| Men's 400 metre freestyle at the Games of the XXXI Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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| Venue | Olympic Aquatics Stadium | ||||||||||||
| Dates | 27 April 2016 (heats & final) | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 50 from 39 nations | ||||||||||||
| Winning time | 3:41.55 | ||||||||||||
| Medalists | |||||||||||||
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| Swimming at the 2016 Summer Olympics | ||
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| Qualification | ||
| Freestyle | ||
| 50 m | men | women |
| 100 m | men | women |
| 200 m | men | women |
| 400 m | men | women |
| 800 m | women | |
| 1500 m | men | |
| Backstroke | ||
| 100 m | men | women |
| 200 m | men | women |
| Breaststroke | ||
| 100 m | men | women |
| 200 m | men | women |
| Butterfly | ||
| 100 m | men | women |
| 200 m | men | women |
| Individual medley | ||
| 200 m | men | women |
| 400 m | men | women |
| Freestyle relay | ||
| 4 × 100 m | men | women |
| 4 × 200 m | men | women |
| Medley relay | ||
| 4 × 100 m | men | women |
| Marathon | ||
| 10 km | men | women |
The men's 400 metre freestyle event at the 2016 Summer Olympics took place on 6 August at the Olympic Aquatics Stadium. The winning margin was 0.13 seconds.
Summary
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 a strong 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. 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.
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. 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.
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.
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 | |
| Olympic record |  Sun Yang (CHN) |
3:40.14 | London, Great Britain | 28 July 2012 |
Competition format
The competition consisted of two rounds: heats and a final. The swimmers with the best 8 times in the heats advanced to the final. Swim-offs were used as necessary to break ties for advancement to the next round.
Results
Heats
The heats began at 1:48 pm.
ƒ False start, but allowed to continue at referee's discretion.
Final
The final began at 10:30 pm.
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| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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5 | Mack Horton |  Australia |
3:41.55 | |
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6 | Sun Yang | China |
3:41.68 | |
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3 | Gabriele Detti |  Italy |
3:43.49 | |
| 4 | 4 | Conor Dwyer |  United States |
3:44.01 | |
| 5 | 1 | Connor Jaeger | United States |
3:44.16 | |
| 6 | 7 | James Guy |  Great Britain |
3:44.68 | |
| 7 | 2 | David McKeon | Australia |
3:45.28 | |
| 8 | 8 | Jordan Pothain |  France |
3:49.07 |
References
- ^ "Men's 400m Freestyle". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 6 August 2016. Retrieved 5 August 2016.
- 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.
- ^ "Mack Horton Edges Sun Yang for 400 Freestyle Gold in Rio". Swimming World Magazine. 6 August 2016. Retrieved 27 August 2016.
- Johnson, Raphielle (6 August 2016). "Australia's Horton hangs on for 400 meter freestyle gold". NBC Olympics. Retrieved 27 August 2016.
- "Conor Dwyer Leads Tight 400 Free Field Into Finals At 2016 Rio Olympic Games". Swimming World Magazine. 6 August 2016. Retrieved 27 August 2016.
- Cowley, Michael (27 July 2009). "Thorpe's mark tumbles in night of world records". Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 7 July 2013.
- "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.
- "Results of the men's 400 metre freestyle heats at the 2016 Summer Olympics" (PDF). Rio 2016. 6 August 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 August 2016. Retrieved 7 August 2016.
- 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.
- "Results of the men's 400 metre freestyle final at the 2016 Summer Olympics" (PDF). Rio 2016. 6 August 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 August 2016. Retrieved 7 August 2016.
| Olympic champions in men's 400 m freestyle | |
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| 440 yards | |
| 400 metres |
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