| Venue: | Akita Prefectural Pool, Akita, Japan |
| Date: | 24 August 2001 |
| Competitors: | 15 |
| Nations: | 10 |
| Gold: | Sven Gallasch |
| Silver: |  Gergely Juhos |
| Bronze: |  Ilya Somov |
| Prev: | 1997 |
| Next: | 2005 |
The men's 400 m surface competition in finswimming at the 2001 World Games took place on 24 August 2001 at the Akita Prefectural Pool in Akita, Japan.[1]
A total of 15 athletes entered the competition. The best eight athletes from preliminary round qualifies to the final.
| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Note | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sven Gallasch | Germany | 3:18.16 | Q | |
| 2 | Gergely Juhos | 3:19.40 | Q | ||
| 3 | Wojciech Dorożyński | 3:20.39 | Q | ||
| 4 | Lukáš Rada |  Czech Republic | 3:20.43 | Q | |
| 5 | Sven Kaiser | Germany | 3:24.65 | Q | |
| 6 | Hu Hailong |  China | 3:24.98 | Q | |
| 7 | Ilya Somov | Russia | 3:25.32 | Q | |
| 8 | Daniel Guevara |  Colombia | 3:25.51 | Q | |
| 9 | Di Qing | China | 3:25.54 | ||
| 10 | Makoto Oyama |  Japan | 3:25.81 | ||
| 11 | Leonidas Romero | Colombia | 3:27.65 | ||
| 12 | Jan Kamprle | Czech Republic | 3:30.10 | ||
| 13 | Jose Miguel Iniesta |  Spain | 3:32.55 | ||
| 14 | Fernando Gonzalez Illan | Spain | 3:34.43 | ||
| 15 | Loic Abouzit |  France | 3:42.42 |
| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sven Gallasch | Germany | 3:14.19 | ||
| Gergely Juhos | 3:15.32 | |||
| Ilya Somov | 3:18.33 | |||
| 4 | Lukáš Rada | Czech Republic | 3:19.83 | |
| 5 | Hu Hailong | China | 3:20.14 | |
| 6 | Wojciech Dorożyński |  Poland | 3:22.94 | |
| 7 | Sven Kaiser | Germany | 3:23.57 | |
| 8 | Daniel Guevara | Colombia | 3:26.23 |