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

Men's 400 metre individual medley
at the Games of the XXXI Olympiad
Venue Olympic Aquatics Stadium
Dates 6 August 2016 (heats & final)
Competitors 27 from 20 nations
Winning time 4:06.05 AS
Medalists
1st, gold medalist(s) Kosuke Hagino  Japan
2nd, silver medalist(s) Chase Kalisz  United States
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Daiya Seto  Japan

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

London 2012 bronze medalist Kosuke Hagino ended the 24-year American supremacy to win Japan's first ever gold medal in the event at these Games. He held off a late challenge from the top-seeded U.S. swimmer Chase Kalisz down the final stretch to touch the wall first in a new Asian record of 4:06.05.[2][3] Snapping a streak of five straight golds for the United States, Kalisz managed to secure his first Olympic career medal with a personal best of 4:06.75 for a silver. Meanwhile, Hagino's fellow countryman and 2015 world champion Daiya Seto captured the bronze in 4:09.71, to give Japan two swimmers on the same Olympic podium for the first time in 60 years.[4]

Great Britain's Max Litchfield finished off the podium with a fourth-place time in 4:11.62, edging out the American Jay Litherland by six-hundredths of a second (4:11.68). Australian duo Thomas Fraser-Holmes (4:11.90) and Travis Mahoney (4:15.48), as well as Spain's Joan Lluís Pons (4:16.58) closed out the field.[3]

Germany's Jacob Heidtmann, who established a new national record of 4:11.85 to finish among the top eight for the final, was disqualified for using two dolphin kicks in the breaststroke leg during the prelims.[5]

The medals for the competition were presented by Henri, Grand Duke of Luxembourg, IOC member, and the gifts were presented by Dr. Julio Maglione, President of the FINA.

Records

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

World record Michael Phelps (USA)4:03.84Beijing, China10 August 2008
Olympic record Michael Phelps (USA)4:03.84Beijing, China10 August 2008

Results

Heats

RankHeatLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
145Chase Kalisz United States4:08.12Q
244Daiya Seto Japan4:08.47Q
334Kosuke Hagino Japan4:10.00Q
443Jay Litherland United States4:11.10Q
536Max Litchfield Great Britain4:11.95Q
633Thomas Fraser-Holmes Australia4:12.51Q
724Travis Mahoney Australia4:13.37Q
825Joan Lluís Pons Spain4:13.55Q
937Richárd Nagy Slovakia4:13.87
1032Wang Shun China4:14.46
1138Gergely Gyurta Hungary4:14.81
1235Dávid Verrasztó Hungary4:15.04
1328Jérémy Desplanches Switzerland4:15.46
1421Alexis Santos Portugal4:15.84
1547Brandonn Almeida Brazil4:17.25
1641Luca Marin Italy4:17.88
1723Michael Meyer South Africa4:18.13
1831Johannes Hintze Germany4:18.25
1926Gal Nevo Israel4:18.29
2046Federico Turrini Italy4:18.39
2148Sebastien Rousseau South Africa4:18.72
2214Christoph Meier Liechtenstein4:19.19
2327Raphaël Stacchiotti Luxembourg4:20.37
2422Pavel Janeček Czech Republic4:22.09
2515Pedro Pinotes Angola4:25.84
2613Luis Vega Torres Cuba4:27.27
42Jacob Heidtmann GermanyDSQ

Final

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
1st, gold medalist(s)3Kosuke Hagino Japan4:06.05AS
2nd, silver medalist(s)4Chase Kalisz United States4:06.75
3rd, bronze medalist(s)5Daiya Seto Japan4:09.71
42Max Litchfield Great Britain4:11.62
56Jay Litherland United States4:11.68
67Thomas Fraser-Holmes Australia4:11.90
71Travis Mahoney Australia4:15.48
88Joan Lluís Pons Spain4:16.58

References

  1. ↑ "Men's 400m Individual Medley". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 26 August 2016. Retrieved 5 August 2016.
  2. ↑ "Kosuke Hagino wins Olympic gold in 400m individual medley, Chase Kalisz gets silver". Rio 2016. NBC Olympics. Retrieved 9 August 2016.
  3. 1 2 "Kosuke Hagino Ends American Winning Streak with Gold in 400 IM at Rio Olympics". Swimming World Magazine. 7 August 2016. Retrieved 27 August 2016.
  4. ↑ McKirdy, Andrew (7 August 2016). "Hagino earns Japan's first Rio Games gold with victory in 400-meter individual medley". The Japan Times. Retrieved 27 August 2016.
  5. ↑ "Olympics: Hungary's Hosszu shatters world record, Horton claims gold for Australia". Deutsche Welle. Retrieved 9 August 2016.
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