Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's 400 metre freestyle
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| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | 4 | Larsen Jensen Larsen Jensen Larsen Alan Jensen is a former American freestyle swimmer. He is a two-time Olympic medalist.-Career:... |
3:43.10 | Q | |
| 2 | 3 | 5 | Zhang Lin Zhang Lin (swimmer) Zhang Lin is a Chinese swimmer specializing in the 200m, 400m, 800m and 1500m freestyle events. He is China's most successful male swimmer.Zhang, who began swimming at six, is China's fastest freestyle swimmer. He was selected for the national team in 2002... |
3:43.32 | Q | |
| 3 | 3 | 4 | Park Tae-Hwan Park Tae-hwan Park Tae-hwan is a South Korean swimmer. He is a member of the South Korean national swimming team, based in Taereung, Seoul. He won a gold medal in the 400 meter freestyle and a silver in the 200 meter freestyle events at the 2008 Summer Olympics... |
3:43.35 | Q | |
| 4 | 4 | 6 | Nikita Lobintsev Nikita Lobintsev Nikita Konstantinovich Lobintsev is a freestyle swimmer from Russia, who won the silver medal in the 4x200m freestyle relay at the 2008 Summer Olympics.-External links:*... |
3:43.45 | Q | |
| 5 | 5 | 4 | Grant Hackett Grant Hackett Grant Hackett OAM is an Australian former swimmer most famous for winning the men's 1500 metres freestyle race at both the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney and the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. This achievement has led him to be regarded as one of the greatest distance swimmers in history... |
3:44.03 | Q | |
| 6 | 5 | 5 | Peter Vanderkaay Peter Vanderkaay Peter Vanderkaay is an American middle-distance freestyle swimmer. He is a three-time Olympic medalist.-Personal life:... |
3:44.22 | Q | |
| 7 | 4 | 5 | Oussama Mellouli Oussama Mellouli Oussama "Ous" Mellouli is a Tunisian swimmer who competes in the freestyle and medley events. He currently is an African Record holder, and trains with the USA club based at the University of Southern California, where he went to school and swam, collegiately.... |
3:44.54 | Q | |
| 8 | 5 | 3 | Yuriy Prilukov | 3:44.82 | Q | |
| 9 | 5 | 2 | Ryan Cochrane Ryan Cochrane (swimmer) Ryan Andrew Cochrane is a Canadian long-distance swimmer. Cochrane is an Olympic bronze medalist as well as the reigning double gold medalist in both the Commonwealth Games and the Pan Pacific Swimming Championships. He holds multiple world championship medals... |
3:44.85 | ||
| 10 | 3 | 2 | Takeshi Matsuda Takeshi Matsuda is a Japanese Olympic and Asian and National Record holding swimmer. He swam for Japan at the 2004 and 2008 Olympics. At the latter event, he won a bronze medal in the men's 200m long course butterfly in an Asian Record of 1:52.97; in doing so, he also set the Japanese Record in the event... |
3:44.99 | ||
| 11 | 3 | 3 | Federico Colbertaldo Federico Colbertaldo Federico Colbertaldo is an Italian freestyle swimmer.In 2006, Colbertaldo was Junior European Champion in 400 m freestyle and won the silver medal in 200 m and 1500 m of the same stroke.... |
3:45.28 | ||
| 12 | 4 | 8 | Mads Glæsner Mads Glæsner Mads Glæsner is a Danish swimmer. He participated for the first time at the 2008 Summer Olympics in the disciplines 400 metre freestyle and the 1500 metre freestyle. His swimming club is Vallensbæk-VAT but he trains at the National Training Center in Copenhagen.-References:... |
3:45.38 | NR | |
| 13 | 4 | 3 | Massimiliano Rosolino Massimiliano Rosolino -Biography:Born in Naples of an Italian father, Salvatore, and Australian mother, Carolyn, he moved to Australia at the age of three, coming back to Italy at six. Rosolino declared about his beginnings as a swimmer:... |
3:45.57 | ||
| 14 | 3 | 1 | Nicolas Rostoucher Nicolas Rostoucher Nicolas Rostoucher is a freestyle and medley swimmer from France, who is on the French National Swimming Team since 2000. He has competed for his native country at three consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 2000... |
