The men's 400 metre individual medley competition of the swimming events was held on July 31 with the semifinals and the final.
Records Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows. Name Nation Time Location DateWorld recordMichael Phelps 4:03.84 BeijingAugust 10, 2008Championship recordMichael Phelps 4:06.22 MelbourneApril 1, 2007
Results
Heats 34 swimmers participated in 5 heats.
Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 5 4 Ryan Lochte 4:11.89 Q 2 5 3 Yuya Horihata 4:13.68 Q 3 3 3 Huang Chaosheng 4:14.07 Q 4 4 4 Tyler Clary 4:14.98 Q 5 3 7 Ioannis Drymonakos 4:15.01 Q 5 5 5 Dávid Verrasztó 4:15.01 Q 7 4 5 Wang Chengxiang 4:16.45 Q 8 4 3 Roberto Pavoni 4:16.48 Q 9 4 7 Riaan Schoeman 4:16.53 10 4 6 Joseph Roebuck 4:16.95 11 5 6 Yannick Lebherz 4:17.31 12 4 1 Dinko Jukić 4:17.36 13 5 1 Thomas Fraser-Holmes 4:18.49 14 3 1 Diogo Carvalho 4:18.68 15 2 4 Jung Won-Yong 4:18.98 16 2 3 Taki M'rabet 4:18.99 17 5 7 Maksym Shemberev 4:19.29 18 4 2 Luca Marin 4:19.48 19 3 6 Federico Turrini 4:19.50 20 4 8 Raphaël Stacchiotti 4:20.64 NR 21 5 8 Andrew Ford 4:20.87 22 3 4 László Cseh 4:22.26 23 5 2 Gal Nevo 4:25.96 24 2 2 Nuttapong Ketin 4:26.41 25 3 2 Mitch Larkin 4:26.91 26 2 1 Aleksey Derlyugov 4:27.19 27 2 5 Pedro Pinotes 4:28.81 28 3 8 Ezequiel Trujillo Aviles 4:30.85 29 2 7 Morad Berrada 4:31.97 30 2 8 Diego Castillo 4:32.39 31 1 4 Marko Blazevski 4:32.96 32 1 5 Rafael Alfaro 4:35.84 33 2 6 Vo Thái Nguyên 4:41.02 34 1 3 Ahmed Atari 5:16.80 - 1 6 Adbulrahman Alishaq DNS - 3 5 Thiago Pereira DNS
Final The final was held at 18:09.
Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 4 Ryan Lochte 4:07.13 6 Tyler Clary 4:11.17 5 Yuya Horihata 4:11.98 NR4 3 Huang Chaosheng 4:13.62 5 2 Ioannis Drymonakos 4:14.62 NR6 7 Dávid Verrasztó 4:15.67 7 1 Wang Chengxiang 4:15.89 8 8 Roberto Pavoni 4:19.85
References
External links 2011 World Aquatics Championships: Men's 400 metre individual medley entry list, from OmegaTiming.com; retrieved 2011-07-23.