Swimming at the 2012 European Aquatics Championships – Men's 400 metre freestyle
| Men's 400 metre freestyle at the 2012 European Aquatics Championships | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dates | May 21, 2012 (heats and final) | |||||||||
| Competitors | 33 from 18 nations | |||||||||
| Winning time | 3:47.84 | |||||||||
| Medalists | ||||||||||
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| 2012 LEN European Championships Eindhoven, Netherlands Debrecen, Hungary | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Diving | ||||
| Individual | ||||
| 1 m | men | women | ||
| 3 m | men | women | ||
| 10 m | men | women | ||
| Synchronised | ||||
| 3 m | men | women | ||
| 10 m | men | women | ||
| Team | team | |||
| Swimming | ||||
| Freestyle | ||||
| 50 m | men | women | ||
| 100 m | men | women | ||
| 200 m | men | women | ||
| 400 m | men | women | ||
| 800 m | men | women | ||
| 1500 m | men | women | ||
| Backstroke | ||||
| 50 m | men | women | ||
| 100 m | men | women | ||
| 200 m | men | women | ||
| Breaststroke | ||||
| 50 m | men | women | ||
| 100 m | men | women | ||
| 200 m | men | women | ||
| Butterfly | ||||
| 50 m | men | women | ||
| 100 m | men | women | ||
| 200 m | men | women | ||
| Individual medley | ||||
| 200 m | men | women | ||
| 400 m | men | women | ||
| Freestyle relay | ||||
| 4×100 m | men | women | ||
| 4×200 m | men | women | ||
| Medley relay | ||||
| 4×100 m | men | women | ||
| Synchronised swimming | ||||
| Individual | Solo | Duet | ||
| Team | Team | Combination | ||
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.[1]
Records
Prior to the competition, the existing world, european and championship records were as follows.
| Name | Nation | Time | Location | Date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| World record European record | Paul Biedermann |  Germany | 3:40.07 | Rome | July 26, 2009 |
| Championship record | Yury Prilukov |  Russia | 3:45.10 | Eindhoven | March 18, 2008 |
Results
Heats
33 swimmers participated in 5 heats.[2]
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 | 5 | Samuel Pizzetti |  Italy | 3:49.65 | Q |
| 2 | 5 | 4 | Paul Biedermann | Germany | 3:50.43 | Q |
| 3 | 4 | 5 | Gergő Kis |  Hungary | 3:52.57 | Q |
| 4 | 5 | 1 | Patrik Rakos | Hungary | 3:52.58 | Q |
| 5 | 3 | 3 | Gabriele Detti | Italy | 3:52.74 | Q |
| 6 | 4 | 4 | Sébastien Rouault |  France | 3:53.06 | Q |
| 7 | 3 | 6 | Alex di Giorgio | Italy | 3:53.25 | |
| 8 | 4 | 6 | Evgeny Kulikov | Russia | 3:53.35 | Q |
| 9 | 3 | 4 | Robert Renwick |  Great Britain | 3:53.49 | Q |
| 10 | 5 | 3 | Dominik Meichtry |  Switzerland | 3:53.93 | |
| 11 | 4 | 8 | Stefan Šorak |  Serbia | 3:53.97 | |
| 12 | 5 | 2 | Christian Scherübl |  Austria | 3:54.04 | |
| 13 | 3 | 2 | Dorde Marković | Serbia | 3:54.17 | |
| 14 | 4 | 3 | Alexander Selin | Russia | 3:54.48 | |
| 15 | 4 | 2 | David Brandl | Austria | 3:55.14 | |
| 16 | 3 | 1 | Richard Nagy |  Slovakia | 3:55.63 | |
| 17 | 3 | 5 | Clemens Rapp | Germany | 3:56.02 | |
| 18 | 3 | 8 | Jovan Mitrovic | Switzerland | 3:56.39 | |
| 19 | 2 | 4 | Filip Bujoczek |  Poland | 3:56.62 | |
| 20 | 3 | 7 | Pavel Medvedtsky | Russia | 3:56.86 | |
| 21 | 1 | 4 | Jean-Baptiste Febo | Switzerland | 3:56.96 | |
| 22 | 2 | 6 | Ediz Yildirimer |  Turkey | 3:57.02 | |
| 23 | 4 | 1 | David Karasek | Switzerland | 3:57.47 | |
| 24 | 2 | 5 | Gard Kvale |  Norway | 3:57.89 | |
| 24 | 5 | 8 | Uladzimir Zhyharau |  Belarus | 3:57.89 | |
| 26 | 4 | 7 | Velimir Stjepanović | Serbia | 3:58.10 | |
| 27 | 5 | 6 | Damien Joly | France | 3:58.56 | |
| 28 | 2 | 7 | Jan Karel Petric |  Slovenia | 4:00.86 | |
| 29 | 2 | 3 | Antonio Arroyo Pérez |  Spain | 4:01.50 | |
| 30 | 5 | 7 | Michal Szuba | Poland | 4:03.06 | |
| 31 | 2 | 2 | Irakli Revishvili |  Georgia | 4:03.79 | |
| 32 | 1 | 5 | Aleksandar Nikolov |  Bulgaria | 4:09.99 | |
| 33 | 1 | 3 | Peter Gutyan | Slovakia | 4:10.27 |
Final
The final was held at 17:02.[3]
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 5 | Paul Biedermann | Germany | 3:47.84 | |
 | 3 | Gergő Kis | Hungary | 3:48.09 | |
 | 4 | Samuel Pizzetti | Italy | 3:48.66 | |
| 4 | 8 | Robert Renwick | Great Britain | 3:50.46 | |
| 5 | 7 | Sébastien Rouault | France | 3:50.62 | |
| 6 | 2 | Gabriele Detti | Italy | 3:51.92 | |
| 7 | 1 | Evgeny Kulikov | Russia | 3:52.57 | |
| 8 | 6 | Patrik Rakos | Hungary | 3:52.80 |
References
- ↑ 2012 European Aquatics Championships: Men's 400 metre freestyle entry list, from OmegaTiming.com; retrieved 2012-05-20.
- ↑ 2012 European Aquatics Championships: Men's 400 metre freestyle Heats results, from OmegaTiming.com; retrieved 2012-05-21.
- ↑ 2012 European Aquatics Championships: Men's 400 metre freestyle Final results, from OmegaTiming.com; retrieved 2012-05-21.
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