3:47.15 | ||
| 15 | 5 | 7 | David Carry David Carry David Robert Carry is a Scottish swimmer of Faroese heritage. His specialism is freestyle, and he has represented Scotland at the 2002, 2006 and 2010 Commonwealth Games... |
3:47.17 | NR | |
| 16 | 5 | 1 | Sergiy Fesenko | 3:47.75 | ||
| 17 | 5 | 8 | Dragoş Coman Dragos Coman Dragoş Coman is an international freestyle swimmer from Romania, who represented his native country at two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 2000 in Sydney, Australia.... |
3:47.79 | ||
| 18 | 3 | 7 | Paul Biedermann Paul Biedermann Paul Biedermann is a German swimmer from Halle and a former 200 and 400 metre freestyle long course world champion. He also holds the long course and short course world records in these events.-Career:... |
3:48.03 | ||
| 19 | 5 | 6 | Przemysław Stańczyk | 3:48.11 | ||
| 20 | 2 | 5 | David Brandl | 3:48.63 | ||
| 21 | 3 | 8 | Dean Milwain Dean Milwain Dean Milwain is a retired British freestyle swimmer.Milwain represented Great Britain at the 2008 Summer Olympics in the 400 m freestyle swimming event. He was in the English team that won the 4x 200m freestyle relay at the 2006 Commonwealth Games.* Alex bird is way way way more... |
3:48.77 | ||
| 22 | 4 | 7 | Paweł Korzeniowski | 3:48.78 | ||
| 23 | 2 | 4 | Sébastien Rouault Sébastien Rouault Sébastien Rouault is a male freestyle swimmer from France, who competed for his native country at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, PR China.- References :*... |
3:48.84 | ||
| 24 | 2 | 3 | Spyridon Gianniotis Spyridon Gianniotis Spyridon "Spyros" Gianniotis is a freestyle swimmer from Greece, who was born in England. He won three individual medals at the 2005 Mediterranean Games, and represented his native country at three consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 2000. In 2011 he became world champion in the 10 km open... |
3:49.34 | ||
| 25 | 3 | 6 | Craig Stevens Craig Stevens (swimmer) Craig Stevens is an Australian freestyle swimmer specialising in the 400 m. 800 m and 1500 m freestyle events.... |
3:50.22 | ||
| 26 | 1 | 5 | Gard Kvale Gard Kvale Gard Kvale is an Olympic and National Record holding swimmer from Norway. He swam for Norway at the 2008 Olympics, where he lowered the Norwegian Records in the 3 events he swam: the 200 and 400 frees and the 200 IM.... |
3:50.47 | NR | |
| 27 | 2 | 7 | Dominik Meichtry Dominik Meichtry Dominik Meichtry is a Swiss swimmer specializing in the middle distance freestyle events. He currently holds six Swiss national records .... |
3:50.55 | ||
| 28 | 4 | 2 | Sun Yang Sun Yang Sun Yang is an Olympic and world-record-holding distance swimmer from China. He swam for China at the 2008 Olympics. At the 2010 Asian Games, he won the men's 1500m freestyle in an Asian Record; this swim and his two other medals at the Games were cited in his being named the Rookie of the Year... |
3:50.90 | ||
| 29 | 4 | 1 | Christian Kubusch | 3:52.73 | ||
| 30 | 2 | 6 | Jean Basson Jean Basson Jean Basson is an Olympic swimmer from South Africa. At the 2008 Olympic Games, Basson placed fourth in the 200 m freestyle final with a time of 1:45.97. Basson lives and trains in Tucson, Arizona, under coach Frank Busch. He was on the University of Arizona swim team.-External links:*... |
3:52.90 | ||
| 31 | 1 | 4 | Daniele Tirabassi | 3:53.26 | ||
| 32 | 2 | 8 | Balazs Gercsak | 3:54.14 | ||
| 33 | 1 | 3 | Květoslav Svoboda Kvetoslav Svoboda Květoslav Svoboda is a freestyle swimmer from the Czech Republic, who won the silver medal in the 400m Freestyle at the 2002 FINA Short Course World Championships behind Australia's Grant Hackett. He competed in three consecutive Summer Olympics for his native country, starting in... |
3:56.54 | ||
