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400 metres Individual Medley, Men

Date	28 July 2012
Status	Olympic
Location	London Aquatics Centre, Olympic Park, Stratford, London
Participants	37 from 29 countries

Michael Phelps was the two-time defending champion (2004-08) but the favorite was his teammate Ryan Lochte, the 2011 World Champion who had defeated Phelps at the US Trials in June. Phelps had said after Beijing that he would never race the 400 IM again but had started training for it in late 2011. But it was too late for London and he barely qualified for the final, placing eighth and having to swim the final in lane eight. The best qualifying time was posted by Japan’s Kosuke Hagino in an Asian record 4:10.01, with Lochte qualifying third.

In the final, Lochte, Phelps and South African Chad le Clos were about even at the end of the butterfly, but the next stroke, the backstroke, was Lochte’s best and he pulled ahead by two bodylengths entering the breaststroke. He was under world record pace at that time and although he could not maintain that, he won gold in 4:05.18. The time was the second fastest ever after Phelps’ winning Beijing world record of 4:03.84, but it was faster than Phelps’ textile world best of 4:06.26.

The silver went to Brazil’s Thiago Pereira, over 3½ seconds behind Lochte, while the bronze went to Hagino, with Phelps off the podium in fourth – only the second time this had ever happened to him at the Olympics, after the 2000 200 butterfly, in which he finished fifth.

Pos	Competitor	NOC	R1	Final
1	Ryan Lochte	USA	4:12.35 (2 h5)	4:05.18 (1)	Gold
2	Thiago Pereira	BRA	4:12.39 (2 h3)	4:08.86 (2)	Silver
3	Kosuke Hagino	JPN	4:10.01 (1 h3)	4:08.94 (3)	Bronze
4	Michael Phelps	USA	4:13.33 (1 h4)	4:09.28 (4)
5	Chad le Clos	RSA	4:12.24 (1 h5)	4:12.42 (5)
6	Yuya Horihata	JPN	4:13.09 (5 h5)	4:13.30 (6)
7	Thomas Fraser-Holmes	AUS	4:12.66 (3 h5)	4:13.49 (7)
8	Luca Marin	ITA	4:13.02 (4 h5)	4:14.89 (8)
9	László Cseh, Jr.	HUN	4:13.40 (2 h4)	–
10	Gal Nevo	ISR	4:14.77 (3 h3)	–
11	Yannick Lebherz	GER	4:15.41 (3 h4)	–
12	Yang Zhixian	CHN	4:15.45 (4 h3)	–
13	Roberto Pavoni	GBR	4:15.56 (4 h4)	–
14	Wang Chengxiang	CHN	4:15.57 (5 h4)	–
15	Maksym Shemberiev	UKR	4:16.63 (6 h4)	–
16	Ward Bauwens	BEL	4:16.71 (1 h2)	–
17	Ioannis Drymonakos	GRE	4:17.04 (7 h4)	–
18	Raphaël Stacchiotti	LUX	4:17.20 (2 h2)	–
=19	Riaan Schoeman	RSA	4:17.22 (=6 h5)	–
=19	Federico Turrini	ITA	4:17.22 (=6 h5)	–
21	Aleksandr Tikhonov	RUS	4:18.12 (5 h3)	–
22	Dávid Verrasztó	HUN	4:18.31 (6 h3)	–
23	Alec Page	CAN	4:19.17 (8 h4)	–
24	Joe Roebuck	GBR	4:20.24 (7 h3)	–
25	Bradley Ally	BAR	4:21.32 (1 h1)	–
=26	Yury Suvorau	BLR	4:23.06 (=3 h2)	–
=26	Diogo Carvalho	POR	4:23.06 (=3 h2)	–
28	Jeong Won-Yong	KOR	4:23.12 (5 h2)	–
29	Esteban Enderica	ECU	4:24.32 (6 h2)	–
30	Pedro Pinotes	ANG	4:24.69 (7 h2)	–
31	Anton McKee	ISL	4:25.06 (2 h1)	–
32	Dan Tranter	AUS	4:25.76 (8 h5)	–
33	Quah Zheng Wen	SGP	4:26.81 (8 h2)	–
34	Marko Blaževski	MKD	4:32.38 (3 h1)	–
35	Rafael Alfaro	ESA	4:35.80 (4 h1)	–
36	Ahmed Atari	QAT	5:21.30 (5 h1)	–
DQ	Taki M'Rabet	TUN	– (DQ h3)	–

