The Men's 400 Individual Medley (or "I.M.") at the 10th FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) was swum on 16 December 2010 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. 35 individuals swam in the Preliminary heats of the event in the morning, with the top-8 finishers advancing on the Final that evening.
At the start of the event, the existing World (WR) and Championship records (CR) were: Name Nation Time Location DateWRLászló Cseh3:57.27 Istanbul 11 December 2009 CR Ryan Lochte 4:02.49 Shanghai 6 April 2006
The following records were established during the competition: DateRoundNameNationTimeWRCR 16 December 2010 Heats Ryan Lochte 4:01.76 CR 16 December 2010 Final Ryan Lochte 3:55.50 WR CR
Results
Heats Rank Heat Lane Name Time Notes 1 3 4 4:01.76 Q, CR 2 3 5 4:02.27 Q 3 4 5 4:03.02 Q 4 3 6 4:03.81 Q 5 4 4 4:04.11 Q 6 5 4 4:04.44 Q 7 5 5 4:06.78 Q 8 4 2 4:06.96 Q 9 1 3 4:07.26 10 5 3 4:08.05 11 3 3 4:08.08 12 1 5 4:08.14 13 4 3 4:09.04 14 5 6 4:09.74 15 5 7 4:11.13 16 5 2 4:11.47 17 4 7 4:12.91 18 4 6 4:13.32 19 3 7 4:13.85 20 3 1 4:16.38 21 2 5 4:16.62 22 3 2 4:18.52 23 5 8 4:23.69 24 4 1 4:24.26 25 2 7 4:24.81 26 4 8 4:27.78 27 2 6 4:28.06 28 3 8 4:28.74 29 2 1 4:28.87 30 2 4 4:31.10 31 2 3 4:35.22 32 2 8 4:36.89 33 2 2 4:37.23 34 1 4 4:41.45 – 5 1 DSQ
Final Rank Lane Name Time Notes 4 3:55.50 WR 5 3:57.40 3 3:57.56 4 2 4:02.73 5 6 4:03.76 6 7 4:04.93 7 1 4:05.26 8 8 4:06.39
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