Swimming at the 2009 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 400 metre freestyle

Last updated

Men's 400 metre freestyle
at the 2009 FINA World Championships
Venue Foro Italico
Dates26 July 2009
Competitors94
Winning time3:40.07 WR
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg   Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
Silver medal icon.svg   Flag of Tunisia.svg  Tunisia
Bronze medal icon.svg   Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
  2007
2011  

The heats for the men's 400 metre freestyle race at the 2009 World Championships took place on Sunday, 26 July at the Foro Italico in Rome, Italy.

Contents

Records

World recordFlag of Australia (converted).svg  Ian Thorpe  (AUS)3:40.08 Manchester, United Kingdom30 July 2002
Championship recordFlag of Australia (converted).svg  Ian Thorpe  (AUS)3:40.17 Fukuoka, Japan22 July 2001

The following records were established during the competition:

DateRoundNameNationalityTimeRecord
26 JulyFinal Paul Biedermann Flag of Germany.svg Germany3:40.07 WR

Results

Heats

RankNameNationalityTimeHeatLaneNotes
1 Paul Biedermann Flag of Germany.svg Germany3:43.0192 ER
2 Zhang Lin Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China3:43.5894
3 Oussama Mellouli Flag of Tunisia.svg  Tunisia 3:43.7884
4 Mads Glæsner Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 3:44.5983 NR
5 Peter Vanderkaay Flag of the United States.svg United States 3:45.40105
6 David Davies Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Great Britain3:45.4393
7 Ryan Cochrane Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada3:45.5285
8 Gergő Kis Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 3:45.6886 NR
9 Daniel Madwed Flag of the United States.svg United States3:45.9597
10 Nikita Lobintsev Flag of Russia.svg Russia3:45.9795
11 Robert Hurley Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia3:46.01102
12 Park Tae-Hwan Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 3:46.04104
13 Jean Basson Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa3:46.64108
14 Robert Renwick Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Great Britain3:46.7590
15 Takeshi Matsuda Flag of Japan.svg Japan3:46.95103
16 Massimiliano Rosolino Flag of Italy.svg Italy3:47.05106
17 Cesare Sciocchetti Flag of Italy.svg Italy3:47.4087
18 Sun Yang Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China3:47.51100
19 David Brandl Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 3:47.6198
20 Ahmed Mathlouthi Flag of Tunisia.svg  Tunisia 3:47.83107
21 Ryan Napoleon Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia3:47.98101
22 Pál Joensen Flag of the Faroe Islands.svg  Faroe Islands 3:48.9381
23 Jon Rahauge Rud Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 3:49.17109
24 Péter Bernek Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 3:49.4374
25 Sho Uchida Flag of Japan.svg Japan3:50.1682
26 Moss Burmester Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand3:51.3188
27 Blake Worsley Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada3:51.8665
28 Gard Kvale Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 3:52.2280
29 Dominik Koll Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 3:52.5791
30 David Karasek Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland3:52.6464
31 Esteban Paz Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina3:53.0775 NR
32 Julio Galofre Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia 3:54.2462 NR
33 Stef Verachten Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium3:54.6673
34 Djordje Markovic Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia 3:54.8789
35Fabio PereiraFlag of Portugal.svg Portugal3:55.0077
36 Daniele Tirabassi Flag of Venezuela.svg  Venezuela 3:55.5576
37 Jorge Maia Flag of Portugal.svg Portugal3:55.7699
38 Ryan Harrison Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland 3:55.8871 NR
39 Jang Sangjin Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 3:56.3572
40 Mohamed Farhoud Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt 3:57.0170
41 Raphaël Stacchiotti Flag of Luxembourg.svg  Luxembourg 3:57.3463
42 Daniel Delgadillo Flag of Mexico.svg Mexico3:58.6678
43 Jan Karel Petric Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia 3:58.9167
44 Ricardo Monasterio Flag of Venezuela.svg  Venezuela 3:59.0461
45 Mateo de Angulo Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia 3:59.1166
46 Nicolas Rostoucher Flag of France.svg France3:59.1596
47 Kemal Arda Gürdal Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 3:59.4755
48 Oleg Rabota Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan 3:59.6068
49 Chien Jui-Ting Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei 3:59.7854
50 Sebastián Jahnsen Madico Flag of Peru.svg  Peru 4:01.4756
51 Dmitriy Gordiyenko Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan 4:02.1353
52 Ivan Alejandro Enderica Flag of Ecuador.svg  Ecuador 4:02.8660
53 Saeid Maleka Ashtiani Flag of Iran.svg  Iran 4:03.6941 NR
54 Sebastian Arispe Silva Flag of Peru.svg  Peru 4:03.7252
55 Lin Kuan-Ting Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei 4:04.6158
56 Sobitjon Amilov Flag of Uzbekistan.svg  Uzbekistan 4:04.9244
56 Pan Kai-Wen Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei 4:04.9279
58 Irakli Revishvili Flag of Georgia.svg  Georgia 4:05.1869
59 Hajder Ensar Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg  Bosnia and Herzegovina 4:05.5042
60 Mandar Divase Flag of India.svg India4:06.1816
61 Berrada Morad Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco 4:06.4845
62 Marzouq Alsalem Flag of Kuwait.svg  Kuwait 4:07.4350
63 Esteban Enderica Flag of Ecuador.svg  Ecuador 4:07.5857
64 José Alberto Montoya Flag of Costa Rica.svg  Costa Rica 4:08.8447
65 Gary Pineda Flag of Guatemala.svg  Guatemala 4:08.9932
66 Danny Yeo Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore 4:11.3259
67 Loai Abdulwahid Tashkandi Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg  Saudi Arabia 4:12.1943
68 Colin Bensadon Flag of Gibraltar.svg  Gibraltar 4:12.3137 NR
69 Ahmed Jebrel Flag of Palestine.svg  Palestine 4:12.9435
70 Antonio Tong Flag of Macau.svg  Macau 4:13.8736
71 Aleksandr Slepchenko Flag of Kyrgyzstan (2023).svg  Kyrgyzstan 4:14.3148
72 Neil Agius Flag of Malta.svg  Malta 4:16.1033
73 Allan Gutiérrez Castro Flag of Honduras.svg  Honduras 4:16.1446
74 Radhames Kalaf Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg  Dominican Republic 4:16.2940
75 Rafael Alfaro Flag of El Salvador.svg  El Salvador 4:16.9531
76 Vitalii Khudiakov Flag of Kyrgyzstan (2023).svg  Kyrgyzstan 4:17.2634
77 Luis Andres Martorell Name Flag of Honduras.svg  Honduras 4:18.1839
78 Ngou Pok Man Flag of Macau.svg  Macau 4:18.2124
79 Cheah Mingzhe Marcus Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore 4:19.2851
80 Ignacio Iván Quevedo Bubba Bandera de Bolivia (Estado).svg  Bolivia 4:20.0925
80 Omar Núñez Flag of Nicaragua.svg  Nicaragua 4:20.0938
82 Heimanu Sichan Flag of French Polynesia.svg  French Polynesia 4:20.1149
83 Ali Al Kaabi Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg  United Arab Emirates 4:25.7827
84 Jean Marie Froget Flag of Mauritius.svg  Mauritius 4:26.4823
85 Paul Elaisa Flag of Fiji.svg  Fiji 4:26.6121
86 Douglas Miller Flag of Fiji.svg  Fiji 4:27.1322
87 Vincent Perry Flag of French Polynesia.svg  French Polynesia 4:27.4130
88 Ahmed Majeed Ali Tayawi Flag of Iraq.svg  Iraq 4:30.5528
89 Mathieu Marquet Flag of Mauritius.svg  Mauritius 4:32.3626
90 Adam Viktora Flag of Seychelles.svg  Seychelles 4:43.1429
91 Shin Kimura Flag of the Northern Mariana Islands.svg  Northern Mariana Islands 4:47.5820
92 Elio Berberi Flag of Albania.svg  Albania 4:49.8515
93 Henk Aloysius Lowe Flag of Guyana.svg  Guyana 4:52.5614
94 Shameel Ibrahim Flag of Maldives.svg  Maldives 5:28.1113

