2021 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Men's 400 metre individual medley explained

Event:	Men's 400 metre individual medley
Competition:	2021 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m)
Venue:	Etihad Arena
Location:	Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Dates:	20 December (heats and final)
Competitors:	18
Nations:	15
Win Value:	3:56.26
Gold:	Daiya Seto
Goldnoc:	JPN
Silver:	Ilya Borodin
Bronze:	Carson Foster
Bronzenoc:	USA
Prev:	2018
Next:	2022

The Men's 400 metre individual medley competition of the 2021 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) was held on 20 December 2021.^[1]

Records

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

Results

Heats

The heats were started at 09:53.^[2]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	3	4			4:00.84	Q
2	3	1			4:02.63	Q
3	2	4			4:04.35	Q
4	2	2			4:04.74	Q
5	2	0			4:04.82	Q
6	2	5			4:05.05	Q
7	3	0			4:07.55	Q
8	2	6			4:08.29	Q
9	3	6			4:09.53
10	3	8			4:10.83	NR
11	3	2			4:11.74
12	1	4			4:13.12
13	1	5			4:13.61	NR
14	3	9			4:14.58	NR
15	1	3			4:15.71
16	3	7			4:19.16
17	1	6			4:30.97
18	1	7			4:32.30
	1	2			DNS
	2	1
	2	3
	2	7
	2	8
	2	9
	3	3
	3	5

Final

The final was held at 19:25.^[3]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	4			3:56.26
	3			3:56.47	ER, WJ
	5			3:57.99
4	7			3:59.57	NR
5	2			4:03.29
6	1			4:08.31
7	8			4:08.77
8	6			4:11.26

Notes and References

1. Web site: Competition Schedule. Omega Timing. 17 December 2021. 20 December 2021.
2. https://www.omegatiming.com/File/00011500190105EF0101FFFFFFFFFF01.pdf Heats results
3. https://www.omegatiming.com/File/00011500190105EF0104FFFFFFFFFF01.pdf Final results