| Men's 400 metre freestyle at the 2019 World Aquatics Championships | ||||||||||
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| Venue | Nambu University Municipal Aquatics Center | |||||||||
| Location | Gwangju, South Korea | |||||||||
| Dates | 21 July (heats and final) | |||||||||
| Competitors | 47 from 42 nations | |||||||||
| Winning time | 3:42.44 | |||||||||
| Medalists | ||||||||||
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| 2019 FINA World Championships | ||
|---|---|---|
| Artistic swimming | ||
| Solo | ||
| Technical | women | |
| Free | women | |
| Duet | ||
| Technical | women | |
| Technical | mixed | |
| Free | women | |
| Free | mixed | |
| Team | ||
| Technical | women | |
| Free | women | |
| Combination | women | |
| Highlight | women | |
| Diving | ||
| Individual | ||
| 1 m | men | women |
| 3 m | men | women |
| 10 m | men | women |
| 3 m & 10 m | mixed team | |
| Synchronised | ||
| 3 m | men | women |
| 3 m | mixed | |
| 10 m | men | women |
| 10 m | mixed | |
| High diving | ||
| 20 m | women | |
| 27 m | men | |
| Open water swimming | ||
| Single | ||
| 5 km | men | women |
| 10 km | men | women |
| 25 km | men | women |
| Relay | ||
| 4×1.25 km | mixed | |
| Swimming | ||
| Freestyle | ||
| 50 m | men | women |
| 100 m | men | women |
| 200 m | men | women |
| 400 m | men | women |
| 800 m | men | women |
| 1500 m | men | women |
| Backstroke | ||
| 50 m | men | women |
| 100 m | men | women |
| 200 m | men | women |
| Breaststroke | ||
| 50 m | men | women |
| 100 m | men | women |
| 200 m | men | women |
| Butterfly | ||
| 50 m | men | women |
| 100 m | men | women |
| 200 m | men | women |
| Individual medley | ||
| 200 m | men | women |
| 400 m | men | women |
| Freestyle relay | ||
| 4×100 m | men | women |
| mixed | ||
| 4×200 m | men | women |
| Medley relay | ||
| 4×100 m | men | women |
| mixed | ||
| Water polo | ||
| Tournament | men | women |
| Rosters | men | women |
The Men's 400 metre freestyle competition at the 2019 World Championships was held on 21 July 2019. The three-time defending champion was Sun Yang, and he successfully defended his title for a record-breaking 4th consecutive victory in the world championships in this event. He became the third man to win an event 4 times at the world championships after Grant Hackett in the 1500 meter freestyle and Ryan Lochte in the 200 meter individual medley.
Records
Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.
| World record | Paul Biedermann (GER) | 3:40.07 | Rome, Italy | 26 July 2009 |
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| Competition record | Paul Biedermann (GER) | 3:40.07 | Rome, Italy | 26 July 2009 |
Results
Heats
The heats were held at 10:16.
Final
The final was held at 20:02.
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | Sun Yang | China | 3:42.44 | ||
| 2 | Mack Horton | Australia | 3:43.17 | ||
| 6 | Gabriele Detti | Italy | 3:43.23 | NR | |
| 4 | 5 | Danas Rapšys | Lithuania | 3:43.50 | |
| 5 | 1 | Marco De Tullio | Italy | 3:44.86 | |
| 6 | 3 | Jack McLoughlin | Australia | 3:45.19 | |
| 7 | 8 | Ji Xinjie | China | 3:45.64 | |
| 8 | 7 | Zane Grothe | United States | 3:45.78 |
References
- ^ "Schedule" (PDF). Retrieved 11 March 2023.
- ^ "Start list" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 July 2019. Retrieved 20 July 2019.
- ^ "Sun Yang scrapes into 800m freestyle final at Gwangju worlds - Xinhua | English.news.cn". Archived from the original on 23 July 2019.
- ^ World Championships Olympic Channel [dead link]
- ^ "Heats results" (PDF). Retrieved 11 March 2023.
- ^ "Final results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 July 2019. Retrieved 21 July 2019.