| Event: | Men's 400 metre freestyle |
| Competition: | Swimming at the 2014 European Aquatics Championships |
| Dates: | 18 August |
| Competitors: | 52 |
| Nations: | 25 |
| Win Value: | 3:45.66 |
| Gold: | Velimir Stjepanović |
| Goldnoc: | SRB |
| Silver: | Andrea D'Arrigo |
| Silvernoc: | ITA |
| Bronze: | Jay Lelliott |
| Bronzenoc: | GBR |
The Men's 400 metre freestyle competition of the 2014 European Aquatics Championships was held on 18 August.[1]
Prior to the competition, the existing world, European and championship records were as follows.
| Name | Nation | Time | Location | Date | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| World record | align=left rowspan=2 | Paul Biedermann | align=left rowspan=2 | align=left rowspan=2 | 3:40.07 | Rome | 28 July 2009 | |
| European record | ||||||||
| Championship record | Yury Prilukov | 3:45.10 | Eindhoven | 18 March 2008 |
The heats were held at 09:30.[2]
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 6 | 4 | 3:48.62 | Q | |||
| 2 | 6 | 6 | 3:48.77 | Q | |||
| 3 | 6 | 5 | 3:48.79 | Q | |||
| 4 | 6 | 1 | 3:49.03 | Q | |||
| 5 | 6 | 3 | 3:49.10 | Q | |||
| 6 | 5 | 5 | 3:49.49 | Q | |||
| 7 | 6 | 2 | 3:49.82 | Q | |||
| 8 | 5 | 1 | 3:50.35 | Q | |||
| 9 | 5 | 4 | 3:50.42 | ||||
| 10 | 4 | 5 | 3:50.62 | ||||
| 11 | 5 | 2 | 3:50.81 | ||||
| 12 | 5 | 0 | 3:50.84 | ||||
| 13 | 6 | 8 | 3:50.92 | ||||
| 14 | 5 | 3 | 3:51.05 | ||||
| 15 | 6 | 9 | 3:51.09 | ||||
| 16 | 6 | 7 | 3:51.40 | ||||
| 17 | 5 | 8 | 3:51.42 | ||||
| 18 | 6 | 0 | 3:51.57 | ||||
| 19 | 3 | 4 | 3:51.62 | ||||
| 20 | 4 | 1 | 3:52.22 | ||||
| 21 | 4 | 7 | 3:52.66 | ||||
| 22 | 5 | 6 | 3:52.83 | ||||
| 23 | 4 | 3 | 3:52.89 | ||||
| 24 | 2 | 5 | 3:52.96 | ||||
| 25 | 4 | 0 | 3:53.39 | ||||
| 26 | 3 | 2 | 3:53.44 | ||||
| 27 | 4 | 6 | 3:53.45 | ||||
| 28 | 1 | 4 | 3:53.54 | ||||
| 29 | 4 | 4 | 3:53.71 | ||||
| 30 | 5 | 9 | 3:54.15 | ||||
| 31 | 5 | 7 | 3:54.18 | ||||
| 32 | 4 | 9 | 3:54.67 | ||||
| 33 | 3 | 3 | 3:54.94 | ||||
| 34 | 3 | 5 | 3:55.00 | ||||
| 35 | 3 | 7 | 3:55.15 | ||||
| 36 | 4 | 2 | 3:55.48 | ||||
| 37 | 4 | 8 | 3:55.65 | ||||
| 38 | 3 | 0 | 3:56.18 | ||||
| 39 | 3 | 8 | 3:56.22 | ||||
| 40 | 2 | 3 | 3:56.51 | ||||
| 41 | 1 | 3 | 3:57.60 | ||||
| 42 | 3 | 9 | 3:58.07 | ||||
| 43 | 2 | 6 | 3:58.20 | ||||
| 44 | 2 | 7 | 3:58.45 | ||||
| 45 | 3 | 6 | 3:59.02 | ||||
| 46 | 2 | 8 | 3:59.44 | ||||
| 47 | 2 | 4 | 4:00.37 | ||||
| 48 | 2 | 0 | 4:00.99 | ||||
| 49 | 2 | 2 | 4:01.33 | ||||
| 50 | 3 | 1 | 4:02.14 | ||||
| 51 | 2 | 1 | 4:03.20 | ||||
| 52 | 1 | 5 | 4:10.76 |
The final was held at 18:07.[3]
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | 3:45.66 | NR | ||||
| 5 | 3:46.91 | |||||
| 1 | 3:47.50 | |||||
| 4 | 3 | 3:48.10 | ||||
| 5 | 6 | 3:48.44 | ||||
| 6 | 4 | 3:48.55 | ||||
| 7 | 2 | 3:48.57 | ||||
| 8 | 8 | 3:53.14 |