| Event: | Men's 400 metre freestyle |
| Competition: | 2024 European Aquatics Championships |
| Venue: | Sports Centre Milan Gale Muškatirović |
| Dates: | 23 June |
| Competitors: | 33 |
| Nations: | 21 |
| Win Value: | 3:43.24 |
| Gold: | Felix Auböck |
| Gold Nation: | AUT |
| Silver Nation: | GRE |
| Bronze: | Antonio Djakovic |
| Bronze Nation: | SUI |
| Prev: | 2022 |
| Next: | 2026 |
The Men's 400 metre freestyle competition of the 2024 European Aquatics Championships was held on 23 June 2024.[1] [2]
Prior to the competition, the existing world, European and championship records were as follows.
| Name | Nationality | Time | Location | Date | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| World record | 3:40.07 | 26 July 2009 | ||||
| European record | ||||||
| Championship record | 3:42.50 | 17 August 2022 |
The heats were started at 09:48.
Qualification Rules: The 8 fastest from the heats qualify to the final.[3]
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | 4 | 3:48.86 | Q | ||
| 2 | 3 | 5 | 3:49.92 | Q | ||
| 3 | 3 | 4 | 3:49.99 | Q | ||
| 4 | 3 | 6 | 3:50.20 | Q | ||
| 5 | 4 | 2 | 3:51.33 | Q | ||
| 6 | 4 | 5 | 3:51.57 | Q | ||
| 7 | 4 | 6 | 3:51.73 | Q | ||
| 8 | 3 | 7 | 3:53.11 | Q | ||
| 9 | 4 | 7 | 3:53.49 | |||
| 10 | 3 | 2 | 3:54.10 | |||
| 11 | 3 | 9 | 3:54.62 | |||
| 12 | 2 | 6 | 3:55.89 | NR | ||
| 13 | 3 | 1 | 3:57.58 | |||
| 14 | 2 | 5 | 3:57.80 | |||
| 15 | 2 | 3 | 4:00.14 | |||
| 16 | 1 | 2 | 4:00.20 | |||
| 17 | 1 | 6 | 4:00.29 | NR | ||
| 18 | 2 | 9 | 4:00.31 | |||
| 19 | 2 | 2 | 4:00.70 | |||
| 20 | 3 | 8 | 4:00.85 | |||
| 21 | 1 | 4 | 4:00.93 | |||
| 22 | 2 | 4 | 4:00.97 | |||
| 23 | 2 | 0 | 4:01.12 | |||
| 24 | 4 | 9 | 4:01.51 | |||
| 25 | 2 | 7 | 4:03.02 | |||
| 26 | 2 | 8 | 4:04.20 | |||
| 27 | 4 | 0 | 4:04.80 | |||
| 28 | 1 | 5 | 4:09.03 | |||
| 1 | 7 | |||||
| 2 | 1 | |||||
| 3 | 3 | |||||
| 4 | 3 | |||||
| 4 | 8 |
The final will be held at 19:23.
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | 3:43.24 | NR | ||||
| 2 | 3:47.44 | NR | ||||
| 3 | 3:47.62 | |||||
| 4 | 7 | 3:47.87 | ||||
| 5 | 5 | 3:48.47 | ||||
| 6 | 6 | 3:50.24 | ||||
| 7 | 8 | 3:51.46 | ||||
| 8 | 1 | 3:53.79 |