The men's 400 metre freestyle event at the 2002 Commonwealth Games was held on 30 July at the Manchester Aquatics Centre.

Records Prior to this competition, the existing records were as follows:

The following records were established during the competition: Date Event Name Nationality Time Record 30 July Final Ian Thorpe 3:40.08 WR

Results Heats Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 3 4 Ian Thorpe 3:47.24 Q 2 2 4 Grant Hackett 3:49.13 Q 3 1 4 Graeme Smith 3:50.19 Q 4 1 3 Adam Faulkner 3:52.39 Q 5 3 5 Craig Stevens 3:52.78 Q 6 2 5 James Salter 3:53.89 Q 7 3 3 Mark Johnston 3:55.15 Q 8 1 5 Rick Say 3:55.28 Q 9 2 3 Andrew Hurd 3:55.67 10 2 6 Stuart Trees 3:55.79 11 3 6 David Davies 3:56.10 12 1 6 Andrew Jameson 3:56.88 13 3 2 Damian Alleyne 4:06.78 14 2 2 Jonathon Le Noury 4:18.00 15 3 7 Barnsley Albert 4:23.59 16 2 7 Colin Bensadon 4:27.73 17 1 7 Kpiliboh Otiko 4:54.15 — 1 2 Alexandros Aresti

Final Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Ian Thorpe 3:40.08 WR Grant Hackett 3:43.48 Graeme Smith 3:49.40 4 Craig Stevens 3:49.84 5 Adam Faulkner 3:51.88 6 James Salter 3:53.35 7 Rick Say 3:53.55 8 Mark Johnston 3:56.25

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