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400 metres Individual Medley, Men

Date	6 August 2016
Status	Olympic
Location	Estádio Aquático Olímpico, Parque Olímpico da Barra, Barra da Tijuca, Rio de Janeiro
Participants	27 from 20 countries

Japan’s Kosuke Hagino was 2014 World Swimmer of the Year before sitting out the 2015 season with an elbow injury. However, he had recovered well and came to Rio as the clear favorite in this event. Also favored for medals were his teammate, Daiya Seto, the two-time defending World Champion, and American Chase Kalisz, who had won the US Olympic Trials. Hagino and Kalisz were the only swimmers to better 4:10 in the 2016 season coming in to Rio.

The event was missing US swimmers Ryan Lochte and Michael Phelps, who had dominated it for the past decade. Lochte failed to make the US team in this event while Phelps elected not to swim the 400 IM.

The chalk came through, as Hagino won the gold medal in 4:06.05, setting an Asian record. Kalisz was just behind in second place, while Seto won the bronze medal another three seconds behind.

Pos	Swimmer	NOC	R1	Final
1	Kosuke Hagino	JPN	4:10.00 (1 h3)	4:06.05 (1)	Gold
2	Chase Kalisz	USA	4:08.12 (1 h4)	4:06.75 (2)	Silver
3	Daiya Seto	JPN	4:08.47 (2 h4)	4:09.71 (3)	Bronze
4	Max Litchfield	GBR	4:11.95 (2 h3)	4:11.62 (4)
5	Jay Litherland	USA	4:11.10 (3 h4)	4:11.68 (5)
6	Thomas Fraser-Holmes	AUS	4:12.51 (3 h3)	4:11.90 (6)
7	Travis Mahoney	AUS	4:13.37 (1 h2)	4:15.48 (7)
8	Joan Lluís Pons	ESP	4:13.55 (2 h2)	4:16.58 (8)
9	Richard Nagy	SVK	4:13.87 (4 h3)	–
10	Wang Shun	CHN	4:14.46 (5 h3)	–
11	Gergely Gyurta	HUN	4:14.81 (6 h3)	–
12	Dávid Verrasztó	HUN	4:15.04 (7 h3)	–
13	Jérémy Desplanches	SUI	4:15.46 (3 h2)	–
14	Alexis Santos	POR	4:15.84 (4 h2)	–
15	Brandonn Almeida	BRA	4:17.25 (4 h4)	–
16	Luca Marin	ITA	4:17.88 (5 h4)	–
17	Michael Meyer	RSA	4:18.13 (5 h2)	–
18	Johannes Hintze	GER	4:18.25 (8 h3)	–
19	Gal Nevo	ISR	4:18.29 (6 h2)	–
20	Federico Turrini	ITA	4:18.39 (6 h4)	–
21	Sebastien Rousseau	RSA	4:18.72 (7 h4)	–
22	Christoph Meier	LIE	4:19.19 (1 h1)	–
23	Raphaël Stacchiotti	LUX	4:20.37 (7 h2)	–
24	Pavel Janeček	CZE	4:22.09 (8 h2)	–
25	Pedro Pinotes	ANG	4:25.84 (2 h1)	–
26	Luis Vega	CUB	4:27.27 (3 h1)	–
DQ	Jacob Heidtmann	GER	– (DQ h4)	–

Round One (6 August 2016 — 13:02)

Fastest eight swimmers advanced to final

Heat One (13:02)

Pos	Lane	Swimmer	NOC	50 m	100 m	150 m	200 m	250 m	300 m	350 m	Time	Reaction
1	4	Christoph Meier	LIE	26.96 (1) 30.96 (1)	57.92 (1) 35.18 (2)	1:33.10 (1) 34.52 (2)	2:07.62 (2) 34.62 (1)	2:42.24 (1) 35.24 (1)	3:17.48 (1) 30.96 (2)	3:48.44 (1) 30.75 (2)	4:19.19	0.69
2	5	Pedro Pinotes	ANG	27.93 (3) 32.04 (2)	59.97 (3) 35.37 (3)	1:35.34 (3) 35.21 (3)	2:10.55 (3) 37.47 (2)	2:48.02 (3) 37.56 (2)	3:25.58 (3) 30.95 (1)	3:56.53 (3) 29.31 (1)	4:25.84	0.73
3	3	Luis Vega	CUB	27.71 (2) 32.09 (3)	59.80 (2) 33.62 (1)	1:33.42 (2) 33.64 (1)	2:07.06 (1) 38.21 (3)	2:45.27 (2) 38.24 (3)	3:23.51 (2) 32.40 (3)	3:55.91 (2) 31.36 (3)	4:27.27	0.73

