Swimming at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's 400 metre freestyle
Men's 400 metre freestyle at the Games of the XXXII Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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Venue | Tokyo Aquatics Centre | ||||||||||||
Dates | 24 July 2021 (heats) 25 July 2021 (final) | ||||||||||||
Competitors | 36 from 31 nations | ||||||||||||
Winning time | 3:43.36 | ||||||||||||
Medalists | |||||||||||||
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Swimming at the 2020 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 2020 Summer Olympics was held in 2021 at the Tokyo Aquatics Centre.[1] It was the event's twenty-seventh consecutive appearance, having been held at every edition since 1904.
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] |
No new records were set during the competition.
Qualification[edit]
The Olympic Qualifying Time for the event is 3:46.78. Up to two swimmers per National Olympic Committee (NOC) can automatically qualify by swimming that time at an approved qualification event. The Olympic Selection Time is 3:53.58. Up to one swimmer per NOC meeting that time is eligible for selection, allocated by world ranking until the maximum quota for all swimming events is reached. NOCs without a male swimmer qualified in any event can also use their universality place.[4]
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.[5]
Schedule[edit]
All times are Japan Standard Time (UTC+9)[1]
Date | Time | Round |
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24 July | 19:38 | Heats |
25 July | 10:52 | Final |
Results[edit]
The swimmers with the top 8 times, regardless of heat, advance to the final.[6]
Heats[edit]
Final[edit]
Rank | Lane | Swimmer | Nation | Time | Notes |
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8 | Ahmed Hafnaoui | Tunisia | 3:43.36 | ||
2 | Jack McLoughlin | Australia | 3:43.52 | ||
7 | Kieran Smith | United States | 3:43.94 | ||
4 | 4 | Henning Mühlleitner | Germany | 3:44.07 | |
5 | Felix Auböck | Austria | 3:44.07 | ||
6 | 3 | Gabriele Detti | Italy | 3:44.88 | |
7 | 6 | Elijah Winnington | Australia | 3:45.20 | |
8 | 1 | Jake Mitchell | United States | 3:45.39 |
References[edit]
- ^ a b "Tokyo 2020: Swimming Schedule". Tokyo 2020. Retrieved 30 January 2020.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Tokyo 2020 – FINA Swimming Qualification System" (pdf). Tokyo 2020. FINA. Retrieved 29 January 2020.
- ^ "FINA Swimming Rulebook, 2017–21" (PDF). FINA. Retrieved 29 January 2020.
- ^ "Heats results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 October 2021. Retrieved 24 July 2021.
- ^ "Final results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 August 2021. Retrieved 25 July 2021.