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

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
Mack Horton    Australia   Jack McLoughlin    Australia   James Guy    England
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The men's 400 metre freestyle event at the 2018 Commonwealth Games was held on 5 April at the Gold Coast Aquatic Centre.

Records

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

World record	Paul Biedermann  (GER)	3:40.07	Rome, Italy	26 July 2009
Commonwealth record	Ian Thorpe  (AUS)	3:40.08	Manchester, United Kingdom	30 July 2002
Games record	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	Mack Horton	Australia	3:47.93	Q
2	2	6	Daniel Jervis	Wales	3:48.18	Q
3	1	5	Jack McLoughlin	Australia	3:48.31	Q
4	2	5	David McKeon	Australia	3:48.86	Q
5	1	4	James Guy	England	3:50.23	Q
6	1	3	Jeremy Bagshaw	Canada	3:50.76	Q
7	2	3	Stephen Milne	Scotland	3:51.65	Q
8	1	6	Welson Sim	Malaysia	3:51.78	Q
9	1	2	Wesley Roberts	Cook Islands	3:56.09
10	2	2	Brent Szurdoki	South Africa	3:56.40
11	1	7	Eben Vorster	South Africa	3:56.82
12	1	1	Brandon Schuster	Samoa	4:03.50
13	2	7	Constantinos Hadjittooulis	Cyprus	4:06.03
14	2	1	Mathieu Marquet	Mauritius	4:09.79

Final

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	4	Mack Horton	Australia	3:43.76
	3	Jack McLoughlin	Australia	3:45.21
	2	James Guy	England	3:45.32
4	5	Daniel Jervis	Wales	3:48.08
5	7	Jeremy Bagshaw	Canada	3:49.52
6	6	David McKeon	Australia	3:49.60
7	8	Welson Sim	Malaysia	3:53.36
8	1	Stephen Milne	Scotland	3:55.01

References

1. "Swimming – Daily Schedule". Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games Corporation. Retrieved 4 April 2018.^{[ dead link ]}