Swimming at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's 400 metre freestyle

The men's 400 metre freestyle event at the 2012 Summer Olympics took place on 28 July at the London Aquatics Centre in London, United Kingdom.[1]

Men's 400 metre freestyle
at the Games of the XXX Olympiad
VenueLondon Aquatics Centre
DateJuly 28, 2012 (heats & final)
Competitors28 from 23 nations
Winning time3:40.14 OR
Medalists
Sun Yang  China
Park Tae-hwan  South Korea
Peter Vanderkaay  United States
Swimming at the
2012 Summer Olympics
Qualification
Freestyle
50 mmenwomen
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
400 mmenwomen
800 mwomen
1500 mmen
Backstroke
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
Breaststroke
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
Butterfly
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
Individual medley
200 mmenwomen
400 mmenwomen
Freestyle relay
4×100 mmenwomen
4×200 mmenwomen
Medley relay
4×100 mmenwomen
Marathon
10 kmmenwomen

Sun Yang made a historic milestone to become China's first ever male gold medalist in swimming, as he continued to build another Asian supremacy for the event, together with an Olympic record. He held off South Korea's defending champion Park Tae-hwan on the final stretch to effortlessly secure the gold medal in a sterling time of 3:40.14, cutting off Ian Thorpe's 2000 Olympic record by nearly half a second.[2][3]

Meanwhile, Park ended a dramatic day with a silver medal in his pocket at 3:42.06. Earlier in the prelims, he was disqualified for an immediate false start from heat three, but reinstated in the final after the Korean Swimming Federation filed an appeal.[4][5] U.S. swimmer Peter Vanderkaay added a second individual bronze and fourth career medal to his Olympic hardware in 3:44.69.[6][7]

China's Hao Yun (3:46.02), Vanderkaay's teammate Conor Dwyer (3:46.39), Hungary's Gergő Kis (3:47.03), Great Britain's David Carry (3:48.62), and Australia's Ryan Napoleon (3:49.25) also vied for an Olympic medal to round out the championship field.[6]

Notable swimmers missed the final roster including Canada's Ryan Cochrane, who was bumped out of the lineup to ninth (3:47.26) after Park's disqualification had been overturned; and Biedermann, who struggled to keep his form with a thirteenth-place effort in the prelims (3:48.50).[8][9]

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.

World record Paul Biedermann (GER)3:40.07Rome, Italy26 July 2009[10]
Olympic record Ian Thorpe (AUS)3:40.59Sydney, Australia16 September 2000[11]

The following records were established during the competition:

DateEventNameNationalityTimeRecord
July 28FinalSun Yang China3:40.14OR

Results

Heats

[12]

RankHeatLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
144Sun Yang China3:45.07Q
245Peter Vanderkaay United States3:45.80Q
347Conor Dwyer United States3:46.24Q
434Park Tae-hwan South Korea3:46.68Q
532Gergő Kis Hungary3:46.77Q
643Hao Yun China3:46.88Q
735Ryan Napoleon Australia3:47.01Q
836David Carry Great Britain3:47.25Q
925Ryan Cochrane Canada3:47.26
1046Pál Joensen Denmark3:47.36
1123Robert Renwick Great Britain3:47.44
1226Mads Glæsner Denmark3:48.27
1324Paul Biedermann Germany3:48.50
1433David McKeon Australia3:48.57
1522Matthew Stanley New Zealand3:49.44
1648Cristian Quintero Valero Venezuela3:50.44
1731Sergiy Frolov Ukraine3:50.63
1842Samuel Pizzetti Italy3:50.93
1941Dominik Meichtry Switzerland3:51.34
2027Egor Degtyarev Russia3:52.33
2114Mateusz Sawrymowicz Poland3:53.33
2238Matias Koski Finland3:54.96
2328Đorđe Marković Serbia3:55.35
2421Juan Martin Pereyra Argentina3:56.76
2537Heerden Herman South Africa3:57.28
2615Mateo de Angulo Velasco Colombia3:57.76
2716Ahmed Gebrel Palestine4:08.51
2813Allan Gutierrez Castro Honduras4:09.10

Final
RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
4Sun Yang China3:40.14OR, AS
6Park Tae-hwan South Korea3:42.06
5Peter Vanderkaay United States3:44.69
47Hao Yun China3:46.02
53Conor Dwyer United States3:46.39
62Gergő Kis Hungary3:47.03
78David Carry Great Britain3:48.62
81Ryan Napoleon Australia3:49.25

References
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  2. Clarey, Christopher (28 July 2012). "New Pecking Order in Pool as China Wins Two Golds". New York Times. Retrieved 7 July 2013.
  3. "Olympic swimming: China's Sun Yang beats rival Park to gold". BBC Sport. 28 July 2012. Archived from the original on 31 July 2012. Retrieved 7 July 2013.
  4. "2012 London Olympics: Tae Hwan Park Wins Appeal, Returns to 400 Free Field". Swimming World Magazine. 28 July 2012. Archived from the original on 2012-08-08. Retrieved 7 July 2013.
  5. "Park Tae-hwan Graceful in Defeat After DQ-Plagued 400-m Freestyle". The Chosun Ilbo. 28 July 2012. Retrieved 7 July 2013.
  6. "2012 London Olympics: Sun Yang Lowers Asian, Olympic Record; Rattles World Record in 400 Freestyle Victory". Swimming World Magazine. 28 July 2012. Retrieved 7 July 2013.
  7. Dillman, Lisa (28 July 2012). "London Olympics: Peter Vanderkaay wins bronze in 400-meter free". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 7 July 2013.
  8. "2012 London Olympics: China's Sun Yang Cruises to Top Seed in 400 Free; Defending Gold Medalist Tae Hwan Park Disqualified, But Wins Appeal". Swimming World Magazine. 28 July 2012. Archived from the original on 2013-01-28. Retrieved 7 July 2013.
  9. "Canadian Cochrane bumped from 400m free final". CBC Sports. 28 July 2012. Retrieved 7 July 2013.
  10. Cowley, Michael (27 July 2009). "Thorpe's mark tumbles in night of world records". Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 7 July 2013.
  11. Harris, Beth (16 September 2000). "Thorpe Sets World Mark, Thompson Wins 6th Gold". ABC News. Retrieved 28 May 2013.
  12. "Men's 400m Freestyle – Heats". London 2012. Retrieved 27 July 2012.
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