2010 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Men's 400 metre freestyle explained

Event:Men's 400m Freestyle
Competition:2010 Short Course Worlds
Dates:17 December 2010
Competitors:51
Win Value:3:37.06
Gold:Paul Biedermann
Goldnoc:GER
Silver:Nikita Lobintsev
Silvernoc:RUS
Bronze:Oussama Mellouli
Bronzenoc:TUN
Prev:2008
Next:2012

See main article: 2010 FINA World Swimming Championships (25m).

The Men's 400 Freestyle at the 10th FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) was swum 17 December 2010 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. 51 individuals swam in the preliminary heats in the morning,[1] with the top-8 finishers advancing to the final that evening to swim again.[2]

At the start of the event, the existing World (WR) and Championship records (CR) were:

Name Nation Time Location Date
WRPaul Biedermannalign=left 3:32.7714 November 2009
CR align=left 3:35.01 1 April 1999

Results

Heats

Rank Heat Lane Name Time Notes
1 7 4 3:39.64 Q
2 7 5 3:39.96 Q
3 6 4 3:39.98 Q
4 5 5 3:40.07 Q
5 7 6 3:40.16 Q
6 7 2 3:40.31 Q
7 5 6 3:40.77 Q
8 6 5 3:41.44 Q
9 5 4 3:41.68
10 6 2 3:41.85
11 6 5 3:42.53
12 6 3 3:43.12
13 7 3 3:44.42
14 7 7 3:45.17
15 6 1 3:45.19
16 1 3 3:45.34
17 5 3 3:45.84
18 4 3 3:46.06
19 3 3 3:46.21
20 4 1 3:46.60
21 5 2 3:46.71
22 5 8 3:46.77
23 5 7 3:46.82
24 7 8 3:46.85
25 5 1 3:47.54
26 7 1 3:48.37
27 3 4 3:48.56
28 4 5 3:50.03
29 6 7 3:50.28
30 3 6 3:50.41
31 6 8 3:51.71
32 4 2 3:52.92
33 4 8 3:53.80
34 4 4 3:54.10
35 4 7 3:55.18
36 3 5 3:55.32
37 3 8 3:56.50
38 3 7 3:58.53
39 3 1 3:59.35
40 3 2 3:59.88
41 2 3 4:00.93
42 4 6 4:00.98
43 2 5 4:02.19
44 2 6 4:07.46
45 2 7 4:08.10
46 2 8 4:12.41
47 2 1 4:25.66
48 2 2 4:27.06
49 2 4 4:34.27
50 1 4 4:46.80
51 1 5 4:49.74

Final

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
8 Paul Biedermann3:37.06
7 Nikita Lobintsev3:37.84
4 Oussama Mellouli3:38.17
4 5 Peter Vanderkaay3:38.44
5 3 Mads Glæsner3:38.56
6 1 Sébastien Rouault3:40.07
6 2 Yannick Agnel3:40.07
8 6 Ahmed Mathlouthi3:40.33

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2010 FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) – Men's 400 metre freestyle (heats). Omega Timing. 2010-12-17.
  2. Web site: 2010 FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) – Men's 400 metre freestyle (final). Omega Timing. 2010-12-17.