Swimming at the 2010 Asian Games – Men's 400 metre individual medley

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Men's 400 metre individual medley
at the 2010 Asian Games
VenueAoti Aquatics Centre
Date13 November 2010
Competitors15 from 11 nations
Winning time4:13.35 GR
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg   Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
Silver medal icon.svg   Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
Bronze medal icon.svg   Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
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The men's 400 metre individual medley event at the 2010 Asian Games took place on 13 November 2010 at Guangzhou Aoti Aquatics Centre.

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There were 15 competitors from 11 countries who took part in this event. Two heats were held. The heat in which a swimmer competed did not formally matter for advancement, as the swimmers with the top eight times from both field qualified for the finals.

Asian record holder Yuya Horihata from Japan won the gold medal with 4 minutes 13.35 seconds. Huang Chaosheng from China finished second, falling behind only 0.03 seconds.

Schedule

All times are China Standard Time (UTC+08:00)

DateTimeEvent
Saturday, 13 November 201009:10Heats
18:07Final

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world, Asian and Games records were as follows.

World Record Flag of the United States.svg  Michael Phelps  (USA)4:03.84 Beijing, China 10 August 2008
Asian Record Flag of Japan.svg  Yuya Horihata  (JPN)4:12.02 Tokyo, Japan 18 April 2010
Games Record Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Wu Peng  (CHN)4:15.38 Busan, South Korea 4 October 2002

Results

Heats

RankHeatAthleteTimeNotes
12Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Huang Chaosheng  (CHN)4:21.52
22Flag of Japan.svg  Yuya Horihata  (JPN)4:22.18
32Flag of South Korea (1997-2011).svg  Jung Won-yong  (KOR)4:23.14
41Flag of Japan.svg  Ken Takakuwa  (JPN)4:24.02
51Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Wang Chengxiang  (CHN)4:25.42
61Flag of Thailand.svg  Nuttapong Ketin  (THA)4:27.94
71Flag of South Korea (1997-2011).svg  Kim Min-gyu  (KOR)4:29.42
82Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Dmitriy Gordiyenko  (KAZ)4:30.71
92Flag of Uzbekistan.svg  Aleksey Derlyugov  (UZB)4:31.26
102Flag of Kyrgyzstan.svg  Vasilii Danilov  (KGZ)4:33.89
111Flag of Singapore.svg  Pang Sheng Jun  (SIN)4:34.19
122Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Kevin Chu  (HKG)4:36.64
131Flag of Iran.svg  Saeid Maleka Ashtiani  (IRI)4:36.85
141Flag of Uzbekistan.svg  Sobitjon Amilov  (UZB)4:37.01
152Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg  Loai Tashkandi  (KSA)4:41.92

Final

RankAthleteTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svgFlag of Japan.svg  Yuya Horihata  (JPN)4:13.35 GR
Silver medal icon.svgFlag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Huang Chaosheng  (CHN)4:13.38
Bronze medal icon.svgFlag of Japan.svg  Ken Takakuwa  (JPN)4:16.42
4Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Wang Chengxiang  (CHN)4:19.65
5Flag of South Korea (1997-2011).svg  Jung Won-yong  (KOR)4:24.82
6Flag of Thailand.svg  Nuttapong Ketin  (THA)4:25.62
7Flag of South Korea (1997-2011).svg  Kim Min-gyu  (KOR)4:27.03
8Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Dmitriy Gordiyenko  (KAZ)4:30.21

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