| Event: | Men's 400-metre individual medley |
| Competition: | 2001 FINA World Championships |
| Dates: | 29 July 2001 |
| Competitors: | 31 |
| Win Value: | 4 minutes 13.15 seconds |
| Gold: | Alessio Boggiatto |
| Goldnoc: | ITA |
| Silver: | Erik Vendt |
| Silvernoc: | USA |
| Bronze: | Thomas Wilkens |
| Bronzenoc: | USA |
| Prev: | 1998 |
| Next: | 2003 |
See main article: Swimming at the 2001 World Aquatics Championships.
The men's 400-metre individual medley event at the 2001 World Aquatic Championships took place 29 July. Both the heats and final were held on 29 July.[1] [2]
Prior to this competition, the existing world and competition records were as follows:
| World record | 4:11.76 | Sydney, Australia | align=right | 17 September 2000 | ||
| Championship record | 4:12.30 | Rome, Italy | align=right | 6 September 1994 |
| Rank | Swimmer | Nation | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4:16.13 | Q | |||
| 2 | 4:17.86 | Q | |||
| 3 | 4:18.09 | Q | |||
| 4 | 4:18.48 | Q | |||
| 5 | 4:18.90 | Q | |||
| 6 | 4:19.25 | Q | |||
| 7 | 4:19.34 | Q | |||
| 8 | 4:20.88 | Q | |||
| 9 | 4:21.11 | ||||
| 10 | 4:22.18 | ||||
| 11 | 4:22.66 | ||||
| 12 | 4:22.67 | ||||
| 13 | 4:22.74 | ||||
| 14 | 4:24.01 | ||||
| 15 | 4:24.55 | ||||
| 16 | 4:25.32 | ||||
| 17 | 4:26.32 | ||||
| 18 | 4:30.22 | ||||
| 19 | 4:31.58 | ||||
| 20 | 4:34.17 | ||||
| 21 | 4:36.73 | ||||
| 22 | 4:36.91 | ||||
| 23 | 4:39.31 | ||||
| 24 | 4:40.87 | ||||
| 25 | 4:41.90 | ||||
| 26 | 4:42.26 | ||||
| 27 | 4:43.34 | ||||
| 28 | 4:43.49 | ||||
| 29 | 5:06.64 | ||||
| 30 | 5:12.38 | ||||
| 31 | 5:18.65 | ||||
| – | DNS | ||||
| – | DNS | ||||
| – | DNS |
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4:13.15 | |||||
| 4:15.36 | |||||
| 4:15.94 | |||||
| 4 | 4:18.05 | ||||
| 5 | 4:18.56 | ||||
| 6 | 4:19.75 | ||||
| 7 | 4:19.80 | ||||
| 8 | 4:23.11 |
Key: WR = World record