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400 metres Individual Medley, Men

Date	9 – 10 August 2008
Status	Olympic
Location	Beijing Guojia Youyong Zhongxin, Beijing Aolinpike Gongyuan, Beijing
Participants	29 from 22 countries

This event was the first in Michael Phelps’ campaign for eight gold medals but, with the recent form of fellow American Ryan Lochte, not one where he was considered an overwhelming favourite. The event turned into the ultimate statement of intent for Phelps as he was simply a class apart from his rivals and obliterated the world record on his way to the gold medal. He has set the previous mark of 4:05.25 at the US trials in June 2008 but in Beijing he brought the time down to 4:03.84 and finished over two seconds ahead of László Cseh, Jr. with Lochte back in third.

Pos	Competitor	NOC	R1	Final
1	Michael Phelps	USA	4:07.82 (1 h4)	4:03.84 (1)	Gold
2	László Cseh, Jr.	HUN	4:09.26 (1 h2)	4:06.16 (2)	Silver
3	Ryan Lochte	USA	4:10.33 (1 h3)	4:08.09 (3)	Bronze
4	Alessio Boggiatto	ITA	4:10.68 (2 h2)	4:12.16 (4)
5	Luca Marin	ITA	4:10.22 (2 h4)	4:12.47 (5)
6	Gergő Kis	HUN	4:10.66 (3 h4)	4:12.84 (6)
7	Brian Johns	CAN	4:11.41 (2 h3)	4:13.38 (7)
8	Thiago Pereira	BRA	4:11.74 (3 h3)	4:15.40 (8)
9	Keith Beavers	CAN	4:12.75 (4 h4)	–
10	Bradley Ally	BAR	4:14.01 (3 h2)	–
11	Gal Nevo	ISR	4:14.03 (4 h2)	–
12	Riaan Schoeman	RSA	4:14.09 (4 h3)	–
13	Andrey Krylov	RUS	4:14.55 (5 h3)	–
14	Travis Nederpelt	AUS	4:15.37 (5 h4)	–
15	Dinko Jukic	AUT	4:15.48 (5 h2)	–
16	Aleksandr Tikhonov	RUS	4:16.49 (6 h2)	–
17	Tom Haffield	GBR	4:16.72 (7 h2)	–
18	Vasilis Demetis	GRE	4:18.40 (8 h2)	–
19	Euan Dale	GBR	4:18.60 (6 h3)	–
20	Vadym Lepskyi	UKR	4:20.96 (6 h4)	–
21	Omar Pinzón	COL	4:22.31 (7 h3)	–
22	Pierre Henri	FRA	4:22.41 (7 h4)	–
23	Nikša Roki	CRO	4:22.44 (1 h1)	–
24	Javier Núñez	ESP	4:22.69 (8 h3)	–
25	Romanos Alyfantis	GRE	4:23.41 (8 h4)	–
26	Dmitry Gordiyenko	KAZ	4:25.20 (2 h1)	–
27	Vasily Danilov	KGZ	4:29.20 (3 h1)	–
28	Deniz Nazar	TUR	4:30.80 (4 h1)	–
29	Hocine Haciane	AND	4:32.00 (5 h1)	–

Round One

Date	9 August 2008
Format	Fastest eight swimmers advanced to final

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	4	Michael Phelps	USA	4:07.82	QOR
2	4	László Cseh, Jr.	HUN	4:09.26	Q
3	5	Luca Marin	ITA	4:10.22	Q
4	4	Ryan Lochte	USA	4:10.33	Q
5	3	Gergő Kis	HUN	4:10.66	Q
6	3	Alessio Boggiatto	ITA	4:10.68	Q
7	7	Brian Johns	CAN	4:11.41	Q
8	5	Thiago Pereira	BRA	4:11.74	Q
9	2	Keith Beavers	CAN	4:12.75
10	1	Bradley Ally	BAR	4:14.01
11	8	Gal Nevo	ISR	4:14.03
12	3	Riaan Schoeman	RSA	4:14.09
13	1	Andrey Krylov	RUS	4:14.55
14	6	Travis Nederpelt	AUS	4:15.37
15	2	Dinko Jukic	AUT	4:15.48
16	7	Aleksandr Tikhonov	RUS	4:16.49
17	5	Tom Haffield	GBR	4:16.72
18	6	Vasilis Demetis	GRE	4:18.40
19	6	Euan Dale	GBR	4:18.60
20	8	Vadym Lepskyi	UKR	4:20.96
21	8	Omar Pinzón	COL	4:22.31
22	7	Pierre Henri	FRA	4:22.41
23	4	Nikša Roki	CRO	4:22.44
24	2	Javier Núñez	ESP	4:22.69
25	1	Romanos Alyfantis	GRE	4:23.41
26	6	Dmitry Gordiyenko	KAZ	4:25.20
27	2	Vasily Danilov	KGZ	4:29.20
28	3	Deniz Nazar	TUR	4:30.80
29	5	Hocine Haciane	AND	4:32.00

