Swimming at the 2013 Mediterranean Games – Men's 400 metre freestyle

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Men's 400 metre freestyle
at the 2013 Mediterranean Games
DatesJune 21, 2013
Competitors18 from 10 nations

The men's 400 metre freestyle competition of the swimming events at the 2013 Mediterranean Games took place on June 21 at the Mersin Olympic Swimming Pool in Mersin, Turkey. [1] Oussama Mellouli of Tunisia was the defending champion from the 2009 Mediterranean Games.

Swimming (sport) water-based sport

Swimming is an individual or team racing sport that requires the use of one's entire body to move through water. The sport takes place in pools or open water. Competitive swimming is one of the most popular Olympic sports, with varied distance events in butterfly, backstroke, breaststroke, freestyle, and individual medley. In addition to these individual events, four swimmers can take part in either a freestyle or medley relay. A medley relay consists of four swimmers who will each swim a different stroke, ordered as backstroke, breaststroke, butterfly and freestyle. Swimming each stroke requires a set of specific techniques; in competition, there are distinct regulations concerning the acceptable form for each individual stroke. There are also regulations on what types of swimsuits, caps, jewelry and injury tape that are allowed at competitions. Although it is possible for competitive swimmers to incur several injuries from the sport, such as tendinitis in the shoulders or knees, there are also multiple health benefits associated with the sport.

2013 Mediterranean Games 17th edition of the Mediterranean Games

The 2013 Mediterranean Games, officially known as the XVII Mediterranean Games, was an international multi-sport event held in the tradition of the Mediterranean Games, as governed by the International Committee of Mediterranean Games (ICMG). The host city of the Games was Mersin, Turkey, as announced after an on-line poll conducted on 23 February 2011 by the ICMG. The games were held from 20 to 30 June 2013. Mersin is the second city in Turkey after İzmir to host the Mediterranean Games. All 24 member National Olympic Committees (NOCs) of the ICMG participated in the Games. The official programme for the Games is featuring events in 27 different sports.

Mersin Olympic Swimming Pool

Mersin Olympic Swimming Pool is a complex of swimming pools in Mersin, Turkey.

Contents

This race consisted of eight lengths of the pool in freestyle.

Freestyle swimming category of swimming competition

Freestyle is a category of swimming competition, defined by the rules of the International Swimming Federation (FINA), in which competitors are subject to few limited restrictions on their swimming stroke. Freestyle races are the most common of all swimming competitions, with distances beginning with 50 meters and reaching 1500 meters, also known as the mile. The term 'freestyle stroke' is sometimes used as a synonym for 'front crawl', as front crawl is the fastest swimming stroke. It is now the most common stroke used in freestyle competitions.

Schedule

All times are Eastern European Summer Time (UTC+03:00)

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DateTimeEvent
Friday, 21 June 201310:35Heats
18:00Final

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Mediterranean Games records were as follows:

World record Flag of Germany.svg  Paul Biedermann  (GER)3:40.07 Rome, Italy July 26, 2009
Mediterranean Games record Flag of Tunisia.svg  Oussama Mellouli  (TUN)3:42.71 Pescara, Italy June 27, 2009

Results

Heats

[2]

RankHeatLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
114 Ahmed Mathlouthi Flag of Tunisia.svg  Tunisia 3:53.81Q
225 Velimir Stjepanović Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia 3:54.97Q
313 Marwan Elkamash Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt 3:55.18Q
416 Simon Guerin Flag of France.svg  France 3:55.37Q
536 Adonios Fokaidis Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 3:55.48Q
626 Nezir Karap Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 3:55.51Q
734 Oussama Mellouli Flag of Tunisia.svg  Tunisia 3:55.81Q
835 Alex Di Giorgio Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 3:55.82Q
932 Ahmed Akram Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt 3:56.55
1024 Samuel Pizzetti Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 3:56.56
1123 Martin Bau Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia 3:57.63
1233 Lucas Vigoretto Flag of France.svg  France 3:58.19
1312 Ediz Yıldırımer Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 3:58.29
1415 Stefan Šorak Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia 3:58.43
1522 Antonio Arroyo Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 3:59.07
1617 Marko Blaževski Flag of Macedonia.svg  Macedonia 4:00.53
1737 Jan Karel Petric Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia 4:05.82
1827 Gerard Rodríguez Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 4:07.63

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References

  1. "Sessions". Mersin 2013. Archived from the original on 22 June 2013. Retrieved 20 June 2013.
  2. Swimming - Men's 400m Freestyle Heats Summary (Official) Archived 2013-06-26 at the Wayback Machine