See main article: Swimming at the 2018 Mediterranean Games.
| Event: | Men's 400 metre freestyle |
| Games: | 2018 Mediterranean Games |
| Dates: | 25 June |
| Venue: | Campclar Aquatic Center |
| Location: | Tarragona, Spain |
| Competitors: | 18 |
| Nations: | 13 |
| Win Value: | 3:46.29 |
| Gold: | Gregorio Paltrinieri |
| Gold Nation: | ITA |
| Silver: | Domenico Acerenza |
| Silver Nation: | ITA |
| Bronze: | Marwan Elkamash |
| Bronze Nation: | EGY |
| Prev: | 2013 |
| Next: | 2022 |
The men's 400 metre freestyle competition at the 2018 Mediterranean Games was held on 25 June 2018 at the Campclar Aquatic Center.[1]
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Mediterranean Games records were as follows:
| World record | 3:40.07 | Rome, Italy | 26 July 2009 | ||
| Mediterranean Games record | 3:42.71 | Pescara, Italy | 27 June 2009 |
The heats were held at 10:17.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 4 | Marwan Elkamash | 3:51.98 | Q | ||
| 2 | 3 | 4 | Domenico Acerenza | 3:52.41 | Q | ||
| 3 | 3 | 6 | Gregorio Paltrinieri | 3:52.43 | Q | ||
| 4 | 2 | 2 | Mohamed Agili | 3:53.23 | Q | ||
| 5 | 3 | 2 | Marcos Rodríguez | 3:53.55 | Q | ||
| 6 | 3 | 3 | Dimitrios Dimitriou | 3:53.64 | Q | ||
| 7 | 3 | 5 | Miguel Durán | 3:54.05 | Q | ||
| 8 | 2 | 5 | Martin Bau | 3:55.05 | Q | ||
| 9 | 2 | 3 | Joris Bouchaut | 3:56.25 | |||
| 10 | 2 | 6 | Dimitrios Negris | 3:56.42 | |||
| 11 | 2 | 8 | Efe Turan | 3:56.64 | |||
| 12 | 2 | 7 | Miguel Nascimento | 3:58.48 | |||
| 13 | 3 | 8 | Mohamed Djaballah | 4:02.56 | |||
| 14 | 1 | 4 | Tomás Veloso | 4:03.85 | |||
| 15 | 1 | 5 | Marko Kovačić | 4:04.07 | |||
| 16 | 3 | 7 | Jonathan Atsu | 4:06.16 | |||
| 17 | 3 | 1 | Constantinos Hadjittooulis | 4:08.54 | |||
| 18 | 1 | 3 | Franci Aleksi | 4:13.04 | |||
| 2 | 1 | Erge Can Gezmiş |
The final was held at 18:52.[2]
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | Gregorio Paltrinieri | 3:46.29 | ||||
| 5 | Domenico Acerenza | 3:47.50 | ||||
| 4 | Marwan Elkamash | 3:47.51 | ||||
| 4 | 6 | Mohamed Agili | 3:52.54 | |||
| 5 | 1 | Miguel Durán | 3:53.88 | |||
| 6 | 2 | Marcos Rodríguez | 3:54.51 | |||
| 7 | 8 | Martin Bau | 3:54.82 | |||
| 8 | 7 | Dimitrios Dimitriou | 3:55.27 |