| Event: | Men's 400 metre freestyle |
| Competition: | 2016 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) |
| Venue: | WFCU Centre |
| Dates: | 6 December (heats and final) |
| Competitors: | 72 |
| Nations: | 54 |
| Win Value: | 3:34.59 |
| Gold: | Park Tae-hwan |
| Goldnoc: | KOR |
| Silver: | Aleksandr Krasnykh |
| Silvernoc: | RUS |
| Bronze: | Péter Bernek |
| Bronzenoc: | HUN |
| Prev: | 2014 |
| Next: | 2018 |
The Men's 400 metre freestyle competition of the 2016 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) was held on 6 December 2016, in Ontario, Canada.[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 | Péter Bernek | 3:34.32 | Doha | 5 December 2014 |
The heats were held at 09:30.[2]
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 7 | 5 | 3:38.40 | Q | |||
| 2 | 7 | 9 | 3:38.47 | Q | |||
| 3 | 7 | 3 | 3:38.70 | Q | |||
| 4 | 8 | 4 | 3:39.08 | Q | |||
| 5 | 7 | 6 | 3:39.31 | Q | |||
| 6 | 8 | 3 | 3:40.49 | Q | |||
| 7 | 7 | 2 | 3:40.80 | Q | |||
| 8 | 8 | 2 | 3:40.87 | Q | |||
| 9 | 8 | 5 | 3:41.18 | ||||
| 10 | 8 | 6 | 3:41.49 | ||||
| 11 | 8 | 1 | 3:42.02 | ||||
| 12 | 7 | 4 | 3:42.58 | ||||
| 13 | 6 | 9 | 3:42.98 | ||||
| 14 | 7 | 0 | 3:43.32 | ||||
| 15 | 6 | 5 | 3:43.42 | ||||
| 16 | 8 | 7 | 3:44.09 | ||||
| 17 | 6 | 2 | 3:44.43 | ||||
| 17 | 6 | 3 | 3:44.43 | ||||
| 19 | 7 | 8 | 3:44.63 | ||||
| 20 | 6 | 7 | 3:45.38 | ||||
| 21 | 5 | 6 | 3:45.54 | ||||
| 22 | 6 | 8 | 3:45.56 | ||||
| 23 | 7 | 7 | 3:45.99 | ||||
| 24 | 6 | 0 | 3:46.28 | ||||
| 25 | 6 | 1 | 3:46.52 | ||||
| 26 | 8 | 9 | 3:46.77 | ||||
| 27 | 6 | 4 | 3:46.91 | ||||
| 28 | 4 | 1 | 3:46.99 | ||||
| 28 | 5 | 2 | 3:46.99 | ||||
| 30 | 8 | 8 | 3:47.25 | ||||
| 31 | 5 | 4 | 3:47.29 | ||||
| 32 | 5 | 5 | 3:47.30 | ||||
| 33 | 3 | 3 | 3:47.42 | ||||
| 34 | 7 | 1 | 3:47.47 | ||||
| DSQ (35) | 5 | 8 | |||||
| 36 | 5 | 1 | 3:48.20 | ||||
| 37 | 5 | 9 | 3:48.27 | ||||
| 38 | 4 | 2 | 3:48.45 | ||||
| 39 | 4 | 3 | 3:49.18 | ||||
| 40 | 8 | 0 | 3:49.55 | ||||
| 41 | 3 | 6 | 3:50.53 | ||||
| 42 | 4 | 8 | 3:50.58 | ||||
| 43 | 4 | 6 | 3:50.70 | ||||
| 44 | 6 | 6 | 3:50.95 | ||||
| 45 | 5 | 0 | 3:50.98 | ||||
| 46 | 4 | 5 | 3:52.26 | ||||
| 47 | 4 | 7 | 3:53.53 | ||||
| 48 | 3 | 3 | 3:53.89 | ||||
| 49 | 1 | 3 | 3:54.44 | ||||
| 50 | 3 | 9 | 3:55.06 | ||||
| 51 | 3 | 5 | 3:55.42 | ||||
| 52 | 3 | 2 | 3:55.90 | ||||
| 53 | 3 | 4 | 3:57.75 | ||||
| 54 | 4 | 9 | 3:58.13 | ||||
| 55 | 5 | 7 | 3:59.29 | ||||
| 56 | 2 | 2 | 4:00.16 | ||||
| 57 | 3 | 7 | 4:00.17 | NR | |||
| 58 | 3 | 1 | 4:00.65 | ||||
| 59 | 3 | 8 | 4:02.55 | ||||
| 60 | 2 | 1 | 4:03.08 | ||||
| 61 | 4 | 0 | 4:03.16 | ||||
| 62 | 2 | 4 | 4:03.35 | ||||
| 63 | 2 | 6 | 4:04.74 | ||||
| 64 | 2 | 3 | 4:07.73 | ||||
| 65 | 3 | 0 | 4:07.74 | ||||
| 66 | 2 | 5 | 4:10.35 | ||||
| 67 | 2 | 7 | 4:10.84 | ||||
| 68 | 1 | 4 | 4:10.88 | ||||
| 69 | 4 | 4 | 4:14.36 | ||||
| 70 | 2 | 8 | 4:15.84 | ||||
| 71 | 2 | 0 | 4:18.11 | ||||
| 72 | 2 | 9 | 4:54.15 | ||||
| 1 | 5 |
The final was held at 18:30.[3]
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | 3:34.59 | AS | ||||
| 4 | 3:35.30 | NR | ||||
| 6 | 3:37.65 | |||||
| 4 | 7 | 3:37.90 | ||||
| 5 | 2 | 3:39.35 | ||||
| 6 | 1 | 3:39.91 | NR | |||
| 7 | 3 | 3:40.20 | ||||
| 8 | 8 | 3:43.63 |