | |
26 | 3 | 8 | Lee Ho-joon | South Korea | 3:53.23 | |
27 | 1 | 5 | Eduardo Cisternas | Chile | 3:54.10 | NR |
28 | 3 | 6 | David Aubry | France | 3:55.01 | |
29 | 2 | 6 | Aflah Fadlan Prawira | Indonesia | 3:55.08 | |
30 | 2 | 7 | Wesley Roberts | Cook Islands | 3:55.65 | |
31 | 1 | 4 | Igor Mogne | Mozambique | 3:56.56 | |
32 | 1 | 3 | Irakli Revishvili | Georgia | 3:57.49 | |
33 | 2 | 5 | Welson Sim | Malaysia | 3:58.25 | |
34 | 2 | 8 | Alex Sobers | Barbados | 3:59.14 | |
35 | 2 | 1 | James Freeman | Botswana | 4:03.10 | |
36 | 1 | 6 | Filip Derkoski | North Macedonia | 4:03.34 |
Final
Rank | Lane | Swimmer | Nation | Time | Notes |
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8 | Ahmed Hafnaoui | Tunisia | 3:43.36 | ||
2 | Jack McLoughlin | Australia | 3:43.52 | ||
7 | Kieran Smith | United States | 3:43.94 | ||
4 | 4 | Henning Mühlleitner | Germany | 3:44.07 | |
5 | Felix Auböck | Austria | 3:44.07 | ||
6 | 3 | Gabriele Detti | Italy | 3:44.88 | |
7 | 6 | Elijah Winnington | Australia | 3:45.20 | |
8 | 1 | Jake Mitchell | United States | 3:45.39 |
References
- ^ a b "Tokyo 2020: Swimming Schedule". Tokyo 2020. Retrieved 30 January 2020.
- ^ Cowley, Michael (27 July 2009). "Thorpe's mark tumbles in night of world records". Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 7 July 2013.
- ^ "Olympic swimming: China's Sun Yang beats rival Park to gold". BBC Sport. 28 July 2012. Archived from the original on 31 July 2012. Retrieved 7 July 2013.
- ^ "Tokyo 2020 – FINA Swimming Qualification System" (pdf). Tokyo 2020. FINA. Retrieved 29 January 2020.
- ^ "FINA Swimming Rulebook, 2017–21" (PDF). FINA. Retrieved 29 January 2020.
- ^ "Heats results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 October 2021. Retrieved 24 July 2021.
- ^ "Final results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 August 2021. Retrieved 25 July 2021.