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400 metres Individual Medley, Men

Date	14 August 2004
Status	Olympic
Location	Olympiako Kentro Ugrou Stivou, Olympiako Athletiko Kentro Athinon Spiros Loues, Athina (Main Pool)
Participants	36 from 26 countries

This was the first swimming event to be concluded in Athens and also marked the first final of Michael Phelps’ epic attempt to win an unprecedented eight gold medals at a single Olympic celebration. Fortunately for Phelps this first final was possibly his strongest ever of the entire Games and therefore it came as little surprise when he blazed away into the lead. By the 200 metre mark he had a wide lead over László Cseh, Jr. and was well under the world record splits. Phelps eventually finished in world record time with compatriot Erik Vendt overhauling Cseh for silver in the final length of freestyle.

Phelps retained this title in Beijing but failed to win a medal in 2012 where he placed fourth.

Pos	Competitor	NOC	R1	Final
1	Michael Phelps	USA	4:13.29 (1 h5)	4:08.26 (1)	Gold
2	Erik Vendt	USA	4:16.68 (2 h5)	4:11.81 (2)	Silver
3	László Cseh, Jr.	HUN	4:14.26 (1 h4)	4:12.15 (3)	Bronze
4	Alessio Boggiatto	ITA	4:15.78 (1 h3)	4:12.28 (4)
5	Oussama Mellouli	TUN	4:16.68 (2 h4)	4:14.49 (5)
6	Ioannis Kokkodis	GRE	4:16.56 (3 h3)	4:18.60 (6)
7	Jiro Miki	JPN	4:16.32 (2 h3)	4:19.97 (7)
8	Travis Nederpelt	AUS	4:16.77 (3 h5)	4:20.08 (8)
9	Ioannis Drymonakos	GRE	4:16.83 (3 h4)	–
10	Luca Marin	ITA	4:16.85 (4 h4)	–
11	Justin Norris	AUS	4:16.90 (4 h5)	–
12	Robin Francis	GBR	4:18.34 (5 h4)	–
13	Dean Kent	NZL	4:18.55 (1 h2)	–
14	Wu Peng	CHN	4:19.32 (4 h3)	–
15	Brian Johns	CAN	4:21.10 (5 h5)	–
16	Keith Beavers	CAN	4:21.47 (6 h5)	–
17	Thiago Pereira	BRA	4:22.06 (5 h3)	–
18	Susumu Tabuchi	JPN	4:22.46 (6 h3)	–
19	Lucas Salatta	BRA	4:23.01 (7 h3)	–
20	Kim Bang-Hyeon	KOR	4:23.05 (2 h2)	–
21	Igor Berezutsky	RUS	4:23.20 (7 h5)	–
22	Jeremy Knowles	BAH	4:23.29 (3 h2)	–
23	Adrian Turner	GBR	4:23.53 (6 h4)	–
24	Aleksey Kovrigin	RUS	4:23.77 (8 h5)	–
25	Bradley Ally	BAR	4:24.70 (4 h2)	–
26	Dmytro Nazarenko	UKR	4:26.15 (7 h4)	–
27	Vytautas Janušaitis	LTU	4:26.30 (5 h2)	–
28	Liu Weijia	CHN	4:27.02 (8 h4)	–
29	Yves Platel	SUI	4:28.94 (6 h2)	–
30	Guntars Deičmans	LAT	4:29.17 (7 h2)	–
31	Marko Milenkovič	SLO	4:30.99 (8 h3)	–
32	Saša Imprić	CRO	4:32.02 (1 h1)	–
33	Drew MacKay	CAY	4:32.38 (2 h1)	–
34	Miguel Molina	PHI	4:33.25 (8 h2)	–
35	Lin Yu-An	TPE	4:41.86 (3 h1)	–
36	Nikita Polyakov	UZB	5:09.76 (4 h1)	–

Round One

Date	14 August 2004
Format	Fastest eight advanced to the final.

