Swimming at the 2019 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 400 metre freestyle explained

Event:	Men's 400 metre freestyle
Championship:	2019 World Aquatics Championships
Dates:	21 July (heats and final)
Venue:	Nambu University Municipal Aquatics Center
Location:	Gwangju, South Korea
Competitors:	47
Nations:	42
Win Value:	3:42.44
Gold:	Sun Yang
Gold Nation:	CHN
Silver:	Mack Horton
Silver Nation:	AUS
Bronze:	Gabriele Detti
Bronze Nation:	ITA
Prev:	2017
Next:	2022

The Men's 400 metre freestyle competition at the 2019 World Championships was held on 21 July 2019.^{[1] [2]} The three-time defending champion was Sun Yang, and he successfully defended his title for a record-breaking 4th consecutive victory in the world championships in this event.^[3] He became the third man to win an event 4 times at the world championships after Grant Hackett in the 1500 meter freestyle and Ryan Lochte in the 200 meter individual medley.^[4]

Records

Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.

Results

Heats

The heats were held at 10:16.^[5]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	5	4			3:44.10	Q
2	5	5			3:44.31	Q
3	5	3			3:44.79	Q
4	4	4			3:45.49	Q
5	4	5			3:45.51	Q
6	4	3			3:45.83	Q
7	5	2			3:45.99	Q
8	4	1			3:46.34	Q
9	5	6			3:46.65
10	5	7			3:46.99
11	4	6			3:47.43
12	4	8			3:48.50
13	4	7			3:48.78
14	5	8			3:48.81
15	4	9			3:48.87
16	3	6			3:50.81
17	5	1			3:50.90
18	3	5			3:51.25
19	3	7			3:51.30	NR
20	5	9			3:51.51
21	2	4			3:51.59	NR
22	5	0			3:51.89
23	4	0			3:52.51
24	3	4			3:52.85
25	4	2			3:52.96
26	3	8			3:53.38
27	2	6			3:54.01
28	3	2			3:54.53
29	2	7			3:54.90
30	2	5			3:55.05
31	3	3			3:55.06
32	2	1			3:55.33
33	3	1			3:55.59
34	3	9			3:55.60
35	2	2			3:58.12
36	2	8			3:58.97
37	2	0			3:59.39
38	3	0			3:59.98
39	2	3			4:00.48
40	1	5			4:00.69
41	2	9			4:00.88
42	1	3			4:05.33
43	1	6			4:06.70
44	1	7			4:07.39
45	1	2			4:07.99
46	1	1			4:25.30
	1	4

Final

The final was held at 20:02.^[6]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	4			3:42.44
	2			3:43.17
	6			3:43.23	NR
4	5			3:43.50
5	1			3:44.86
6	3			3:45.19
7	8			3:45.64
8	7			3:45.78

Notes and References

1. Web site: Schedule. 11 March 2023.
2. Web site: Start list . 2019-07-20 . 2019-07-20 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190720085930/http://www.omegatiming.com/File/00011301070101EF01FFFFFFFFFFFF00.pdf . dead .
3. Web site: Sun Yang scrapes into 800m freestyle final at Gwangju worlds - Xinhua | English.news.cn. https://web.archive.org/web/20190723125129/http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2019-07/23/c_138250727.htm. dead. July 23, 2019.
4. https://www.olympicchannel.com/en/stories/live/detail/fina-world-championships-2019-live-21-july/ World Championships
5. Web site: Heats results. 11 March 2023.
6. Web site: Final results . 2019-07-21 . 2019-07-21 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190721113016/http://www.omegatiming.com/File/00011301070101EF04FFFFFFFFFFFF01.pdf . dead .