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400 metres Individual Medley, Men

Date	6 August 2016
Status	Olympic
Location	Estádio Aquático Olímpico, Parque Olímpico da Barra, Barra da Tijuca, Rio de Janeiro
Participants	27 from 20 countries

Japan’s Kosuke Hagino was 2014 World Swimmer of the Year before sitting out the 2015 season with an elbow injury. However, he had recovered well and came to Rio as the clear favorite in this event. Also favored for medals were his teammate, Daiya Seto, the two-time defending World Champion, and American Chase Kalisz, who had won the US Olympic Trials. Hagino and Kalisz were the only swimmers to better 4:10 in the 2016 season coming in to Rio.

The event was missing US swimmers Ryan Lochte and Michael Phelps, who had dominated it for the past decade. Lochte failed to make the US team in this event while Phelps elected not to swim the 400 IM.

The chalk came through, as Hagino won the gold medal in 4:06.05, setting an Asian record. Kalisz was just behind in second place, while Seto won the bronze medal another three seconds behind.

Pos	Competitor	NOC	R1	Final
1	Kosuke Hagino	JPN	4:10.00 (1 h3)	4:06.05 (1)	Gold
2	Chase Kalisz	USA	4:08.12 (1 h4)	4:06.75 (2)	Silver
3	Daiya Seto	JPN	4:08.47 (2 h4)	4:09.71 (3)	Bronze
4	Max Litchfield	GBR	4:11.95 (2 h3)	4:11.62 (4)
5	Jay Litherland	USA	4:11.10 (3 h4)	4:11.68 (5)
6	Thomas Fraser-Holmes	AUS	4:12.51 (3 h3)	4:11.90 (6)
7	Travis Mahoney	AUS	4:13.37 (1 h2)	4:15.48 (7)
8	Joan Lluís Pons	ESP	4:13.55 (2 h2)	4:16.58 (8)
9	Richard Nagy	SVK	4:13.87 (4 h3)	–
10	Wang Shun	CHN	4:14.46 (5 h3)	–
11	Gergely Gyurta	HUN	4:14.81 (6 h3)	–
12	Dávid Verrasztó	HUN	4:15.04 (7 h3)	–
13	Jérémy Desplanches	SUI	4:15.46 (3 h2)	–
14	Alexis Santos	POR	4:15.84 (4 h2)	–
15	Brandonn Almeida	BRA	4:17.25 (4 h4)	–
16	Luca Marin	ITA	4:17.88 (5 h4)	–
17	Michael Meyer	RSA	4:18.13 (5 h2)	–
18	Johannes Hintze	GER	4:18.25 (8 h3)	–
19	Gal Nevo	ISR	4:18.29 (6 h2)	–
20	Federico Turrini	ITA	4:18.39 (6 h4)	–
21	Sebastien Rousseau	RSA	4:18.72 (7 h4)	–
22	Christoph Meier	LIE	4:19.19 (1 h1)	–
23	Raphaël Stacchiotti	LUX	4:20.37 (7 h2)	–
24	Pavel Janeček	CZE	4:22.09 (8 h2)	–
25	Pedro Pinotes	ANG	4:25.84 (2 h1)	–
26	Luis Vega	CUB	4:27.27 (3 h1)	–
DQ	Jacob Heidtmann	GER	– (DQ h4)	–

Round One

Date	6 August 2016 — 13:02
Format	Fastest eight swimmers advanced to final

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	5	Chase Kalisz	USA	4:08.12	Q
2	4	Daiya Seto	JPN	4:08.47	Q
3	4	Kosuke Hagino	JPN	4:10.00	Q
4	3	Jay Litherland	USA	4:11.10	Q
5	6	Max Litchfield	GBR	4:11.95	Q
6	3	Thomas Fraser-Holmes	AUS	4:12.51	Q
7	4	Travis Mahoney	AUS	4:13.37	Q
8	5	Joan Lluís Pons	ESP	4:13.55	Q
9	7	Richard Nagy	SVK	4:13.87
10	2	Wang Shun	CHN	4:14.46
11	8	Gergely Gyurta	HUN	4:14.81
12	5	Dávid Verrasztó	HUN	4:15.04
13	2	Jérémy Desplanches	SUI	4:15.46
14	8	Alexis Santos	POR	4:15.84
15	7	Brandonn Almeida	BRA	4:17.25
16	1	Luca Marin	ITA	4:17.88
17	3	Michael Meyer	RSA	4:18.13
18	1	Johannes Hintze	GER	4:18.25
19	6	Gal Nevo	ISR	4:18.29
20	6	Federico Turrini	ITA	4:18.39
21	8	Sebastien Rousseau	RSA	4:18.72
22	4	Christoph Meier	LIE	4:19.19
23	1	Raphaël Stacchiotti	LUX	4:20.37
24	7	Pavel Janeček	CZE	4:22.09
25	5	Pedro Pinotes	ANG	4:25.84
26	3	Luis Vega	CUB	4:27.27
DQ	2	Jacob Heidtmann	GER	–

