Swimming at the 2009 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 400m freestyle
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The heats for the men's 400 metre freestyle race at the 2009 World Championships
took place on Sunday, 26 July at the Foro Italico
in Rome, Italy
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Legend: ER: European record; NR: National record
Legend: WR: World record; AF: African record; AS: Asian record; NR: National record
2009 World Aquatics Championships
The 2009 World Aquatics Championships or the XIII FINA World Championships were celebrated in Rome, Italy in 2009 from July 17 to August 2. The 2009 Championships featured competition in all 5 aquatics disciplines: diving, swimming, open water swimming, synchronized swimming and water polo.Rome won...
took place on Sunday, 26 July at the Foro Italico
Foro Italico
Foro Italico is a sports complex in Rome, Italy. It was built between 1928 and 1938 as the Foro Mussolini under the design of Enrico Del Debbio and, later, Luigi Moretti...
in Rome, Italy
Rome
Rome is the capital of Italy and the country's largest and most populated city and comune, with over 2.7 million residents in . The city is located in the central-western portion of the Italian Peninsula, on the Tiber River within the Lazio region of Italy.Rome's history spans two and a half...
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Records
| World record | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 3:40.08 |  Ian ThorpeIan Thorpe Ian James Thorpe OAM , nicknamed the Thorpedo and Thorpey, is an Australian swimmer who specialises in freestyle, but also competes in backstroke and the individual medley. He has won five Olympic gold medals, the most won by any Australian, and with three gold and two silver medals, was the most... |
Manchester  |
30 July 2002 |
| Competition record | |||
| 3:40.17 | Ian Thorpe Ian Thorpe Ian James Thorpe OAM , nicknamed the Thorpedo and Thorpey, is an Australian swimmer who specialises in freestyle, but also competes in backstroke and the individual medley. He has won five Olympic gold medals, the most won by any Australian, and with three gold and two silver medals, was the most... |
Fukuoka  |
22 July 2001 |
Heats
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Heat | Lane | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Paul Biedermann Paul Biedermann Paul Biedermann is a German swimmer from Halle and a former 200 and 400 metre freestyle long course world champion. He also holds the long course and short course world records in these events.-Career:... |
3:43.01 | 9 | 2 | ER | |
| 2 | Zhang Lin Zhang Lin (swimmer) Zhang Lin is a Chinese swimmer specializing in the 200m, 400m, 800m and 1500m freestyle events. He is China's most successful male swimmer.Zhang, who began swimming at six, is China's fastest freestyle swimmer. He was selected for the national team in 2002... |
3:43.58 | 9 | 4 | ||
| 3 | Oussama Mellouli Oussama Mellouli Oussama "Ous" Mellouli is a Tunisian swimmer who competes in the freestyle and medley events. He currently is an African Record holder, and trains with the USA club based at the University of Southern California, where he went to school and swam, collegiately.... |
3:43.78 | 8 | 4 | ||
| 4 | Mads Glæsner Mads Glæsner Mads Glæsner is a Danish swimmer. He participated for the first time at the 2008 Summer Olympics in the disciplines 400 metre freestyle and the 1500 metre freestyle. His swimming club is Vallensbæk-VAT but he trains at the National Training Center in Copenhagen.-References:... |
3:44.59 | 8 | 3 | NR | |
| 5 | Peter Vanderkaay Peter Vanderkaay Peter Vanderkaay is an American middle-distance freestyle swimmer. He is a three-time Olympic medalist.-Personal life:... |
 United States |
3:45.40 | 10 | 5 | |
