Swimming at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Men's 400 metre freestyle

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Men's 400 metre freestyle
at the Games of the XXXIII Olympiad
VenueOlympic Aquatics Centre,
Paris La Défense Arena
Dates27 July 2024
(Heats)
27 July 2024
(Final)
Competitors37 from 31 nations
Winning time3:41.78
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Lukas Märtens  Germany
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Elijah Winnington  Australia
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Kim Woo-min  South Korea
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Swimming at the
2024 Summer Olympics
Qualification
Freestyle
50 mmenwomen
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
400 mmenwomen
800 mmenwomen
1500 mmenwomen
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 mmenmixedwomen
Marathon
10 kmmenwomen

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

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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

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Main article: Swimming at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification

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

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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
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

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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

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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

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Heats

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Rank Heat Lane Swimmer Nation Time Notes
1 5 4 Lukas Märtens  Germany 3:44.13 Q
2 4 3 Guilherme Costa  Brazil 3:44.23 Q
3 3 3 Fei Liwei  China 3:44.60 Q
4 5 5 Elijah Winnington  Australia 3:44.87 Q
5 4 4 Samuel Short  Australia 3:44.88 Q
6 4 1 Aaron Shackell  United States 3:45.45 Q
7 4 5 Kim Woo-min  South Korea 3:45.52 Q
8 5 3 Oliver Klemet  Germany 3:45.75 Q
9 3 5 Ahmed Jaouadi  Tunisia 3:46.19
10 4 7 Danas Rapšys  Lithuania 3:46.27
11 4 8 Kieran Smith  United States 3:46.47
12 5 1 Zhang Zhanshuo  China 3:46.76
12 4 2 Lucas Henveaux  Belgium 3:46.76
14 3 8 Zalán Sárkány  Hungary 3:47.33 PB
15 3 7 David Aubry  France 3:47.53
16 5 8 Kieran Bird  Great Britain 3:47.54
17 5 7 Marco De Tullio  Italy 3:47.90
18 3 4 Victor Johansson  Sweden 3:47.98
19 3 1 Alfonso Mestre  Venezuela 3:48.20
20 3 6 Matteo Lamberti  Italy 3:48.38
21 5 2 Petar Mitsin  Bulgaria 3:49.30
22 2 5 Kregor Zirk  Estonia 3:49.59
23 4 6 Antonio Djakovic  Switzerland 3:49.77
24 5 6 Felix Auböck  Austria 3:50.50
25 2 7 Eduardo Cisternas  Chile 3:51.29 NR
26 2 3 Ilia Sibirtsev  Uzbekistan 3:51.52
27 2 4 Khiew Hoe Yean  Malaysia 3:51.66
28 3 2 Eduardo Moraes  Brazil 3:51.74
29 2 2 Joaquín Vargas  Peru 3:54.59
30 2 6 Jovan Lekić  Bosnia and Herzegovina 3:57.90
31 2 8 Pavel Alovațki  Moldova 3:59.77
32 2 1 Loris Bianchi  San Marino 4:01.13
33 1 5 Ilias el Fallaki  Morocco 4:01.59
34 1 3 Raekwon Noel  Guyana 4:02.29 NR
35 1 6 Alberto Vega  Costa Rica 4:03.14
36 1 2 Ridhwan Abubakar  Kenya 4:05.14
37 1 4 Nikola Ǵuretanoviḱ  North Macedonia 4:05.38

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Final

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Rank Lane Swimmer Nation Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 4 Lukas Märtens  Germany 3:41.78
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 6 Elijah Winnington  Australia 3:42.21
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 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

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References

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  1. ^ "Competition Schedule | World Aquatics Official". World Aquatics. Retrieved 16 July 2024.
  2. ^ Cowley, Michael (27 July 2009). "Thorpe's mark tumbles in night of world records". Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 7 July 2013.
  3. ^ "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.
  4. ^ a b "Paris 2024 – Swimming Info". World Aquatics. 5 April 2022. Retrieved 12 November 2022.
  5. ^ 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.
  6. ^ "Paris 2024 - Swimming Info". World Aquatics. 3 October 2022.
  7. ^ "Men's 400m Freestyle - Heats results" (PDF). Olympics. 27 July 2024. Retrieved 27 July 2024.
  8. ^ "Men's 400m Freestyle - Final results" (PDF). Olympics. 27 July 2024. Retrieved 27 July 2024.
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