Swimming at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's 400 metre freestyle

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Men's 400 metre freestyle
at the Games of the XXXI Olympiad
VenueOlympic Aquatics Stadium
Dates27 April 2016 (heats & final)
Competitors50 from 39 nations
Winning time3:41.55
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Mack Horton  Australia
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Sun Yang  China
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Gabriele Detti  Italy
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Freestyle
50 mmenwomen
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200 mmenwomen
400 mmenwomen
800 mwomen
1500 mmen
Backstroke
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
Breaststroke
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
Butterfly
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
Individual medley
200 mmenwomen
400 mmenwomen
Freestyle relay
4×100 mmenwomen
4×200 mmenwomen
Medley relay
4×100 mmenwomen
Marathon
10 kmmenwomen
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The men's 400 metre freestyle event at the 2016 Summer Olympics took place on 6 August at the Olympic Aquatics Stadium.[1]

Summary[]

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]

Records[]

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

World record  Paul Biedermann (GER) 3:40.07 Rome, Italy 26 July 2009 [6]
Olympic record  Sun Yang (CHN) 3:40.14 London, Great Britain 28 July 2012 [7]

Competition format[]

The competition consisted of two rounds: heats and a final. The swimmers with the best 8 times in the heats advanced to the final. Swim-offs were used as necessary to break ties for advancement to the next round.[1]

Results[]

Heats[]

The heats began at 1:48 pm.[8]

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 7 2 Conor Dwyer  United States 3:43.42 Q
2 7 4 Mack Horton  Australia 3:43.84 Q
3 7 3 Gabriele Detti  Italy 3:43.95 Q
4 6 4 Sun Yang  China 3:44.23 Q
5 7 6 David McKeon  Australia 3:44.68 Q
6 7 5 James Guy  Great Britain 3:45.31 Q
7 6 5 Connor Jaeger  United States 3:45.37 Q
8 5 7 Jordan Pothain  France 3:45.43 Q
9 6 2 Florian Vogel  Germany 3:45.49
10 6 3 Park Tae-hwan  South Korea 3:45.63
11 6 6 Ryan Cochrane  Canada 3:45.83
12 5 1 Myles Brown  South Africa 3:45.92
13 7 1 Stephen Milne  Great Britain 3:46.00
14 7 8 Velimir Stjepanović  Serbia 3:46.78
15 5 4 Aleksandr Krasnykh  Russia 3:47.39
16 4 5 Marwan El-Kamash  Egypt 3:47.43
17 6 7 Henrik Christiansen  Norway 3:47.90
18 5 5 Maarten Brzoskowski  Netherlands 3:48.00
19 4 2 Matthew Hutchins  New Zealand 3:48.25
20 4 3 Anton Ipsen  Denmark 3:48.31
21 7 7 Péter Bernek  Hungary 3:48.58
22 3 8 Marcelo Acosta  El Salvador 3:48.82
23 6 1 Wojciech Wojdak  Poland 3:48.87
24 5 3 Clemens Rapp  Germany 3:49.10
25 6 8 Felix Auböck  Austria 3:49.35
26 5 8 Qiu Ziao  China 3:49.45
27 4 4 Ahmed Akram  Egypt 3:49.46
28 5 2 Filip Zaborowski  Poland 3:49.84
29 4 1 Jan Micka  Czech Republic 3:49.97
30 4 8 Vyacheslav Andrusenko  Russia 3:50.23
31 5 6 Naito Ehara  Japan 3:50.61
32 3 2 Luiz Altamir Melo  Brazil 3:50.82
33 2 3 Cristian Quintero  Venezuela 3:50.84
34 3 7 Welson Sim  Malaysia 3:51.57
35 2 4 Ahmed Mathlouthi  Tunisia 3:52.00
36 4 6 Mads Glæsner  Denmark 3:52.59
37 4 7 Miguel Durán  Spain 3:53.40 ƒ
38 3 5 Gergő Kis  Hungary 3:54.15
39 2 5 Martín Naidich  Argentina 3:54.58
40 3 6 David Brandl  Austria 3:54.59
41 3 1 Dimitrios Dimitriou  Greece 3:54.98
42 3 4 Matias Koski  Finland 3:55.57
43 3 3 Nezir Karap  Turkey 3:58.37
44 2 7 Alex Sobers  Barbados 3:59.97
45 2 2 Irakli Revishvili  Georgia 4:00.56
46 2 6 Jessie Lacuna  Philippines 4:01.70
47 2 1 Iacovos Hadjiconstantinou  Cyprus 4:03.53
48 1 4 Geoffrey Butler  Cayman Islands 4:07.87
49 1 5 Pol Arias  Andorra 4:21.16
50 1 3 Haris Bandey  Pakistan 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
1st place, gold medalist(s) 5 Mack Horton  Australia 3:41.55
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 6 Sun Yang  China 3:41.68
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 3 Gabriele Detti  Italy 3:43.49
4 4 Conor Dwyer  United States 3:44.01
5 1 Connor Jaeger  United States 3:44.16
6 7 James Guy  Great Britain 3:44.68
7 2 David McKeon  Australia 3:45.28
8 8 Jordan Pothain  France 3:49.07

References[]

  1. ^ a b "Men's 400m Freestyle". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 6 August 2016. Retrieved 5 August 2016.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ a b "Mack Horton Edges Sun Yang for 400 Freestyle Gold in Rio". Swimming World Magazine. 6 August 2016. Retrieved 27 August 2016.
  4. ^ Johnson, Raphielle (6 August 2016). "Australia's Horton hangs on for 400 meter freestyle gold". NBC Olympics. Retrieved 27 August 2016.
  5. ^ "Conor Dwyer Leads Tight 400 Free Field Into Finals At 2016 Rio Olympic Games". Swimming World Magazine. 6 August 2016. Retrieved 27 August 2016.
  6. ^ Cowley, Michael (27 July 2009). "Thorpe's mark tumbles in night of world records". Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 7 July 2013.
  7. ^ "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.
  8. ^ "Results of the men's 400 metre freestyle heats at the 2016 Summer Olympics" (PDF). Rio 2016. 6 August 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 August 2016. Retrieved 7 August 2016.
  9. ^ 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.
  10. ^ "Results of the men's 400 metre freestyle final at the 2016 Summer Olympics" (PDF). Rio 2016. 6 August 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 August 2016. Retrieved 7 August 2016.
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