Heat #1

Time	18:33

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	Reaction Time	50 m	100 m	150 m	200 m	250 m	300 m	350 m	50-100 m	100-150 m	150-200 m	200-250 m	250-300 m Time
1	4	Nikša Roki	CRO	4:22.44	0.68	26.58 (1)	57.63 (1)	1:31.32 (1)	2:04.43 (1)	2:42.34 (1)	3:20.51 (1)	3:52.32 (1)	31.05 (1)	33.69 (1)	33.11 (1)	37.91 (4)	38.17
2	6	Dmitry Gordiyenko	KAZ	4:25.20	0.81	28.86 (5)	1:01.66 (5)	1:36.58 (4)	2:11.25 (4)	2:47.75 (4)	3:24.47 (2)	3:55.79 (2)	32.80 (5)	34.92 (4)	34.67 (3)	36.50 (1)	36.72
3	2	Vasily Danilov	KGZ	4:29.20	0.77	27.85 (3)	59.45 (3)	1:33.85 (3)	2:08.73 (3)	2:45.93 (3)	3:25.15 (3)	3:56.58 (3)	31.60 (3)	34.40 (2)	34.88 (4)	37.20 (3)	39.22
4	3	Deniz Nazar	TUR	4:30.80	0.91	27.15 (2)	58.29 (2)	1:33.15 (2)	2:07.71 (2)	2:45.88 (2)	3:25.16 (4)	3:58.45 (4)	31.14 (2)	34.86 (3)	34.56 (2)	38.17 (5)	39.28
5	5	Hocine Haciane	AND	4:32.00	0.83	28.79 (4)	1:01.04 (4)	1:37.89 (5)	2:14.76 (5)	2:51.72 (5)	3:29.37 (5)	4:01.70 (5)	32.25 (4)	36.85 (5)	36.87 (5)	36.96 (2)	37.65

Heat #2

Time	18:39

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	Reaction Time	50 m	100 m	150 m	200 m	250 m	300 m	350 m	50-100 m	100-150 m	150-200 m	200-250 m	250-300 m Time
1	4	László Cseh, Jr.	HUN	4:09.26	0.78	26.06 (2)	56.13 (2)	1:27.65 (1)	1:58.86 (1)	2:34.98 (1)	3:11.16 (1)	3:40.91 (1)	30.07 (2)	31.52 (1)	31.21 (1)	36.12 (5)	36.18	Q
2	3	Alessio Boggiatto	ITA	4:10.68	0.82	26.80 (4)	56.89 (3)	1:29.46 (2)	2:02.08 (3)	2:36.92 (2)	3:11.90 (2)	3:41.57 (2)	30.09 (3)	32.57 (3)	32.62 (7)	34.84 (1)	34.98	Q
3	1	Bradley Ally	BAR	4:14.01	0.69	26.32 (3)	57.01 (4)	1:29.89 (4)	2:02.15 (4)	2:37.97 (3)	3:14.38 (3)	3:44.77 (4)	30.69 (4)	32.88 (5)	32.26 (6)	35.82 (3)	36.41
4	8	Gal Nevo	ISR	4:14.03	0.64	26.93 (5)	57.99 (5)	1:31.23 (7)	2:03.29 (7)	2:39.18 (6)	3:14.66 (4)	3:44.73 (3)	31.06 (8)	33.24 (7)	32.06 (4)	35.89 (4)	35.48
5	2	Dinko Jukic	AUT	4:15.48	0.74	25.94 (1)	55.85 (1)	1:29.56 (3)	2:02.84 (5)	2:38.65 (5)	3:15.45 (5)	3:45.40 (5)	29.91 (1)	33.71 (8)	33.28 (8)	35.81 (2)	36.80
6	7	Aleksandr Tikhonov	RUS	4:16.49	0.83	27.19 (6)	58.06 (6)	1:30.39 (5)	2:02.01 (2)	2:38.54 (4)	3:15.91 (6)	3:46.39 (6)	30.87 (6)	32.33 (2)	31.62 (2)	36.53 (7)	37.37
7	5	Tom Haffield	GBR	4:16.72	0.79	27.49 (8)	58.39 (8)	1:31.20 (6)	2:02.86 (6)	2:39.23 (7)	3:16.33 (7)	3:47.20 (7)	30.90 (7)	32.81 (4)	31.66 (3)	36.37 (6)	37.10
8	6	Vasilis Demetis	GRE	4:18.40	0.77	27.43 (7)	58.23 (7)	1:31.28 (8)	2:03.40 (8)	2:40.46 (8)	3:17.89 (8)	3:48.75 (8)	30.80 (5)	33.05 (6)	32.12 (5)	37.06 (8)	37.43