Heat #1

Time	13:02

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	300-350 m	350-400 m
1	4	Christoph Meier	LIE	4:19.19	0.69	26.96 (1)	57.92 (1)	1:33.10 (1)	2:07.62 (2)	2:42.24 (1)	3:17.48 (1)	3:48.44 (1)	30.96 (1)	35.18 (2)	34.52 (2)	34.62 (1)	35.24 (1)	30.96 (2)	30.75 (2)
2	5	Pedro Pinotes	ANG	4:25.84	0.73	27.93 (3)	59.97 (3)	1:35.34 (3)	2:10.55 (3)	2:48.02 (3)	3:25.58 (3)	3:56.53 (3)	32.04 (2)	35.37 (3)	35.21 (3)	37.47 (2)	37.56 (2)	30.95 (1)	29.31 (1)
3	3	Luis Vega	CUB	4:27.27	0.73	27.71 (2)	59.80 (2)	1:33.42 (2)	2:07.06 (1)	2:45.27 (2)	3:23.51 (2)	3:55.91 (2)	32.09 (3)	33.62 (1)	33.64 (1)	38.21 (3)	38.24 (3)	32.40 (3)	31.36 (3)

Heat #2

Time	13:08

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	300-350 m	350-400 m
1	4	Travis Mahoney	AUS	4:13.37	0.70	26.70 (2)	57.31 (1)	1:28.80 (1)	2:00.25 (1)	2:36.18 (1)	3:12.94 (1)	3:43.44 (1)	30.61 (1)	31.49 (1)	31.45 (1)	35.93 (4)	36.76 (6)	30.50 (4)	29.93 (6)	Q
2	5	Joan Lluís Pons	ESP	4:13.55	0.64	27.41 (7)	58.39 (5)	1:31.60 (4)	2:03.13 (2)	2:38.99 (2)	3:14.89 (2)	3:45.26 (2)	30.98 (3)	33.21 (2)	31.53 (2)	35.86 (2)	35.90 (2)	30.37 (1)	28.29 (1)	Q
3	2	Jérémy Desplanches	SUI	4:15.46	0.62	26.62 (1)	57.63 (2)	1:30.87 (2)	2:04.04 (4)	2:39.21 (3)	3:15.56 (3)	3:46.26 (3)	31.01 (4)	33.24 (3)	33.17 (7)	35.17 (1)	36.35 (4)	30.70 (5)	29.20 (3)
4	8	Alexis Santos	POR	4:15.84	0.65	27.38 (6)	58.57 (7)	1:32.37 (7)	2:05.18 (6)	2:41.06 (5)	3:16.81 (5)	3:47.29 (4)	31.19 (7)	33.80 (6)	32.81 (6)	35.88 (3)	35.75 (1)	30.48 (3)	28.55 (2)
5	3	Michael Meyer	RSA	4:18.13	0.70	27.08 (4)	58.10 (3)	1:31.40 (3)	2:03.62 (3)	2:39.93 (4)	3:16.51 (4)	3:48.03 (5)	31.02 (5)	33.30 (4)	32.22 (3)	36.31 (6)	36.58 (5)	31.52 (8)	30.10 (7)
6	6	Gal Nevo	ISR	4:18.29	0.62	27.25 (5)	58.21 (4)	1:32.15 (5)	2:04.95 (5)	2:41.45 (6)	3:17.78 (6)	3:48.67 (6)	30.96 (2)	33.94 (7)	32.80 (5)	36.50 (7)	36.33 (3)	30.89 (6)	29.62 (5)
7	1	Raphaël Stacchiotti	LUX	4:20.37	0.64	26.81 (3)	58.44 (6)	1:32.22 (6)	2:05.69 (8)	2:41.95 (7)	3:19.71 (7)	3:50.18 (7)	31.63 (8)	33.78 (5)	33.47 (8)	36.26 (5)	37.76 (7)	30.47 (2)	30.19 (8)
8	7	Pavel Janeček	CZE	4:22.09	0.75	27.66 (8)	58.77 (8)	1:32.90 (8)	2:05.64 (7)	2:43.55 (8)	3:21.75 (8)	3:52.72 (8)	31.11 (6)	34.13 (8)	32.74 (4)	37.91 (8)	38.20 (8)	30.97 (7)	29.37 (4)

