2022 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Men's 400 metre freestyle

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Men's 400 metre freestyle
at the 2022 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m)
Venue Melbourne Sports and Aquatic Centre
Location Melbourne, Australia
Dates15 December (heats and final)
Competitors34 from 30 nations
Winning time3:34.38
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg   Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Silver medal icon.svg   Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
Bronze medal icon.svg   Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania
  2021
2024  

The Men's 400 metre freestyle competition of the 2022 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) was held on 15 December 2022. [1]

Contents

Records

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

World record Flag of France.svg  Yannick Agnel  (FRA)3:32.25 Angers, France 15 November 2012
Competition recordFlag of Lithuania.svg  Danas Rapšys  (LTU)3:34.01 Hangzhou, China 11 December 2018

Results

Heats

The heats were started at 12:25. [2]

RankHeatLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
154 Kieran Smith Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 3:36.91Q
253 Matteo Ciampi Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 3:37.73Q
342 Katsuhiro Matsumoto Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 3:37.96Q
443 Mack Horton Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 3:38.09Q
546 Thomas Neill Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 3:38.23Q
645 Antonio Djakovic Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland 3:38.57Q
744 Danas Rapšys Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania 3:38.71Q
856 Jake Magahey Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 3:38.74Q
936 Kim Woo-min Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 3:38.86
1051 Tom Dean Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 3:39.79
1157 Logan Fontaine Flag of France.svg  France 3:39.84
1255 Matthew Sates Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 3:41.05
1334 Breno Correia Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 3:41.89
1447 Shogo Takeda Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 3:42.16
1531 Daniel Jervis Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 3:42.85
1623 Luis Domínguez Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 3:43.18
1752 Luc Kroon Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 3:44.76
1833 Joaquín Vargas Flag of Peru.svg  Peru 3:45.66
1926 Yordan Yanchev Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria 3:45.70
2032 Louis Clark Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 3:46.19
2114 Mert Kılavuz Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 3:46.32
2225 Santiago Corredor Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia 3:47.60
2338 Lucas Alba Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 3:48.47
2422 Jakub Poliačik Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia 3:49.93
2524 Cheuk Ming Ho Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong 3:49.94
2628 Wesley Roberts Flag of the Cook Islands.svg  Cook Islands 3:50.03
2717 Max Mannes Flag of Luxembourg.svg  Luxembourg 3:50.63
2816 Luke Thompson Flag of the Bahamas.svg  Bahamas 3:56.22 NR
2913 Mark Ducaj Flag of Albania.svg  Albania 3:56.41
3021 Pavel Alovatki Flag of Moldova.svg  Moldova 3:56.60
3137 David Popovici Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 3:58.48
3215 Dylan Cachia Flag of Malta.svg  Malta 4:05.61
3312 Ivan Hart   Suspended Member Federation4:08.64
3411 Israel Poppe Flag of Guam.svg  Guam 4:17.65
27 Victor Johansson Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Did not start
35 Jon Jøntvedt Flag of Norway.svg  Norway
41 Roman Fuchs Flag of France.svg  France
48 Fei Liwei Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
58 Marwan Elkamash Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt

Final

The final was held at 21:31. [3]

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg4 Kieran Smith Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 3:34.38 AM
Silver medal icon.svg2 Thomas Neill Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 3:35.05
Bronze medal icon.svg1 Danas Rapšys Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania 3:36.26
43 Katsuhiro Matsumoto Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 3:36.87 NR
57 Antonio Djakovic Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland 3:37.86
66 Mack Horton Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 3:37.94
78 Jake Magahey Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 3:38.12
85 Matteo Ciampi Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 3:38.98

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References

  1. "Competition Schedule" (PDF). Omega Timing. 17 December 2022. Retrieved 17 December 2022.
  2. "Men's 400m Freestyle – Heats – Results Summary" (PDF). Omega Timing. 15 December 2022. Retrieved 17 December 2022.
  3. "Men's 400m Freestyle – Final – Results" (PDF). Omega Timing. 15 December 2022. Retrieved 17 December 2022.