Swimming at the 2022 Mediterranean Games – Men's 400 metre freestyle explained

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The men's 400 metre freestyle competition at the 2022 Mediterranean Games was held on 3 July 2022 at the Aquatic Center of the Olympic Complex in Bir El Djir.^[1]

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Mediterranean Games records were as follows:

World record		3:40.07	Rome, Italy	26 July 2009
Mediterranean Games record		3:42.71	Pescara, Italy	27 June 2009

Results

Heats

The heats were started at 10:00.^[2]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	3	5			3:52.40	Q
2	3	3			3:52.52	Q
3	3	7			3:53.40	Q
4	2	4			3:53.75	Q
5	2	6			3:54.25	Q
6	2	5			3:54.33	Q
7	3	2			3:56.83	Q
8	2	2			3:57.76	Q
9	2	3			3:59.46
10	2	7			4:00.64
11	3	6			4:03.41
12	1	5			4:08.36
13	2	1			4:09.52
14	3	1			4:10.15
15	1	3			4:29.51	NR
	1	4			Did not start
	2	8
	3	8

Final

The final was held at 18:00.^[3]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	7			3:48.72
	4			3:49.45
	6			3:50.11
4	5			3:50.26
5	2			3:52.23
6	3			3:52.24
7	8			3:54.48
8	1			3:56.12

Notes and References

1. Web site: Swimming – 400m Freestyle Men – Preliminary – Start List. Oran 2022. 1 July 2022. 2 July 2022.
2. Web site: Swimming – 400m Freestyle Men – Preliminary – Results. Oran 2022. 3 July 2022. 3 July 2022.
3. Web site: Swimming – 400m Freestyle Men – Final – Results. Oran 2022. 3 July 2022. 3 July 2022.