Heat #3

Time	13:14

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	300-350 m	350-400 m
1	4	Kosuke Hagino	JPN	4:10.00	0.71	25.79 (1)	55.53 (1)	1:26.94 (1)	1:58.15 (1)	2:33.53 (1)	3:09.71 (1)	3:40.54 (1)	29.74 (1)	31.41 (1)	31.21 (2)	35.38 (1)	36.18 (3)	30.83 (6)	29.46 (7)	Q
2	6	Max Litchfield	GBR	4:11.95	0.68	27.32 (6)	57.80 (5)	1:30.28 (5)	2:01.05 (2)	2:37.27 (3)	3:13.27 (2)	3:42.96 (2)	30.48 (4)	32.48 (3)	30.77 (1)	36.22 (7)	36.00 (2)	29.69 (1)	28.99 (5)	Q
3	3	Thomas Fraser-Holmes	AUS	4:12.51	0.66	26.13 (2)	56.52 (2)	1:29.23 (2)	2:01.40 (4)	2:37.23 (2)	3:14.15 (4)	3:44.20 (3)	30.39 (2)	32.71 (5)	32.17 (7)	35.83 (=3)	36.92 (6)	30.05 (2)	28.31 (2)	Q
4	7	Richard Nagy	SVK	4:13.87	0.74	28.01 (8)	58.61 (8)	1:32.34 (8)	2:04.20 (7)	2:40.10 (7)	3:15.70 (7)	3:45.78 (6)	30.60 (5)	33.73 (8)	31.86 (6)	35.90 (5)	35.60 (1)	30.08 (3)	28.09 (1)
5	2	Wang Shun	CHN	4:14.46	0.68	26.36 (3)	57.30 (3)	1:29.95 (4)	2:01.36 (3)	2:37.73 (5)	3:15.36 (6)	3:45.63 (5)	30.94 (6)	32.65 (4)	31.41 (3)	36.37 (8)	37.63 (8)	30.27 (4)	28.83 (3)
6	8	Gergely Gyurta	HUN	4:14.81	0.71	27.39 (7)	58.38 (6)	1:31.37 (6)	2:03.14 (6)	2:38.97 (6)	3:15.34 (5)	3:45.97 (7)	30.99 (7)	32.99 (6)	31.77 (5)	35.83 (=3)	36.37 (4)	30.63 (5)	28.84 (4)
7	5	Dávid Verrasztó	HUN	4:15.04	0.80	27.01 (5)	57.48 (4)	1:29.82 (3)	2:01.57 (5)	2:37.48 (4)	3:13.90 (3)	3:45.00 (4)	30.47 (3)	32.34 (2)	31.75 (4)	35.91 (6)	36.42 (5)	31.10 (7)	30.04 (8)
8	1	Johannes Hintze	GER	4:18.25	0.68	26.75 (4)	58.40 (7)	1:31.55 (7)	2:04.89 (8)	2:40.63 (8)	3:17.76 (8)	3:48.99 (8)	31.65 (8)	33.15 (7)	33.34 (8)	35.74 (2)	37.13 (7)	31.23 (8)	29.26 (6)

