The men's 400 metre freestyle event at the 11th FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) took place 14 December 2012 at the Sinan Erdem Dome.
In June 2013, Danish swimmer Mads Glæsner was stripped of the bronze medal after testing positive for levomethamphetamine.
Records Prior to this competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows. Name Nation Time Location DateWorld recordYannick Agnel 3:32.25 Angers 15 November 2012 Championship record Grant Hackett 3:35.01 Hong Kong 1 April 1999
No new records were set during this competition.
Results
Heats
Rank Heat Lane Name Time Notes 1 6 4 3:41.07 Q 2 6 2 3:41.34 Q 3 5 5 3:41.40 Q 4 6 3 3:41.59 Q 5 7 8 3:41.80 Q 6 1 7 3:42.13 Q 7 5 4 3:42.43 Q 8 5 3 3:42.49 9 7 0 3:42.76 10 6 5 3:42.97 11 7 3 3:43.05 12 6 6 3:43.29 13 7 6 3:43.52 14 5 7 3:43.70 15 5 2 3:43.88 16 7 5 3:44.09 17 6 9 3:44.22 18 7 7 3:44.46 19 7 2 3:44.56 20 5 0 3:45.77 21 5 6 3:46.00 22 6 1 3:47.19 23 6 8 3:47.56 24 4 2 3:47.83 NR 25 7 9 3:48.29 26 4 4 3:48.56 NR 27 4 5 3:48.62 28 6 7 3:48.70 29 5 1 3:49.17 30 6 0 3:49.38 31 4 7 3:49.45 32 1 4 3:49.63 33 1 1 3:49.86 34 4 3 3:51.30 35 1 2 3:51.69 NR 36 4 9 3:54.56 37 5 9 3:54.76 38 3 3 3:56.32 NR 39 4 6 3:56.79 40 4 0 3:57.85 NR 41 4 8 3:59.58 42 3 0 4:00.22 43 3 2 4:00.62 44 4 1 4:01.31 45 3 6 4:01.37 46 3 4 4:02.62 47 3 5 4:02.94 48 3 8 4:06.30 49 2 6 4:10.77 50 3 7 4:11.79 51 2 4 4:12.16 52 3 1 4:12.61 NR 53 2 5 4:15.31 54 3 9 4:17.66 55 2 3 4:18.40 56 2 2 4:23.37 57 2 1 4:26.14 58 2 7 4:31.26 59 2 9 4:37.41 60 2 0 4:37.59 61 2 8 4:46.60 1 3 1 5 1 6 5 8 7 1 7 4 3:40.89
Final
The final was held at 19:55.
Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 6 Paul Biedermann 3:39.15 1 Hao Yun 3:39.48 2 Matthew Stanley 3:41.01 4 5 Michael Klueh 3:41.29 5 8 Pál Joensen 3:42.23 6 3 Ahmed Mathlouthi 3:42.48 7 7 Anders Lie 3:42.80 4 Mads Glæsner 3:40.09
References
External links 2012 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m): Men's 400 metre freestyle entry list, from OmegaTiming.com.