| Event: | Men's 400 metre freestyle |
| Competition: | 2022 European Aquatics Championships |
| Venue: | Foro Italico |
| Dates: | 17 August |
| Competitors: | 34 |
| Nations: | 24 |
| Win Value: | 3:42.50 |
| Gold: | Lukas Märtens |
| Gold Nation: | GER |
| Silver: | Antonio Djakovic |
| Silver Nation: | SUI |
| Bronze: | Henning Mühlleitner |
| Bronze Nation: | GER |
| Prev: | 2020 |
| Next: | 2024 |
The Men's 400 metre freestyle competition of the 2022 European Aquatics Championships was held on 17 August 2022.[1] [2]
Prior to the competition, the existing world, European and championship records were as follows.
| Name | Nationality | Time | Location | Date | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| World record European record | 3:40.07 | 26 July 2009 | ||||
| Championship record | 3:44.01 | 16 May 2016 |
The following new records were set during this competition.
The heats were started at 09:27.[3]
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 | 5 | 3:46.79 | Q | ||
| 2 | 5 | 4 | 3:47.38 | Q | ||
| 3 | 5 | 6 | 3:47.67 | Q | ||
| 4 | 1 | 3 | 3:47.99 | Q, | ||
| 5 | 4 | 6 | 3:48.15 | Q | ||
| 6 | 5 | 3 | 3:48.32 | Q | ||
| 7 | 4 | 5 | 3:48.38 | |||
| 8 | 4 | 7 | 3:49.00 | Q | ||
| 9 | 4 | 4 | 3:49.16 | Q | ||
| 10 | 5 | 1 | 3:49.58 | |||
| 11 | 4 | 2 | 3:51.26 | Q | ||
| 12 | 4 | 1 | 3:51.29 | |||
| 13 | 5 | 2 | 3:52.35 | |||
| 13 | 3 | 6 | 3:52.35 | |||
| 15 | 4 | 8 | 3:52.94 | |||
| 16 | 3 | 2 | 3:53.31 | |||
| 17 | 3 | 7 | 3:53.36 | |||
| 18 | 3 | 1 | 3:53.42 | |||
| 19 | 5 | 7 | 3:53.43 | |||
| 20 | 3 | 9 | 3:53.63 | |||
| 21 | 3 | 3 | 3:53.69 | |||
| 22 | 5 | 8 | 3:53.84 | |||
| 23 | 2 | 5 | 3:54.00 | |||
| 24 | 4 | 9 | 3:54.34 | |||
| 25 | 2 | 4 | 3:54.42 | |||
| 26 | 3 | 0 | 3:54.70 | |||
| 27 | 2 | 2 | 3:56.52 | |||
| 28 | 3 | 8 | 3:58.62 | |||
| 29 | 2 | 6 | 3:59.22 | |||
| 30 | 1 | 4 | 3:59.73 | |||
| 31 | 2 | 7 | 4:01.70 | |||
| 32 | 2 | 8 | 4:02.69 | |||
| 33 | 2 | 1 | 4:13.46 | |||
| 34 | 1 | 5 | 4:19.20 | |||
| 2 | 0 | Did not start | ||||
| 2 | 3 | |||||
| 3 | 4 | |||||
| 3 | 5 | |||||
| 4 | 0 | |||||
| 4 | 3 | |||||
| 5 | 0 | |||||
| 5 | 9 |
The final was held at 18:53.[4]
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | 3:42.50 | CR | ||||
| 3 | 3:43.93 | NR | ||||
| 4 | 3:44.53 | |||||
| 4 | 1 | 3:45.76 | ||||
| 5 | 6 | 3:46.94 | ||||
| 6 | 7 | 3:47.20 | ||||
| 7 | 2 | 3:47.34 | ||||
| 8 | 8 | 3:50.30 |