Round One

Date	28 July 2012 — 10:00
Format	Fastest eight swimmers advanced to final

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	–	Kosuke Hagino	JPN	4:10.01	Q
2	–	Chad le Clos	RSA	4:12.24	Q
3	–	Ryan Lochte	USA	4:12.35	Q
4	–	Thiago Pereira	BRA	4:12.39	Q
5	–	Thomas Fraser-Holmes	AUS	4:12.66	Q
6	–	Luca Marin	ITA	4:13.02	Q
7	–	Yuya Horihata	JPN	4:13.09	Q
8	–	Michael Phelps	USA	4:13.33	Q
9	–	László Cseh, Jr.	HUN	4:13.40
10	–	Gal Nevo	ISR	4:14.77
11	–	Yannick Lebherz	GER	4:15.41
12	–	Yang Zhixian	CHN	4:15.45
13	–	Roberto Pavoni	GBR	4:15.56
14	–	Wang Chengxiang	CHN	4:15.57
15	–	Maksym Shemberiev	UKR	4:16.63
16	–	Ward Bauwens	BEL	4:16.71
17	–	Ioannis Drymonakos	GRE	4:17.04
18	–	Raphaël Stacchiotti	LUX	4:17.20
=19	–	Federico Turrini	ITA	4:17.22
=19	–	Riaan Schoeman	RSA	4:17.22
21	–	Aleksandr Tikhonov	RUS	4:18.12
22	–	Dávid Verrasztó	HUN	4:18.31
23	–	Alec Page	CAN	4:19.17
24	–	Joe Roebuck	GBR	4:20.24
25	–	Bradley Ally	BAR	4:21.32
=26	–	Diogo Carvalho	POR	4:23.06
=26	–	Yury Suvorau	BLR	4:23.06
28	–	Jeong Won-Yong	KOR	4:23.12
29	–	Esteban Enderica	ECU	4:24.32
30	–	Pedro Pinotes	ANG	4:24.69
31	–	Anton McKee	ISL	4:25.06
32	–	Dan Tranter	AUS	4:25.76
33	–	Quah Zheng Wen	SGP	4:26.81
34	–	Marko Blaževski	MKD	4:32.38
35	–	Rafael Alfaro	ESA	4:35.80
36	–	Ahmed Atari	QAT	5:21.30
DQ	–	Taki M'Rabet	TUN	–

Heat #1

Time	10:00

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	Reaction Time	50 m	100 m	150 m	200 m	250 m	300 m	350 m	50-100 m Time (Rank)	100-150 m Time (Rank)	150-200 m Time (Rank)	200-250 m Time (Rank)	250-300 m Time (Rank)	300-350 m Time (Rank)	350-400 m Time (Rank)
1	–	Bradley Ally	BAR	4:21.32	0.66	26.69 (1)	57.85 (2)	1:31.50 (1)	2:04.51 (1)	2:41.19 (1)	3:18.69 (1)	3:50.48 (1)	31.16	33.65	33.01	36.68	37.50	31.79	30.84
2	–	Anton McKee	ISL	4:25.06	0.77	27.60 (3)	59.70 (4)	1:35.70 (4)	2:10.32 (3)	2:47.04 (2)	3:23.68 (2)	3:54.96 (2)	32.10	36.00	34.62	36.72	36.64	31.28	30.10
3	–	Marko Blaževski	MKD	4:32.38	0.75	27.26 (2)	58.15 (3)	1:33.96 (2)	2:08.03 (2)	2:47.83 (3)	3:27.88 (3)	4:01.17 (3)	30.89	35.81	34.07	39.80	40.05	33.29	31.21
4	–	Rafael Alfaro	ESA	4:35.80	0.75	27.71 (4)	59.75 (5)	1:35.64 (3)	2:11.52 (4)	2:50.15 (4)	3:29.21 (4)	4:02.71 (4)	32.04	35.89	35.88	38.63	39.06	33.50	33.09
5	–	Ahmed Atari	QAT	5:21.30	0.75	31.86 (5)	1:10.16 (1)	1:53.12 (5)	2:34.86 (5)	3:20.79 (5)	4:06.86 (5)	4:45.16 (5)	38.30	42.96	41.74	45.93	46.07	38.30	36.14

