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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	Swimmer	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 (14 August 2004)

Fastest eight advanced to the final.

Heat One (10:00)

Pos	Lane	Swimmer	NOC	50 m	100 m	150 m	200 m	250 m	300 m	350 m	Time	Reaction
1	4	Saša Imprić	CRO	28.62 (2) 32.11 (1)	1:00.73 (1) 34.99 (1)	1:35.72 (1) 34.04 (1)	2:09.76 (1) 38.46 (1)	2:48.22 (1) 39.80 (1)	3:28.02 (1) 32.16 (2)	4:00.18 (1) 31.84 (2)	4:32.02	0.76
2	5	Drew MacKay	CAY	28.84 (3) 32.95 (2)	1:01.79 (3) 35.52 (2)	1:37.31 (2) 34.97 (2)	2:12.28 (2) 38.80 (2)	2:51.08 (2) 39.84 (2)	3:30.92 (2) 31.62 (1)	4:02.54 (2) 29.84 (1)	4:32.38	0.66
3	6	Lin Yu-An	TPE	28.49 (1) 33.23 (3)	1:01.72 (2) 36.94 (3)	1:38.66 (3) 36.32 (3)	2:14.98 (3) 40.30 (3)	2:55.28 (3) 41.00 (3)	3:36.28 (3) 33.03 (3)	4:09.31 (3) 32.55 (3)	4:41.86	0.66
4	3	Nikita Polyakov	UZB	29.78 (4) 34.92 (4)	1:04.70 (4) 41.12 (4)	1:45.82 (4) 40.57 (4)	2:26.39 (4) 47.57 (4)	3:13.96 (4) 46.40 (4)	4:00.36 (4) 35.19 (4)	4:35.55 (4) 34.21 (4)	5:09.76	0.87

Heat Two (10:07)

Pos	Lane	Swimmer	NOC	50 m	100 m	150 m	200 m	250 m	300 m	350 m	Time	Reaction
1	2	Dean Kent	NZL	27.40 (1) 31.24 (3)	58.64 (1) 33.92 (2)	1:32.56 (2) 33.19 (2)	2:05.75 (2) 35.59 (1)	2:41.34 (1) 36.08 (1)	3:17.42 (1) 30.98 (2)	3:48.40 (1) 30.15 (1)	4:18.55	0.74
2	1	Kim Bang-Hyeon	KOR	28.46 (8) 31.55 (5)	1:00.01 (6) 34.15 (3)	1:34.16 (4) 33.66 (4)	2:07.82 (4) 36.93 (3)	2:44.75 (4) 37.48 (3)	3:22.23 (4) 30.30 (1)	3:52.53 (2) 30.52 (3)	4:23.05	0.86
3	4	Jeremy Knowles	BAH	27.90 (4) 31.42 (4)	59.32 (4) 35.07 (8)	1:34.39 (5) 33.81 (5)	2:08.20 (5) 36.35 (2)	2:44.55 (3) 37.40 (2)	3:21.95 (3) 31.13 (3)	3:53.08 (3) 30.21 (2)	4:23.29	0.75
4	6	Bradley Ally	BAR	27.82 (3) 30.83 (1)	58.65 (2) 33.44 (1)	1:32.09 (1) 33.13 (1)	2:05.22 (1) 37.30 (6)	2:42.52 (2) 38.33 (6)	3:20.85 (2) 32.83 (7)	3:53.68 (4) 31.02 (4)	4:24.70	0.88
5	7	Vytautas Janušaitis	LTU	28.27 (7) 33.36 (8)	1:01.63 (8) 34.21 (4)	1:35.84 (8) 33.54 (3)	2:09.38 (7) 36.94 (4)	2:46.32 (7) 37.59 (4)	3:23.91 (6) 31.21 (4)	3:55.12 (5) 31.18 (5)	4:26.30	0.85
6	5	Yves Platel	SUI	28.08 (5) 31.78 (6)	59.86 (5) 34.63 (6)	1:34.49 (6) 34.15 (7)	2:08.64 (6) 37.65 (7)	2:46.29 (6) 38.50 (7)	3:24.79 (7) 32.57 (6)	3:57.36 (6) 31.58 (7)	4:28.94	0.78
7	8	Guntars Deičmans	LAT	28.21 (6) 32.42 (7)	1:00.63 (7) 34.85 (7)	1:35.48 (7) 34.12 (6)	2:09.60 (8) 37.69 (8)	2:47.29 (8) 38.16 (5)	3:25.45 (8) 32.22 (5)	3:57.67 (7) 31.50 (6)	4:29.17	0.87
8	3	Miguel Molina	PHI	27.64 (2) 31.11 (2)	58.75 (3) 34.56 (5)	1:33.31 (3) 34.21 (8)	2:07.52 (3) 37.25 (5)	2:44.77 (5) 38.56 (8)	3:23.33 (5) 35.03 (8)	3:58.36 (8) 34.89 (8)	4:33.25	0.70