Heat #3

Time	18:44

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	Reaction Time	50 m	100 m	150 m	200 m	250 m	300 m	350 m	50-100 m	100-150 m	150-200 m	200-250 m	250-300 m Time
1	4	Ryan Lochte	USA	4:10.33	0.70	26.08 (2)	56.00 (2)	1:28.19 (1)	1:59.97 (2)	2:35.26 (2)	3:10.57 (2)	3:40.61 (1)	29.92 (1)	32.19 (1)	31.78 (4)	35.29 (3)	35.31	Q
2	7	Brian Johns	CAN	4:11.41	0.82	26.90 (3)	57.58 (3)	1:30.48 (4)	2:02.80 (5)	2:38.20 (4)	3:13.62 (3)	3:43.31 (3)	30.68 (3)	32.90 (5)	32.32 (5)	35.40 (4)	35.42	Q
3	5	Thiago Pereira	BRA	4:11.74	0.75	25.78 (1)	55.88 (1)	1:28.31 (2)	1:59.65 (1)	2:34.71 (1)	3:10.32 (1)	3:41.55 (2)	30.10 (2)	32.43 (=3)	31.34 (1)	35.06 (2)	35.61	Q
4	3	Riaan Schoeman	RSA	4:14.09	0.73	27.69 (8)	58.75 (8)	1:31.14 (5)	2:02.61 (4)	2:37.54 (3)	3:14.43 (4)	3:44.51 (4)	31.06 (7)	32.39 (2)	31.47 (2)	34.93 (1)	36.89
5	1	Andrey Krylov	RUS	4:14.55	0.75	26.95 (4)	57.77 (4)	1:31.17 (6)	2:03.65 (6)	2:39.78 (5)	3:15.75 (5)	3:45.96 (5)	30.82 (4)	33.40 (6)	32.48 (6)	36.13 (5)	35.97
6	6	Euan Dale	GBR	4:18.60	0.71	27.25 (7)	58.53 (7)	1:32.16 (8)	2:04.98 (7)	2:41.19 (6)	3:17.48 (6)	3:48.31 (6)	31.28 (8)	33.63 (7)	32.82 (7)	36.21 (6)	36.29
7	8	Omar Pinzón	COL	4:22.31	0.63	26.96 (5)	57.88 (5)	1:30.31 (3)	2:02.08 (3)	2:41.36 (7)	3:21.08 (7)	3:52.51 (7)	30.92 (6)	32.43 (=3)	31.77 (3)	39.28 (8)	39.72
8	2	Javier Núñez	ESP	4:22.69	0.89	27.17 (6)	58.04 (6)	1:32.02 (7)	2:05.51 (8)	2:42.44 (8)	3:21.90 (8)	3:52.88 (8)	30.87 (5)	33.98 (8)	33.49 (8)	36.93 (7)	39.46

