Swimming at the 2023 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 400 metre freestyle explained

Event:	Men's 400 metre freestyle
Championship:	2023 World Aquatics Championships
Dates:	23 July (heats and final)
Venue:	Marine Messe Fukuoka
Location:	Fukuoka, Japan
Competitors:	55
Nations:	51
Win Value:	3:40.68
Gold:	Samuel Short
Gold Nation:	AUS
Silver:	Ahmed Hafnaoui
Silver Nation:	TUN
Bronze:	Lukas Märtens
Bronze Nation:	GER
Prev:	2022
Next:	2024

The men's 400 metre freestyle competition at the 2023 World Aquatics Championships was held on 23 July 2023.^{[1] [2] [3]}

Records

Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.^[4]

Results

Heats

The heats were started at 10:47.^[5]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	6	4			3:42.44	Q
2	6	3			3:44.14	Q
3	5	5			3:44.17	Q
4	5	7			3:44.34	Q
5	5	4			3:44.42	Q
6	6	2			3:44.52	Q
7	6	5			3:44.63	Q
8	5	3			3:45.43	Q
9	5	2			3:45.77
10	6	0			3:46.56
11	5	0			3:46.61	NR
12	6	6			3:47.23
13	5	1			3:47.88
14	6	1			3:48.12
15	5	8			3:48.31
16	4	7			3:48.43
17	6	7			3:48.68
18	4	5			3:49.21
19	4	2			3:49.41
20	4	1			3:49.60
21	5	6			3:49.79
22	4	6			3:49.90
23	4	8			3:50.68
24	4	3			3:50.78
25	6	8			3:51.56
26	4	4			3:51.95
27	4	0			3:53.17
28	3	6			3:53.54
29	3	2			3:53.80	NR
30	3	5			3:54.25
31	4	9			3:54.42
32	6	9			3:55.55
33	5	9			3:55.76
34	3	1			3:56.69
35	3	3			3:59.03
36	3	4			4:02.05
37	3	7			4:02.43
38	3	0			4:03.88
39	2	3			4:04.95
40	2	8			4:05.13	NR
41	2	4			4:05.18
42	1	6			4:05.70
43	2	5			4:06.58	NR
44	1	4			4:07.65
45	2	6			4:07.87
46	2	0			4:08.23	NR
47	2	7			4:09.17
48	2	9			4:09.47
49	2	1			4:11.15
50	1	5			4:12.29	NR
51	2	2			4:15.97
52	3	9			4:16.27
53	1	2			4:17.02	NR
54	1	3			4:20.48
55	3	8			4:20.88

Final

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

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	4			3:40.68
	6			3:40.70	AF
	2			3:42.20
4	3			3:43.58
5	7			3:43.92
6	8			3:44.22
7	1			3:44.26
8	5			3:44.43

Notes and References

1. Web site: Schedule . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20240118125431/https://resources.fina.org/fina/document/2023/01/16/8d440e7e-1f63-4fe8-af1c-a96ba1af40bf/20th-FINA-WORLD-CHAMPIONSHIPS-Fukuoka-2023-Schedule-12.01.23.pdf . 18 January 2024 . 17 January 2023.
2. Web site: Sutherland . James . 13 January 2023 . World Aquatics Announces Competition Schedule For 2023 World Championships In Fukuoka . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20240118152954/https://swimswam.com/world-aquatics-announces-competition-schedule-for-2023-world-championships-in-fukuoka/ . 18 January 2024 . 13 January 2023 . SwimSwam.
3. Web site: 21 July 2023 . Start list . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20230723152505/https://www.omegatiming.com/File/00011600010101EF0101FFFFFFFFFF00.pdf . 23 July 2023 . omegatiming.com.
4. Web site: 21 July 2023 . Records book . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20240118153205/https://www.omegatiming.com/File/0001160001FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF1F.pdf . 18 January 2024 . omegatiming.com.
5. Web site: 22 July 2023 . Heats results . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20230723152443/https://www.omegatiming.com/File/00011600010101EF0101FFFFFFFFFF01.pdf . 23 July 2023 . omegatiming.com.
6. Web site: 23 July 2023 . Final results . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20230723152457/https://www.omegatiming.com/File/00011600010101EF0104FFFFFFFFFF01.pdf . 23 July 2023 . omegatiming.com.