Swimming at the 2010 Commonwealth Games – Men's 400 metre individual medley explained

The Men's 400 metre individual medley event at the 2010 Commonwealth Games took place on 7 October 2010, at the SPM Swimming Pool Complex.^[1]

Two heats were held. The heat in which a swimmer competed did not formally matter for advancement, as the swimmers with the top eight times from the entire field qualified for the finals.^[2]

Heats

Heat 1

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	4	Riaan Schoeman		4:18.46	Q
2	5	Joseph Roebuck		4:18.56	Q
2	6	Lewis Smith		4:18.56	Q
4	3	Thomas Haffield		4:20.12	Q
5	2	Robert Ford		4:23.87
6	7	Thomas Hollingsworth		4:39.63
–	1	Colin Bensadon			DSQ

Heat 2

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	6	Chad le Clos		4:21.87	Q
2	4	Roberto Pavoni		4:22.06	Q
3	3	Thomas Fraser-Holmes		4:22.39	Q
4	5	Brian Johns		4:23.64	Q
5	2	Jayden Hadler		4:27.73
6	7	Ian Black		4:34.29
7	1	Rehan Poncha		4:44.95
8	1	Merwyn Chen		4:51.33

Final

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	2	Chad le Clos		4:13.25	CGR
	5	Joseph Roebuck		4:15.84
	4	Riaan Schoeman		4:16.86
4	6	Thomas Haffield		4:17.47
5	1	Thomas Fraser-Holmes		4:17.99
6	8	Brian Johns		4:19.77
7	7	Roberto Pavoni		4:19.81
8	3	Lewis Smith		4:21.64

Notes and References

1. Web site: XIX Commonwealth Games 2010 Delhi |.
2. Web site: XIX Commonwealth Games 2010 Delhi |.