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	4	Michael Phelps	USA	4:13.29	Q
2	4	László Cseh, Jr.	HUN	4:14.26	Q
3	4	Alessio Boggiatto	ITA	4:15.78	Q
4	5	Jiro Miki	JPN	4:16.32	Q
5	7	Ioannis Kokkodis	GRE	4:16.56	Q
=6	3	Oussama Mellouli	TUN	4:16.68	Q
=6	5	Erik Vendt	USA	4:16.68	Q
8	6	Travis Nederpelt	AUS	4:16.77	Q
9	2	Ioannis Drymonakos	GRE	4:16.83
10	5	Luca Marin	ITA	4:16.85
11	3	Justin Norris	AUS	4:16.90
12	7	Robin Francis	GBR	4:18.34
13	2	Dean Kent	NZL	4:18.55
14	6	Wu Peng	CHN	4:19.32
15	2	Brian Johns	CAN	4:21.10
16	7	Keith Beavers	CAN	4:21.47
17	2	Thiago Pereira	BRA	4:22.06
18	3	Susumu Tabuchi	JPN	4:22.46
19	1	Lucas Salatta	BRA	4:23.01
20	1	Kim Bang-Hyeon	KOR	4:23.05
21	1	Igor Berezutsky	RUS	4:23.20
22	4	Jeremy Knowles	BAH	4:23.29
23	6	Adrian Turner	GBR	4:23.53
24	8	Aleksey Kovrigin	RUS	4:23.77
25	6	Bradley Ally	BAR	4:24.70
26	1	Dmytro Nazarenko	UKR	4:26.15
27	7	Vytautas Janušaitis	LTU	4:26.30
28	8	Liu Weijia	CHN	4:27.02
29	5	Yves Platel	SUI	4:28.94
30	8	Guntars Deičmans	LAT	4:29.17
31	8	Marko Milenkovič	SLO	4:30.99
32	4	Saša Imprić	CRO	4:32.02
33	5	Drew MacKay	CAY	4:32.38
34	3	Miguel Molina	PHI	4:33.25
35	6	Lin Yu-An	TPE	4:41.86
36	3	Nikita Polyakov	UZB	5:09.76

Heat #1

Time	10:00

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	Saša Imprić	CRO	4:32.02	0.76	28.62 (2)	1:00.73 (1)	1:35.72 (1)	2:09.76 (1)	2:48.22 (1)	3:28.02 (1)	4:00.18 (1)	32.11 (1)	34.99 (1)	34.04 (1)	38.46 (1)	39.80
2	5	Drew MacKay	CAY	4:32.38	0.66	28.84 (3)	1:01.79 (3)	1:37.31 (2)	2:12.28 (2)	2:51.08 (2)	3:30.92 (2)	4:02.54 (2)	32.95 (2)	35.52 (2)	34.97 (2)	38.80 (2)	39.84
3	6	Lin Yu-An	TPE	4:41.86	0.66	28.49 (1)	1:01.72 (2)	1:38.66 (3)	2:14.98 (3)	2:55.28 (3)	3:36.28 (3)	4:09.31 (3)	33.23 (3)	36.94 (3)	36.32 (3)	40.30 (3)	41.00
4	3	Nikita Polyakov	UZB	5:09.76	0.87	29.78 (4)	1:04.70 (4)	1:45.82 (4)	2:26.39 (4)	3:13.96 (4)	4:00.36 (4)	4:35.55 (4)	34.92 (4)	41.12 (4)	40.57 (4)	47.57 (4)	46.40

