Swimming at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Men's 400 metre individual medley
Men's 400 metre individual medley at the Games of the XXXIII Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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Venue | Olympic Aquatics Centre, Paris La Défense Arena | ||||||||||||
Dates | 28 July 2024 (Heats & Final) | ||||||||||||
Competitors | 16 from 12 nations | ||||||||||||
Winning time | 4:02.95 OR | ||||||||||||
Medalists | |||||||||||||
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Swimming at the 2024 Summer Olympics | |||
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Qualification | |||
Freestyle | |||
50 m | men | women | |
100 m | men | women | |
200 m | men | women | |
400 m | men | women | |
800 m | men | women | |
1500 m | men | women | |
Backstroke | |||
100 m | men | women | |
200 m | men | women | |
Breaststroke | |||
100 m | men | women | |
200 m | men | women | |
Butterfly | |||
100 m | men | women | |
200 m | men | women | |
Individual medley | |||
200 m | men | women | |
400 m | men | women | |
Freestyle relay | |||
4 × 100 m | men | women | |
4 × 200 m | men | women | |
Medley relay | |||
4 × 100 m | men | mixed | women |
Marathon | |||
10 km | men | women | |
The men's 400 metre individual medley event at the 2024 Summer Olympics was held on 28 July 2024 at the Paris Aquatics Centre.[1]
Records
[edit]Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows:
World record | Léon Marchand (FRA) | 4:02.50 | Fukuoka, Japan | 23 July 2023 |
Olympic record | Michael Phelps (USA) | 4:03.84 | Beijing, China | 10 August 2008 |
The following record was established during the competition:
Date | Round | Name | Nationality | Time | Record |
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28 July | Final | Léon Marchand | France | 4:02.95 | OR |
Qualification
[edit]A National Olympic Committee (NOC) may enter a maximum of two qualified athletes in each individual event, but only if both of them have attained the Olympic Qualifying Time (OQT). One athlete per event can potentially enter if they meet the Olympic Consideration Time (OCT), or if the total quota of 852 athletes has not been targeted. NOCs may also permit swimmers regardless of time (one per gender) under a Universality place since they have no swimmers attaining either of the standard entry times (OQT/OCT).[2][3]
Following the end of the qualification window, World Aquatics will assess the number of swimmers who have achieved the OQT, the number of relay-only swimmers, and the number of Universality places, before inviting those with OCT to fulfill the total quota of 852. Additionally, OCT places will be distributed by event according to the position of the World Aquatics Rankings during the qualifying deadline.[2]
Time standards
[edit]The qualifying time standards must be obtained at the 2023 and 2024 World Championships, continental championships, continental swimming meets, national championships and selection trials, and various international meets approved by World Aquatics in the period between 1 March 2023 and 23 June 2024.[4]
The following table outlines the qualifying time standards for Paris 2024 for this event:
Men's events | ||
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Event | OQT* | OCT^ |
400 m individual medley | 4:12.50 | 4:13.56 |
* OQTs correspond to the time achieved by a fourteenth-place swimmer in his or her respective preliminary heat of each event at the previous Games.
^ OCTs are derived by adding 0.5% of the OQT standard.
Competition format
[edit]The competition consists of two rounds: heats and a final. The swimmers with the best 8 times in the semifinals advance to the final. Swim-offs are used as necessary to break ties for advancement to the next round.
Schedule
[edit]All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+2)
Date | Time | Round |
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28 July 2024 | 10:00 | Heats |
19:30 | Final |
Results
[edit]The top eight finishers progress to the final.
Heats
[edit]Rank | Heat | Lane | Swimmer | Nation | Time | Notes |
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1 | 2 | 4 | Léon Marchand | France | 4:08.30 | Q |
2 | 2 | 3 | Max Litchfield | Great Britain | 4:09.51 | Q |
3 | 2 | 5 | Daiya Seto | Japan | 4:10.92 | Q |
4 | 1 | 4 | Carson Foster | United States | 4:11.07 | Q |
5 | 1 | 6 | Tomoyuki Matsushita | Japan | 4:11.18 | Q |
6 | 1 | 3 | Alberto Razzetti | Italy | 4:11.52 | Q |
2 | 6 | Lewis Clareburt | New Zealand | 4:11.52 | Q | |
2 | 8 | Cedric Büssing | Germany | 4:11.52 | Q, NR | |
9 | 2 | 7 | Balázs Holló | Hungary | 4:12.20 | |
10 | 1 | 8 | Zhang Zhanshuo | China | 4:12.71 | |
11 | 1 | 5 | Chase Kalisz | United States | 4:13.36 | |
12 | 1 | 1 | William Petric | Australia | 4:13.58 | |
13 | 2 | 2 | Brendon Smith | Australia | 4:14.36 | |
14 | 1 | 7 | Gábor Zombori | Hungary | 4:14.88 | |
15 | 1 | 2 | Apostolos Papastamos | Greece | 4:15.32 | |
16 | 2 | 1 | Tristan Jankovics | Canada | 4:18.23 |
Final
[edit]Rank | Lane | Swimmer | Nation | Time | Notes |
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4 | Léon Marchand | France | 4:02.95 | OR | |
2 | Tomoyuki Matsushita | Japan | 4:08.62 | ||
6 | Carson Foster | United States | 4:08.66 | ||
4 | 5 | Max Litchfield | Great Britain | 4:08.85 | NR |
5 | 7 | Alberto Razzetti | Italy | 4:09.38 | |
6 | 1 | Lewis Clareburt | New Zealand | 4:10.44 | |
7 | 3 | Daiya Seto | Japan | 4:11.78 | |
8 | 8 | Cedric Büssing | Germany | 4:17.16 |
References
[edit]- ^ "Competition Schedule | World Aquatics Official". World Aquatics. Retrieved 16 July 2024.
- ^ a b "Paris 2024 – Swimming Info". World Aquatics. 5 April 2022. Retrieved 12 November 2022.
- ^ Rieder, David (3 April 2022). "Event Changes Likely as Paris 2024 Moves to Nine-Day Schedule of Finals". Swimming World Magazine. Retrieved 12 November 2022.
- ^ "Paris 2024 - Swimming Info". World Aquatics. 3 October 2022.
- ^ "Men's 400m Individual Medley - Heats results" (PDF). Olympics. 28 July 2024. Retrieved 29 July 2024.
- ^ "Men's 400m Individual Medley - Heats results summary" (PDF). Olympics. 28 July 2024. Retrieved 29 July 2024.
- ^ "Men's 400m Individual Medley - Finals results" (PDF). Olympics. 28 July 2024. Retrieved 29 July 2024.