Swimming at the 2018 Commonwealth Games – Men's 400 metre freestyle

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Men's 400 metre freestyle
at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
Venue Gold Coast Aquatic Centre
Dates 5 April
Competitors 14 from 11 nations
Winning time 3:43.76
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg   Flag of Australia.svg  Australia
Silver medal icon.svg   Flag of Australia.svg  Australia
Bronze medal icon.svg   Flag of England.svg  England
  2014
2022  

The men's 400 metre freestyle event at the 2018 Commonwealth Games was held on 5 April at the Gold Coast Aquatic Centre.

2018 Commonwealth Games 21st edition of the Commonwealth Games

The 2018 Commonwealth Games, officially known as the XXI Commonwealth Games and commonly known as Gold Coast 2018, were an international multi-sport event for members of the Commonwealth that were held on the Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia, between 4 and 15 April 2018. It was the fifth time Australia had hosted the Commonwealth Games and the first time a major multi-sport event achieved gender equality by having an equal number of events for males and female athletes.

The Gold Coast Aquatic Centre is a public swimming pool complex located in the Southport Broadwater Parklands on the Gold Coast, Queensland. It was the swimming and diving facility for the 2018 Commonwealth Games.

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Records

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

World record Flag of Germany.svg  Paul Biedermann  (GER)3:40.07 Rome, Italy 26 July 2009
Commonwealth record Flag of Australia.svg  Ian Thorpe  (AUS)3:40.08 Manchester, United Kingdom 30 July 2002
Games record Flag of Australia.svg  Ian Thorpe  (AUS)3:40.08 Manchester, United Kingdom 30 July 2002

Schedule

The schedule is as follows: [1]

All times are Australian Eastern Standard Time (UTC+10)

Date Time Round
Thursday 5 April 2018 10:47 Qualifying
19:46 Final

Results

Heats

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 2 4 Horton, Mack Mack Horton Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 3:47.93 Q
2 2 6 Jervis, Daniel Daniel Jervis Flag of Wales 2.svg  Wales 3:48.18 Q
3 1 5 McLoughlin, Jack Jack McLoughlin Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 3:48.31 Q
4 2 5 McKeon, David David McKeon Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 3:48.86 Q
5 1 4 Guy, James James Guy Flag of England.svg  England 3:50.23 Q
6 1 3 Bagshaw, Jeremy Jeremy Bagshaw Flag of Canada.svg  Canada 3:50.76 Q
7 2 3 Milne, Stephen Stephen Milne Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland 3:51.65 Q
8 1 6 Sim, Welson Welson Sim Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia 3:51.78 Q
9 1 2 Roberts, Wesley Wesley Roberts Flag of the Cook Islands.svg  Cook Islands 3:56.09
10 2 2 Szurdoki, Brent Brent Szurdoki Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 3:56.40
11 1 7 Vorster, Eben Eben Vorster Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 3:56.82
12 1 1 Schuster, Brandon Brandon Schuster Flag of Samoa.svg  Samoa 4:03.50
13 2 7 Hadjittooulis, Constantinos Constantinos Hadjittooulis Flag of Cyprus.svg  Cyprus 4:06.03
14 2 1 Marquet, Mathieu Mathieu Marquet Flag of Mauritius.svg  Mauritius 4:09.79

Final

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
4Horton, Mack Mack Horton Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 3:43.76
3McLoughlin, Jack Jack McLoughlin Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 3:45.21
2Guy, James James Guy Flag of England.svg  England 3:45.32
45Jervis, Daniel Daniel Jervis Flag of Wales 2.svg  Wales 3:48.08
57Bagshaw, Jeremy Jeremy Bagshaw Flag of Canada.svg  Canada 3:49.52
66McKeon, David David McKeon Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 3:49.60
78Sim, Welson Welson Sim Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia 3:53.36
81Milne, Stephen Stephen Milne Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland 3:55.01

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References

  1. "Swimming - Daily Schedule". Gold Coast 2018. Retrieved 4 April 2018.