Swimming at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's 400 metre freestyle

Men's 400 metre freestyle
at the Games of the XXX Olympiad
VenueLondon Aquatics Centre
DateJuly 28, 2012 (heats & final)
Competitors28 from 23 nations
Winning time3:40.14 OR
Medalists
 Sun Yang  China
 Park Tae-hwan  South Korea
 Peter Vanderkaay  United States
Swimming at the
2012 Summer Olympics
Freestyle
50 m   men   women
100 m men women
200 m men women
400 m men women
800 m women
1500 m men
Backstroke
100 m men women
200 m men women
Breaststroke
100 m men women
200 m men women
Butterfly
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
Marathon
10 km men women

The men's 400 metre freestyle event at the 2012 Summer Olympics took place on 28 July at the London Aquatics Centre in London, United Kingdom.[1]

Sun Yang made a historic milestone to become China's first ever male gold medalist in swimming, as he continued to build another Asian supremacy for the event, together with an Olympic record. He held off South Korea's defending champion Park Tae-hwan on the final stretch to effortlessly secure the gold medal in a sterling time of 3:40.14, cutting off Ian Thorpe's 2000 Olympic record by nearly half a second.[2][3]

Meanwhile, Park ended a dramatic day with a silver medal in his pocket at 3:42.06. Earlier in the prelims, he was disqualified for an immediate false start from heat three, but reinstated in the final after the Korean Swimming Federation filed an appeal.[4][5] U.S. swimmer Peter Vanderkaay added a second individual bronze and fourth career medal to his Olympic hardware in 3:44.69.[6][7]

China's Hao Yun (3:46.02), Vanderkaay's teammate Conor Dwyer (3:46.39), Hungary's Gergő Kis (3:47.03), Great Britain's David Carry (3:48.62), and Australia's Ryan Napoleon (3:49.25) also vied for an Olympic medal to round out the championship field.[6]

Notable swimmers missed the final roster including Canada's Ryan Cochrane, who was bumped out of the lineup to ninth (3:47.26) after Park's disqualification had been overturned; and Biedermann, who struggled to keep his form with a thirteenth-place effort in the prelims (3:48.50).[8][9]

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.

World record  Paul Biedermann (GER) 3:40.07 Rome, Italy 26 July 2009
Olympic record  Ian Thorpe (AUS) 3:40.59 Sydney, Australia 16 September 2000

The following records were established during the competition:

Date Event Name Nationality Time Record
July 28 Final Sun Yang  China 3:40.14 OR

Results

Heats

[10]

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 4 4 Sun Yang  China 3:45.07 Q
2 4 5 Peter Vanderkaay  United States 3:45.80 Q
3 4 7 Conor Dwyer  United States 3:46.24 Q
4 3 4 Park Tae-Hwan  South Korea 3:46.68 Q
5 3 2 Gergő Kis  Hungary 3:46.77 Q
6 4 3 Hao Yun  China 3:46.88 Q
7 3 5 Ryan Napoleon  Australia 3:47.01 Q
8 3 6 David Carry  Great Britain 3:47.25 Q
9 2 5 Ryan Cochrane  Canada 3:47.26
10 4 6 Pál Joensen  Denmark 3:47.36
11 2 3 Robert Renwick  Great Britain 3:47.44
12 2 6 Mads Glæsner  Denmark 3:48.27
13 2 4 Paul Biedermann  Germany 3:48.50
14 3 3 David McKeon  Australia 3:48.57
15 2 2 Matthew Stanley  New Zealand 3:49.44
16 4 8 Cristian Quintero Valero  Venezuela 3:50.44
17 3 1 Sergiy Frolov  Ukraine 3:50.63
18 4 2 Samuel Pizzetti  Italy 3:50.93
19 4 1 Dominik Meichtry  Switzerland 3:51.34
20 2 7 Egor Degtyarev  Russia 3:52.33
21 1 4 Mateusz Sawrymowicz  Poland 3:53.33
22 3 8 Matias Koski  Finland 3:54.96
23 2 8 Đorđe Marković  Serbia 3:55.35
24 2 1 Juan Martin Pereyra  Argentina 3:56.76
25 3 7 Heerden Herman  South Africa 3:57.28
26 1 5 Mateo de Angulo Velasco  Colombia 3:57.76
27 1 6 Ahmed Gebrel  Palestine 4:08.51
28 1 3 Allan Gutierrez Castro  Honduras 4:09.10

Final

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1st, gold medalist(s) 4 Sun Yang  China 3:40.14 OR, AS
2nd, silver medalist(s) 6 Park Tae-Hwan  South Korea 3:42.06
3rd, bronze medalist(s) 5 Peter Vanderkaay  United States 3:44.69
4 7 Hao Yun  China 3:46.02
5 3 Conor Dwyer  United States 3:46.39
6 2 Gergő Kis  Hungary 3:47.03
7 8 David Carry  Great Britain 3:48.62
8 1 Ryan Napoleon  Australia 3:49.25

References

  1. ↑ "Swimming: Results & Schedules". London 2012. NBC Olympics. 28 July 2012. Retrieved 7 July 2013.
  2. ↑ Clarey, Christopher (28 July 2012). "New Pecking Order in Pool as China Wins Two Golds". New York Times. Retrieved 7 July 2013.
  3. ↑ "Olympic swimming: China's Sun Yang beats rival Park to gold". BBC Sport. 28 July 2012. Retrieved 7 July 2013.
  4. ↑ "2012 London Olympics: Tae Hwan Park Wins Appeal, Returns to 400 Free Field". Swimming World Magazine. 28 July 2012. Retrieved 7 July 2013.
  5. ↑ "Park Tae-hwan Graceful in Defeat After DQ-Plagued 400-m Freestyle". The Chosun Ilbo. 28 July 2012. Retrieved 7 July 2013.
  6. 1 2 "2012 London Olympics: Sun Yang Lowers Asian, Olympic Record; Rattles World Record in 400 Freestyle Victory". Swimming World Magazine. 28 July 2012. Retrieved 7 July 2013.
  7. ↑ Dillman, Lisa (28 July 2012). "London Olympics: Peter Vanderkaay wins bronze in 400-meter free". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 7 July 2013.
  8. ↑ "2012 London Olympics: China's Sun Yang Cruises to Top Seed in 400 Free; Defending Gold Medalist Tae Hwan Park Disqualified, But Wins Appeal". Swimming World Magazine. 28 July 2012. Retrieved 7 July 2013.
  9. ↑ "Canadian Cochrane bumped from 400m free final". CBC Sports. 28 July 2012. Retrieved 7 July 2013.
  10. ↑ "Men's 400m Freestyle – Heats". London 2012. Retrieved 27 July 2012.
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