The men's 400 metre individual medley of Swimming 2016 during the 2016 Summer Olympics was held on 6 August 2016 in the Rio de Janeiro Olympic Aquatics Stadium. With 27 athletes competing, the event was won by Kosuke Hagino from Japan, with Chase Kalisz from United States taking the silver medal and Daiya Seto from Japan taking bronze.
Format[]
The competition exists out of two rounds. In the qualification round, all competitors set in a time in heats of three to eight swimmers. The eight swimmers with the fastest times advance to the final. The fastest competitor in the final is the winner of the event.
Preview[]
Twenty-seven athletes qualified for the event with Kosuke Hagino as the big favorites, having five of the six fastest times of the year. Chase Kalisz and Daiya Seto seemed to be the closest challengers, followed by Jay Litherland and Thomas Fraser-Holmes. Other potential outsiders were Federico Turrini, David Verraszto, Brandonn Almeida, and Jacob Heidtmann.
Athlete | Nationality |
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Luis Emigdio Vega | Cuba |
Christoph Martin Meier | Liechtenstein |
Pedro Miguel Pinotes | Angola |
Raphael Stacchiotti | Luxembourg |
Jeremy Desplanches | Switzerland |
Michael Julian Meyer | South Africa |
Travis Mahoney | Australia |
Joan Lluis Pons Ramon | Spain |
Gal Nevo | Israel |
Pavel Janecek | Czech Republic |
Alexis Santos | Portugal |
Johannes Hintze | Germany |
Wang Shun | China |
Thomas Fraser-Holmes | Australia |
Kosuke Hagino | Japan |
David Verraszto | Hungary |
Max Litchfield | Great Britain |
Richard Nagy | Slovakia |
Gergely Gyurta | Hungary |
Luca Marin | Italy |
Jacob Heidtmann | Germany |
Jay Litherland | United States |
Daiya Seto | Japan |
Chase Kalisz | United States |
Federico Turrini | Italy |
Brandonn Almeida | Brazil |
Sebastien Daniel Rousseau | South Africa |
Current Records[]
Record | Date | Nat. | Name | Time |
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WR | 10 August 2008 | Michael Phelps | 4:03.84 | |
OR | 10 August 2008 | Michael Phelps | 4:03.84 |
Summary[]
Heats[]
Heat 1 Results | |||||
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Rank | Nat. | Athlete | Time | Info | |
1 | Christoph Martin Meier | 4:19.19 | |||
2 | Pedro Miguel Pinotes | 4:25.84 | |||
3 | Luis Emigdio Vega | 4:27.27 |
Final[]
Results[]
Result | Athlete | Nationality |
---|---|---|
Kosuke Hagino | Japan | |
Chase Kalisz | United States | |
Daiya Seto | Japan | |
4 | Max Litchfield | Great Britain |
5 | Jay Litherland | United States |
6 | Thomas Fraser-Holmes | Australia |
7 | Travis Mahoney | Australia |
8 | Joan Lluis Pons Ramon | Spain |
9 | Richard Nagy | Slovakia |
10 | Wang Shun | China |
11 | Gergely Gyurta | Hungary |
12 | David Verraszto | Hungary |
13 | Jeremy Desplanches | Switzerland |
14 | Alexis Santos | Portugal |
15 | Brandonn Almeida | Brazil |
16 | Luca Marin | Italy |
17 | Michael Julian Meyer | South Africa |
18 | Johannes Hintze | Germany |
19 | Gal Nevo | Israel |
20 | Federico Turrini | Italy |
21 | Sebastien Daniel Rousseau | South Africa |
22 | Christoph Martin Meier | Liechtenstein |
23 | Raphael Stacchiotti | Luxembourg |
24 | Pavel Janecek | Czech Republic |
25 | Pedro Miguel Pinotes | Angola |
26 | Luis Emigdio Vega | Cuba |
- | Jacob Heidtmann | Germany |
2016 Summer Olympic Games | |
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Swimming 2016 | |
← 2012 | 2020 → |
Men | |
Freestyle | Backstroke |
50 m | 100 m |
100 m | 200 m |
200 m | Breaststroke |
400 m | 100 m |
1500 m | 200 m |
Butterfly | Individual Medley |
100 m | 200 m |
200 m | 400 m |
Freestyle Relay | |
4x100 m | 4x100 m medley |
4x200 m | 10 km open water |
Women | |
Freestyle | Backstroke |
50 m | 100 m |
100 m | 200 m |
200 m | Breaststroke |
400 m | 100 m |
800 m | 200 m |
Butterfly | Individual Medley |
100 m | 200 m |
200 m | 400 m |
Freestyle Relay | |
4x100 m | 4x100 m medley |
4x200 m | 10 km open water |