Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's 400 metre individual medley
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The following new world and Olympic records were set during this competition.
| Date | Event | Name | Nationality | Time | OR | WR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 9 | Heat 4 | Michael Phelps Michael Phelps Michael Fred Phelps is an American swimmer who has, overall, won 16 Olympic medals—six gold and two bronze at Athens in 2004, and eight gold at Beijing in 2008, becoming the most successful athlete at both of these Olympic Games editions... |
4:07.82 | OR | ||
| August 10 | Final | Michael Phelps Michael Phelps Michael Fred Phelps is an American swimmer who has, overall, won 16 Olympic medals—six gold and two bronze at Athens in 2004, and eight gold at Beijing in 2008, becoming the most successful athlete at both of these Olympic Games editions... |
4:03.84 | OR | WR |
Heats
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | 4 | Michael Phelps Michael Phelps Michael Fred Phelps is an American swimmer who has, overall, won 16 Olympic medals—six gold and two bronze at Athens in 2004, and eight gold at Beijing in 2008, becoming the most successful athlete at both of these Olympic Games editions... |
4:07.82 | Q, OR | |
| 2 | 2 | 4 | László Cseh László Cseh László Cseh , is a four-time Olympic medalist Hungarian swimmer.-Personal:Cseh has competed in swimming from an early age, and has won numerous Hungarian swimming events. Cseh is coached by György Turi and Zoltán Nemes... |
4:09.26 | Q | |
| 3 | 4 | 5 | Luca Marin Luca Marin Luca Marin is an Italian medley swimmer. He specializes in the 400 m medley, and won six silver medals at the European and World Championship in this event. At the 2006 European Championship he won a gold medal, beating László Cseh, world record holder... |
4:10.22 | Q | |
| 4 | 3 | 4 | Ryan Lochte Ryan Lochte Ryan Steven Lochte is an American swimmer and a six-time Olympic medalist . As part of the American team, he holds the world record in the 4×200-meter freestyle relay... |
4:10.33 | Q | |
| 5 | 4 | 3 | Gergő Kis Gergo Kis Gergő Kis is a Hungarian freestyle swimmer.Kis participated in the 2004 Summer Olympics in the men's 1500 m freestyle, ranking 23rd in the heats... |
4:10.66 | Q | |
| 6 | 2 | 3 | Alessio Boggiatto Alessio Boggiatto Alessio Boggiatto is an Italian medley swimmer.Born at Moncalieri, Boggiatto is specialized in 400 m medley, he won several European Championship and one World Championship medals... |
4:10.68 | Q | |
| 7 | 3 | 7 | Brian Johns Brian Johns Brian Johns is an Olympic swimmer from Canada. Born in Regina, Saskatchewan, he grew up in Richmond, British Columbia and trained with the Aquanauts and Racers swim clubs. He started swimming at age five. He is currently attending the University of British Columbia and is on the varsity swimming... |
4:11.41 | Q, NR | |
| 8 | 3 | 5 | Thiago Pereira Thiago Pereira Thiago Machado Vilela Pereira is an international competition swimmer from Brazil. He became known in his native country after winning the silver medal in the 200 m individual medley at the Pan American Games in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic in 2003.Pereira's biggest success came one year... |
4:11.74 | Q | |
| 9 | 4 | 2 | Keith Beavers Keith Beavers Keith Beavers was born in London, Ontario and grew up in the small town of Orangeville, Ontario, attending Mono and Amaranth Public School. He is a backstroke and medley swimmer from Canada, who competed for his native country at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece. Keith is a Masters... |
4:12.75 | ||
| 10 | 2 | 1 | Bradley Ally Bradley Ally Bradley Kevin Ally is a two-time Olympic swimmer from Barbados. He represented Barbados at the 2004 and 2008 Olympics. He was the bronze medalist in the 200-metre individual medley at the Pan-American Games in Brazil 2007... |
4:14.01 | NR | |
| 11 | 2 | 8 | Gal Nevo Gal Nevo Gal Nevo is an Israeli swimmer who holds three Israeli records in the 200m IM, 400m IM and 200m butterfly. He represented Israel at the 2008 Summer Olympics.-Biography:Nevo is Jewish.... |
4:14.03 | NR | |
| 12 | 3 | 3 | Riaan Schoeman | 4:14.09 | ||
| 13 | 3 | 1 | Andrey Krylov | 4:14.55 | ||
| 14 | 4 | 6 | Travis Nederpelt Travis Nederpelt Travis Nederpelt is a swimmer from Western Australia. A butterfly specialist, he represented his country in the 2004 Olympic Games at Athens and in 2008 at Beijing... |
4:15.37 | ||
