Swimming at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's 400 metre individual medley

The men's 400 metre individual medley event at the 2012 Summer Olympics took place on 28 July at the London Aquatics Centre in London, United Kingdom.[1]

Men's 400 metre individual medley
at the Games of the XXX Olympiad
VenueLondon Aquatics Centre
DatesJuly 28, 2012 (heats & final)
Competitors37 from 29 nations
Winning time4:05.18
Medalists
Ryan Lochte  United States
Thiago Pereira  Brazil
Kosuke Hagino  Japan
Swimming at the
2012 Summer Olympics
Qualification
Freestyle
50 mmenwomen
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
400 mmenwomen
800 mwomen
1500 mmen
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 mmenwomen
Marathon
10 kmmenwomen

U.S. Ryan Lochte pulled away from the rest of the field, including double defending champion Michael Phelps, over a wide margin to capture the Olympic title in the event. He rocketed to a strong finish in a sterling textile best of 4:05.18, the second fastest ever behind Phelps' 2008 world record by 1.34 seconds.[2][3] Meanwhile, Brazil's Thiago Pereira powered home with the silver in a matching South American record of 4:08.86, making him the first swimmer for his nation to claim an Olympic medal in the event, since Ricardo Prado did so in 1984.[4] Japanese teen Kosuke Hagino smashed an Asian record of 4:08.94 to edge Phelps out of the podium for the bronze.[5][6]

For the first time since his official debut in 2000, Phelps struggled to a fourth-place finish and denied his seventeenth career medal in 4:09.28. He almost missed the final roster by a small fraction of a second, after posting an eighth-seeded time of 4:13.33 from the morning prelims.[7][8]

South Africa's Chad le Clos (4:12.42), Hagino's teammate Yuya Horihata (4:13.30), Aussie swimmer Thomas Fraser-Holmes (4:13.49), and Italy's Luca Marin (4:14.89) rounded out the historic finale.[6] Surprisingly, Hungary's top medal favorite and European champion László Cseh missed the final by seven-hundredths of a second (0.07) with a ninth-place effort (4:13.40).[9]

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[10][11]
Olympic record Michael Phelps (USA)4:03.84Beijing, China10 August 2008[10][11]

Results

Heats

[12]

RankHeatLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
134Kosuke Hagino Japan4:10.01Q, AS
252Chad le Clos South Africa4:12.24Q, NR
354Ryan Lochte United States4:12.35Q
436Thiago Pereira Brazil4:12.39Q
553Thomas Fraser-Holmes Australia4:12.66Q
656Luca Marin Italy4:13.02Q
755Yuya Horihata Japan4:13.09Q
844Michael Phelps United States4:13.33Q
945László Cseh Hungary4:13.40
1031Gal Nevo Israel4:14.77
1142Yannick Lebherz Germany4:15.41
1233Yang Zhixian China4:15.45
1346Roberto Pavoni Great Britain4:15.56
1443Wang Chengxiang China4:15.57
1541Maksym Shemberev Ukraine4:16.63
1624Ward Bauwens Belgium4:16.71NR
1747Ioannis Drymonakos Greece4:17.04
1826Raphael Stacchiotti Luxembourg4:17.20NR
1951Riaan Schoeman South Africa4:17.22
57Federico Turrini Italy
2137Alexander Tikhonov Russia4:18.12
2235Dávid Verrasztó Hungary4:18.31
2348Alec Page Canada4:19.17
2432Joe Roebuck Great Britain4:20.24
2515Bradley Ally Barbados4:21.32
2622Yury Suvorau Belarus4:23.06NR
25Diogo Carvalho Portugal
2823Jung Won-yong South Korea4:23.12
2921Esteban Enderica Salgado Ecuador4:24.32NR
3028Pedro Pinotes Angola4:24.69
3114Anton Sveinn McKee Iceland4:25.06NR
3258Daniel Tranter Australia4:25.76
3327Quah Zheng Wen Singapore4:26.81
3416Marko Blaževski Macedonia4:32.38
3513Rafael Alfaro El Salvador4:35.80
3612Ahmed Ghithe Atari Qatar5:21.30
38Taki Mrabet TunisiaDSQ

Final
RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
3Ryan Lochte United States4:05.18
6Thiago Pereira Brazil4:08.86SA
4Kosuke Hagino Japan4:08.94AS
48Michael Phelps United States4:09.28
55Chad le Clos South Africa4:12.42
61Yuya Horihata Japan4:13.30
72Thomas Fraser-Holmes Australia4:13.49
87Luca Marin Italy4:14.89

References
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