The men's 400 metre individual medley event at the 2002 Commonwealth Games as part of the swimming programme took place on 2 August at the Manchester Aquatics Centre in Manchester, England.
Records Prior to this competition, the existing world and games records were as follows.
World record Tom Dolan 4:11.76 Sydney, Australia 17 September 2000Games record Matthew Dunn 4:17.01 Victoria, Canada
Schedule The schedule was as follows:
All times are local time Date Time Round Friday 2 August 11:49 Heats 20:15 Final
Results Heats The 8 fastest swimmers in the heats qualified for the final. Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 2 4 Brian Johns 4:20.85 Q 2 2 6 Carlos Sayao 4:21.21 Q 3 2 5 Justin Norris 4:21.72 Q 4 2 3 Dean Kent 4:22.25 Q 5 1 5 Terence Parkin 4:22.67 Q 6 2 2 Adrian Turner 4:23.51 Q 7 1 3 Grant McGregor 4:24.40 Q 8 1 3 Curtis Myden 4:24.44 Q 9 1 7 Jeremy Knowles 4:25.77 10 1 6 Simon Militis 4:27.65 11 1 2 David Carry 4:32.76 12 2 1 George Demetriades 4:37.58 13 1 1 Ben Lowndes 4:55.51
Final The final was held on 2 August at 20:15.
Grant McGregor did not participate in the final despite qualifying, and so Jeremy Knowles took the spot instead. Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 3 Justin Norris 4:16.95 GR 4 Brian Johns 4:17.41 7 Adrian Turner 4:18.75 4 6 Dean Kent 4:19.84 5 1 Curtis Myden 4:19.86 6 2 Terence Parkin 4:21.05 7 5 Carlos Sayao 4:21.66 8 8 Jeremy Knowles 4:26.81
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