| 6 | David Davies David Davies (swimmer) David Davies is a Welsh Commonwealth Games and Olympic distance swimmer. Born in Barry, Vale of Glamorgan, Davies swam for Wales at the 2002 and 2006 Commonwealth Games and represented Great Britain at the 2004 and 2008 Olympics... |
3:45.43 | 9 | 3 | ||
| 7 | Ryan Cochrane Ryan Cochrane (swimmer) Ryan Andrew Cochrane is a Canadian long-distance swimmer. Cochrane is an Olympic bronze medalist as well as the reigning double gold medalist in both the Commonwealth Games and the Pan Pacific Swimming Championships. He holds multiple world championship medals... |
3:45.52 | 8 | 5 | ||
| 8 | 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... |
3:45.68 | 8 | 6 | NR | |
| 9 | Daniel Madwed Daniel Madwed Daniel Madwed is an American swimmer.-Career:Madwed competed at the 2006 Pan Pacific Championships in Victoria, British Columbia, and was the youngest American male swimmer at the event... |
United States |
3:45.95 | 9 | 7 | |
| 10 | Nikita Lobintsev Nikita Lobintsev Nikita Konstantinovich Lobintsev is a freestyle swimmer from Russia, who won the silver medal in the 4x200m freestyle relay at the 2008 Summer Olympics.-External links:*... |
3:45.97 | 9 | 5 | ||
| 11 | Robert Hurley Robert Hurley (swimmer) Robert Hurley is an Australian swimmer and former world record holder in the short-course 50 metres backstroke... |
3:46.01 | 10 | 2 | ||
| 12 | Park Tae-Hwan Park Tae-hwan Park Tae-hwan is a South Korean swimmer. He is a member of the South Korean national swimming team, based in Taereung, Seoul. He won a gold medal in the 400 meter freestyle and a silver in the 200 meter freestyle events at the 2008 Summer Olympics... |
3:46.04 | 10 | 4 | ||
| 13 | Jean Basson Jean Basson Jean Basson is an Olympic swimmer from South Africa. At the 2008 Olympic Games, Basson placed fourth in the 200 m freestyle final with a time of 1:45.97. Basson lives and trains in Tucson, Arizona, under coach Frank Busch. He was on the University of Arizona swim team.-External links:*... |
3:46.64 | 10 | 8 | ||
| 14 | Robert Renwick Robert Renwick Robert Peter "Robbie" Renwick is a Scottish swimmer who first rose to prominence by swimming the anchor leg in the Scottish men's 4×200 metre freestyle relay team at the 2006 Commonwealth Games... |
3:46.75 | 9 | 0 | ||
| 15 | Takeshi Matsuda Takeshi Matsuda is a Japanese Olympic and Asian and National Record holding swimmer. He swam for Japan at the 2004 and 2008 Olympics. At the latter event, he won a bronze medal in the men's 200m long course butterfly in an Asian Record of 1:52.97; in doing so, he also set the Japanese Record in the event... |
3:46.95 | 10 | 3 | ||
| 16 | Massimiliano Rosolino Massimiliano Rosolino -Biography:Born in Naples of an Italian father, Salvatore, and Australian mother, Carolyn, he moved to Australia at the age of three, coming back to Italy at six. Rosolino declared about his beginnings as a swimmer:... |
3:47.05 | 10 | 6 | ||
| 17 | Cesare Sciocchetti | 3:47.40 | 8 | 7 | ||
| 18 | Sun Yang Sun Yang Sun Yang is an Olympic and world-record-holding distance swimmer from China. He swam for China at the 2008 Olympics. At the 2010 Asian Games, he won the men's 1500m freestyle in an Asian Record; this swim and his two other medals at the Games were cited in his being named the Rookie of the Year... |
3:47.51 | 10 | 0 | ||
| 19 | David Brandl | 3:47.61 | 9 | 8 | ||
| 20 | Ahmed Mathlouthi | 3:47.83 | 10 | 7 | ||
| 21 | Ryan Napoleon Ryan Napoleon Ryan Napoleon is an Australian freestyle swimmer and Commonwealth Games Medalist.-Career:Napoleon won gold in the 4x200m freestyle, silver in the 4x100m medley relay and bronze in the 100m butterfly whilst representing Australia at the Youth Olympic Festival.At the 2008 Commonwealth Youth Games... |
3:47.98 | 10 | 1 | ||
