Swimming at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's 400 metre individual medley

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Men's 400 metre individual medley
at the Games of the XXXI Olympiad
Venue Olympic Aquatics Stadium
Dates6 August 2016 (heats & final)
Competitors27 from 20 nations
Winning time4:06.05 AS
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Kosuke Hagino Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
Silver medal icon.svg Chase Kalisz Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Bronze medal icon.svg Daiya Seto Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
  2012
2020  

The men's 400 metre individual medley event at the 2016 Summer Olympics took place on 6 August at the Olympic Aquatics Stadium. [1]

Summary

London 2012 bronze medalist Kosuke Hagino held off a late challenge from the U.S. swimmer Chase Kalisz down the final stretch to touch the wall first in a new Asian record of 4:06.05. [2] [3] Kalisz managed to secure his first Olympic career medal with a personal best of 4:06.75 for a silver. Meanwhile, Hagino's fellow countryman and 2015 world champion Daiya Seto captured the bronze in 4:09.71, to give Japan two swimmers on the same Olympic podium for the first time in 60 years. [4]

Great Britain's Max Litchfield finished off the podium with a fourth-place time in 4:11.62, edging out the American Jay Litherland by six-hundredths of a second (4:11.68). Australian duo Thomas Fraser-Holmes (4:11.90) and Travis Mahoney (4:15.48), as well as Spain's Joan Lluís Pons (4:16.58) closed out the field. [3]

Germany's Jacob Heidtmann, who established a new national record of 4:11.85 to finish among the top eight for the final, was disqualified for using two dolphin kicks in the breaststroke leg during the prelims. [5]

The medals for the competition were presented by Henri, Grand Duke of Luxembourg, IOC member, and the gifts were presented by Dr. Julio Maglione, President of the FINA.

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, China 10 August 2008 [6]
Olympic recordFlag of the United States.svg  Michael Phelps  (USA)4:03.84 Beijing, China 10 August 2008 [6]

Competition format

The competition consisted of two rounds: heats and a final. The swimmers with the best 8 times in the heats advanced to the final. Swim-offs were used as necessary to break ties for advancement to the next round. [1]

Results

Heats

RankHeatLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
145 Chase Kalisz Flag of the United States.svg  United States 4:08.12Q
244 Daiya Seto Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 4:08.47Q
334 Kosuke Hagino Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 4:10.00Q
443 Jay Litherland Flag of the United States.svg  United States 4:11.10Q
536 Max Litchfield Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 4:11.95Q
633 Thomas Fraser-Holmes Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 4:12.51Q
724 Travis Mahoney Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 4:13.37Q
825 Joan Lluís Pons Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 4:13.55Q, NR
937 Richárd Nagy Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia 4:13.87
1032 Wang Shun Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 4:14.46
1138 Gergely Gyurta Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 4:14.81
1235 Dávid Verrasztó Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 4:15.04
1328 Jérémy Desplanches Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland 4:15.46
1421 Alexis Santos Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 4:15.84
1547 Brandonn Almeida Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 4:17.25
1641 Luca Marin Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 4:17.88
1723 Michael Meyer Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 4:18.13
1831 Johannes Hintze Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 4:18.25
1926 Gal Nevo Flag of Israel.svg  Israel 4:18.29
2046 Federico Turrini Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 4:18.39
2148 Sebastien Rousseau Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 4:18.72
2214 Christoph Meier Flag of Liechtenstein.svg  Liechtenstein 4:19.19
2327 Raphaël Stacchiotti Flag of Luxembourg.svg  Luxembourg 4:20.37
2422 Pavel Janeček Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 4:22.09
2515 Pedro Pinotes Flag of Angola.svg  Angola 4:25.84
2613 Luis Vega Torres Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba 4:27.27
42 Jacob Heidtmann Flag of Germany.svg  Germany DSQ

Final

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg3 Kosuke Hagino Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 4:06.05 AS
Silver medal icon.svg4 Chase Kalisz Flag of the United States.svg  United States 4:06.75
Bronze medal icon.svg5 Daiya Seto Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 4:09.71
42 Max Litchfield Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 4:11.62
56 Jay Litherland Flag of the United States.svg  United States 4:11.68
67 Thomas Fraser-Holmes Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 4:11.90
71 Travis Mahoney Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 4:15.48
88 Joan Lluís Pons Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 4:16.58

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