Swimming at the 1998 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 400 metre freestyle

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Men's 400 metre freestyle
at the 1998 FINA World Championships
Date15 January 1998
Competitors41 from 32 nations
Winning time3 minute 46.29 seconds
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg   Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
Silver medal icon.svg   Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
Bronze medal icon.svg   Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
  1994
2001  

The finals and the qualifying heats of the men's 400 metre freestyle event at the 1998 World Aquatics Championships were held on Thursday 15 January 1998 in Perth, Western Australia.

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Heats

RankHeatNameNationalityTimeNotes
16 Emiliano Brembilla Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 3:50.61
26 Ian Thorpe Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 3:51.42
35 Grant Hackett Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 3:51.68
45 Paul Palmer Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 3:51.71
54 Massimiliano Rosolino Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 3:51.93
64 Jörg Hoffmann Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 3:52.15
75 Ihor Snitko Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 3:52.24
84 Danyon Loader Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 3:52.44
96 Ryk Neethling Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 3:53.75
104 John Piersma Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 3:54.47
115 Masato Hirano Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 3:55.28
125 Jacob Cartensen Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 3:55.38
136 Tyler Painter Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 3:55.61
146 Luiz Lima Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 3:55.81
156 Béla Szabados Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 3:57.12
163 Andrei Cecan Flag of Moldova.svg  Moldova 3:57.32
175 Sergi Roure Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 3:57.42
186 Frederik Hviid Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 3:57.49
194 Alexei Stepanov Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 3:58.23
204 Torlarp Sethsothorn Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand 3:58.71
216 Jure Bucar Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia 3:59.51
223 Mark Kwok Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong 4:00.94
234 Anders Jensen Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 4:01.13
245 Dimitrios Manganas Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 4:01.66
253 Scott Talbot-Cameron Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 4:01.82
264 Denys Zavhorodnyy Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 4:03.65
275 Jin Hao Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 4:04.07
283 Li Yun-Lun Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei 4:05.80
293 Tom Stoltz Flag of Luxembourg.svg  Luxembourg 4:06.08
303 Ramon Valle Flag of Honduras.svg  Honduras 4:07.13
312 Alex Fong Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong 4:08.09
323 Sng Ju Wei Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore 4:09.03
333 Tseng Cheng-Hua Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei 4:09.07
342 Kurt Niehaus Flag of Costa Rica.svg  Costa Rica 4:11.84
352 Diego Mularoni Flag of San Marino.svg  San Marino 4:15.69
362 Petr Vasiliev Flag of Uzbekistan.svg  Uzbekistan 4:16.28
372 Fadi Kouzma Flag of Syria.svg  Syria 4:25.05
382 Yann Rambert Flag of Mauritius.svg  Mauritius 4:26.75
392 Michael Watson Flag of Guyana.svg  Guyana 5:27.11
1 Pedro Bonnelly Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg  Dominican Republic DNS
1 Sebastien Paddington Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg  Trinidad and Tobago DNS

B Final

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
9 Ryk Neethling Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 3:50.95
10 Luiz Lima Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 3:52.97
11 John Piersma Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 3:53.32
12 Jacob Carstensen Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 3:55.86
13 Masato Hirano Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 3:56.63
14 Béla Szabados Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 3:56.66
15 Andrei Cecan Flag of Moldova.svg  Moldova 3:56.68
16 Tyler Painter Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 3:57.30

A Final

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg Ian Thorpe Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 3:46.29
Silver medal icon.svg Grant Hackett Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 3:46.44
Bronze medal icon.svg Paul Palmer Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 3:48.02
4 Emiliano Brembilla Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 3:48.60
5 Massimiliano Rosolino Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 3:48.89
6 Igor Snitko Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 3:50.16
7 Jörg Hoffmann Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 3:51.70
8 Danyon Loader Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 3:52.26

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