Heat #2

Time	10:07

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	Reaction Time	50 m	100 m	150 m	200 m	250 m	300 m	350 m	50-100 m Time (Rank)	100-150 m Time (Rank)	150-200 m Time (Rank)	200-250 m Time (Rank)	250-300 m Time (Rank)	300-350 m Time (Rank)	350-400 m Time (Rank)
1	–	Ward Bauwens	BEL	4:16.71	0.67	27.51 (8)	58.81 (4)	1:31.47 (2)	2:03.01 (1)	2:40.17 (1)	3:17.91 (2)	3:47.88 (2)	31.30	32.66	31.54	37.16	37.74	29.97	28.83
2	–	Raphaël Stacchiotti	LUX	4:17.20	0.61	26.19 (1)	57.22 (1)	1:31.35 (1)	2:04.37 (2)	2:40.45 (2)	3:17.00 (1)	3:47.77 (1)	31.03	34.13	33.02	36.08	36.55	30.77	29.43
=3	–	Diogo Carvalho	POR	4:23.06	0.71	26.93 (3)	57.93 (3)	1:31.78 (4)	2:06.24 (5)	2:42.69 (3)	3:20.19 (3)	3:51.57 (3)	31.00	33.85	34.46	36.45	37.50	31.38	31.49
=3	–	Yury Suvorau	BLR	4:23.06	0.76	27.22 (4)	58.91 (6)	1:34.25 (8)	2:07.90 (8)	2:44.71 (8)	3:22.12 (6)	3:53.31 (5)	31.69	35.34	33.65	36.81	37.41	31.19	29.75
5	–	Jeong Won-Yong	KOR	4:23.12	0.68	27.48 (7)	58.83 (5)	1:32.89 (5)	2:06.19 (4)	2:43.14 (4)	3:21.19 (4)	3:53.21 (4)	31.35	34.06	33.30	36.95	38.05	32.02	29.91
6	–	Esteban Enderica	ECU	4:24.32	0.65	27.30 (5)	58.93 (7)	1:33.63 (7)	2:06.70 (6)	2:43.70 (5)	3:21.91 (5)	3:54.11 (6)	31.63	34.70	33.07	37.00	38.21	32.20	30.21
7	–	Pedro Pinotes	ANG	4:24.69	0.68	27.45 (6)	59.27 (8)	1:33.04 (6)	2:07.64 (7)	2:44.62 (7)	3:22.63 (7)	3:54.73 (7)	31.82	33.77	34.60	36.98	38.01	32.10	29.96
8	–	Quah Zheng Wen	SGP	4:26.81	0.63	26.43 (2)	57.62 (2)	1:31.50 (3)	2:05.07 (3)	2:44.01 (6)	3:24.23 (8)	3:55.87 (8)	31.19	33.88	33.57	38.94	40.22	31.64	30.94

Heat #3

Time	10:13

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	Reaction Time	50 m	100 m	150 m	200 m	250 m	300 m	350 m	50-100 m Time (Rank)	100-150 m Time (Rank)	150-200 m Time (Rank)	200-250 m Time (Rank)	250-300 m Time (Rank)	300-350 m Time (Rank)	350-400 m Time (Rank)
1	–	Kosuke Hagino	JPN	4:10.01	0.71	26.91 (=4)	57.61 (4)	1:28.74 (2)	1:59.44 (1)	2:34.67 (1)	3:10.59 (1)	3:40.83 (1)	30.70	31.13	30.70	35.23	35.92	30.24	29.18	Q
2	–	Thiago Pereira	BRA	4:12.39	0.68	26.21 (1)	56.97 (3)	1:28.64 (1)	2:00.04 (2)	2:34.82 (2)	3:10.96 (2)	3:42.24 (2)	30.76	31.67	31.40	34.78	36.14	31.28	30.15	Q
3	–	Gal Nevo	ISR	4:14.77	0.65	26.91 (=4)	57.68 (5)	1:30.79 (3)	2:02.99 (3)	2:38.41 (3)	3:14.65 (3)	3:44.90 (3)	30.77	33.11	32.20	35.42	36.24	30.25	29.87
4	–	Yang Zhixian	CHN	4:15.45	0.71	27.36 (7)	58.19 (6)	1:31.32 (6)	2:03.91 (4)	2:39.32 (4)	3:15.07 (4)	3:45.55 (4)	30.83	33.13	32.59	35.41	35.75	30.48	29.90
5	–	Aleksandr Tikhonov	RUS	4:18.12	0.73	26.94 (6)	58.36 (7)	1:31.72 (7)	2:04.78 (8)	2:40.50 (6)	3:17.70 (6)	3:48.95 (6)	31.42	33.36	33.06	35.72	37.20	31.25	29.17
6	–	Dávid Verrasztó	HUN	4:18.31	0.82	27.58 (8)	58.47 (8)	1:32.07 (8)	2:04.07 (6)	2:40.28 (5)	3:16.87 (5)	3:48.45 (5)	30.89	33.60	32.00	36.21	36.59	31.58	29.86
7	–	Joe Roebuck	GBR	4:20.24	0.75	26.30 (2)	56.89 (1)	1:31.16 (5)	2:04.53 (7)	2:40.72 (7)	3:18.12 (7)	3:49.56 (7)	30.59	34.27	33.37	36.19	37.40	31.44	30.68
DQ	–	Taki M'Rabet	TUN	–	[0.67]	[26.38] ([3])	[56.92] ([2])	[1:31.00] ([4])	[2:04.02] ([5])	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	[30.54]	[34.08]	[33.02]	–	–	–	–

