| Event: | Men's 400 metre freestyle |
| Competition: | 2014 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) |
| Dates: | 5 December (heats and semifinals) 6 December (final) |
| Competitors: | 80 |
| Nations: | 63 |
| Win Value: | 3:34.32 |
| Gold: | Péter Bernek |
| Goldnoc: | HUN |
| Silver: | James Guy |
| Silvernoc: | GBR |
| Bronze: | Velimir Stjepanović |
| Bronzenoc: | SRB |
| Prev: | 2012 |
| Next: | 2016 |
The Men's 400 metre freestyle competition of the 2014 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) was held on 5 December with the heats and the semifinals and 6 December with the final.[1]
Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.
| Name | Nation | Time | Location | Date | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| World record | Yannick Agnel | 3:32.25 | Angers | 15 November 2012 | ||
| Championship record | Grant Hackett | 3:35.01 | Hong Kong | 1 April 1999 |
The following records were established during the competition:
The Heats were held at 11:13.[2]
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 8 | 5 | 3:37.34 | Q | |||
| 2 | 7 | 3 | 3:39.55 | Q | |||
| 3 | 8 | 6 | 3:39.58 | Q | |||
| 4 | 8 | 4 | 3:39.67 | Q | |||
| 5 | 8 | 3 | 3:40.12 | Q | |||
| 6 | 9 | 1 | 3:40.28 | Q | |||
| 7 | 9 | 4 | 3:40.30 | Q | |||
| 8 | 9 | 9 | 3:40.51 | Q | |||
| 9 | 9 | 6 | 3:40.60 | ||||
| 10 | 9 | 2 | 3:40.73 | ||||
| 11 | 9 | 3 | 3:41.09 | ||||
| 12 | 5 | 8 | 3:41.67 | SA | |||
| 13 | 9 | 5 | 3:41.90 | ||||
| 14 | 8 | 2 | 3:41.92 | ||||
| 15 | 9 | 8 | 3:41.95 | ||||
| 16 | 8 | 7 | 3:42.15 | ||||
| 17 | 7 | 9 | 3:42.31 | ||||
| 18 | 6 | 4 | 3:42.75 | ||||
| 19 | 8 | 8 | 3:42.76 | ||||
| 20 | 6 | 3 | 3:43.50 | ||||
| 21 | 7 | 7 | 3:43.51 | ||||
| 22 | 9 | 0 | 3:43.81 | ||||
| 23 | 7 | 4 | 3:44.07 | ||||
| 24 | 7 | 0 | 3:44.21 | ||||
| 25 | 9 | 7 | 3:44.48 | ||||
| 26 | 6 | 7 | 3:44.92 | ||||
| 27 | 6 | 2 | 3:44.93 | ||||
| 28 | 7 | 1 | 3:45.07 | ||||
| 29 | 8 | 0 | 3:45.09 | ||||
| 30 | 7 | 8 | 3:45.52 | ||||
| 31 | 6 | 0 | 3:45.54 | ||||
| 32 | 6 | 1 | 3:45.66 | ||||
| 33 | 7 | 5 | 3:45.94 | ||||
| 34 | 7 | 6 | 3:46.19 | ||||
| 35 | 4 | 4 | 3:46.94 | ||||
| 36 | 8 | 1 | 3:47.53 | ||||
| 37 | 5 | 6 | 3:47.63 | ||||
| 38 | 5 | 1 | 3:47.92 | ||||
| 39 | 6 | 9 | 3:48.19 | ||||
| 40 | 5 | 9 | 3:48.73 | ||||
| 41 | 5 | 7 | 3:49.08 | ||||
| 42 | 6 | 6 | 3:49.45 | ||||
| 43 | 5 | 5 | 3:50.21 | ||||
| 44 | 6 | 8 | 3:50.25 | ||||
| 45 | 5 | 4 | 3:50.83 | ||||
| 46 | 4 | 5 | 3:50.98 | ||||
| 47 | 5 | 0 | 3:51.41 | ||||
| 48 | 5 | 3 | 3:51.84 | ||||
| 49 | 4 | 9 | 3:52.02 | ||||
| 50 | 4 | 6 | 3:52.16 | ||||
| 51 | 7 | 2 | 3:53.11 | ||||
| 52 | 5 | 2 | 3:53.43 | ||||
| 53 | 4 | 3 | 3:57.25 | ||||
| 54 | 4 | 0 | 3:57.71 | ||||
| 55 | 3 | 5 | 3:58.61 | ||||
| 56 | 4 | 8 | 3:58.73 | ||||
| 57 | 4 | 2 | 4:00.04 | ||||
| 58 | 3 | 1 | 4:00.70 | ||||
| 59 | 4 | 7 | 4:00.75 | ||||
| 60 | 3 | 3 | 4:01.12 | ||||
| 61 | 3 | 0 | 4:01.31 | ||||
| 62 | 2 | 6 | 4:01.62 | ||||
| 63 | 3 | 8 | 4:01.12 | ||||
| 64 | 4 | 1 | 4:03.48 | ||||
| 65 | 2 | 4 | 4:03.95 | ||||
| 66 | 3 | 2 | 4:04.95 | ||||
| 67 | 3 | 6 | 4:05.32 | ||||
| 68 | 3 | 4 | 4:07.24 | ||||
| 69 | 3 | 7 | 4:07.77 | ||||
| 70 | 2 | 5 | 4:08.06 | ||||
| 71 | 2 | 3 | 4:08.54 | ||||
| 72 | 3 | 9 | 4:09.15 | ||||
| 73 | 2 | 1 | 4:12.46 | ||||
| 74 | 2 | 7 | 4:12.85 | ||||
| 75 | 2 | 8 | 4:14.40 | ||||
| 76 | 2 | 0 | 4:20.35 | ||||
| 77 | 2 | 2 | 4:20.41 | ||||
| 78 | 1 | 3 | 4:30.83 | ||||
| 79 | 1 | 4 | 4:31.03 | ||||
| 80 | 1 | 5 | 4:36.38 | ||||
| — | 6 | 5 | DNS | ||||
| — | 8 | 9 | DNS |
The final was held at 18:55.[3]
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | 3:34.32 | CR | ||||
| 3 | 3:36.35 | |||||
| 1 | 3:38.17 | |||||
| 4 | 8 | 3:39.05 | ||||
| 5 | 6 | 3:39.11 | ||||
| 6 | 5 | 3:39.29 | ||||
| 7 | 7 | 3:39.55 | ||||
| 8 | 2 | 3:39.63 |