Heat Three (10:14)

Pos	Lane	Swimmer	NOC	50 m	100 m	150 m	200 m	250 m	300 m	350 m	Time	Reaction
1	4	Alessio Boggiatto	ITA	27.86 (7) 30.54 (2)	58.40 (6) 33.04 (3)	1:31.44 (6) 31.85 (1)	2:03.29 (3) 36.23 (3)	2:39.52 (1) 35.96 (1)	3:15.48 (1) 31.00 (5)	3:46.48 (1) 29.30 (2)	4:15.78	0.84	Q
2	5	Jiro Miki	JPN	27.07 (4) 30.73 (4)	57.80 (=3) 33.20 (5)	1:31.00 (4) 32.48 (2)	2:03.48 (4) 36.18 (2)	2:39.66 (2) 36.84 (3)	3:16.50 (3) 30.65 (2)	3:47.15 (3) 29.17 (1)	4:16.32	0.67	Q
3	7	Ioannis Kokkodis	GRE	27.60 (6) 31.45 (7)	59.05 (7) 33.32 (6)	1:32.37 (7) 32.56 (3)	2:04.93 (7) 35.39 (1)	2:40.32 (3) 36.07 (2)	3:16.39 (2) 30.66 (3)	3:47.05 (2) 29.51 (4)	4:16.56	0.94	Q
4	6	Wu Peng	CHN	27.04 (3) 30.57 (3)	57.61 (2) 33.40 (7)	1:31.01 (5) 32.65 (5)	2:03.66 (5) 37.42 (6)	2:41.08 (6) 38.44 (5)	3:19.52 (5) 30.36 (1)	3:49.88 (4) 29.44 (3)	4:19.32	0.80
5	2	Thiago Pereira	BRA	26.72 (2) 31.08 (6)	57.80 (=3) 32.73 (1)	1:30.53 (1) 32.74 (6)	2:03.27 (2) 37.16 (5)	2:40.43 (4) 37.89 (4)	3:18.32 (4) 32.13 (7)	3:50.45 (5) 31.61 (8)	4:22.06	0.81
6	3	Susumu Tabuchi	JPN	27.50 (5) 30.35 (1)	57.85 (5) 32.92 (2)	1:30.77 (3) 32.98 (7)	2:03.75 (6) 37.07 (4)	2:40.82 (5) 38.90 (6)	3:19.72 (6) 31.62 (6)	3:51.34 (6) 31.12 (7)	4:22.46	0.85
7	1	Lucas Salatta	BRA	26.67 (1) 30.83 (5)	57.50 (1) 33.16 (4)	1:30.66 (2) 32.59 (4)	2:03.25 (1) 38.63 (7)	2:41.88 (7) 39.55 (7)	3:21.43 (7) 30.93 (4)	3:52.36 (7) 30.65 (5)	4:23.01	0.76
8	8	Marko Milenkovič	SLO	28.26 (8) 32.42 (8)	1:00.68 (8) 33.92 (8)	1:34.60 (8) 33.79 (8)	2:08.39 (8) 39.55 (8)	2:47.94 (8) 39.79 (8)	3:27.73 (8) 32.25 (8)	3:59.98 (8) 31.01 (6)	4:30.99	0.81

Heat Four (10:21)

