| Event: | Men's 400 metre individual medley |
| Competition: | 2020 European Aquatics Championships |
| Venue: | Danube Arena |
| Dates: | 23 May 2021 |
| Competitors: | 27 |
| Nations: | 20 |
| Win Value: | 4:10.02 |
| Gold: | Ilya Borodin |
| Gold Nation: | RUS |
| Silver: | Alberto Razzetti |
| Silver Nation: | ITA |
| Bronze: | Max Litchfield |
| Bronze Nation: | GBR |
| Prev: | 2018 |
| Next: | 2022 |
The Men's 400 metre individual medley competition of the 2020 European Aquatics Championships was held on 23 May 2021.[1] [2]
Prior to the competition, the existing world, European and championship records were as follows.
| Name | Nation | Time | Location | Date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| World record | 4:03.84 | 10 August 2008 | |||
| European record | 4:06.16 | ||||
| Championship record | 4:09.59 | 24 March 2008 |
The heats were started at 10:00.[3]
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | 5 | 4:13.39 | Q | ||
| 2 | 4 | 3 | 4:13.83 | Q | ||
| 3 | 4 | 4 | 4:13.87 | Q | ||
| 4 | 4 | 6 | 4:14.16 | Q | ||
| 5 | 1 | 3 | 4:14.57 | Q | ||
| 6 | 3 | 4 | 4:14.64 | Q | ||
| 7 | 3 | 7 | 4:14.70 | Q | ||
| 8 | 3 | 2 | 4:15.58 | Q | ||
| 9 | 4 | 9 | 4:17.22 | |||
| 10 | 3 | 6 | 4:17.47 | |||
| 11 | 4 | 2 | 4:18.18 | |||
| 12 | 2 | 4 | 4:19.67 | |||
| 13 | 3 | 1 | 4:19.70 | |||
| 14 | 3 | 0 | 4:20.22 | |||
| 15 | 4 | 1 | 4:20.87 | |||
| 16 | 3 | 8 | 4:22.07 | |||
| 17 | 2 | 5 | 4:22.09 | |||
| 18 | 3 | 5 | 4:23.15 | |||
| 19 | 3 | 3 | 4:23.81 | |||
| 20 | 4 | 0 | 4:24.29 | |||
| 21 | 2 | 6 | 4:25.33 | |||
| 22 | 2 | 2 | 4:26.25 | |||
| 23 | 2 | 1 | 4:27.51 | |||
| 24 | 2 | 3 | 4:27.54 | |||
| 25 | 3 | 9 | 4:27.99 | |||
| 26 | 1 | 4 | 4:32.14 | |||
| 27 | 1 | 5 | 4:40.16 | |||
| 2 | 8 | Did not start | ||||
| 4 | 8 | |||||
| 4 | 7 | |||||
| 2 | 7 |
The final was held at 18:42.[4]
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | 4:10.02 | WJ, NR | ||||
| 2 | 4:11.17 | |||||
| 3 | 4:11.56 | |||||
| 4 | 4 | 4:12.15 | ||||
| 5 | 1 | 4:12.79 | ||||
| 6 | 5 | 4:14.33 | ||||
| 7 | 6 | 4:16.75 | ||||
| 8 | 8 | 4:17.06 |