Heat Two (13:08)

Pos	Lane	Swimmer	NOC	50 m	100 m	150 m	200 m	250 m	300 m	350 m	Time	Reaction
1	4	Travis Mahoney	AUS	26.70 (2) 30.61 (1)	57.31 (1) 31.49 (1)	1:28.80 (1) 31.45 (1)	2:00.25 (1) 35.93 (4)	2:36.18 (1) 36.76 (6)	3:12.94 (1) 30.50 (4)	3:43.44 (1) 29.93 (6)	4:13.37	0.70	Q
2	5	Joan Lluís Pons	ESP	27.41 (7) 30.98 (3)	58.39 (5) 33.21 (2)	1:31.60 (4) 31.53 (2)	2:03.13 (2) 35.86 (2)	2:38.99 (2) 35.90 (2)	3:14.89 (2) 30.37 (1)	3:45.26 (2) 28.29 (1)	4:13.55	0.64	Q
3	2	Jérémy Desplanches	SUI	26.62 (1) 31.01 (4)	57.63 (2) 33.24 (3)	1:30.87 (2) 33.17 (7)	2:04.04 (4) 35.17 (1)	2:39.21 (3) 36.35 (4)	3:15.56 (3) 30.70 (5)	3:46.26 (3) 29.20 (3)	4:15.46	0.62
4	8	Alexis Santos	POR	27.38 (6) 31.19 (7)	58.57 (7) 33.80 (6)	1:32.37 (7) 32.81 (6)	2:05.18 (6) 35.88 (3)	2:41.06 (5) 35.75 (1)	3:16.81 (5) 30.48 (3)	3:47.29 (4) 28.55 (2)	4:15.84	0.65
5	3	Michael Meyer	RSA	27.08 (4) 31.02 (5)	58.10 (3) 33.30 (4)	1:31.40 (3) 32.22 (3)	2:03.62 (3) 36.31 (6)	2:39.93 (4) 36.58 (5)	3:16.51 (4) 31.52 (8)	3:48.03 (5) 30.10 (7)	4:18.13	0.70
6	6	Gal Nevo	ISR	27.25 (5) 30.96 (2)	58.21 (4) 33.94 (7)	1:32.15 (5) 32.80 (5)	2:04.95 (5) 36.50 (7)	2:41.45 (6) 36.33 (3)	3:17.78 (6) 30.89 (6)	3:48.67 (6) 29.62 (5)	4:18.29	0.62
7	1	Raphaël Stacchiotti	LUX	26.81 (3) 31.63 (8)	58.44 (6) 33.78 (5)	1:32.22 (6) 33.47 (8)	2:05.69 (8) 36.26 (5)	2:41.95 (7) 37.76 (7)	3:19.71 (7) 30.47 (2)	3:50.18 (7) 30.19 (8)	4:20.37	0.64
8	7	Pavel Janeček	CZE	27.66 (8) 31.11 (6)	58.77 (8) 34.13 (8)	1:32.90 (8) 32.74 (4)	2:05.64 (7) 37.91 (8)	2:43.55 (8) 38.20 (8)	3:21.75 (8) 30.97 (7)	3:52.72 (8) 29.37 (4)	4:22.09	0.75

Heat Three (13:14)

