Swimming at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's 400 metre individual medley

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Men's 400 metre individual medley
at the Games of the XXX Olympiad
Venue London Aquatics Centre
DatesJuly 28, 2012 (heats & final)
Competitors37 from 29 nations
Winning time4:05.18
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Ryan Lochte Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Silver medal icon.svg Thiago Pereira Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil
Bronze medal icon.svg Kosuke Hagino Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
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The men's 400 metre individual medley event at the 2012 Summer Olympics took place on 28 July at the London Aquatics Centre in London, United Kingdom. [1]

U.S. Ryan Lochte pulled away from the rest of the field, including double defending champion Michael Phelps, over a wide margin to capture the Olympic title in the event. He rocketed to a strong finish in a sterling textile best of 4:05.18, the second fastest ever behind Phelps' 2008 world record by 1.34 seconds. [2] [3] Meanwhile, Brazil's Thiago Pereira powered home with the silver in a matching South American record of 4:08.86, making him the first swimmer for his nation to claim an Olympic medal in the event, since Ricardo Prado did so in 1984. [4] Japanese teen Kosuke Hagino smashed an Asian record of 4:08.94 to edge Phelps out of the podium for the bronze. [5] [6]

For the first time since his official debut in 2000, Phelps struggled to a fourth-place finish and denied his seventeenth career medal in 4:09.28. He almost missed the final roster by a small fraction of a second, after posting an eighth-seeded time of 4:13.33 from the morning prelims. [7] [8]

South Africa's Chad le Clos (4:12.42), Hagino's teammate Yuya Horihata (4:13.30), Aussie swimmer Thomas Fraser-Holmes (4:13.49), and Italy's Luca Marin (4:14.89) rounded out the historic finale. [6] Surprisingly, Hungary's top medal favorite and European champion László Cseh missed the final by seven-hundredths of a second (0.07) with a ninth-place effort (4:13.40). [9]

Records

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

World recordFlag of the United States.svg  Michael Phelps  (USA)4:03.84 Beijing, China10 August 2008 [10] [11]
Olympic recordFlag of the United States.svg  Michael Phelps  (USA)4:03.84 Beijing, China10 August 2008 [10] [11]

Results

Heats

[12]

RankHeatLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
134 Kosuke Hagino Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 4:10.01Q, AS
252 Chad le Clos Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 4:12.24Q, NR
354 Ryan Lochte Flag of the United States.svg  United States 4:12.35Q
436 Thiago Pereira Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 4:12.39Q
553 Thomas Fraser-Holmes Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 4:12.66Q
656 Luca Marin Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 4:13.02Q
755 Yuya Horihata Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 4:13.09Q
844 Michael Phelps Flag of the United States.svg  United States 4:13.33Q
945 László Cseh Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 4:13.40
1031 Gal Nevo Flag of Israel.svg  Israel 4:14.77
1142 Yannick Lebherz Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 4:15.41
1233 Yang Zhixian Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 4:15.45
1346 Roberto Pavoni Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 4:15.56
1443 Wang Chengxiang Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 4:15.57
1541 Maksym Shemberev Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 4:16.63
1624 Ward Bauwens Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 4:16.71 NR
1747 Ioannis Drymonakos Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 4:17.04
1826 Raphaël Stacchiotti Flag of Luxembourg.svg  Luxembourg 4:17.20 NR
1951 Riaan Schoeman Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 4:17.22
57 Federico Turrini Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
2137 Alexander Tikhonov Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 4:18.12
2235 Dávid Verrasztó Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 4:18.31
2348 Alec Page Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 4:19.17
2432 Joe Roebuck Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 4:20.24
2515 Bradley Ally Flag of Barbados.svg  Barbados 4:21.32
2622 Yury Suvorau Flag of Belarus (1995-2012).svg  Belarus 4:23.06 NR
25 Diogo Carvalho Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal
2823 Jung Won-yong Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 4:23.12
2921 Esteban Enderica Salgado Flag of Ecuador.svg  Ecuador 4:24.32 NR
3028 Pedro Pinotes Flag of Angola.svg  Angola 4:24.69
3114 Anton Sveinn McKee Flag of Iceland.svg  Iceland 4:25.06 NR
3258 Daniel Tranter Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 4:25.76
3327 Quah Zheng Wen Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore 4:26.81
3416 Marko Blaževski Flag of Macedonia.svg  Macedonia 4:32.38
3513 Rafael Alfaro Flag of El Salvador.svg  El Salvador 4:35.80
3612 Ahmed Ghithe Atari Flag of Qatar.svg  Qatar 5:21.30
38 Taki Mrabet Flag of Tunisia.svg  Tunisia DSQ

Final

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg3 Ryan Lochte Flag of the United States.svg  United States 4:05.18
Silver medal icon.svg6 Thiago Pereira Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 4:08.86 SA
Bronze medal icon.svg4 Kosuke Hagino Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 4:08.94 AS
48 Michael Phelps Flag of the United States.svg  United States 4:09.28
55 Chad le Clos Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 4:12.42
61 Yuya Horihata Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 4:13.30
72 Thomas Fraser-Holmes Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 4:13.49
87 Luca Marin Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 4:14.89

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