Heat #2

Time	10:07

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	2	Dean Kent	NZL	4:18.55	0.74	27.40 (1)	58.64 (1)	1:32.56 (2)	2:05.75 (2)	2:41.34 (1)	3:17.42 (1)	3:48.40 (1)	31.24 (3)	33.92 (2)	33.19 (2)	35.59 (1)	36.08
2	1	Kim Bang-Hyeon	KOR	4:23.05	0.86	28.46 (8)	1:00.01 (6)	1:34.16 (4)	2:07.82 (4)	2:44.75 (4)	3:22.23 (4)	3:52.53 (2)	31.55 (5)	34.15 (3)	33.66 (4)	36.93 (3)	37.48
3	4	Jeremy Knowles	BAH	4:23.29	0.75	27.90 (4)	59.32 (4)	1:34.39 (5)	2:08.20 (5)	2:44.55 (3)	3:21.95 (3)	3:53.08 (3)	31.42 (4)	35.07 (8)	33.81 (5)	36.35 (2)	37.40
4	6	Bradley Ally	BAR	4:24.70	0.88	27.82 (3)	58.65 (2)	1:32.09 (1)	2:05.22 (1)	2:42.52 (2)	3:20.85 (2)	3:53.68 (4)	30.83 (1)	33.44 (1)	33.13 (1)	37.30 (6)	38.33
5	7	Vytautas Janušaitis	LTU	4:26.30	0.85	28.27 (7)	1:01.63 (8)	1:35.84 (8)	2:09.38 (7)	2:46.32 (7)	3:23.91 (6)	3:55.12 (5)	33.36 (8)	34.21 (4)	33.54 (3)	36.94 (4)	37.59
6	5	Yves Platel	SUI	4:28.94	0.78	28.08 (5)	59.86 (5)	1:34.49 (6)	2:08.64 (6)	2:46.29 (6)	3:24.79 (7)	3:57.36 (6)	31.78 (6)	34.63 (6)	34.15 (7)	37.65 (7)	38.50
7	8	Guntars Deičmans	LAT	4:29.17	0.87	28.21 (6)	1:00.63 (7)	1:35.48 (7)	2:09.60 (8)	2:47.29 (8)	3:25.45 (8)	3:57.67 (7)	32.42 (7)	34.85 (7)	34.12 (6)	37.69 (8)	38.16
8	3	Miguel Molina	PHI	4:33.25	0.70	27.64 (2)	58.75 (3)	1:33.31 (3)	2:07.52 (3)	2:44.77 (5)	3:23.33 (5)	3:58.36 (8)	31.11 (2)	34.56 (5)	34.21 (8)	37.25 (5)	38.56

Heat #3

Time	10:14

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	Alessio Boggiatto	ITA	4:15.78	0.84	27.86 (7)	58.40 (6)	1:31.44 (6)	2:03.29 (3)	2:39.52 (1)	3:15.48 (1)	3:46.48 (1)	30.54 (2)	33.04 (3)	31.85 (1)	36.23 (3)	35.96	Q
2	5	Jiro Miki	JPN	4:16.32	0.67	27.07 (4)	57.80 (=3)	1:31.00 (4)	2:03.48 (4)	2:39.66 (2)	3:16.50 (3)	3:47.15 (3)	30.73 (4)	33.20 (5)	32.48 (2)	36.18 (2)	36.84	Q
3	7	Ioannis Kokkodis	GRE	4:16.56	0.94	27.60 (6)	59.05 (7)	1:32.37 (7)	2:04.93 (7)	2:40.32 (3)	3:16.39 (2)	3:47.05 (2)	31.45 (7)	33.32 (6)	32.56 (3)	35.39 (1)	36.07	Q
4	6	Wu Peng	CHN	4:19.32	0.80	27.04 (3)	57.61 (2)	1:31.01 (5)	2:03.66 (5)	2:41.08 (6)	3:19.52 (5)	3:49.88 (4)	30.57 (3)	33.40 (7)	32.65 (5)	37.42 (6)	38.44
5	2	Thiago Pereira	BRA	4:22.06	0.81	26.72 (2)	57.80 (=3)	1:30.53 (1)	2:03.27 (2)	2:40.43 (4)	3:18.32 (4)	3:50.45 (5)	31.08 (6)	32.73 (1)	32.74 (6)	37.16 (5)	37.89
6	3	Susumu Tabuchi	JPN	4:22.46	0.85	27.50 (5)	57.85 (5)	1:30.77 (3)	2:03.75 (6)	2:40.82 (5)	3:19.72 (6)	3:51.34 (6)	30.35 (1)	32.92 (2)	32.98 (7)	37.07 (4)	38.90
7	1	Lucas Salatta	BRA	4:23.01	0.76	26.67 (1)	57.50 (1)	1:30.66 (2)	2:03.25 (1)	2:41.88 (7)	3:21.43 (7)	3:52.36 (7)	30.83 (5)	33.16 (4)	32.59 (4)	38.63 (7)	39.55
8	8	Marko Milenkovič	SLO	4:30.99	0.81	28.26 (8)	1:00.68 (8)	1:34.60 (8)	2:08.39 (8)	2:47.94 (8)	3:27.73 (8)	3:59.98 (8)	32.42 (8)	33.92 (8)	33.79 (8)	39.55 (8)	39.79