Pos	Lane	Swimmer	NOC	50 m	100 m	150 m	200 m	250 m	300 m	350 m	Time	Reaction
1	4	Kosuke Hagino	JPN	25.79 (1) 29.74 (1)	55.53 (1) 31.41 (1)	1:26.94 (1) 31.21 (2)	1:58.15 (1) 35.38 (1)	2:33.53 (1) 36.18 (3)	3:09.71 (1) 30.83 (6)	3:40.54 (1) 29.46 (7)	4:10.00	0.71	Q
2	6	Max Litchfield	GBR	27.32 (6) 30.48 (4)	57.80 (5) 32.48 (3)	1:30.28 (5) 30.77 (1)	2:01.05 (2) 36.22 (7)	2:37.27 (3) 36.00 (2)	3:13.27 (2) 29.69 (1)	3:42.96 (2) 28.99 (5)	4:11.95	0.68	Q
3	3	Thomas Fraser-Holmes	AUS	26.13 (2) 30.39 (2)	56.52 (2) 32.71 (5)	1:29.23 (2) 32.17 (7)	2:01.40 (4) 35.83 (=3)	2:37.23 (2) 36.92 (6)	3:14.15 (4) 30.05 (2)	3:44.20 (3) 28.31 (2)	4:12.51	0.66	Q
4	7	Richard Nagy	SVK	28.01 (8) 30.60 (5)	58.61 (8) 33.73 (8)	1:32.34 (8) 31.86 (6)	2:04.20 (7) 35.90 (5)	2:40.10 (7) 35.60 (1)	3:15.70 (7) 30.08 (3)	3:45.78 (6) 28.09 (1)	4:13.87	0.74
5	2	Wang Shun	CHN	26.36 (3) 30.94 (6)	57.30 (3) 32.65 (4)	1:29.95 (4) 31.41 (3)	2:01.36 (3) 36.37 (8)	2:37.73 (5) 37.63 (8)	3:15.36 (6) 30.27 (4)	3:45.63 (5) 28.83 (3)	4:14.46	0.68
6	8	Gergely Gyurta	HUN	27.39 (7) 30.99 (7)	58.38 (6) 32.99 (6)	1:31.37 (6) 31.77 (5)	2:03.14 (6) 35.83 (=3)	2:38.97 (6) 36.37 (4)	3:15.34 (5) 30.63 (5)	3:45.97 (7) 28.84 (4)	4:14.81	0.71
7	5	Dávid Verrasztó	HUN	27.01 (5) 30.47 (3)	57.48 (4) 32.34 (2)	1:29.82 (3) 31.75 (4)	2:01.57 (5) 35.91 (6)	2:37.48 (4) 36.42 (5)	3:13.90 (3) 31.10 (7)	3:45.00 (4) 30.04 (8)	4:15.04	0.80
8	1	Johannes Hintze	GER	26.75 (4) 31.65 (8)	58.40 (7) 33.15 (7)	1:31.55 (7) 33.34 (8)	2:04.89 (8) 35.74 (2)	2:40.63 (8) 37.13 (7)	3:17.76 (8) 31.23 (8)	3:48.99 (8) 29.26 (6)	4:18.25	0.68

Heat Four (13:20)

Pos	Lane	Swimmer	NOC	50 m	100 m	150 m	200 m	250 m	300 m	350 m	Time	Reaction
1	5	Chase Kalisz	USA	26.36 (3) 30.10 (3)	56.46 (2) 32.52 (4)	1:28.98 (2) 31.54 (2)	2:00.52 (2) 34.28 (1)	2:34.80 (2) 34.68 (1)	3:09.48 (2) 30.23 (2)	3:39.71 (2) 28.41 (1)	4:08.12	0.73	Q
2	4	Daiya Seto	JPN	25.26 (1) 29.54 (1)	54.80 (1) 31.46 (1)	1:26.26 (1) 31.60 (4)	1:57.86 (1) 35.07 (2)	2:32.93 (1) 35.91 (2)	3:08.84 (1) 30.77 (5)	3:39.61 (1) 28.86 (3)	4:08.47	0.62	Q
3	3	Jay Litherland	USA	26.35 (2) 30.71 (5)	57.06 (4) 32.21 (3)	1:29.27 (3) 31.56 (3)	2:00.83 (3) 35.53 (3)	2:36.36 (3) 36.92 (3)	3:13.28 (3) 29.36 (1)	3:42.64 (3) 28.46 (2)	4:11.10	0.74	Q
4	7	Brandonn Almeida	BRA	27.75 (6) 30.69 (4)	58.44 (5) 32.08 (2)	1:30.52 (5) 31.01 (1)	2:01.53 (4) 37.53 (=6)	2:39.06 (4) 37.92 (7)	3:16.98 (4) 30.62 (4)	3:47.60 (4) 29.65 (7)	4:17.25	0.65
5	1	Luca Marin	ITA	28.27 (7) 31.45 (7)	59.72 (7) 32.85 (5)	1:32.57 (7) 31.95 (5)	2:04.52 (7) 36.20 (4)	2:40.72 (6) 37.04 (4)	3:17.76 (6) 31.21 (6)	3:48.97 (6) 28.91 (4)	4:17.88	0.75
6	6	Federico Turrini	ITA	27.51 (5) 30.99 (6)	58.50 (6) 32.97 (6)	1:31.47 (6) 32.04 (6)	2:03.51 (6) 37.53 (=6)	2:41.04 (7) 37.53 (5)	3:18.57 (7) 30.26 (3)	3:48.83 (5) 29.56 (6)	4:18.39	0.66
7	8	Sebastien Rousseau	RSA	27.19 (=4) 29.86 (2)	57.05 (3) 33.35 (7)	1:30.40 (4) 32.37 (7)	2:02.77 (5) 36.92 (5)	2:39.69 (5) 37.74 (6)	3:17.43 (5) 32.15 (7)	3:49.58 (7) 29.14 (5)	4:18.72	0.63
DQ	2	Jacob Heidtmann	GER	– (–) –	– (–) –	– (–) –	– (–) –	– (–) –	– (–) –	– (–) –	–	–