Legend: ER: European record; NR: National record

Final

RankNameNationalityLaneTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg Paul Biedermann Flag of Germany.svg Germany43:40.07 WR
Silver medal icon.svg Oussama Mellouli Flag of Tunisia.svg  Tunisia 33:41.11 AF
Bronze medal icon.svg Zhang Lin Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China53:41.35 AS
4 Peter Vanderkaay Flag of the United States.svg United States23:43.20
5 Mads Glæsner Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 63:44.40 NR
6 Gergő Kis Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 83:46.30
7 Ryan Cochrane Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada13:46.60
8 David Davies Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Great Britain73:47.02

Legend: WR: World record; AF: African record; AS: Asian record; NR: National record

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Stefan Nystrand</span> Swedish swimmer

Stefan Nystrand is a freestyle swimmer from Sweden.

The World Aquatics Junior Swimming Championships is an international swimming championship event organized biennially by World Aquatics for swimmers aged 14–18 years as of the 31st December of the year of the competition. It is usually held on odd years. Prior to 2023, the event was known as the FINA World Junior Swimming Championships and was open to female swimmers aged 14–17 and male swimmers aged 15–18 as of the 31st of December of the year of the competition.

The heats for the men's 50 metre freestyle race at the 2009 World Championships took place on 31 July and 1 August 2009 (final) at the Foro Italico in Rome, Italy.

Kieran Smith is an American swimmer specializing in freestyle and individual medley events. He currently co-holds short course world records in the 4×200-meter freestyle relay and the 4×100-meter medley relay. He is the Americas record holder in the long course 400-meter freestyle and the American record holder in the 500-yard freestyle. In the 400-meter freestyle, he won the bronze medal at the 2020 Summer Olympics and the gold medal at the 2022 World Short Course Championships. Following a fourth-place finish in the 4×200-meter freestyle relay at the 2020 Summer Olympics, he won gold medals in the event at the 2021 World Short Course Championships, 2022 World Aquatics Championships, and the 2022 World Short Course Championships.

References