Heat #4

Time	10:21

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	4:14.26	0.84	27.37 (2)	58.26 (=2)	1:30.55 (1)	2:01.66 (1)	2:37.75 (1)	3:13.60 (1)	3:44.78 (1)	30.89 (3)	32.29 (1)	31.11 (1)	36.09 (2)	35.85	Q
2	3	Oussama Mellouli	TUN	4:16.68	0.77	27.44 (3)	58.26 (=2)	1:31.82 (4)	2:04.17 (2)	2:41.22 (5)	3:18.05 (5)	3:47.82 (4)	30.82 (2)	33.56 (4)	32.35 (3)	37.05 (7)	36.83	Q
3	2	Ioannis Drymonakos	GRE	4:16.83	0.74	27.03 (1)	57.66 (1)	1:31.38 (2)	2:04.62 (4)	2:41.08 (3)	3:17.76 (4)	3:47.66 (3)	30.63 (1)	33.72 (5)	33.24 (5)	36.46 (3)	36.68
4	5	Luca Marin	ITA	4:16.85	0.96	27.95 (7)	58.96 (6)	1:32.11 (5)	2:04.30 (3)	2:41.16 (4)	3:17.69 (3)	3:48.19 (5)	31.01 (4)	33.15 (3)	32.19 (2)	36.86 (5)	36.53
5	7	Robin Francis	GBR	4:18.34	0.91	27.49 (4)	58.60 (4)	1:31.71 (3)	2:04.67 (5)	2:39.60 (2)	3:16.36 (2)	3:47.62 (2)	31.11 (5)	33.11 (2)	32.96 (4)	34.93 (1)	36.76
6	6	Adrian Turner	GBR	4:23.53	0.83	27.58 (5)	58.80 (5)	1:33.47 (6)	2:06.89 (6)	2:43.82 (6)	3:21.30 (6)	3:52.89 (6)	31.22 (6)	34.67 (7)	33.42 (6)	36.93 (6)	37.48
7	1	Dmytro Nazarenko	UKR	4:26.15	0.88	28.16 (8)	1:00.41 (8)	1:34.49 (7)	2:07.94 (7)	2:44.76 (7)	3:22.34 (7)	3:54.77 (7)	32.25 (8)	34.08 (6)	33.45 (7)	36.82 (4)	37.58
8	8	Liu Weijia	CHN	4:27.02	0.77	27.74 (6)	59.87 (7)	1:34.68 (8)	2:09.73 (8)	2:46.80 (8)	3:25.13 (8)	3:56.64 (8)	32.13 (7)	34.81 (8)	35.05 (8)	37.07 (8)	38.33