Final (6 August 2016 — 22:03)

Pos	Lane	Swimmer	NOC	50 m	100 m	150 m	200 m	250 m	300 m	350 m	Time	Reaction
1	3	Kosuke Hagino	JPN	25.44 (2) 30.13 (3)	55.57 (2) 31.16 (1)	1:26.73 (1) 31.00 (1)	1:57.73 (1) 34.96 (3)	2:32.69 (1) 35.27 (2)	3:07.96 (1) 29.70 (4)	3:37.66 (1) 28.39 (3)	4:06.05	0.69
2	4	Chase Kalisz	USA	26.17 (4) 30.35 (5)	56.52 (4) 32.40 (5)	1:28.92 (4) 31.64 (4)	2:00.56 (3) 33.70 (1)	2:34.26 (3) 34.44 (1)	3:08.70 (2) 29.49 (2)	3:38.19 (2) 28.56 (4)	4:06.75	0.73
3	5	Daiya Seto	JPN	25.42 (1) 29.81 (1)	55.23 (1) 31.92 (3)	1:27.15 (2) 32.04 (7)	1:59.19 (2) 34.53 (2)	2:33.72 (2) 35.34 (3)	3:09.06 (3) 30.31 (6)	3:39.37 (3) 30.34 (8)	4:09.71	0.61
4	2	Max Litchfield	GBR	26.63 (6) 30.74 (6)	57.37 (7) 32.24 (4)	1:29.61 (6) 32.25 (8)	2:01.86 (7) 35.27 (4)	2:37.13 (4) 36.21 (4)	3:13.34 (4) 29.32 (1)	3:42.66 (4) 28.96 (6)	4:11.62	0.63
5	6	Jay Litherland	USA	26.85 (7) 30.29 (4)	57.14 (5) 32.57 (6)	1:29.71 (7) 31.45 (2)	2:01.16 (6) 36.97 (7)	2:38.13 (7) 36.77 (7)	3:14.90 (6) 29.61 (3)	3:44.52 (6) 27.17 (1)	4:11.68	0.75
6	7	Thomas Fraser-Holmes	AUS	25.91 (3) 30.03 (2)	55.94 (3) 32.88 (7)	1:28.82 (3) 31.77 (5)	2:00.59 (4) 36.90 (6)	2:37.49 (5) 36.24 (5)	3:13.73 (5) 30.42 (7)	3:44.15 (5) 27.75 (2)	4:11.90	0.66
7	1	Travis Mahoney	AUS	26.34 (5) 30.94 (8)	57.28 (6) 31.77 (2)	1:29.05 (5) 32.03 (6)	2:01.08 (5) 36.61 (5)	2:37.69 (6) 37.71 (8)	3:15.40 (7) 30.28 (5)	3:45.68 (7) 29.80 (7)	4:15.48	0.70
8	8	Joan Lluís Pons	ESP	27.36 (8) 30.77 (7)	58.13 (8) 33.55 (8)	1:31.68 (8) 31.62 (3)	2:03.30 (8) 37.55 (8)	2:40.85 (8) 36.32 (6)	3:17.17 (8) 30.78 (8)	3:47.95 (8) 28.63 (5)	4:16.58	0.69