| Event: | Men's 400 metre freestyle |
| Championship: | 2016 European Aquatics Championships |
| Dates: | 16 May |
| Competitors: | 46 |
| Nations: | 24 |
| Win Value: | 3:44.01 |
| Gold: | Gabriele Detti |
| Goldnoc: | ITA |
| Silver: | Henrik Christiansen |
| Silvernoc: | NOR |
| Bronze: | Péter Bernek |
| Bronzenoc: | HUN |
| Prev: | 2014 |
| Next: | 2018 |
The Men's 400 metre freestyle competition of the 2016 European Aquatics Championships was held on 16 May 2016.[1] [2]
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 10:00.[3]
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 | 2 | 3:46.72 | Q | |||
| 2 | 5 | 5 | 3:47.05 | Q | |||
| 3 | 4 | 4 | 3:47.18 | Q | |||
| 4 | 5 | 6 | 3:47.63 | Q | |||
| 5 | 4 | 0 | 3:47.92 | Q | |||
| 6 | 4 | 5 | 3:48.33 | Q | |||
| 7 | 5 | 3 | 3:48.43 | Q | |||
| 7 | 4 | 6 | 3:48.43 | Q | |||
| 9 | 4 | 3 | 3:49.05 | ||||
| 10 | 5 | 8 | 3:49.46 | ||||
| 11 | 4 | 8 | 3:50.02 | ||||
| 12 | 5 | 7 | 3:50.21 | ||||
| 13 | 5 | 9 | 3:50.44 | ||||
| 14 | 1 | 7 | 3:50.57 | ||||
| 15 | 3 | 3 | 3:50.90 | ||||
| 16 | 5 | 1 | 3:51.30 | ||||
| 17 | 3 | 7 | 3:51.31 | ||||
| 18 | 4 | 2 | 3:51.64 | ||||
| 19 | 4 | 7 | 3:51.76 | ||||
| 20 | 2 | 2 | 3:52.22 | ||||
| 21 | 3 | 5 | 3:52.25 | ||||
| 21 | 3 | 8 | 3:52.25 | ||||
| 23 | 2 | 4 | 3:52.52 | ||||
| 24 | 3 | 0 | 3:52.55 | ||||
| 25 | 3 | 4 | 3:52.58 | ||||
| 26 | 3 | 6 | 3:52.76 | ||||
| 27 | 5 | 4 | 3:52.91 | ||||
| 28 | 3 | 1 | 3:53.02 | ||||
| 29 | 4 | 9 | 3:53.37 | ||||
| 30 | 4 | 1 | 3:53.55 | ||||
| 31 | 3 | 2 | 3:54.08 | ||||
| 32 | 2 | 7 | 3:54.28 | ||||
| 33 | 2 | 3 | 3:54.38 | ||||
| 34 | 2 | 5 | 3:54.69 | ||||
| 35 | 5 | 0 | 3:54.76 | ||||
| 36 | 2 | 1 | 3:55.26 | ||||
| 37 | 2 | 0 | 3:55.61 | ||||
| 38 | 1 | 6 | 3:56.79 | ||||
| 39 | 2 | 8 | 3:57.02 | ||||
| 40 | 1 | 3 | 3:57.51 | ||||
| 41 | 2 | 9 | 3:57.98 | ||||
| 42 | 1 | 4 | 3:58.32 | ||||
| 43 | 1 | 5 | 3:58.37 | ||||
| 44 | 2 | 6 | 3:59.44 | ||||
| 45 | 3 | 9 | 4:03.25 | ||||
| 46 | 1 | 2 | 4:14.68 |
The final was held at 18:02.[4]
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 3:44.01 | CR | ||||
| 7 | 3:46.49 | |||||
| 5 | 3:46.81 | |||||
| 4 | 2 | 3:46.88 | ||||
| 5 | 6 | 3:47.09 | ||||
| 6 | 4 | 3:47.48 | ||||
| 7 | 8 | 3:49.30 | ||||
| 8 | 1 | 3:49.49 |