Swimming at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's 400 metre freestyle
| Men's 400 metre freestyle at the Games of the XXXI Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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| Venue | Olympic Aquatics Stadium | ||||||||||||
| 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 | ||
|---|---|---|
| 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]
Contents
1 Records
2 Results
2.1 Heats
2.2 Final
3 References
Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.
| World record | 3:40.07 | Rome, Italy | 26 July 2009 | |
| Olympic record | 3:40.14 | London, Great Britain | 28 July 2012 |
Results
Heats
The heats began at 1:48 pm.[8]
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 7 | 2 | Conor Dwyer | 3:43.42 | Q | |
| 2 | 7 | 4 | Mack Horton | 3:43.84 | Q | |
| 3 | 7 | 3 | Gabriele Detti | 3:43.95 | Q | |
| 4 | 6 | 4 | Sun Yang | 3:44.23 | Q | |
| 5 | 7 | 6 | David McKeon | 3:44.68 | Q | |
| 6 | 7 | 5 | James Guy | 3:45.31 | Q | |
| 7 | 6 | 5 | Connor Jaeger | 3:45.37 | Q | |
| 8 | 5 | 7 | Jordan Pothain | 3:45.43 | Q | |
| 9 | 6 | 2 | Florian Vogel | 3:45.49 | ||
| 10 | 6 | 3 | Park Tae-hwan | 3:45.63 | ||
| 11 | 6 | 6 | Ryan Cochrane | 3:45.83 | ||
| 12 | 5 | 1 | Myles Brown | 3:45.92 | ||
| 13 | 7 | 1 | Stephen Milne | 3:46.00 | ||
| 14 | 7 | 8 | Velimir Stjepanović | 3:46.78 | ||
| 15 | 5 | 4 | Aleksandr Krasnykh | 3:47.39 | ||
| 16 | 4 | 5 | Marwan El-Kamash | 3:47.43 | ||
| 17 | 6 | 7 | Henrik Christiansen | 3:47.90 | ||
| 18 | 5 | 5 | Maarten Brzoskowski | 3:48.00 | ||
| 19 | 4 | 2 | Matthew Hutchins | 3:48.25 | ||
| 20 | 4 | 3 | Anton Ipsen | 3:48.31 | ||
| 21 | 7 | 7 | Péter Bernek | 3:48.58 | ||
| 22 | 3 | 8 | Marcelo Acosta | 3:48.82 | ||
| 23 | 6 | 1 | Wojciech Wojdak | 3:48.87 | ||
| 24 | 5 | 3 | Clemens Rapp | 3:49.10 | ||
| 25 | 6 | 8 | Felix Auböck | 3:49.35 | ||
| 26 | 5 | 8 | Qiu Ziao | 3:49.45 | ||
| 27 | 4 | 4 | Ahmed Akram | 3:49.46 | ||
| 28 | 5 | 2 | Filip Zaborowski | 3:49.84 | ||
| 29 | 4 | 1 | Jan Micka | 3:49.97 | ||
| 30 | 4 | 8 | Vyacheslav Andrusenko | 3:50.23 | ||
| 31 | 5 | 6 | Naito Ehara | 3:50.61 | ||
| 32 | 3 | 2 | Luiz Altamir Melo | 3:50.82 | ||
| 33 | 2 | 3 | Cristian Quintero | 3:50.84 | ||
| 34 | 3 | 7 | Welson Sim | 3:51.57 | ||
| 35 | 2 | 4 | Ahmed Mathlouthi | 3:52.00 | ||
| 36 | 4 | 6 | Mads Glæsner | 3:52.59 | ||
| 37 | 4 | 7 | Miguel Durán | 3:53.40 | ƒ | |
| 38 | 3 | 5 | Gergő Kis | 3:54.15 | ||
| 39 | 2 | 5 | Martín Naidich | 3:54.58 | ||
| 40 | 3 | 6 | David Brandl | 3:54.59 | ||
| 41 | 3 | 1 | Dimitrios Dimitriou | 3:54.98 | ||
| 42 | 3 | 4 | Matias Koski | 3:55.57 | ||
| 43 | 3 | 3 | Nezir Karap | 3:58.37 | ||
| 44 | 2 | 7 | Alex Sobers | 3:59.97 | ||
| 45 | 2 | 2 | Irakli Revishvili | 4:00.56 | ||
| 46 | 2 | 6 | Jessie Lacuna | 4:01.70 | ||
| 47 | 2 | 1 | Iacovos Hadjiconstantinou | 4:03.53 | ||
| 48 | 1 | 4 | Geoffrey Butler | 4:07.87 | ||
| 49 | 1 | 5 | Pol Arias | 4:21.16 | ||
| 50 | 1 | 3 | Haris Bandey | 4:33.13 |
ƒ False start, but allowed to continue at referee's discretion.[9]
Final
The final began at 10:30 pm.[10]
Medal ceremony for the 400 m freestyle.
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | Mack Horton | 3:41.55 | |||
| 6 | Sun Yang | 3:41.68 | |||
| 3 | Gabriele Detti | 3:43.49 | |||
| 4 | 4 | Conor Dwyer | 3:44.01 | ||
| 5 | 1 | Connor Jaeger | 3:44.16 | ||
| 6 | 7 | James Guy | 3:44.68 | ||
| 7 | 2 | David McKeon | 3:45.28 | ||
| 8 | 8 | Jordan Pothain | 3:49.07 |
References
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^ 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.
^ ab "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.
^ 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.
^ "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.