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

Men's 400 metre individual medley at the 2010 Asian Games
Venue
Date	13 November
Competitors	15 from 11 nations
Medalists
Yuya Horihata    Japan      China   Ken Takakuwa    Japan
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Swimming at the 2010 Asian Games
Freestyle
50 m	men	women
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
800 m		women
1500 m	men
Backstroke
50 m	men	women
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
Breaststroke
50 m	men	women
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
Butterfly
50 m	men	women
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
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The men's 400 metre individual medley event at the 2010 Asian Games took place on 13 November 2010 at Guangzhou Aoti Aquatics Centre.

There were 15 competitors from 11 countries who took part in this event. Two 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 both field qualified for the finals.

Asian record holder Yuya Horihata from Japan won the gold medal with 4 minutes 13.35 seconds. from China finished second, falling behind only 0.03 seconds.

Schedule[]

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

Records[]

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

World Record	Michael Phelps (USA)	4:03.84	Beijing, China	10 August 2008
Asian Record	Yuya Horihata (JPN)	4:12.02	Tokyo, Japan	18 April 2010
Games Record	Wu Peng (CHN)	4:15.38	Busan, South Korea	4 October 2002

Results[]

Heats[]

Rank	Heat	Athlete	Time	Notes
1	2	(CHN)	4:21.52
2	2	Yuya Horihata (JPN)	4:22.18
3	2	Jung Won-yong (KOR)	4:23.14
4	1	Ken Takakuwa (JPN)	4:24.02
5	1	Wang Chengxiang (CHN)	4:25.42
6	1	Nuttapong Ketin (THA)	4:27.94
7	1	(KOR)	4:29.42
8	2	Dmitriy Gordiyenko (KAZ)	4:30.71
9	2	(UZB)	4:31.26
10	2	Vasilii Danilov (KGZ)	4:33.89
11	1	Pang Sheng Jun (SIN)	4:34.19
12	2	(HKG)	4:36.64
13	1	(IRI)	4:36.85
14	1	(UZB)	4:37.01
15	2	(KSA)	4:41.92

Final[]

Rank	Athlete	Time	Notes
	Yuya Horihata (JPN)	4:13.35	GR
	(CHN)	4:13.38
	Ken Takakuwa (JPN)	4:16.42
4	Wang Chengxiang (CHN)	4:19.65
5	Jung Won-yong (KOR)	4:24.82
6	Nuttapong Ketin (THA)	4:25.62
7	(KOR)	4:27.03
8	Dmitriy Gordiyenko (KAZ)	4:30.21

References[]

• 16th Asian Games Results

External links[]

• Men's 400m Individual Medley Heats Official Website
• Men's 400m Individual Medley Ev.No.2 Final Official Website