2018 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Men's 400 metre individual medley explained

Event:	Men's 400 metre individual medley
Competition:	2018 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m)
Venue:	Hangzhou Sports Park Stadium
Dates:	15 December (heats and final)
Competitors:	35
Win Value:	3:56.43
Gold:	Daiya Seto
Goldnoc:	JPN
Silver:	Thomas Fraser-Holmes
Silvernoc:	AUS
Bronze:	Brandonn Almeida
Bronzenoc:	BRA
Prev:	2016
Next:	2021

The Men's 400 metre individual medley competition of the 2018 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) was held on 15 December 2018.^[1]

Records

Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.

The heats were started at 9:56.^[2]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Time	Notes
1	4	5	4:00.50	Q
2	3	2	4:04.58	Q
3	2	3	4:05.08	Q, NR
3	4	3	4:05.08	Q
5	4	6	4:05.21	Q
6	4	4	4:05.49	Q
7	3	5	4:06.13	Q
8	3	8	4:06.93	Q
9	4	9	4:07.91
10	4	1	4:08.33
11	3	6	4:08.41
12	4	7	4:08.51
13	2	6	4:08.52
14	2	2	4:08.86
15	4	2	4:08.93
16	3	3	4:09.19
17	2	7	4:10.40
18	3	0	4:11.05
19	3	9	4:11.22
20	3	7	4:11.64
21	4	8	4:12.56
22	4	0	4:13.21
23	2	4	4:13.81
24	3	1	4:14.16
25	2	5	4:14.25
26	1	5	4:17.20
27	2	8	4:17.92
28	2	0	4:19.27	NR
29	2	9	4:21.02
30	1	3	4:21.59	NR
31	1	2	4:23.08
32	1	4	4:25.31
33	2	1	4:25.90
34	1	6	4:33.24
	3	4

The final was held on 15 December at 20:22.^[3]