Swimming at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Men's 400 metre freestyle
| Men's 400 metre freestyle at the Games of the XXXIII Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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| Venue | Olympic Aquatics Centre, Paris La Défense Arena | ||||||||||||
| Dates | 27 July 2024 (Heats) 27 July 2024 (Final) | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 37 from 31 nations | ||||||||||||
| Winning time | 3:41.78 | ||||||||||||
| Medalists | |||||||||||||
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| Swimming at the 2024 Summer Olympics | |||
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| Qualification | |||
| Freestyle | |||
| 50 m | men | women | |
| 100 m | men | women | |
| 200 m | men | women | |
| 400 m | men | women | |
| 800 m | men | women | |
| 1500 m | men | women | |
| Backstroke | |||
| 100 m | men | women | |
| 200 m | men | women | |
| Breaststroke | |||
| 100 m | men | women | |
| 200 m | men | women | |
| Butterfly | |||
| 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 | mixed | women |
| Marathon | |||
| 10 km | men | women | |
The men's 400 metre freestyle event at the 2024 Summer Olympics was held on 27 July 2024 at the Paris Aquatics Centre.[1]
Records
[edit]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 | [2] |
| Olympic record |  Sun Yang (CHN) |
3:40.14 | London, Great Britain | 28 July 2012 | [3] |
Qualification
[edit]A National Olympic Committee (NOC) may enter a maximum of two qualified athletes in each individual event, but only if both of them have attained the Olympic Qualifying Time (OQT). One athlete per event can potentially enter if they meet the Olympic Consideration Time (OCT), or if the total quota of 852 athletes has not been targeted. NOCs may also permit swimmers regardless of time (one per gender) under a Universality place since they have no swimmers attaining either of the standard entry times (OQT/OCT).[4][5]
Following the end of the qualification window, World Aquatics will assess the number of swimmers who have achieved the OQT, the number of relay-only swimmers, and the number of Universality places, before inviting those with OCT to fulfill the total quota of 852. Additionally, OCT places will be distributed by event according to the position of the World Aquatics Rankings during the qualifying deadline.[4]
Time standards
[edit]The qualifying time standards must be obtained at the 2023 and 2024 World Championships, continental championships, continental swimming meets, national championships and selection trials, and various international meets approved by World Aquatics in the period between 1 March 2023 and 23 June 2024.[6]
The following table outlines the qualifying time standards for Paris 2024 for this event:
| Men's events | ||
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| Event | OQT* | OCT^ |
| 400 m freestyle | 3:46.78ª | 3:47.91 |
* OQTs correspond to the time achieved by a fourteenth-place swimmer in his or her respective preliminary heat of each event at the previous Games.
ª Because the fourteenth-place swimmer achieved a standard slower than the OQT in Tokyo 2020, the OQT used at the previous Games will remain constant.
^ OCTs are derived by adding 0.5% of the OQT standard.
Competition format
[edit]The competition consists of two rounds: heats and a final. The swimmers with the best 8 times in the heats advance to the final. Swim-offs are used as necessary to break ties for advancement to the next round.
Schedule
[edit]All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+2)
| Date | Time | Round |
|---|---|---|
| 27 July 2024 | 10:00 | Heats |
| 27 July 2024 | 20:42 | Final |
Results
[edit]Heats
[edit]
Source:[7]
Final
[edit]| Rank | Lane | Swimmer | Nation | Time | Notes |
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4 | Lukas Märtens |  Germany |
3:41.78 | |
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6 | Elijah Winnington |  Australia |
3:42.21 | |
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1 | Kim Woo-min |  South Korea |
3:42.50 | |
| 4 | 2 | Samuel Short | Australia |
3:42.64 | |
| 5 | 5 | Guilherme Costa |  Brazil |
3:42.76 | AM |
| 6 | 3 | Fei Liwei |  China |
3:44.24 | |
| 7 | 8 | Oliver Klemet | Germany |
3:46.59 | |
| 8 | 7 | Aaron Shackell |  United States |
3:47.00 |
Source:[8]
References
[edit]- ^ "Competition Schedule | World Aquatics Official". World Aquatics. Retrieved 16 July 2024.
- ^ Cowley, Michael (27 July 2009). "Thorpe's mark tumbles in night of world records". Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 7 July 2013.
- ^ "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.
- ^ a b "Paris 2024 – Swimming Info". World Aquatics. 5 April 2022. Retrieved 12 November 2022.
- ^ Rieder, David (3 April 2022). "Event Changes Likely as Paris 2024 Moves to Nine-Day Schedule of Finals". Swimming World Magazine. Retrieved 12 November 2022.
- ^ "Paris 2024 - Swimming Info". World Aquatics. 3 October 2022.
- ^ "Men's 400m Freestyle - Heats results" (PDF). Olympics. 27 July 2024. Retrieved 27 July 2024.
- ^ "Men's 400m Freestyle - Final results" (PDF). Olympics. 27 July 2024. Retrieved 27 July 2024.
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