Swimming at the 2012 European Aquatics Championships – Men's 400 metre freestyle

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Men's 400 metre freestyle
at the 2012 European Aquatics Championships
DatesMay 21, 2012 (heats and final)
Competitors33 from 18 nations
Winning time3:47.84
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg   Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
Silver medal icon.svg   Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary
Bronze medal icon.svg   Flag of Italy.svg  Italy

The men's 400 metre freestyle competition of the swimming events at the 2012 European Aquatics Championships took place May 21. The heats and final took place on May 21. [1]

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Records

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

NameNationTimeLocationDate
World record
European record
Paul Biedermann Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 3:40.07 Rome July 26, 2009
Championship record Yury Prilukov Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 3:45.10 Eindhoven March 18, 2008

Results

Heats

33 swimmers participated in 5 heats. [2]

RankHeatLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
155 Samuel Pizzetti Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 3:49.65Q
254 Paul Biedermann Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 3:50.43Q
345 Gergő Kis Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 3:52.57Q
451 Patrik Rakos Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 3:52.58Q
533 Gabriele Detti Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 3:52.74Q
644 Sébastien Rouault Flag of France.svg  France 3:53.06Q
736 Alex di Giorgio Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 3:53.25
846 Evgeny Kulikov Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 3:53.35Q
934 Robert Renwick Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 3:53.49Q
1053 Dominik Meichtry Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland 3:53.93
1148 Stefan Šorak Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia 3:53.97
1252 Christian Scherübl Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 3:54.04
1332 Dorde Marković Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia 3:54.17
1443 Alexander Selin Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 3:54.48
1542 David Brandl Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 3:55.14
1631 Richárd Nagy Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia 3:55.63
1735 Clemens Rapp Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 3:56.02
1838 Jovan Mitrovic Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland 3:56.39
1924 Filip Bujoczek Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 3:56.62
2037 Pavel Medvedtsky Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 3:56.86
2114 Jean-Baptiste Febo Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland 3:56.96
2226 Ediz Yildirimer Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 3:57.02
2341 David Karasek Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland 3:57.47
2425 Gard Kvale Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 3:57.89
2458 Uladzimir Zhyharau Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus 3:57.89
2647 Velimir Stjepanović Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia 3:58.10
2756 Damien Joly Flag of France.svg  France 3:58.56
2827 Jan Karel Petric Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia 4:00.86
2923 Antonio Arroyo Pérez Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 4:01.50
3057 Michal Szuba Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 4:03.06
3122 Irakli Revishvili Flag of Georgia.svg  Georgia 4:03.79
3215 Aleksandar Nikolov Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria 4:09.99
3313 Peter Gutyan Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia 4:10.27

Final

The final was held at 17:02. [3]

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg5 Paul Biedermann Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 3:47.84
Silver medal icon.svg3 Gergő Kis Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 3:48.09
Bronze medal icon.svg4 Samuel Pizzetti Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 3:48.66
48 Robert Renwick Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 3:50.46
57 Sébastien Rouault Flag of France.svg  France 3:50.62
62 Gabriele Detti Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 3:51.92
71 Evgeny Kulikov Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 3:52.57
86 Patrik Rakos Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 3:52.80

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