Heat #4

Time	10:20

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	Reaction Time	50 m	100 m	150 m	200 m	250 m	300 m	350 m	50-100 m Time (Rank)	100-150 m Time (Rank)	150-200 m Time (Rank)	200-250 m Time (Rank)	250-300 m Time (Rank)	300-350 m Time (Rank)	350-400 m Time (Rank)
1	–	Michael Phelps	USA	4:13.33	0.74	25.88 (1)	54.89 (1)	1:26.98 (1)	1:59.20 (1)	2:35.45 (2)	3:12.60 (2)	3:43.49 (2)	29.01	32.09	32.22	36.25	37.15	30.89	29.84	Q
2	–	László Cseh, Jr.	HUN	4:13.40	0.78	26.15 (2)	55.99 (2)	1:27.98 (2)	1:59.41 (2)	2:35.15 (1)	3:11.96 (1)	3:43.22 (1)	29.84	31.99	31.43	35.74	36.81	31.26	30.18
3	–	Yannick Lebherz	GER	4:15.41	0.82	26.45 (3)	57.03 (4)	1:29.81 (3)	2:00.93 (3)	2:38.12 (3)	3:15.90 (3)	3:46.63 (3)	30.58	32.78	31.12	37.19	37.78	30.73	28.78
4	–	Roberto Pavoni	GBR	4:15.56	0.69	26.85 (5)	57.56 (5)	1:30.84 (6)	2:03.26 (6)	2:39.03 (4)	3:16.38 (5)	3:47.16 (5)	30.71	33.28	32.42	35.77	37.35	30.78	28.40
5	–	Wang Chengxiang	CHN	4:15.57	0.76	27.31 (7)	57.64 (6)	1:30.21 (4)	2:01.74 (4)	2:39.13 (5)	3:16.22 (4)	3:46.77 (4)	30.33	32.57	31.53	37.39	37.09	30.55	28.80
6	–	Maksym Shemberiev	UKR	4:16.63	0.84	27.81 (8)	58.92 (8)	1:32.61 (8)	2:05.74 (8)	2:41.81 (8)	3:17.71 (7)	3:47.96 (7)	31.11	33.69	33.13	36.07	35.90	30.25	28.67
7	–	Ioannis Drymonakos	GRE	4:17.04	0.70	26.52 (4)	56.97 (3)	1:30.39 (5)	2:03.25 (5)	2:39.80 (6)	3:16.74 (6)	3:47.45 (6)	30.45	33.42	32.86	36.55	36.94	30.71	29.59
8	–	Alec Page	CAN	4:19.17	0.74	27.07 (6)	57.75 (7)	1:31.23 (7)	2:04.51 (7)	2:41.28 (7)	3:18.58 (8)	3:49.25 (8)	30.68	33.48	33.28	36.77	37.30	30.67	29.92

