Swimming at the 2001 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 400 metre freestyle

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Men's 400 metre freestyle
at the 2001 FINA World Championships
Dates22 July 2001
Winning time3 minute 40.17 seconds WR
Medalists
gold medal Ian Thorpe   Australia
silver medal Grant Hackett   Australia
bronze medal Emiliano Brembilla   Italy
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Main article: Swimming at the 2001 World Aquatics Championships

The men's 400 metre freestyle event at the 2001 World Aquatics Championships took place 22 July. Both the heats and final were held on 22 July.

In the final, Australian swimmer Ian Thorpe broke his own world record with a time of 3:40.17, bettering his previous record of 3:40.59 and successfully defending his world title.[1] At the 200 metre mark in this race, Thorpe was over a second outside world record pace but had a split of 53.78 in the last 100 metres to break the record.[2] This was the first of six gold medals he would win, and the first of four world records he would set at these championships.

Records[]

Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.

Name Nation Time Location Date
World record Ian Thorpe  Australia 3:40.59 Sydney 16 September 2000
Championship record Kieren Perkins  Australia 3:43.80 Rome 9 September 1994

The following record was established during the competition:

Date Round Name Nation Time WR CR
22 July 2001 Final Ian Thorpe  Australia 3:40.17 WR CR

Results[]

Final[]

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Ian Thorpe  Australia 3:40.17 WR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Grant Hackett  Australia 3:42.51
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Emiliano Brembilla  Italy 3:45.11
4 Massimiliano Rosolino  Italy 3:45.41
5 Chad Carvin  United States 3:50.11
6 Dragoș Coman  Romania 3:50.13
7 Spyridon Gianniotis  Greece 3:52.09
8  Japan 3:52.11

Key: WR = World record

Preliminaries[]

Rank Swimmer Nation Time Notes
1 Grant Hackett  Australia 3:44.88 Q
2 Ian Thorpe  Australia 3:45.22 Q
3 Emiliano Brembilla  Italy 3:46.45 Q
4 Massimiliano Rosolino  Italy 3:47.92 Q
5 Chad Carvin  United States 3:49.93 Q
6  Japan 3:50.36 Q
7 Spyridon Gianniotis  Greece 3:50.98 Q
8 Dragoș Coman  Romania 3:50.99 Q
9 Athanasios Oikonomou  Greece 3:51.64
10 Jacob Carstensen  Denmark 3:52.23
11 Rick Say  Canada 3:52.55
12 James Salter  Great Britain 3:52.72
13 Alexey Filipets  Russia 3:52.88
14 Heiko Hell  Germany 3:54.06
15 Edward Sinclair  Great Britain 3:54.52
16 Robert Margalis  United States 3:54.65

Note: 37 swimmers were in the event.

References[]

  1. ^ Lord, Craig (22 July 2001). "Thorpe Sets WR, Wins Two Gold on First Day of Competition at World Champs". Swimming World Magazine. Archived from the original on 27 September 2007. Retrieved 27 June 2013.
  2. ^ Lonsbrough, Anita (22 July 2001). "Swimming: World record for restrained Thorpe". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 27 June 2013.

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