Swimming at the 2012 European Aquatics Championships – Men's 400 metre freestyle

The men's 400 metre freestyle competition of the swimming events at the 2012 European Aquatics Championships took place May 21. The heats and final took place on May 21.[1]

Men's 400 metre freestyle
at the 2012 European Aquatics Championships
DatesMay 21, 2012 (heats and final)
Competitors33 from 18 nations
Winning time3:47.84
Medalists
    Germany
    Hungary
    Italy

Records

Prior to the competition, the existing world, European and championship records were as follows.

NameNationTimeLocationDate
World record
European record
Paul Biedermann Germany3:40.07RomeJuly 26, 2009
Championship recordYury Prilukov Russia3:45.10EindhovenMarch 18, 2008

Results

Heats

33 swimmers participated in 5 heats.[2]

RankHeatLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
155Samuel Pizzetti Italy3:49.65Q
254Paul Biedermann Germany3:50.43Q
345Gergő Kis Hungary3:52.57Q
451Patrik Rakos Hungary3:52.58Q
533Gabriele Detti Italy3:52.74Q
644Sébastien Rouault France3:53.06Q
736Alex di Giorgio Italy3:53.25
846Evgeny Kulikov Russia3:53.35Q
934Robert Renwick Great Britain3:53.49Q
1053Dominik Meichtry  Switzerland3:53.93
1148Stefan Šorak Serbia3:53.97
1252Christian Scherübl Austria3:54.04
1332Dorde Marković Serbia3:54.17
1443Alexander Selin Russia3:54.48
1542David Brandl Austria3:55.14
1631Richárd Nagy Slovakia3:55.63
1735Clemens Rapp Germany3:56.02
1838Jovan Mitrovic  Switzerland3:56.39
1924Filip Bujoczek Poland3:56.62
2037Pavel Medvedtsky Russia3:56.86
2114Jean-Baptiste Febo  Switzerland3:56.96
2226Ediz Yildirimer Turkey3:57.02
2341David Karasek  Switzerland3:57.47
2425Gard Kvale Norway3:57.89
2458Uladzimir Zhyharau Belarus3:57.89
2647Velimir Stjepanović Serbia3:58.10
2756Damien Joly France3:58.56
2827Jan Karel Petric Slovenia4:00.86
2923Antonio Arroyo Pérez Spain4:01.50
3057Michal Szuba Poland4:03.06
3122Irakli Revishvili Georgia4:03.79
3215Aleksandar Nikolov Bulgaria4:09.99
3313Peter Gutyan Slovakia4:10.27

Final

The final was held at 17:02.[3]

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
5Paul Biedermann Germany3:47.84
3Gergő Kis Hungary3:48.09
4Samuel Pizzetti Italy3:48.66
48Robert Renwick Great Britain3:50.46
57Sébastien Rouault France3:50.62
62Gabriele Detti Italy3:51.92
71Evgeny Kulikov Russia3:52.57
86Patrik Rakos Hungary3:52.80

References

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