The men's 400 metre freestyle competition of the swimming events at the 2012 European Aquatics Championships took place May 21. The heats and final took place on May 21.2012 European Aquatics Championships: Men's 400 metre freestyle entry list, from OmegaTiming.com; retrieved 2012-05-20.
Records Prior to the competition, the existing world, European and championship records were as follows. Name Nation Time Location DateWorld record European recordPaul Biedermann3:40.07RomeJuly 26, 2009Championship recordYury Prilukov3:45.10EindhovenMarch 18, 2008
Results
Heats 33 swimmers participated in 5 heats.2012 European Aquatics Championships: Men's 400 metre freestyle Heats results , from OmegaTiming.com; retrieved 2012-05-21.
Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 5 5 Samuel Pizzetti 3:49.65 Q 2 5 4 Paul Biedermann 3:50.43 Q 3 4 5 Gergő Kis 3:52.57 Q 4 5 1 Patrik Rakos 3:52.58 Q 5 3 3 Gabriele Detti 3:52.74 Q 6 4 4 Sébastien Rouault 3:53.06 Q 7 3 6 Alex di Giorgio 3:53.25 8 4 6 Evgeny Kulikov 3:53.35 Q 9 3 4 Robert Renwick 3:53.49 Q 10 5 3 Dominik Meichtry 3:53.93 11 4 8 Stefan Šorak 3:53.97 12 5 2 Christian Scherübl 3:54.04 13 3 2 Dorde Marković 3:54.17 14 4 3 Alexander Selin 3:54.48 15 4 2 David Brandl 3:55.14 16 3 1 Richárd Nagy 3:55.63 17 3 5 Clemens Rapp 3:56.02 18 3 8 Jovan Mitrovic 3:56.39 19 2 4 Filip Bujoczek 3:56.62 20 3 7 Pavel Medvedtsky 3:56.86 21 1 4 Jean-Baptiste Febo 3:56.96 22 2 6 Ediz Yildirimer 3:57.02 23 4 1 David Karasek 3:57.47 24 2 5 Gard Kvale 3:57.89 24 5 8 Uladzimir Zhyharau 3:57.89 26 4 7 Velimir Stjepanović 3:58.10 27 5 6 Damien Joly 3:58.56 28 2 7 Jan Karel Petric 4:00.86 29 2 3 Antonio Arroyo Pérez 4:01.50 30 5 7 Michal Szuba 4:03.06 31 2 2 Irakli Revishvili 4:03.79 32 1 5 Aleksandar Nikolov 4:09.99 33 1 3 Peter Gutyan 4:10.27
Final The final was held at 17:02.2012 European Aquatics Championships: Men's 400 metre freestyle Final results, from OmegaTiming.com; retrieved 2012-05-21.
Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 5 Paul Biedermann 3:47.84 3 Gergő Kis 3:48.09 4 Samuel Pizzetti 3:48.66 4 8 Robert Renwick 3:50.46 5 7 Sébastien Rouault 3:50.62 6 2 Gabriele Detti 3:51.92 7 1 Evgeny Kulikov 3:52.57 8 6 Patrik Rakos 3:52.80
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