Heat #5

Time	10:28

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	4:13.29	0.78	26.41 (1)	55.88 (1)	1:27.24 (1)	1:58.35 (1)	2:35.16 (1)	3:12.52 (1)	3:43.81 (1)	29.47 (1)	31.36 (1)	31.11 (1)	36.81 (5)	37.36	Q
2	5	Erik Vendt	USA	4:16.68	0.63	27.23 (4)	57.85 (4)	1:30.74 (2)	2:02.52 (2)	2:39.16 (2)	3:16.04 (2)	3:47.19 (2)	30.62 (4)	32.89 (2)	31.78 (2)	36.64 (4)	36.88	Q
3	6	Travis Nederpelt	AUS	4:16.77	0.80	26.73 (2)	57.28 (3)	1:32.01 (4)	2:06.56 (8)	2:42.24 (6)	3:17.66 (4)	3:48.01 (4)	30.55 (3)	34.73 (8)	34.55 (8)	35.68 (1)	35.42	Q
4	3	Justin Norris	AUS	4:16.90	0.81	26.97 (3)	56.92 (2)	1:31.41 (3)	2:04.89 (4)	2:40.75 (3)	3:16.71 (3)	3:48.00 (3)	29.95 (2)	34.49 (7)	33.48 (7)	35.86 (2)	35.96
5	2	Brian Johns	CAN	4:21.10	0.80	27.57 (6)	58.72 (5)	1:32.20 (5)	2:05.15 (5)	2:41.76 (4)	3:18.95 (5)	3:50.10 (5)	31.15 (5)	33.48 (4)	32.95 (5)	36.61 (3)	37.19
6	7	Keith Beavers	CAN	4:21.47	0.72	28.01 (8)	59.18 (7)	1:32.32 (6)	2:04.69 (3)	2:42.23 (5)	3:20.15 (6)	3:51.28 (6)	31.17 (6)	33.14 (3)	32.37 (3)	37.54 (7)	37.92
7	1	Igor Berezutsky	RUS	4:23.20	0.85	27.47 (5)	58.84 (6)	1:33.16 (8)	2:06.21 (7)	2:43.67 (7)	3:21.69 (7)	3:52.85 (7)	31.37 (7)	34.32 (6)	33.05 (6)	37.46 (6)	38.02
8	8	Aleksey Kovrigin	RUS	4:23.77	0.87	27.68 (7)	59.22 (8)	1:32.84 (7)	2:05.34 (6)	2:43.88 (8)	3:22.66 (8)	3:53.72 (8)	31.54 (8)	33.62 (5)	32.50 (4)	38.54 (8)	38.78

Final Round

Date	14 August 2004 — 19:30

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	4:08.26	0.77	26.42 (1)	55.57 (1)	1:26.80 (1)	1:57.10 (1)	2:33.63 (1)	3:10.36 (1)	3:39.92 (1)	29.15 (1)	31.23 (1)	30.30 (1)	36.53 (7)	36.73	WR
2	1	Erik Vendt	USA	4:11.81	0.70	27.35 (5)	58.46 (7)	1:31.03 (3)	2:02.89 (3)	2:37.56 (3)	3:14.06 (4)	3:43.61 (3)	31.11 (7)	32.57 (3)	31.86 (3)	34.67 (1)	36.50
3	5	László Cseh, Jr.	HUN	4:12.15	0.87	26.83 (3)	57.08 (2)	1:29.27 (2)	2:00.58 (2)	2:36.73 (2)	3:12.68 (2)	3:43.10 (2)	30.25 (2)	32.19 (2)	31.31 (2)	36.15 (5)	35.95
4	3	Alessio Boggiatto	ITA	4:12.28	0.83	27.76 (7)	58.39 (6)	1:31.24 (4)	2:03.31 (4)	2:38.57 (4)	3:13.69 (3)	3:43.99 (4)	30.63 (4)	32.85 (4)	32.07 (4)	35.26 (2)	35.12
5	7	Oussama Mellouli	TUN	4:14.49	0.81	27.45 (6)	58.11 (5)	1:31.50 (5)	2:03.99 (5)	2:39.91 (5)	3:16.00 (5)	3:45.78 (5)	30.66 (5)	33.39 (5)	32.49 (5)	35.92 (4)	36.09
6	2	Ioannis Kokkodis	GRE	4:18.60	0.91	27.90 (8)	1:00.04 (8)	1:33.65 (8)	2:06.70 (7)	2:42.58 (7)	3:19.09 (6)	3:49.68 (6)	32.14 (8)	33.61 (6)	33.05 (7)	35.88 (3)	36.51
7	6	Jiro Miki	JPN	4:19.97	0.67	27.05 (4)	58.02 (4)	1:31.76 (6)	2:04.75 (6)	2:41.63 (6)	3:19.73 (7)	3:50.94 (8)	30.97 (6)	33.74 (7)	32.99 (6)	36.88 (8)	38.10
8	8	Travis Nederpelt	AUS	4:20.08	0.84	26.82 (2)	57.17 (3)	1:32.33 (7)	2:07.33 (8)	2:43.59 (8)	3:20.05 (8)	3:50.89 (7)	30.35 (3)	35.16 (8)	35.00 (8)	36.26 (6)	36.46