Swimming at the 2024 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 400 metre freestyle explained

Event:	Men's 400 metre freestyle
Championship:	2024 World Aquatics Championships
Dates:	11 February (heats and final)
Venue:	Aspire Dome
Location:	Doha, Qatar
Competitors:	56
Nations:	51
Win Value:	3:42.71
Gold:	Kim Woo-min
Gold Nation:	KOR
Silver:	Elijah Winnington
Silver Nation:	AUS
Bronze:	Lukas Märtens
Bronze Nation:	GER
Prev:	2023
Next:	2025

The men's 400 metre freestyle competition at the 2024 World Aquatics Championships was held on 11 February 2024.^{[1] [2]}

Records

Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.^[3]

Results

Heats

The heats were started at 09:44.^[4]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	6	5			3:44.37	Q
2	5	4			3:44.77	Q
3	6	3			3:45.14	Q
4	6	2			3:45.52	Q
5	5	3			3:45.53	Q
6	5	5			3:46.03	Q
7	5	0			3:46.15	Q, NR
8	4	6			3:46.20	Q, NR
9	4	5			3:46.40
10	5	7			3:46.46
11	5	8			3:46.77
12	6	1			3:46.99
13	6	8			3:47.06
14	6	0			3:47.23
15	6	6			3:47.81
16	5	1			3:47.82
17	6	4			3:48.05
18	5	9			3:48.38
19	3	5			3:48.71
20	6	7			3:48.72
21	4	9			3:49.14
22	4	2			3:49.34
23	5	6			3:49.43
24	5	2			3:49.44
25	4	3			3:49.85
26	4	1			3:50.09	NR
27	4	7			3:50.71
28	4	8			3:50.91
29	3	4			3:52.86
30	3	2			3:52.91
31	4	4			3:52.97
32	3	1			3:53.11
33	3	6			3:54.22
34	2	5			3:54.78
35	6	9			3:55.60
36	3	3			3:56.34
37	3	7			3:56.38
38	2	4			3:58.47
39	3	9			3:59.63
40	4	0			4:02.13
41	2	3			4:03.21
42	1	1			4:04.14
43	2	2			4:04.76
44	2	0			4:05.65
45	2	9			4:06.44	NR
46	2	6			4:06.89
47	1	4			4:07.35
48	2	1			4:08.51
49	2	8			4:08.59
50	3	0			4:09.41
51	1	5			4:14.64
52	1	7			4:15.85
53	3	8			4:16.08
54	1	6			4:17.52
55	1	3			4:21.18
56	1	2			4:31.96
	2	7			Did not start

Final

The final was started at 19:02.^[5]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	3			3:42.71
	4			3:42.86
	5			3:42.96
4	7			3:44.22
5	1			3:44.61	NR
6	8			3:45.87	NR
7	6			3:46.65
8	2			3:51.60

Notes and References

1. Web site: Schedule. 1 November 2023. 1 November 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20231101033353/https://resources.fina.org/fina/document/2023/10/02/ad5051df-a960-47a9-8eef-0beccae7c822/DOHA_2024_SCHEDULES_06.pdf. live.
2. Web site: Start list. omegatiming.com. 9 February 2024. 13 February 2024. https://web.archive.org/web/20240213070555/https://www.omegatiming.com/File/00011800000101EF0101FFFFFFFFFF00.pdf. live.
3. Web site: Records book. omegatiming.com. 9 February 2024. 10 February 2024. 3 February 2024. https://web.archive.org/web/20240203115839/https://www.omegatiming.com/File/0001180000FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF1F.pdf. live.
4. Web site: Heats results. omegatiming.com. 10 February 2024. 13 February 2024. https://web.archive.org/web/20240213070552/https://www.omegatiming.com/File/00011800000101EF0101FFFFFFFFFF01.pdf. live.
5. Web site: Final results. omegatiming.com. 11 February 2024. 11 February 2024. 13 February 2024. https://web.archive.org/web/20240213070556/https://www.omegatiming.com/File/00011800000101EF0104FFFFFFFFFF01.pdf. live.