Pos	Lane	Swimmer	NOC	50 m	100 m	150 m	200 m	250 m	300 m	350 m	Time	Reaction
1	4	László Cseh, Jr.	HUN	27.37 (2) 30.89 (3)	58.26 (=2) 32.29 (1)	1:30.55 (1) 31.11 (1)	2:01.66 (1) 36.09 (2)	2:37.75 (1) 35.85 (1)	3:13.60 (1) 31.18 (4)	3:44.78 (1) 29.48 (4)	4:14.26	0.84	Q
2	3	Oussama Mellouli	TUN	27.44 (3) 30.82 (2)	58.26 (=2) 33.56 (4)	1:31.82 (4) 32.35 (3)	2:04.17 (2) 37.05 (7)	2:41.22 (5) 36.83 (5)	3:18.05 (5) 29.77 (1)	3:47.82 (4) 28.86 (2)	4:16.68	0.77	Q
3	2	Ioannis Drymonakos	GRE	27.03 (1) 30.63 (1)	57.66 (1) 33.72 (5)	1:31.38 (2) 33.24 (5)	2:04.62 (4) 36.46 (3)	2:41.08 (3) 36.68 (3)	3:17.76 (4) 29.90 (2)	3:47.66 (3) 29.17 (3)	4:16.83	0.74
4	5	Luca Marin	ITA	27.95 (7) 31.01 (4)	58.96 (6) 33.15 (3)	1:32.11 (5) 32.19 (2)	2:04.30 (3) 36.86 (5)	2:41.16 (4) 36.53 (2)	3:17.69 (3) 30.50 (3)	3:48.19 (5) 28.66 (1)	4:16.85	0.96
5	7	Robin Francis	GBR	27.49 (4) 31.11 (5)	58.60 (4) 33.11 (2)	1:31.71 (3) 32.96 (4)	2:04.67 (5) 34.93 (1)	2:39.60 (2) 36.76 (4)	3:16.36 (2) 31.26 (5)	3:47.62 (2) 30.72 (7)	4:18.34	0.91
6	6	Adrian Turner	GBR	27.58 (5) 31.22 (6)	58.80 (5) 34.67 (7)	1:33.47 (6) 33.42 (6)	2:06.89 (6) 36.93 (6)	2:43.82 (6) 37.48 (6)	3:21.30 (6) 31.59 (7)	3:52.89 (6) 30.64 (6)	4:23.53	0.83
7	1	Dmytro Nazarenko	UKR	28.16 (8) 32.25 (8)	1:00.41 (8) 34.08 (6)	1:34.49 (7) 33.45 (7)	2:07.94 (7) 36.82 (4)	2:44.76 (7) 37.58 (7)	3:22.34 (7) 32.43 (8)	3:54.77 (7) 31.38 (8)	4:26.15	0.88
8	8	Liu Weijia	CHN	27.74 (6) 32.13 (7)	59.87 (7) 34.81 (8)	1:34.68 (8) 35.05 (8)	2:09.73 (8) 37.07 (8)	2:46.80 (8) 38.33 (8)	3:25.13 (8) 31.51 (6)	3:56.64 (8) 30.38 (5)	4:27.02	0.77

Heat Five (10:28)

Pos	Lane	Swimmer	NOC	50 m	100 m	150 m	200 m	250 m	300 m	350 m	Time	Reaction
1	4	Michael Phelps	USA	26.41 (1) 29.47 (1)	55.88 (1) 31.36 (1)	1:27.24 (1) 31.11 (1)	1:58.35 (1) 36.81 (5)	2:35.16 (1) 37.36 (5)	3:12.52 (1) 31.29 (=7)	3:43.81 (1) 29.48 (3)	4:13.29	0.78	Q
2	5	Erik Vendt	USA	27.23 (4) 30.62 (4)	57.85 (4) 32.89 (2)	1:30.74 (2) 31.78 (2)	2:02.52 (2) 36.64 (4)	2:39.16 (2) 36.88 (3)	3:16.04 (2) 31.15 (=4)	3:47.19 (2) 29.49 (4)	4:16.68	0.63	Q
3	6	Travis Nederpelt	AUS	26.73 (2) 30.55 (3)	57.28 (3) 34.73 (8)	1:32.01 (4) 34.55 (8)	2:06.56 (8) 35.68 (1)	2:42.24 (6) 35.42 (1)	3:17.66 (4) 30.35 (1)	3:48.01 (4) 28.76 (1)	4:16.77	0.80	Q
4	3	Justin Norris	AUS	26.97 (3) 29.95 (2)	56.92 (2) 34.49 (7)	1:31.41 (3) 33.48 (7)	2:04.89 (4) 35.86 (2)	2:40.75 (3) 35.96 (2)	3:16.71 (3) 31.29 (=7)	3:48.00 (3) 28.90 (2)	4:16.90	0.81
5	2	Brian Johns	CAN	27.57 (6) 31.15 (5)	58.72 (5) 33.48 (4)	1:32.20 (5) 32.95 (5)	2:05.15 (5) 36.61 (3)	2:41.76 (4) 37.19 (4)	3:18.95 (5) 31.15 (=4)	3:50.10 (5) 31.00 (8)	4:21.10	0.80
6	7	Keith Beavers	CAN	28.01 (8) 31.17 (6)	59.18 (7) 33.14 (3)	1:32.32 (6) 32.37 (3)	2:04.69 (3) 37.54 (7)	2:42.23 (5) 37.92 (6)	3:20.15 (6) 31.13 (3)	3:51.28 (6) 30.19 (6)	4:21.47	0.72
7	1	Igor Berezutsky	RUS	27.47 (5) 31.37 (7)	58.84 (6) 34.32 (6)	1:33.16 (8) 33.05 (6)	2:06.21 (7) 37.46 (6)	2:43.67 (7) 38.02 (7)	3:21.69 (7) 31.16 (6)	3:52.85 (7) 30.35 (7)	4:23.20	0.85
8	8	Aleksey Kovrigin	RUS	27.68 (7) 31.54 (8)	59.22 (8) 33.62 (5)	1:32.84 (7) 32.50 (4)	2:05.34 (6) 38.54 (8)	2:43.88 (8) 38.78 (8)	3:22.66 (8) 31.06 (2)	3:53.72 (8) 30.05 (5)	4:23.77	0.87