| 22 | Pál Joensen Pál Joensen Pál Joensen is a Faroese elite swimmer. He was born in Vágur, Suðuroy, Faroe Islands. Pál is training in a short pool 25 m, because there is no 50 m pool in the Faroe Islands. Pál Joensen still lives in his hometown Vágur, and he is training with Susvim... |
3:48.93 | 8 | 1 | ||
| 23 | Jon Rahauge Rud | 3:49.17 | 10 | 9 | ||
| 24 | Peter Bernek | 3:49.43 | 7 | 4 | ||
| 25 | Sho Uchida Sho Uchida is a Japanese freestyle swimmer.-Major achievements:2005 World Championships*200m freestyle 17th *400m freestyle 14th *800m freestyle 13th *4×200m freestyle relay 5th 2008 Beijing Olympics... |
3:50.16 | 8 | 2 | ||
| 26 | Moss Burmester Moss Burmester Moss James Burmester is a New Zealand swimmer. His specialist event is the 200m butterfly in which he holds the Commonwealth record of 1:54.35 set at the 2008 Summer Olympics... |
3:51.31 | 8 | 8 | ||
| 27 | Blake Worsley Blake Worsley Blake Thomas Worsley is a Canadian swimmer. He competed for Canada at the 2009 World Aquatics Championships and the 2010 Commonwealth Games, where he finished 12th. He was raised in Steamboat Springs, Colorado and swam for the University of Denver.-References:... |
3:51.86 | 6 | 5 | ||
| 28 | Gard Kvale Gard Kvale Gard Kvale is an Olympic and National Record holding swimmer from Norway. He swam for Norway at the 2008 Olympics, where he lowered the Norwegian Records in the 3 events he swam: the 200 and 400 frees and the 200 IM.... |
3:52.22 | 8 | 0 | ||
| 29 | Dominik Koll | 3:52.57 | 9 | 1 | ||
| 30 | David Karasek | 3:52.64 | 6 | 4 | ||
| 31 | Esteban Paz | 3:53.07 | 7 | 5 | NR | |
| 32 | Julio Cesar Galofre Montes | 3:54.24 | 6 | 2 | NR | |
| 33 | Stef Verachten | 3:54.66 | 7 | 3 | ||
| 34 | Djordje Markovic | 3:54.87 | 8 | 9 | ||
| 35 | Fabio Pereira | 3:55.00 | 7 | 7 | ||
| 36 | Daniele Tirabassi | 3:55.55 | 7 | 6 | ||
| 37 | Jorge Maia | 3:55.76 | 9 | 9 | ||
| 38 | Ryan Harrison | 3:55.88 | 7 | 1 | NR | |
| 39 | Jang Sangjin | 3:56.35 | 7 | 2 | ||
| 40 | Mohamed Farhoud | 3:57.01 | 7 | 0 | ||
| 41 | Raphael Stacchiotti | 3:57.34 | 6 | 3 | ||
| 42 | Daniel Delgadillo | 3:58.66 | 7 | 8 | ||
| 43 | Jan Karel Petric | 3:58.91 | 6 | 7 | ||
| 44 | Ricardo Monasterio Ricardo Monasterio Ricardo Andrés Monasterio Guimaraes is a Venezuelan international swimmer who represented his native country in the 1996, 2000, 2004 and 2008 Summer Olympics.Monasterio was born in Caracas, Venezuela... |
3:59.04 | 6 | 1 | ||
| 45 | Mateo De Angulo Velasco | 3:59.11 | 6 | 6 | ||
| 46 | Nicolas Rostoucher Nicolas Rostoucher Nicolas Rostoucher is a freestyle and medley swimmer from France, who is on the French National Swimming Team since 2000. He has competed for his native country at three consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 2000... |
3:59.15 | 9 | 6 | ||
| 47 | Kemal Arda Gürdal | 3:59.47 | 5 | 5 | ||
| 48 | Oleg Rabota | 3:59.60 | 6 | 8 | ||
| 49 | Chien Jui-Ting | 3:59.78 | 5 | 4 | ||
| 50 | Sebastian Jahnsen Madico | 4:01.47 | 5 | 6 | ||
| 51 | Dmitriy Gordiyenko | 4:02.13 | 5 | 3 | ||
| 52 | Ivan Alejandro Enderica | 4:02.86 | 6 | 0 | ||
| 53 | Saeid Maleka Ashtiani | 4:03.69 | 4 | 1 | ||
| 54 | Sebastian Arispe Silva | 4:03.72 | 5 | 2 | ||
| 55 | Lin Kuan-Ting | 4:04.61 | 5 | 8 | ||
| 56 | Sobitjon Amilov | 4:04.92 | 4 | 4 | ||
| 56 | Pan Kai-Wen | 4:04.92 | 7 | 9 | ||
| 58 | Irakli Revishvili | 4:05.18 | 6 | 9 | ||
| 59 | Hajder Ensar | 4:05.50 | 4 | 2 | ||
| 60 | Mandar Divase | 4:06.18 | 1 | 6 | ||
| 61 | Berrada Morad | 4:06.48 | 4 | 5 | ||
| 62 | Marzouq Alsalem | 4:07.43 | 5 | 0 | ||
| 63 | Esteban Enderica | 4:07.58 | 5 | 7 | ||
| 64 | Jose Alberto Montoya | 4:08.84 | 4 | 7 | ||
| 65 | Gary Pineda | 4:08.99 | 3 | 2 | ||
| 66 | Yeo Kai Quan | 4:11.32 | 5 | 9 | ||
| 67 | Loai Abdulwahid Tashkandi | 4:12.19 | 4 | 3 | ||
| 68 | Colin Bensadon | 4:12.31 | 3 | 7 | ||
| 69 | Ahmed Jebrel | 4:12.94 | 3 | 5 | ||
| 70 | Antonio Tong | 4:13.87 | 3 | 6 | ||
