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

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Men's 400 metre individual medley
at the Games of the XXXI Olympiad
VenueOlympic Aquatics Stadium
Dates6 August 2016 (heats & final)
Competitors27 from 20 nations
Winning time4:06.05 AS
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Kosuke Hagino  Japan
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Chase Kalisz  United States
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Daiya Seto  Japan
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Qualification
Freestyle
50 mmenwomen
100 mmenwomen
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

The men's 400 metre individual medley event at the 2016 Summer Olympics took place on 6 August at the Olympic Aquatics Stadium.[1]

Summary

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London 2012 bronze medalist Kosuke Hagino held off a late challenge from the U.S. swimmer Chase Kalisz down the final stretch to touch the wall first in a new Asian record of 4:06.05.[2][3] Kalisz managed to secure his first Olympic career medal with a personal best of 4:06.75 for a silver. Meanwhile, Hagino's fellow countryman and 2015 world champion Daiya Seto captured the bronze in 4:09.71, to give Japan two swimmers on the same Olympic podium for the first time in 60 years.[4]

Great Britain's Max Litchfield finished off the podium with a fourth-place time in 4:11.62, edging out the American Jay Litherland by six-hundredths of a second (4:11.68). Australian duo Thomas Fraser-Holmes (4:11.90) and Travis Mahoney (4:15.48), as well as Spain's Joan Lluís Pons (4:16.58) closed out the field.[3]

Germany's Jacob Heidtmann, who established a new national record of 4:11.85 to finish among the top eight for the final, was disqualified for using two dolphin kicks in the breaststroke leg during the prelims.[5]

The medals for the competition were presented by Henri, Grand Duke of Luxembourg, IOC member, and the gifts were presented by Dr. Julio Maglione, President of the FINA.

Records

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

World record  Michael Phelps (USA) 4:03.84 Beijing, China 10 August 2008 [6]
Olympic record  Michael Phelps (USA) 4:03.84 Beijing, China 10 August 2008 [6]

Competition format

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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

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Heats

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Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 4 5 Chase Kalisz  United States 4:08.12 Q
2 4 4 Daiya Seto  Japan 4:08.47 Q
3 3 4 Kosuke Hagino  Japan 4:10.00 Q
4 4 3 Jay Litherland  United States 4:11.10 Q
5 3 6 Max Litchfield  Great Britain 4:11.95 Q
6 3 3 Thomas Fraser-Holmes  Australia 4:12.51 Q
7 2 4 Travis Mahoney  Australia 4:13.37 Q
8 2 5 Joan Lluís Pons  Spain 4:13.55 Q, NR
9 3 7 Richárd Nagy  Slovakia 4:13.87
10 3 2 Wang Shun  China 4:14.46
11 3 8 Gergely Gyurta  Hungary 4:14.81
12 3 5 Dávid Verrasztó  Hungary 4:15.04
13 2 8 Jérémy Desplanches  Switzerland 4:15.46
14 2 1 Alexis Santos  Portugal 4:15.84
15 4 7 Brandonn Almeida  Brazil 4:17.25
16 4 1 Luca Marin  Italy 4:17.88
17 2 3 Michael Meyer  South Africa 4:18.13
18 3 1 Johannes Hintze  Germany 4:18.25
19 2 6 Gal Nevo  Israel 4:18.29
20 4 6 Federico Turrini  Italy 4:18.39
21 4 8 Sebastien Rousseau  South Africa 4:18.72
22 1 4 Christoph Meier  Liechtenstein 4:19.19
23 2 7 Raphaël Stacchiotti  Luxembourg 4:20.37
24 2 2 Pavel Janeček  Czech Republic 4:22.09
25 1 5 Pedro Pinotes  Angola 4:25.84
26 1 3 Luis Vega Torres  Cuba 4:27.27
4 2 Jacob Heidtmann  Germany DSQ

Final

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Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 3 Kosuke Hagino  Japan 4:06.05 AS
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 4 Chase Kalisz  United States 4:06.75
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 5 Daiya Seto  Japan 4:09.71
4 2 Max Litchfield  Great Britain 4:11.62
5 6 Jay Litherland  United States 4:11.68
6 7 Thomas Fraser-Holmes  Australia 4:11.90
7 1 Travis Mahoney  Australia 4:15.48
8 8 Joan Lluís Pons  Spain 4:16.58

References

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  1. ^ a b "Men's 400m Individual Medley". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 26 August 2016. Retrieved 5 August 2016.
  2. ^ "Kosuke Hagino wins Olympic gold in 400m individual medley, Chase Kalisz gets silver". Rio 2016. NBC Olympics. Retrieved 9 August 2016.
  3. ^ a b "Kosuke Hagino Ends American Winning Streak with Gold in 400 IM at Rio Olympics". Swimming World Magazine. 7 August 2016. Retrieved 27 August 2016.
  4. ^ McKirdy, Andrew (7 August 2016). "Hagino earns Japan's first Rio Games gold with victory in 400-meter individual medley". The Japan Times. Retrieved 27 August 2016.
  5. ^ "Olympics: Hungary's Hosszu shatters world record, Horton claims gold for Australia". Deutsche Welle. Retrieved 9 August 2016.
  6. ^ a b "Opening statement: Phelps grabs gold, WR in 400 IM". ESPN. 10 August 2008. Retrieved 17 May 2013.
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