See main article: Swimming at the 2018 Mediterranean Games.
| Event: | Men's 400 metre individual medley |
| Games: | 2018 Mediterranean Games |
| Dates: | 24 June |
| Venue: | Campclar Aquatic Center |
| Location: | Tarragona, Spain |
| Competitors: | 12 |
| Nations: | 7 |
| Win Value: | 4:16.37 |
| Gold: | Federico Turrini |
| Gold Nation: | ITA |
| Silver: | Joan Lluís Pons |
| Silver Nation: | ESP |
| Bronze: | João Vital |
| Bronze Nation: | POR |
| Prev: | 2013 |
| Next: | 2022 |
The men's 400 metre individual medley competition at the 2018 Mediterranean Games was held on 24 June 2018 at the Campclar Aquatic Center.[1]
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Mediterranean Games records were as follows:
| World record | 4:03.84 | Beijing, China | 10 August 2008 | ||
| Mediterranean Games record | 4:10.53 | Pescara, Italy | 29 June 2009 |
The heats were held at 09:30.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 4 | Joan Lluís Pons | 4:21.32 | Q | ||
| 2 | 1 | 5 | João Vital | 4:21.59 | Q | ||
| 3 | 2 | 4 | Federico Turrini | 4:23.83 | Q | ||
| 4 | 2 | 5 | Pier Andrea Matteazzi | 4:24.30 | Q | ||
| 5 | 2 | 3 | Samy Helmbacher | 4:27.92 | Q | ||
| 6 | 2 | 2 | Samet Alkan | 4:28.54 | Q | ||
| 7 | 2 | 3 | Tomás Veloso | 4:28.97 | Q | ||
| 8 | 1 | 6 | Guillaume Laure | 4:29.76 | Q | ||
| 9 | 1 | 2 | Alpkan Örnek | 4:29.78 | |||
| 10 | 2 | 7 | Ramzi Chouchar | 4:31.02 | |||
| 11 | 1 | 7 | Mohamed Masmoudi | 4:31.23 | |||
| 1 | 3 | Francisco Javier Chacón |
The final was held at 17:30.[2]
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | Federico Turrini | 4:16.37 | ||||
| 4 | Joan Lluís Pons | 4:17.97 | ||||
| 5 | João Vital | 4:18.76 | ||||
| 4 | 6 | Pier Andrea Matteazzi | 4:20.01 | |||
| 5 | 2 | Samy Helmbacher | 4:25.96 | |||
| 6 | 7 | Samet Alkan | 4:26.86 | |||
| 7 | 8 | Guillaume Laure | 4:27.26 | |||
| 8 | 1 | Tomás Veloso | 4:30.85 |