Heat #4

Time	18:50

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	Reaction Time	50 m	100 m	150 m	200 m	250 m	300 m	350 m	50-100 m	100-150 m	150-200 m	200-250 m	250-300 m Time
1	4	Michael Phelps	USA	4:07.82	0.75	26.13 (1)	55.28 (1)	1:26.38 (1)	1:57.34 (1)	2:33.03 (1)	3:09.48 (1)	3:39.43 (1)	29.15 (1)	31.10 (1)	30.96 (2)	35.69 (4)	36.45	QOR
2	5	Luca Marin	ITA	4:10.22	0.85	28.38 (7)	59.42 (7)	1:31.41 (6)	2:02.07 (4)	2:37.17 (2)	3:11.87 (2)	3:42.12 (2)	31.04 (6)	31.99 (2)	30.66 (1)	35.10 (1)	34.70	Q
3	3	Gergő Kis	HUN	4:10.66	0.88	26.87 (4)	56.90 (4)	1:29.08 (2)	2:00.68 (2)	2:37.34 (4)	3:13.68 (4)	3:43.15 (3)	30.03 (2)	32.18 (3)	31.60 (3)	36.66 (6)	36.34	Q
4	2	Keith Beavers	CAN	4:12.75	0.72	26.91 (5)	57.11 (5)	1:29.51 (3)	2:01.89 (3)	2:37.24 (3)	3:13.32 (3)	3:43.19 (4)	30.20 (4)	32.40 (4)	32.38 (=4)	35.35 (3)	36.08
5	6	Travis Nederpelt	AUS	4:15.37	0.77	26.38 (2)	56.69 (3)	1:30.70 (4)	2:03.79 (5)	2:38.97 (5)	3:15.55 (5)	3:45.91 (5)	30.31 (5)	34.01 (7)	33.09 (7)	35.18 (2)	36.58
6	8	Vadym Lepskyi	UKR	4:20.96	0.79	29.04 (8)	1:01.95 (8)	1:34.38 (8)	2:06.76 (8)	2:43.44 (8)	3:21.05 (7)	3:51.19 (6)	32.91 (8)	32.43 (5)	32.38 (=4)	36.68 (7)	37.61
7	7	Pierre Henri	FRA	4:22.41	0.75	27.28 (6)	58.68 (6)	1:32.39 (7)	2:04.87 (6)	2:42.81 (7)	3:21.10 (8)	3:52.41 (8)	31.40 (7)	33.71 (6)	32.48 (6)	37.94 (8)	38.29
8	1	Romanos Alyfantis	GRE	4:23.41	0.79	26.46 (3)	56.59 (2)	1:31.08 (5)	2:05.17 (7)	2:41.61 (6)	3:19.56 (6)	3:51.35 (7)	30.13 (3)	34.49 (8)	34.09 (8)	36.44 (5)	37.95

Final Round

Date	10 August 2008 — 10:04

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	Reaction Time	50 m	100 m	150 m	200 m	250 m	300 m	350 m	50-100 m	100-150 m	150-200 m	200-250 m	250-300 m Time
1	4	Michael Phelps	USA	4:03.84	0.74	25.73 (2)	54.92 (1)	1:26.29 (2)	1:56.49 (1)	2:31.26 (1)	3:07.05 (1)	3:35.99 (1)	29.19 (1)	31.37 (2)	30.20 (1)	34.77 (1)	35.79	WR
2	5	László Cseh, Jr.	HUN	4:06.16	0.76	25.60 (1)	55.07 (2)	1:26.49 (3)	1:57.43 (3)	2:32.47 (3)	3:08.28 (3)	3:37.68 (2)	29.47 (2)	31.42 (3)	30.94 (4)	35.04 (3)	35.81
3	6	Ryan Lochte	USA	4:08.09	0.71	26.18 (4)	55.81 (3)	1:26.04 (1)	1:56.69 (2)	2:31.53 (2)	3:08.04 (2)	3:37.93 (3)	29.63 (3)	30.23 (1)	30.65 (3)	34.84 (2)	36.51
4	7	Alessio Boggiatto	ITA	4:12.16	0.71	26.94 (6)	57.23 (5)	1:29.50 (5)	2:01.97 (6)	2:37.18 (5)	3:12.87 (5)	3:43.01 (4)	30.29 (=4)	32.27 (6)	32.47 (7)	35.21 (4)	35.69
5	3	Luca Marin	ITA	4:12.47	0.91	28.05 (8)	59.21 (8)	1:31.30 (8)	2:01.83 (5)	2:37.58 (6)	3:13.39 (6)	3:44.08 (6)	31.16 (8)	32.09 (5)	30.53 (2)	35.75 (7)	35.81
6	2	Gergő Kis	HUN	4:12.84	0.84	26.99 (7)	57.64 (7)	1:30.18 (6)	2:02.01 (7)	2:39.30 (8)	3:16.00 (8)	3:45.61 (8)	30.65 (6)	32.54 (7)	31.83 (6)	37.29 (8)	36.30
7	1	Brian Johns	CAN	4:13.38	0.83	26.71 (5)	57.62 (6)	1:30.77 (7)	2:03.59 (8)	2:38.82 (7)	3:15.03 (7)	3:44.49 (7)	30.91 (7)	33.15 (8)	32.82 (8)	35.23 (5)	36.21
8	8	Thiago Pereira	BRA	4:15.40	0.72	26.09 (3)	56.38 (4)	1:28.42 (4)	1:59.80 (4)	2:35.29 (4)	3:11.74 (4)	3:43.52 (5)	30.29 (=4)	32.04 (4)	31.38 (5)	35.49 (6)	36.45