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Swimming at the
2020 Summer Olympics
Sample picture of the event (unofficial)
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 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

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

Main article: Swimming at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

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

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

All times are Japan Standard Time (UTC+9)[1]

Date Time Round
24 July 19:38 Heats
25 July 10:52 Final

Results

The swimmers with the top 8 times, regardless of heat, advance to the final.[6]

Heats

Rank Heat Lane Swimmer Nation Time Notes
1 4 2 Henning Mühlleitner  Germany 3:43.67 Q
2 4 3 Felix Auböck  Austria 3:43.91 Q, NR
3 4 4 Gabriele Detti  Italy 3:44.67 Q
4 5 4 Elijah Winnington  Australia 3:45.20 Q
4 5 5 Jack McLoughlin  Australia 3:45.20 Q
6 5 2 Kieran Smith  United States 3:45.25 Q
7 5 1 Jake Mitchell  United States 3:45.38 Q
8 4 8 Ahmed Hafnaoui  Tunisia 3:45.68 Q
9 3 5 Antonio Djakovic  Switzerland 3:45.82 NR
10 5 6 Marco De Tullio  Italy 3:45.85
11 4 7 Guilherme Costa  Brazil 3:45.99
12 4 6 Lukas Märtens  Germany 3:46.30
13 4 5 Danas Rapšys  Lithuania 3:46.32
14 3 7 Marwan El-Kamash  Egypt 3:46.94
15 3 1 Kregor Zirk  Estonia 3:47.05 NR
16 2 4 Alfonso Mestre  Venezuela 3:47.14 NR
17 3 4 Aleksandr Yegorov  ROC 3:47.71
18 5 8 Gábor Zombori  Hungary 3:47.99
19 5 7 Ji Xinjie  China 3:48.27
20 4 1 Kieran Bird  Great Britain 3:48.55
21 3 3 Henrik Christiansen  Norway 3:48.88
22 5 3 Martin Malyutin  ROC 3:49.49
23 3 2 Zac Reid  New Zealand 3:49.85
24 2 3 Martin Bau  Slovenia 3:52.56
25 2 2 Joaquín Vargas  Peru 3:52.94
26 3 8 Lee Ho-joon  South Korea 3:53.23
27 1 5 Eduardo Cisternas  Chile 3:54.10 NR
28 3 6 David Aubry  France 3:55.01
29 2 6 Aflah Fadlan Prawira  Indonesia 3:55.08
30 2 7 Wesley Roberts  Cook Islands 3:55.65
31 1 4 Igor Mogne  Mozambique 3:56.56
32 1 3 Irakli Revishvili  Georgia 3:57.49
33 2 5 Welson Sim  Malaysia 3:58.25
34 2 8 Alex Sobers  Barbados 3:59.14
35 2 1 James Freeman  Botswana 4:03.10
36 1 6 Filip Derkoski  North Macedonia 4:03.34

Final

[7]

Rank Lane Swimmer Nation Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 8 Ahmed Hafnaoui  Tunisia 3:43.36
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 2 Jack McLoughlin  Australia 3:43.52
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 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

  1. ^ a b "Tokyo 2020: Swimming Schedule". Tokyo 2020. Retrieved 30 January 2020.
  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. ^ "Tokyo 2020 – FINA Swimming Qualification System" (pdf). Tokyo 2020. FINA. Retrieved 29 January 2020.
  5. ^ "FINA Swimming Rulebook, 2017–21" (PDF). FINA. Retrieved 29 January 2020.
  6. ^ "Heats results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 October 2021. Retrieved 24 July 2021.
  7. ^ "Final results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 August 2021. Retrieved 25 July 2021.
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