Final (14 August 2004 — 19:30)

Pos	Lane	Swimmer	NOC	50 m	100 m	150 m	200 m	250 m	300 m	350 m	Time	Reaction
1	4	Michael Phelps	USA	26.42 (1) 29.15 (1)	55.57 (1) 31.23 (1)	1:26.80 (1) 30.30 (1)	1:57.10 (1) 36.53 (7)	2:33.63 (1) 36.73 (7)	3:10.36 (1) 29.56 (2)	3:39.92 (1) 28.34 (3)	4:08.26	0.77	WR
2	1	Erik Vendt	USA	27.35 (5) 31.11 (7)	58.46 (7) 32.57 (3)	1:31.03 (3) 31.86 (3)	2:02.89 (3) 34.67 (1)	2:37.56 (3) 36.50 (5)	3:14.06 (4) 29.55 (1)	3:43.61 (3) 28.20 (1)	4:11.81	0.70
3	5	László Cseh, Jr.	HUN	26.83 (3) 30.25 (2)	57.08 (2) 32.19 (2)	1:29.27 (2) 31.31 (2)	2:00.58 (2) 36.15 (5)	2:36.73 (2) 35.95 (2)	3:12.68 (2) 30.42 (5)	3:43.10 (2) 29.05 (7)	4:12.15	0.87
4	3	Alessio Boggiatto	ITA	27.76 (7) 30.63 (4)	58.39 (6) 32.85 (4)	1:31.24 (4) 32.07 (4)	2:03.31 (4) 35.26 (2)	2:38.57 (4) 35.12 (1)	3:13.69 (3) 30.30 (4)	3:43.99 (4) 28.29 (2)	4:12.28	0.83
5	7	Oussama Mellouli	TUN	27.45 (6) 30.66 (5)	58.11 (5) 33.39 (5)	1:31.50 (5) 32.49 (5)	2:03.99 (5) 35.92 (4)	2:39.91 (5) 36.09 (3)	3:16.00 (5) 29.78 (3)	3:45.78 (5) 28.71 (4)	4:14.49	0.81
6	2	Ioannis Kokkodis	GRE	27.90 (8) 32.14 (8)	1:00.04 (8) 33.61 (6)	1:33.65 (8) 33.05 (7)	2:06.70 (7) 35.88 (3)	2:42.58 (7) 36.51 (6)	3:19.09 (6) 30.59 (6)	3:49.68 (6) 28.92 (5)	4:18.60	0.91
7	6	Jiro Miki	JPN	27.05 (4) 30.97 (6)	58.02 (4) 33.74 (7)	1:31.76 (6) 32.99 (6)	2:04.75 (6) 36.88 (8)	2:41.63 (6) 38.10 (8)	3:19.73 (7) 31.21 (8)	3:50.94 (8) 29.03 (6)	4:19.97	0.67
8	8	Travis Nederpelt	AUS	26.82 (2) 30.35 (3)	57.17 (3) 35.16 (8)	1:32.33 (7) 35.00 (8)	2:07.33 (8) 36.26 (6)	2:43.59 (8) 36.46 (4)	3:20.05 (8) 30.84 (7)	3:50.89 (7) 29.19 (8)	4:20.08	0.84