Heat #5

Time	10:26

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	Reaction Time	50 m	100 m	150 m	200 m	250 m	300 m	350 m	50-100 m Time (Rank)	100-150 m Time (Rank)	150-200 m Time (Rank)	200-250 m Time (Rank)	250-300 m Time (Rank)	300-350 m Time (Rank)	350-400 m Time (Rank)
1	–	Chad le Clos	RSA	4:12.24	0.76	25.80 (1)	55.81 (2)	1:28.21 (2)	2:00.07 (2)	2:36.53 (2)	3:12.98 (2)	3:43.07 (2)	30.01	32.40	31.86	36.46	36.45	30.09	29.17	Q
2	–	Ryan Lochte	USA	4:12.35	0.69	25.98 (2)	55.73 (1)	1:27.67 (1)	1:59.28 (1)	2:34.78 (1)	3:11.11 (1)	3:41.95 (1)	29.75	31.94	31.61	35.50	36.33	30.84	30.40	Q
3	–	Thomas Fraser-Holmes	AUS	4:12.66	0.70	26.54 (3)	57.16 (4)	1:29.81 (4)	2:01.46 (4)	2:38.02 (5)	3:14.46 (5)	3:44.20 (4)	30.62	32.65	31.65	36.56	36.44	29.74	28.46	Q
4	–	Luca Marin	ITA	4:13.02	0.76	27.70 (8)	58.69 (7)	1:30.77 (6)	2:01.92 (6)	2:37.78 (4)	3:13.80 (4)	3:44.51 (5)	30.99	32.08	31.15	35.86	36.02	30.71	28.51	Q
5	–	Yuya Horihata	JPN	4:13.09	0.71	27.04 (5)	57.14 (3)	1:28.71 (3)	2:00.45 (3)	2:36.69 (3)	3:13.44 (3)	3:43.86 (3)	30.10	31.57	31.74	36.24	36.75	30.42	29.23	Q
=6	–	Federico Turrini	ITA	4:17.22	0.76	27.08 (6)	58.04 (5)	1:30.09 (5)	2:01.86 (5)	2:38.38 (6)	3:15.78 (6)	3:46.92 (6)	30.96	32.05	31.77	36.52	37.40	31.14	30.30
=6	–	Riaan Schoeman	RSA	4:17.22	0.68	27.40 (7)	58.87 (8)	1:31.05 (7)	2:02.53 (7)	2:39.09 (7)	3:16.70 (7)	3:47.39 (7)	31.47	32.18	31.48	36.56	37.61	30.69	29.83
8	–	Dan Tranter	AUS	4:25.76	0.68	26.78 (4)	58.20 (6)	1:32.27 (8)	2:07.09 (8)	2:43.06 (8)	3:20.33 (8)	3:53.59 (8)	31.42	34.07	34.82	35.97	37.27	33.26	32.17

Final Round

Date	28 July 2012 — 19:30

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	Reaction Time	50 m	100 m	150 m	200 m	250 m	300 m	350 m	50-100 m Time (Rank)	100-150 m Time (Rank)	150-200 m Time (Rank)	200-250 m Time (Rank)	250-300 m Time (Rank)	300-350 m Time (Rank)	350-400 m Time (Rank)
1	–	Ryan Lochte	USA	4:05.18	0.65	25.62 (2)	55.02 (1)	1:26.19 (1)	1:56.86 (1)	2:31.04 (1)	3:06.53 (1)	3:36.08 (1)	29.40	31.17	30.67	34.18	35.49	29.55	29.10
2	–	Thiago Pereira	BRA	4:08.86	0.67	26.29 (4)	56.76 (5)	1:28.39 (4)	2:00.61 (5)	2:33.98 (2)	3:09.16 (2)	3:39.52 (2)	30.47	31.63	32.22	33.37	35.18	30.36	29.34
3	–	Kosuke Hagino	JPN	4:08.94	0.68	26.66 (6)	56.77 (6)	1:28.44 (5)	1:59.18 (2)	2:34.77 (4)	3:10.74 (3)	3:40.42 (3)	30.11	31.67	30.74	35.59	35.97	29.68	28.52
4	–	Michael Phelps	USA	4:09.28	0.71	25.68 (3)	55.35 (2)	1:27.49 (2)	1:59.41 (3)	2:34.48 (3)	3:10.96 (4)	3:40.84 (4)	29.67	32.14	31.92	35.07	36.48	29.88	28.44
5	–	Chad le Clos	RSA	4:12.42	0.76	25.58 (1)	55.48 (3)	1:28.26 (3)	2:00.32 (4)	2:36.69 (5)	3:13.27 (5)	3:43.14 (5)	29.90	32.78	32.06	36.37	36.58	29.87	29.28
6	–	Yuya Horihata	JPN	4:13.30	0.69	27.09 (7)	57.68 (7)	1:29.99 (7)	2:02.35 (8)	2:38.85 (8)	3:15.72 (8)	3:45.43 (7)	30.59	32.31	32.36	36.50	36.87	29.71	27.87
7	–	Thomas Fraser-Holmes	AUS	4:13.49	0.69	26.44 (5)	56.75 (4)	1:29.72 (6)	2:02.00 (6)	2:38.49 (7)	3:15.36 (7)	3:45.14 (6)	30.31	32.97	32.28	36.49	36.87	29.78	28.35
8	–	Luca Marin	ITA	4:14.89	0.73	27.66 (8)	58.92 (8)	1:31.16 (8)	2:02.07 (7)	2:38.09 (6)	3:14.77 (6)	3:45.64 (8)	31.26	32.24	30.91	36.02	36.68	30.87	29.25