Swimming at the 2010 Asian Games – Men's 400 metre freestyle

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Men's 400 metre freestyle
at the 2010 Asian Games
Venue
Date16 November
Competitors26 from 15 nations
Medalists
gold medal    South Korea
silver medal    China
bronze medal    China
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The men's 400 metre freestyle event at the 2010 Asian Games took place on 16 November 2010 at Guangzhou Aoti Aquatics Centre.

There were 26 competitors from 15 countries who took part in this event. Four heats were held. The heat in which a swimmer competed did not formally matter for advancement, as the swimmers with the top eight times from the entire field qualified for the finals.

Defending champion Park Tae-hwan from South Korea won the gold medal with 3 minutes 41.53 seconds, Sun Yang from China finished with second place, Asian record holder Zhang Lin won the bronze medal.

Schedule[]

All times are China Standard Time (UTC+08:00)

Date Time Event
Tuesday, 16 November 2010 09:27 Heats
18:22 Final

Records[]

Prior to this competition, the existing world, Asian and Games records were as follows.

World Record  Paul Biedermann (GER) 3:40.07 Rome, Italy 26 July 2009
Asian Record  Zhang Lin (CHN) 3:41.35 Rome, Italy 20 August 2006
Games Record  Park Tae-hwan (KOR) 3:48.44 Doha, Qatar 5 December 2006

Results[]

Heats[]

Rank Heat Athlete Time Notes
1 2  Sun Yang (CHN) 3:53.08
2 3  Zhang Lin (CHN) 3:54.62
3 4  Takeshi Matsuda (JPN) 3:55.02
4 3  Sho Uchida (JPN) 3:55.70
5 4  Park Tae-hwan (KOR) 3:55.80
6 4   (KOR) 3:59.80
7 2   (THA) 4:00.49
8 2  Danny Yeo (SIN) 4:00.62
9 4  Oleg Rabota (KAZ) 4:02.28
10 4  Kevin Yeap (MAS) 4:02.67
11 3  Ryan Arabejo (PHI) 4:03.36
12 2  Clement Lim (SIN) 4:03.96
13 3   (UZB) 4:05.77
14 3  Jessie Lacuna (PHI) 4:06.38
15 4  Triady Fauzi Sidiq (INA) 4:07.72
16 4   (IND) 4:08.22
17 1   (IOC) 4:10.37
18 3   (THA) 4:10.80
19 4   (KSA) 4:12.63
20 2   (KAZ) 4:13.03
21 3   (MAS) 4:13.93
22 2  Kent Cheung (HKG) 4:17.72
23 2   (HKG) 4:19.36
24 3   (KSA) 4:25.96
25 1   (QAT) 4:44.99
26 1   (QAT) 4:52.35

Final[]

Rank Athlete Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Park Tae-hwan (KOR) 3:41.53 GR
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Sun Yang (CHN) 3:42.47
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Zhang Lin (CHN) 3:49.15
4  Takeshi Matsuda (JPN) 3:51.65
5  Sho Uchida (JPN) 3:53.42
6   (KOR) 3:55.34
7  Danny Yeo (SIN) 4:00.67
8   (THA) 4:03.59

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