Heat #4

Time	13:20

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	300-350 m	350-400 m
1	5	Chase Kalisz	USA	4:08.12	0.73	26.36 (3)	56.46 (2)	1:28.98 (2)	2:00.52 (2)	2:34.80 (2)	3:09.48 (2)	3:39.71 (2)	30.10 (3)	32.52 (4)	31.54 (2)	34.28 (1)	34.68 (1)	30.23 (2)	28.41 (1)	Q
2	4	Daiya Seto	JPN	4:08.47	0.62	25.26 (1)	54.80 (1)	1:26.26 (1)	1:57.86 (1)	2:32.93 (1)	3:08.84 (1)	3:39.61 (1)	29.54 (1)	31.46 (1)	31.60 (4)	35.07 (2)	35.91 (2)	30.77 (5)	28.86 (3)	Q
3	3	Jay Litherland	USA	4:11.10	0.74	26.35 (2)	57.06 (4)	1:29.27 (3)	2:00.83 (3)	2:36.36 (3)	3:13.28 (3)	3:42.64 (3)	30.71 (5)	32.21 (3)	31.56 (3)	35.53 (3)	36.92 (3)	29.36 (1)	28.46 (2)	Q
4	7	Brandonn Almeida	BRA	4:17.25	0.65	27.75 (6)	58.44 (5)	1:30.52 (5)	2:01.53 (4)	2:39.06 (4)	3:16.98 (4)	3:47.60 (4)	30.69 (4)	32.08 (2)	31.01 (1)	37.53 (=6)	37.92 (7)	30.62 (4)	29.65 (7)
5	1	Luca Marin	ITA	4:17.88	0.75	28.27 (7)	59.72 (7)	1:32.57 (7)	2:04.52 (7)	2:40.72 (6)	3:17.76 (6)	3:48.97 (6)	31.45 (7)	32.85 (5)	31.95 (5)	36.20 (4)	37.04 (4)	31.21 (6)	28.91 (4)
6	6	Federico Turrini	ITA	4:18.39	0.66	27.51 (5)	58.50 (6)	1:31.47 (6)	2:03.51 (6)	2:41.04 (7)	3:18.57 (7)	3:48.83 (5)	30.99 (6)	32.97 (6)	32.04 (6)	37.53 (=6)	37.53 (5)	30.26 (3)	29.56 (6)
7	8	Sebastien Rousseau	RSA	4:18.72	0.63	27.19 (=4)	57.05 (3)	1:30.40 (4)	2:02.77 (5)	2:39.69 (5)	3:17.43 (5)	3:49.58 (7)	29.86 (2)	33.35 (7)	32.37 (7)	36.92 (5)	37.74 (6)	32.15 (7)	29.14 (5)
DQ	2	Jacob Heidtmann	GER	–	–	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)

Final Round

Date	6 August 2016 — 22:03

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	300-350 m	350-400 m
1	3	Kosuke Hagino	JPN	4:06.05	0.69	25.44 (2)	55.57 (2)	1:26.73 (1)	1:57.73 (1)	2:32.69 (1)	3:07.96 (1)	3:37.66 (1)	30.13 (3)	31.16 (1)	31.00 (1)	34.96 (3)	35.27 (2)	29.70 (4)	28.39 (3)
2	4	Chase Kalisz	USA	4:06.75	0.73	26.17 (4)	56.52 (4)	1:28.92 (4)	2:00.56 (3)	2:34.26 (3)	3:08.70 (2)	3:38.19 (2)	30.35 (5)	32.40 (5)	31.64 (4)	33.70 (1)	34.44 (1)	29.49 (2)	28.56 (4)
3	5	Daiya Seto	JPN	4:09.71	0.61	25.42 (1)	55.23 (1)	1:27.15 (2)	1:59.19 (2)	2:33.72 (2)	3:09.06 (3)	3:39.37 (3)	29.81 (1)	31.92 (3)	32.04 (7)	34.53 (2)	35.34 (3)	30.31 (6)	30.34 (8)
4	2	Max Litchfield	GBR	4:11.62	0.63	26.63 (6)	57.37 (7)	1:29.61 (6)	2:01.86 (7)	2:37.13 (4)	3:13.34 (4)	3:42.66 (4)	30.74 (6)	32.24 (4)	32.25 (8)	35.27 (4)	36.21 (4)	29.32 (1)	28.96 (6)
5	6	Jay Litherland	USA	4:11.68	0.75	26.85 (7)	57.14 (5)	1:29.71 (7)	2:01.16 (6)	2:38.13 (7)	3:14.90 (6)	3:44.52 (6)	30.29 (4)	32.57 (6)	31.45 (2)	36.97 (7)	36.77 (7)	29.61 (3)	27.17 (1)
6	7	Thomas Fraser-Holmes	AUS	4:11.90	0.66	25.91 (3)	55.94 (3)	1:28.82 (3)	2:00.59 (4)	2:37.49 (5)	3:13.73 (5)	3:44.15 (5)	30.03 (2)	32.88 (7)	31.77 (5)	36.90 (6)	36.24 (5)	30.42 (7)	27.75 (2)
7	1	Travis Mahoney	AUS	4:15.48	0.70	26.34 (5)	57.28 (6)	1:29.05 (5)	2:01.08 (5)	2:37.69 (6)	3:15.40 (7)	3:45.68 (7)	30.94 (8)	31.77 (2)	32.03 (6)	36.61 (5)	37.71 (8)	30.28 (5)	29.80 (7)
8	8	Joan Lluís Pons	ESP	4:16.58	0.69	27.36 (8)	58.13 (8)	1:31.68 (8)	2:03.30 (8)	2:40.85 (8)	3:17.17 (8)	3:47.95 (8)	30.77 (7)	33.55 (8)	31.62 (3)	37.55 (8)	36.32 (6)	30.78 (8)	28.63 (5)