Swimming at the 1998 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 400 metre freestyle explained

Event:	Men's 400 metre freestyle
Competition:	1998 FINA World Championships
Date:	15 January 1998
Competitors:	41
Nations:	32
Win Value:	3 minute 46.29 seconds
Gold:	Ian Thorpe
Goldnoc:	AUS
Silver:	Grant Hackett
Silvernoc:	AUS
Bronze:	Paul Palmer
Bronzenoc:	GBR
Prev:	1994
Next:	2001

See main article: Swimming at the 1998 World Aquatics Championships. The finals and the qualifying heats of the men's 400 metre freestyle event at the 1998 World Aquatics Championships were held on Thursday 15 January 1998 in Perth, Western Australia.

Heats

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	6			3:50.61
2	6			3:51.42
3	5			3:51.68
4	5			3:51.71
5	4			3:51.93
6	4			3:52.15
7	5			3:52.24
8	4			3:52.44
9	6			3:53.75
10	4			3:54.47
11	5			3:55.28
12	5			3:55.38
13	6			3:55.61
14	6			3:55.81
15	6			3:57.12
16	3			3:57.32
17	5			3:57.42
18	6			3:57.49
19	4			3:58.23
20	4			3:58.71
21	6			3:59.51
22	3			4:00.94
23	4			4:01.13
24	5			4:01.66
25	3			4:01.82
26	4			4:03.65
27	5			4:04.07
28	3			4:05.80
29	3			4:06.08
30	3			4:07.13
31	2			4:08.09
32	3			4:09.03
33	3			4:09.07
34	2			4:11.84
35	2			4:15.69
36	2			4:16.28
37	2			4:25.05
38	2			4:26.75
39	2			5:27.11
–	1			DNS
–	1			DNS

B Final

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
9			3:50.95
10			3:52.97
11			3:53.32
12			3:55.86
13			3:56.63
14			3:56.66
15			3:56.68
16			3:57.30

A Final

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
			3:46.29
			3:46.44
			3:48.02
4			3:48.60
5			3:48.89
6			3:50.16
7			3:51.70
8			3:52.26

See also

• Swimming at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's 400 metre freestyle (Atlanta)
• 1997 FINA Short Course World Championships – Men's 400m Freestyle (Gothenburg)
• Swimming at the 1997 European Aquatics Championships – Men's 400 metre freestyle (Seville)
• Swimming at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's 400 metre freestyle (Sydney)

References

• Web site: 8th FINA World Swimming Championships . SwimNews.com .
• Web site: 1998 FINA World Championships (LCM) . .