The Men's 400 metre individual medley competition of the 2026 European Aquatics Championships was held on 10 August 2026.
Records Prior to the competition, the existing world, European and championship records were as follows: Record Mark Swimmer Venue Date World record 4:02.50 Fukuoka 23 July 2023 European record Championship record 4:09.59 Eindhoven 24 March 2008 World Jr Record 4:08.84 Tokyo 22 March 2026 European Jr Record 4:10.02 Budapest 23 May 2021 The following records were set during the competition: Record Mark Swimmer Venue Date Championship record 4:08.17 Ilya Borodin Paris 10 August 2026
Results Heats The heats were started at 09:30.
Rank Heat Lane Swimmer Nation Time Notes 1 3 4 Ilya Borodin Neutral Athletes B 4:13.10 Q 2 2 7 Finn Hammer 4:13.45 Q 3 2 5 Alberto Razzetti 4:13.54 Q 4 2 4 Max Litchfield 4:13.69 Q 5 3 3 Cedric Büssing 4:14.59 Q 6 2 6 Apostolos Papastamos 4:14.79 Q 7 3 6 Thomas Jansen 4:15.38 Q 8 3 1 Panagiotis Vlachogiannakos 4:16.06 Q 9 2 2 Daniil Giourtzidis 4:17.11 10 3 5 Maxim Stupin Neutral Athletes B 4:17.16 11 3 2 Diego Mira 4:17.23 12 3 7 Marius Toscan 4:17.77 13 3 8 Michal Judickij 4:18.83 14 2 1 Noah Zemansky 4:19.47 15 2 8 Simon Laviolette 4:20.30 16 2 0 Samuel Košťál 4:21.45 17 1 4 Liam Custer 4:22.55 NR 18 3 0 Matei State 4:23.44 19 1 3 Oliver Kuulpak 4:26.87 20 3 9 Strahinja Maslo 4:27.41 21 2 9 Eetu Autio 4:28.20 22 1 5 Philipp Rizek 4:28.69 23 1 6 Hólmar Grétarsson 4:29.65 24 1 7 Donats Dragasjus 4:31.40 25 1 2 Biel Cuen 4:31.82 2 3 Robert Badea Disqualified
Final The final was held at 18:46.
Rank Lane Swimmer Nation Time Notes 4 Ilya Borodin Neutral Athletes B 4:08.17 CR 3 Alberto Razzetti 4:10.40 6 Max Litchfield 4:11.58 4 2 Cedric Büssing 4:14.16 5 5 Finn Hammer 4:14.31 6 7 Apostolos Papastamos 4:14.99 7 8 Panagiotis Vlachogiannakos 4:16.12 8 1 Thomas Jansen 4:16.99
References