Swimming at the 2012 European Aquatics Championships – Men's 400 metre freestyle

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Men's 400 metre freestyle
at the 2012 European Aquatics Championships
DatesMay 21, 2012 (heats and final)
Competitors33 from 18 nations
Winning time3:47.84
Medalists
gold medal Paul Biedermann   Germany
silver medal Gergő Kis   Hungary
bronze medal Samuel Pizzetti   Italy
2012 European
Aquatics Championships
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Swimming
Freestyle
50 mmenwomen
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
400 mmenwomen
800 mmenwomen
1500 mmenwomen
Backstroke
50 mmenwomen
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
Breaststroke
50 mmenwomen
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
Butterfly
50 mmenwomen
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
Individual medley
200 mmenwomen
400 mmenwomen
Freestyle relay
4×100 mmenwomen
4×200 mmenwomen
Medley relay
4×100 mmenwomen
Diving
Individual
1 mmenwomen
3 mmenwomen
10 mmenwomen
Synchronised
3 mmenwomen
10 mmenwomen
Team team
Synchronised swimming
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The men's 400 metre freestyle competition of the swimming events at the 2012 European Aquatics Championships took place May 21. The heats and final took place on May 21.[1]

Records[]

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

Name Nation Time Location Date
World record
European record		 Paul Biedermann  Germany 3:40.07 Rome July 26, 2009
Championship record Yury Prilukov  Russia 3:45.10 Eindhoven March 18, 2008

Results[]

Heats[]

33 swimmers participated in 5 heats.[2]

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 5 5 Samuel Pizzetti  Italy 3:49.65 Q
2 5 4 Paul Biedermann  Germany 3:50.43 Q
3 4 5 Gergő Kis  Hungary 3:52.57 Q
4 5 1  Hungary 3:52.58 Q
5 3 3 Gabriele Detti  Italy 3:52.74 Q
6 4 4 Sébastien Rouault  France 3:53.06 Q
7 3 6 Alex di Giorgio  Italy 3:53.25
8 4 6  Russia 3:53.35 Q
9 3 4 Robert Renwick  Great Britain 3:53.49 Q
10 5 3 Dominik Meichtry   Switzerland 3:53.93
11 4 8 Stefan Šorak  Serbia 3:53.97
12 5 2 Christian Scherübl  Austria 3:54.04
13 3 2 Dorde Marković  Serbia 3:54.17
14 4 3 Alexander Selin  Russia 3:54.48
15 4 2 David Brandl  Austria 3:55.14
16 3 1 Richárd Nagy  Slovakia 3:55.63
17 3 5 Clemens Rapp  Germany 3:56.02
18 3 8   Switzerland 3:56.39
19 2 4  Poland 3:56.62
20 3 7  Russia 3:56.86
21 1 4   Switzerland 3:56.96
22 2 6 Ediz Yildirimer  Turkey 3:57.02
23 4 1 David Karasek   Switzerland 3:57.47
24 2 5 Gard Kvale  Norway 3:57.89
24 5 8 Uladzimir Zhyharau  Belarus 3:57.89
26 4 7 Velimir Stjepanović  Serbia 3:58.10
27 5 6 Damien Joly  France 3:58.56
28 2 7  Slovenia 4:00.86
29 2 3 Antonio Arroyo Pérez  Spain 4:01.50
30 5 7  Poland 4:03.06
31 2 2 Irakli Revishvili  Georgia 4:03.79
32 1 5 Aleksandar Nikolov  Bulgaria 4:09.99
33 1 3  Slovakia 4:10.27

Final[]

The final was held at 17:02.[3]

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 5 Paul Biedermann  Germany 3:47.84
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 3 Gergő Kis  Hungary 3:48.09
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 4 Samuel Pizzetti  Italy 3:48.66
4 8 Robert Renwick  Great Britain 3:50.46
5 7 Sébastien Rouault  France 3:50.62
6 2 Gabriele Detti  Italy 3:51.92
7 1  Russia 3:52.57
8 6  Hungary 3:52.80

References[]

  1. ^ 2012 European Aquatics Championships: Men's 400 metre freestyle entry list, from OmegaTiming.com; retrieved 2012-05-20.
  2. ^ 2012 European Aquatics Championships: Men's 400 metre freestyle Heats results Archived 2012-05-26 at the Wayback Machine, from OmegaTiming.com; retrieved 2012-05-21.
  3. ^ 2012 European Aquatics Championships: Men's 400 metre freestyle Final results, from OmegaTiming.com; retrieved 2012-05-21.
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