| 34 | 2 | 2 | Jon Raahuge Run | 3:57.41 | ||
| 35 | 1 | 6 | Juan Martín Pereyra | 3:59.35 | ||
| 36 | 1 | 2 | Oleg Robota | 4:02.16 | ||
| 37 | 2 | 1 | Luka Turk | DNS |
Final
| Rank | |Lane | |Name | |Nationality | |Reaction Time | |Time | |Notes | |||||||
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| 50m | 100m | 150m | 200m | 250m | 300m | 350m | 400m | ||||||
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3 | Park Tae-Hwan Park Tae-hwan Park Tae-hwan is a South Korean swimmer. He is a member of the South Korean national swimming team, based in Taereung, Seoul. He won a gold medal in the 400 meter freestyle and a silver in the 200 meter freestyle events at the 2008 Summer Olympics... |
0.69(1) | 26.24(4) |
54.07(2) 27.83 |
1:22.45(1) 28.38 |
1:51.03(1) 28.58 |
2:18.85(1) 27.82 |
2:47.10(1) 28.25 |
3:14.79(1) 27.69 |
3:41.86 27.07 |
AS | |
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5 | Zhang Lin Zhang Lin (swimmer) Zhang Lin is a Chinese swimmer specializing in the 200m, 400m, 800m and 1500m freestyle events. He is China's most successful male swimmer.Zhang, who began swimming at six, is China's fastest freestyle swimmer. He was selected for the national team in 2002... |
0.74(2) | 26.35(6) |
54.73(6) 28.38 |
1:23.42(6) 28.69 |
1:52.12(8) 28.70 |
2:20.10(5) 28.19 |
2:48.38(6) 27.80 |
3:16.29(6) 27.91 |
3:42.44 26.15 |
NR | |
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4 | Larsen Jensen Larsen Jensen Larsen Alan Jensen is a former American freestyle swimmer. He is a two-time Olympic medalist.-Career:... |
0.76(4) | 26.59(8) |
54.86(8) 28.27 |
1:23.44(7) 28.58 |
1:51.91(5) 28.47 |
2:20.58(7) 28.46 |
2:48.07(4) 27.97 |
3:15.53(2) 27.46 |
3:42.78 27.25 |
AM | |
| 4 | 7 | Peter Vanderkaay Peter Vanderkaay Peter Vanderkaay is an American middle-distance freestyle swimmer. He is a three-time Olympic medalist.-Personal life:... |
0.75(3) | 26.30(5) |
54.67(5) 28.37 |
1:23.22(4) 28.55 |
1:51.69(4) 28.47 |
2:19.97(4) 28.28 |
2:48.24(4) 28.27 |
3:16.16(4) 27.92 |
3:43.11 26.95 |
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| 5 | 1 | Oussama Mellouli Oussama Mellouli Oussama "Ous" Mellouli is a Tunisian swimmer who competes in the freestyle and medley events. He currently is an African Record holder, and trains with the USA club based at the University of Southern California, where he went to school and swam, collegiately.... |
0.77(6) | 26.10(2) |
54.23(3) 28.13 |
1:22.57(3) 28.34 |
1:51.49(3) 28.92 |
2:19.78(3) 28.29 |
2:48.02(3) 28.24 |
3:16.10(3) 28.08 |
3:43.45 27.35 |
AF | |
| 6 | 2 | Grant Hackett Grant Hackett Grant Hackett OAM is an Australian former swimmer most famous for winning the men's 1500 metres freestyle race at both the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney and the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. This achievement has led him to be regarded as one of the greatest distance swimmers in history... |
0.76(4) | 25.82(1) |
53.97(1) 28.15 |
1:22.48(2) 28.51 |
1:51.07(2) 28.59 |
2:19.47(2) 28.40 |
2:48.00(2) 28.53 |
3:16.17(5) 28.17 |
3:43.84 27.67 |
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| 7 | 8 | Yuriy Prilukov | 0.79(7) | 26.49(7) |
54.84(7) 28.35 |
1:23.54(8) 28.70 |
1:52.07(6) 28.53 |
2:20.49(6) 28.42 |
2:48.74(7) 28.25 |
3:16.63(7) 27.89 |
3:43.97 27.34 |
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| 8 | 6 | Nikita Lobintsev Nikita Lobintsev Nikita Konstantinovich Lobintsev is a freestyle swimmer from Russia, who won the silver medal in the 4x200m freestyle relay at the 2008 Summer Olympics.-External links:*... |
0.81(8) | 26.22(3) |
54.62(4) 28.40 |
1:23.26(5) 28.64 |
1:52.09(7) 28.83 |
2:20.76(8) 28.67 |
2:49.82(8) 29.06 |
3:18.91(8) 29.09 |
3:48.29 29.38 |
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- WR = World Record; OR = Olympic Record; NR = National Record; PB = Personal Best
- AS = Asian Record; AF = African Record