The men's 400 metre freestyle competition at the 2018 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships took place on August 11 at the Tokyo Tatsumi International Swimming Center. The defending champion was Park Tae-hwan of South Korea.

Records Prior to this competition, the existing world and Pan Pacific records were as follows: World record3:40.07Rome, Italy26 July 2009Pan Pacific Championships record3:41.83Sydney, Australia22 August 1999

Results All times are in minutes and seconds.

KEY:QAQualified A FinalQBQualified B FinalCRChampionships recordNRNational recordPBPersonal bestSBSeasonal best

Heats The first round was held on 11 August from 10:00.

Only two swimmers from each country may advance to the A or B final. If a country not qualify any swimmer to the A final, that same country may qualify up to three swimmers to the B final.

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Zane Grothe 3:45.32 QA 2 Jack McLoughlin 3:45.41 QA 3 Mack Horton 3:47.75 QA 4 Grant Shoults 3:48.23 QA 5 Conor Dwyer 3:48.60 QB 6 Elijah Winnington 3:49.27 QB 7 Naito Ehara 3:50.17 QA 8 Robert Finke 3:51.23 QB, 9 Fernando Scheffer 3:51.78 QA 10 Sean Grieshop 3:52.04 QB 11 Shogo Takeda 3:52.23 QA 12 Tonwley Haas 3:53.36 13 Wesley Roberts 3:54.08 QA 14 Kohei Yamamoto 3:54.84 QB 15 Tristan Cote 3:54.94 QB 16 Ayatsugu Hirai 3:55.38 QB 17 Alex Pratt 3:55.66 QB 18 Peter Brothers 3:55.80 QB 19 Luiz Altamir Melo 3:55.85 20 Noel Keane 4:28.21 21 Mark Imazu 4:48.01 Jeremy Bagshaw

B Final The B final was held on 11 August from 18:00. Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 9 Conor Dwyer 3:48.45 10 Elijah Winnington 3:48.83 11 Sean Grieshop 3:51.52 12 Alex Pratt 3:51.84 13 Kohei Yamamoto 3:52.37 14 Peter Brothers 3:54.08 15 Tristan Cote 3:54.80 16 Ayatsugu Hirai 3:56.05

A Final The A final was held on 11 August from 18:00. Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Jack McLoughlin 3:44.20 Mack Horton 3:44.31 Zane Grothe 3:45.37 4 Grant Shoults 3:48.27 5 Naito Ehara 3:48.80 6 Fernando Scheffer 3:50.55 7 Wesley Roberts 3:54.73 8 Shogo Takeda 3:55.30

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