| 71 | Aleksandr Slepchenko | 4:14.31 | 4 | 8 | ||
| 72 | Neil Agius | 4:16.10 | 3 | 3 | ||
| 73 | Allan Gabriel Gutierrez Castro | 4:16.14 | 4 | 6 | ||
| 74 | Radhames Kalaf | 4:16.29 | 4 | 0 | ||
| 75 | Rafael Alfaro | 4:16.95 | 3 | 1 | ||
| 76 | Vitalii Khudiakov | 4:17.26 | 3 | 4 | ||
| 77 | Luis Andres Martorell Name | 4:18.18 | 3 | 9 | ||
| 78 | Ngou Pok Man | 4:18.21 | 2 | 4 | ||
| 79 | Cheah Mingzhe Marcus | 4:19.28 | 5 | 1 | ||
| 80 | Ignacio Iván Quevedo Bubba | 4:20.09 | 2 | 5 | ||
| 80 | Omar Nunez | 4:20.09 | 3 | 8 | ||
| 82 | Heimanu Sichan | 4:20.11 | 4 | 9 | ||
| 83 | Ali Al Kaabi Ali al Kaabi Ali Bin Abdullah Al Kaabi is the past Minister of Labour and Social Affairs in the United Arab Emirates. He was appointed in 2004 on the same day of the president Shiekh Zayed's death. He was educated at The George Washington University in Washington DC. He obtained a Doctor of Science Degree in... |
4:25.78 | 2 | 7 | ||
| 84 | Jean Marie Emmanuel Froget | 4:26.48 | 2 | 3 | ||
| 85 | Paul Elaisa | 4:26.61 | 2 | 1 | ||
| 86 | Douglas Miller | 4:27.13 | 2 | 2 | ||
| 87 | Vincent Perry | 4:27.41 | 3 | 0 | ||
| 88 | Ahmed Majeed Ali Tayawi | 4:30.55 | 2 | 8 | ||
| 89 | Mathieu Gilles Marquet | 4:32.36 | 2 | 6 | ||
| 90 | Adam Viktora | 4:43.14 | 2 | 9 | ||
| 91 | Shin Kimura | 4:47.58 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 92 | Elio Berberi | 4:49.85 | 1 | 5 | ||
| 93 | Henk Aloysius Lowe | 4:52.56 | 1 | 4 | ||
| 94 | Shameel Ibrahim | 5:28.11 | 1 | 3 |
Legend: ER: European record; NR: National record
Final
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Lane | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paul Biedermann Paul Biedermann Paul Biedermann is a German swimmer from Halle and a former 200 and 400 metre freestyle long course world champion. He also holds the long course and short course world records in these events.-Career:... |
4 | 3:40.07 | WR | ||
| Oussama Mellouli Oussama Mellouli Oussama "Ous" Mellouli is a Tunisian swimmer who competes in the freestyle and medley events. He currently is an African Record holder, and trains with the USA club based at the University of Southern California, where he went to school and swam, collegiately.... |
3 | 3:41.11 | AF | ||
| Zhang Lin Zhang Lin (swimmer) Zhang Lin is a Chinese swimmer specializing in the 200m, 400m, 800m and 1500m freestyle events. He is China's most successful male swimmer.Zhang, who began swimming at six, is China's fastest freestyle swimmer. He was selected for the national team in 2002... |
5 | 3:41.35 | AS | ||
| 4 | Peter Vanderkaay Peter Vanderkaay Peter Vanderkaay is an American middle-distance freestyle swimmer. He is a three-time Olympic medalist.-Personal life:... |
United States |
2 | 3:43.20 | |
| 5 | Mads Glæsner Mads Glæsner Mads Glæsner is a Danish swimmer. He participated for the first time at the 2008 Summer Olympics in the disciplines 400 metre freestyle and the 1500 metre freestyle. His swimming club is Vallensbæk-VAT but he trains at the National Training Center in Copenhagen.-References:... |
6 | 3:44.40 | NR | |
| 6 | 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... |
9 | 3:46.30 | ||
| 7 | Ryan Cochrane Ryan Cochrane (swimmer) Ryan Andrew Cochrane is a Canadian long-distance swimmer. Cochrane is an Olympic bronze medalist as well as the reigning double gold medalist in both the Commonwealth Games and the Pan Pacific Swimming Championships. He holds multiple world championship medals... |
1 | 3:46.60 | ||
| 8 | David Davies David Davies (swimmer) David Davies is a Welsh Commonwealth Games and Olympic distance swimmer. Born in Barry, Vale of Glamorgan, Davies swam for Wales at the 2002 and 2006 Commonwealth Games and represented Great Britain at the 2004 and 2008 Olympics... |
7 | 3:47.02 |
Legend: WR: World record; AF: African record; AS: Asian record; NR: National record