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

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swimming at the 2024 Summer Olympics – men's 400 metre freestyle
Olympic sporting event
Part ofswimming at the 2024 Summer Olympics Edit
Competition classmen's 400 metre freestyle Edit
Sportswimming Edit
CountryFrance Edit
Ein locationParis La Défense Arena Edit
Dey followswimming at the 2020 Summer Olympics – men's 400 metre freestyle Edit
Point for tym insyd27 July 2024 Edit
Tym dem start27 July 2024 Edit
End tym27 July 2024 Edit
WinnerLukas Märtens, Elijah Winnington, Kim Woo-min Edit

Na dem hold de men's 400 metre freestyle event for de 2024 Summer Olympics for 27 July 2024 for de Paris Aquatics Centre.[1]

Records

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Prior to dis competition, na de existing world den Olympic records be 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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National Olympic Committee (NOC) fi enter maximum of two qualified athletes insyd each individual event, buh only if both of dem attain de Olympic Qualifying Time (OQT). One athlete per event fi potentially enter if dem meet de Olympic Consideration Time (OCT), anaa if de total quota of 852 athletes no be targeted. NOCs sanso fi permit swimmers regardless of time (one per gender) under Universality place since dem get no swimmers wey dey attain either of de standard entry times (OQT/OCT).[4][5]

Dey follow de end of de qualification window, World Aquatics go assess de number of swimmers wey achieve de OQT, de number of relay-only swimmers, den de number of Universality places, before dem invite those plus OCT make dem fulfill de total quota of 852. Additionally, dem go distribute OCT places by event according to de position of de World Aquatics Rankings during de qualifying deadline.[4]

Time standards

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Dem for obtain de qualifying time standards for de 2023 den 2024 World Championships, continental championships, continental swimming meets, national championships den selection trials, den various international meets dem approve by World Aquatics insyd de period between 1 March 2023 den 23 June 2024.[6]

De table wey dey follow dey outline de qualifying time standards for Paris 2024 for dis event:

Men's events
Event OQT* OCT^
400 m freestyle 3:46.78ª 3:47.91

* OQTs dey correspond to de time dem achieve by fourteenth-place swimmer for ein respective preliminary heat of each event for de previous Games.

ª Secof de fourteenth-place swimmer achieve standard slower dan de OQT insyd Tokyo 2020, de OQT dem use for de previous Games go remain constant.

^ Dem dey derive OCTs by adding 0.5% of de OQT standard.

Competition format

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De competition dey consist of three rounds: heats, semifinals, den final. De swimmers plus de best 16 times insyd de heats advance go de semifinals. De swimmers plus de best 8 times insyd de semifinals advance go de final. Dem dey use swim-offs as necessary make dem break ties for advancement to de next round.

Schedule

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All times be 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
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

Source:[7]

Final

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Rank Lane Swimmer Nation Time Notes
4 Lukas Märtens Germany 3:41.78
6 Elijah Winnington Australia 3:42.21
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. 4.0 4.1 "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.

Olympic champions insyd men's 400 m freestyle

440 yards
  • 1904:  Charles Daniels (USA)
400 metres
  • 1908:  Henry Taylor (GBR)
  • 1912:  George Hodgson (CAN)
  • 1920:  Norman Ross (USA)
  • 1924:  Johnny Weissmuller (USA)
  • 1928:  Alberto Zorrilla (ARG)
  • 1932:  Buster Crabbe (USA)
  • 1936:  Jack Medica (USA)
  • 1948:  Bill Smith (USA)
  • 1952:  Jean Boiteux (FRA)
  • 1956:  Murray Rose (AUS)
  • 1960:  Murray Rose (AUS)
  • 1964:  Don Schollander (USA)
  • 1968:  Mike Burton (USA)
  • 1972:  Brad Cooper (AUS)
  • 1976:  Brian Goodell (USA)
  • 1980:  Vladimir Salnikov (URS)
  • 1984:  George DiCarlo (USA)
  • 1988:  Uwe Dassler (GDR)
  • 1992:  Yevgeny Sadovyi (EUN)
  • 1996:  Danyon Loader (NZL)
  • 2000:  Ian Thorpe (AUS)
  • 2004:  Ian Thorpe (AUS)
  • 2008:  Park Tae-hwan (KOR)
  • 2012:  Sun Yang (CHN)
  • 2016:  Mack Horton (AUS)
  • 2020:  Ahmed Hafnaoui (TUN)
  • 2024:  Lukas Märtens (GER)