| 15 | 2 | 2 | Dinko Jukić Dinko Jukic Dinko Jukić is a male medley and butterfly swimmer from Austria of Croatian origin. He competed for Austria at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, finishing in tenth place in the men's 200 m butterfly event. He is the younger brother of swimmer Mirna Jukić.-References:*... |
4:15.48 | NR | |
| 16 | 2 | 7 | Alexander Tikhonov | 4:16.49 | ||
| 17 | 2 | 5 | Thomas Haffield Thomas Haffield Thomas Paul Haffield is a Welsh individual medley swimmer.Haffield represented Great Britain at the 2008 Summer Olympics in the 400 m individual medley swimming event.-Personal bests and records held:... |
4:16.76 | ||
| 18 | 2 | 6 | Vasileios Demetis Vasileios Demetis -Career:Demetis swam for Greece at the 2008 Olympics and at the 2007 World Championships.-References:... |
4:18.40 | ||
| 19 | 3 | 6 | Euan Dale Euan Dale Euan Dale is a Loughborough-based Scottish swimmer who swam at the 2006 Commonwealth Games and also featured in the 4×200 m freestyle relay which he won a silver medal... |
4:18.60 | ||
| 20 | 4 | 8 | Vadym Lepskyy | 4:20.96 | ||
| 21 | 3 | 8 | Omar Pinzón Omar Pinzón Omar Andrés Pinzón García is a Colombian international swimmer. He competed at the 2004 Olympics in Athens, Greece and 2008 Olympics in Beijing, China. Pinzón attended college in the United States, where he swam for the University of Florida.At the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Pinzón finished... |
4:22.31 | ||
| 22 | 4 | 7 | Pierre Henri | 4:22.41 | ||
| 23 | 1 | 4 | Nikša Roki | 4:22.44 | ||
| 24 | 3 | 2 | Javier Núñez | 4:22.69 | ||
| 25 | 4 | 1 | Romanos Iasonas Alyfantis | 4:23.41 | ||
| 26 | 1 | 6 | Dmitriy Gordiyenko | 4:25.20 | ||
| 27 | 1 | 2 | Vasilii Danilov Vasilii Danilov Vasilii Danilov is an Olympic swimmer from Kyrgyzstan. He swam for the country at the 2004 and 2008 Olympics.He also swam at the 2007 World Championships.-References:... |
4:29.20 | ||
| 28 | 1 | 3 | Deniz Nazar | 4:30.80 | ||
| 29 | 1 | 5 | Hocine Haciane Hocine Haciane Hocine Haciane is a swimmer who represented Andorra at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, then in Beijing in 2008. He was also the flag bearer for Andorra.-References:***... |
4:32.00 |
- OR = Olympic Record; Q = Qualified for next round
- NR = National Record
Final
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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4 | Michael Phelps Michael Phelps Michael Fred Phelps is an American swimmer who has, overall, won 16 Olympic medals—six gold and two bronze at Athens in 2004, and eight gold at Beijing in 2008, becoming the most successful athlete at both of these Olympic Games editions... |
4:03.84 | ||
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5 | László Cseh László Cseh László Cseh , is a four-time Olympic medalist Hungarian swimmer.-Personal:Cseh has competed in swimming from an early age, and has won numerous Hungarian swimming events. Cseh is coached by György Turi and Zoltán Nemes... |
4:06.16 | ER | |
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6 | Ryan Lochte Ryan Lochte Ryan Steven Lochte is an American swimmer and a six-time Olympic medalist . As part of the American team, he holds the world record in the 4×200-meter freestyle relay... |
4:08.09 | ||
| 4 | 7 | Alessio Boggiatto Alessio Boggiatto Alessio Boggiatto is an Italian medley swimmer.Born at Moncalieri, Boggiatto is specialized in 400 m medley, he won several European Championship and one World Championship medals... |
4:12.16 | ||
| 5 | 3 | Luca Marin Luca Marin Luca Marin is an Italian medley swimmer. He specializes in the 400 m medley, and won six silver medals at the European and World Championship in this event. At the 2006 European Championship he won a gold medal, beating László Cseh, world record holder... |
4:12.47 | ||
| 6 | 2 | Gergő Kis Gergo Kis Gergő Kis is a Hungarian freestyle swimmer.Kis participated in the 2004 Summer Olympics in the men's 1500 m freestyle, ranking 23rd in the heats... |
4:12.84 | ||
| 7 | 1 | Brian Johns Brian Johns Brian Johns is an Olympic swimmer from Canada. Born in Regina, Saskatchewan, he grew up in Richmond, British Columbia and trained with the Aquanauts and Racers swim clubs. He started swimming at age five. He is currently attending the University of British Columbia and is on the varsity swimming... |
4:13.38 | ||
| 8 | 8 | Thiago Pereira Thiago Pereira Thiago Machado Vilela Pereira is an international competition swimmer from Brazil. He became known in his native country after winning the silver medal in the 200 m individual medley at the Pan American Games in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic in 2003.Pereira's biggest success came one year... |
4:15.40 | ||
- WR = World Record; OR = Olympic Record
- NR = National Record; ER = European Record