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

Men's 400 metre freestyle
at the Games of the XXXI Olympiad
Venue Olympic Aquatics Stadium
Dates 6 August 2016 (heats & final)
Competitors 50 from 39 nations
Winning time 3:41.55
Medalists
1st, gold medalist(s) Mack Horton  Australia
2nd, silver medalist(s) Sun Yang  China
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Gabriele Detti  Italy

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

China's Sun Yang fell short of his attempt to a back-to-back gold in one of the program's long-distance freestyle races due to an upset performance from Australia's Mack Horton. Heading into the final lap with a narrow 0.14-second lead, Horton managed to hold off the fast-charging Sun towards the finish for his first individual gold medal in 3:41.55.[2] Unable to catch his Aussie rival near the wall by 13-hundredths of a second, Sun settled for the silver in 3:41.68. Meanwhile, Gabriele Detti picked up the bronze with a time of 3:43.49 to become Italy's first male Olympic medalist in swimming since 2000.[3]

Conor Dwyer (3:44.01), the fastest swimmer headed into the final, and fellow American Connor Jaeger (3:44.16) finished off the podium in fourth and fifth respectively, separated by a 0.15-second margin.[4] Great Britain's James Guy led the pack towards the halfway mark under a world record pace, but faded to sixth in 3:44.68. Horton's teammate David McKeon (3:45.28) and France's Jordan Pothain (3:49.07) rounded out the field.[3]

South Korean swimmer and Beijing 2008 champion Park Tae-hwan, as well as Canada's long distance ace Ryan Cochrane, did not advance to the final, finishing tenth and eleventh in the prelims.[5]

Records

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

World record Paul Biedermann (GER)3:40.07Rome, Italy26 July 2009
Olympic record Sun Yang (CHN)3:40.14London, Great Britain28 July 2012

Results

Heats

The heats began at 1:48 pm.[6]

RankHeatLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
172Conor Dwyer United States3:43.42Q
274Mack Horton Australia3:43.84Q
373Gabriele Detti Italy3:43.95Q
464Sun Yang China3:44.23Q
576David McKeon Australia3:44.68Q
675James Guy Great Britain3:45.31Q
765Connor Jaeger United States3:45.37Q
857Jordan Pothain France3:45.43Q
962Florian Vogel Germany3:45.49
1063Park Tae-hwan South Korea3:45.63
1166Ryan Cochrane Canada3:45.83
1251Myles Brown South Africa3:45.92
1371Stephen Milne Great Britain3:46.00
1478Velimir Stjepanović Serbia3:46.78
1554Aleksandr Krasnykh Russia3:47.39
1645Marwan El-Kamash Egypt3:47.43
1767Henrik Christiansen Norway3:47.90
1855Maarten Brzoskowski Netherlands3:48.00
1942Matthew Hutchins New Zealand3:48.25
2043Anton Ipsen Denmark3:48.31
2177Péter Bernek Hungary3:48.58
2238Marcelo Acosta El Salvador3:48.82
2361Wojciech Wojdak Poland3:48.87
2453Clemens Rapp Germany3:49.10
2568Felix Auböck Austria3:49.35
2658Qiu Ziao China3:49.45
2744Ahmed Akram Egypt3:49.46
2852Filip Zaborowski Poland3:49.84
2941Jan Micka Czech Republic3:49.97
3048Vyacheslav Andrusenko Russia3:50.23
3156Naito Ehara Japan3:50.61
3232Luiz Altamir Melo Brazil3:50.82
3323Cristian Quintero Venezuela3:50.84
3437Welson Sim Malaysia3:51.57
3524Ahmed Mathlouthi Tunisia3:52.00
3646Mads Glæsner Denmark3:52.59
3747Miguel Durán Spain3:53.40ƒ
3835Gergő Kis Hungary3:54.15
3925Martín Naidich Argentina3:54.58
4036David Brandl Austria3:54.59
4131Dimitrios Dimitriou Greece3:54.98
4234Matias Koski Finland3:55.57
4333Nezir Karap Turkey3:58.37
4427Alex Sobers Barbados3:59.97
4522Irakli Revishvili Georgia4:00.56
4626Jessie Lacuna Philippines4:01.70
4721Iacovos Hadjiconstantinou Cyprus4:03.53
4814Geoffrey Butler Cayman Islands4:07.87
4915Pol Arias Andorra4:21.16
5013Haris Bandey Pakistan4:33.13

ƒ False start, but allowed to continue at referee's discretion.[7]

Final

The final began at 10:30 pm.[8]

Medal ceremony for the 400 m freestyle.
RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
1st, gold medalist(s)5Mack Horton Australia3:41.55
2nd, silver medalist(s)6Sun Yang China3:41.68
3rd, bronze medalist(s)3Gabriele Detti Italy3:43.49
44Conor Dwyer United States3:44.01
51Connor Jaeger United States3:44.16
67James Guy Great Britain3:44.68
72David McKeon Australia3:45.28
88Jordan Pothain France3:49.07

References

  1. ↑ "Men's 400m Freestyle". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 6 August 2016. Retrieved 5 August 2016.
  2. ↑ Pentony, Luke (7 August 2016). "Rio 2016: Mack Horton wins Australia's first swimming medal, winning 400-metres freestyle". ABC News Australia. Retrieved 27 August 2016.
  3. 1 2 "Mack Horton Edges Sun Yang for 400 Freestyle Gold in Rio". Swimming World Magazine. 6 August 2016. Retrieved 27 August 2016.
  4. ↑ Johnson, Raphielle (6 August 2016). "Australia's Horton hangs on for 400 meter freestyle gold". NBC Olympics. Retrieved 27 August 2016.
  5. ↑ "Conor Dwyer Leads Tight 400 Free Field Into Finals At 2016 Rio Olympic Games". Swimming World Magazine. 6 August 2016. Retrieved 27 August 2016.
  6. ↑ "Results of the men's 400 metre freestyle heats at the 2016 Summer Olympics" (pdf). Rio 2016. 6 August 2016.
  7. ↑ Lutton, Phil (7 August 2016). "Teary Miguel Duran Navia gets second Rio chance after false start at Olympics". The Sydney Morning Herald. Fairfax Media. Retrieved 7 August 2016.
  8. ↑ "Results of the men's 400 metre freestyle final at the 2016 Summer Olympics" (pdf). Rio 2016. 6 August 2016.
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