| Event: | Men's 400 metre freestyle |
| Games: | 1992 Summer |
| Venue: | Piscines Bernat Picornell |
| Date: | 29 July 1992 (heats & finals) |
| Competitors: | 47 |
| Nations: | 32 |
| Gold: | Yevgeny Sadovyi |
| Goldnoc: | EUN |
| Silver: | Kieren Perkins |
| Silvernoc: | AUS |
| Bronze: | Anders Holmertz |
| Bronzenoc: | SWE |
| Win Value: | 3:45.00 |
| Prev: | 1988 |
| Next: | 1996 |
The men's 400 metre freestyle event at the 1992 Summer Olympics took place on 29 July at the Piscines Bernat Picornell in Barcelona, Spain.[1]
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.
The following records were established during the competition:
Rule: The eight fastest swimmers advance to final A (Q), while the next eight to final B (q).[2]
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 6 | 4 | 3:49.24 | Q | |||
| 2 | 5 | 2 | 3:49.37 | Q, NR | |||
| 3 | 5 | 4 | 3:49.95 | Q | |||
| 4 | 5 | 3 | 3:49.99 | Q | |||
| 5 | 5 | 8 | 3:50.05 | Q, NR | |||
| 6 | 5 | 5 | 3:50.12 | Q | |||
| 7 | 6 | 3 | 3:50.73 | Q | |||
| 8 | 4 | 4 | 3:51.66 | Q | |||
| 9 | 4 | 3 | 3:51.74 | q | |||
| 10 | 4 | 6 | 3:51.93 | q | |||
| 11 | 6 | 6 | 3:52.07 | q | |||
| 12 | 6 | 7 | 3:52.32 | q | |||
| 13 | 4 | 5 | 3:52.42 | q | |||
| 14 | 6 | 5 | 3:53.20 | q, | |||
| 15 | 4 | 2 | 3:54.59 | q | |||
| 16 | 4 | 7 | 3:55.28 | q, NR | |||
| 17 | 3 | 4 | 3:55.66 | q | |||
| 18 | 2 | 7 | 3:55.70 | ||||
| 19 | 6 | 2 | 3:56.35 | ||||
| 20 | 5 | 6 | 3:56.68 | ||||
| 21 | 5 | 1 | 3:56.70 | ||||
| 22 | 2 | 4 | 3:57.07 | ||||
| 23 | 6 | 8 | 3:57.64 | ||||
| 24 | 3 | 2 | 3:57.91 | ||||
| 25 | 3 | 1 | 3:58.43 | ||||
| 26 | 2 | 5 | 3:58.80 | ||||
| 27 | 3 | 5 | 3:58.96 | ||||
| 28 | 6 | 1 | 3:58.99 | ||||
| 29 | 5 | 7 | 3:59.71 | ||||
| 30 | 4 | 1 | 4:00.11 | ||||
| 31 | 4 | 8 | 4:00.42 | ||||
| 32 | 3 | 8 | 4:00.43 | ||||
| 33 | 2 | 3 | 4:00.66 | ||||
| 34 | 1 | 1 | 4:00.69 | ||||
| 35 | 3 | 7 | 4:01.66 | ||||
| 36 | 3 | 3 | 4:02.14 | ||||
| 37 | 3 | 6 | 4:02.28 | ||||
| 38 | 2 | 6 | 4:03.49 | ||||
| 39 | 2 | 1 | 4:07.95 | ||||
| 40 | 1 | 5 | 4:11.48 | ||||
| 41 | 1 | 4 | 4:11.77 | NR | |||
| 42 | 2 | 2 | 4:12.05 | ||||
| 43 | 2 | 8 | 4:13.45 | ||||
| 44 | 1 | 3 | 4:20.38 | ||||
| 45 | 1 | 6 | 4:21.44 | ||||
| 46 | 1 | 7 | 4:40.93 | ||||
| 1 | 2 |
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 | 4 | 3:50.06 | NR | |||
| 10 | 5 | 3:51.60 | ||||
| 11 | 2 | 3:52.76 | ||||
| 12 | 6 | 3:53.05 | ||||
| 13 | 7 | 3:53.24 | ||||
| 14 | 8 | 3:54.37 | ||||
| 15 | 3 | 3:54.56 | ||||
| 16 | 1 | 3:56.93 |
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | 3:45.00 | |||||
| 4 | 3:45.16 | OC | ||||
| 3 | 3:46.77 | NR | ||||
| 4 | 8 | 3:48.10 | ||||
| 5 | 7 | 3:48.79 | ||||
| 6 | 1 | 3:49.06 | ||||
| 7 | 6 | 3:49.75 | ||||
| 8 | 2 | 3:49.97 | NR |