Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's 400 metre freestyle
Men's 400 metre freestyle at the Games of the XXIX Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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Venue | Beijing National Aquatics Center | ||||||||||||
Date | August 9, 2008 (heats) August 10, 2008 (final) | ||||||||||||
Competitors | 37 from 27 nations | ||||||||||||
Winning time | 3:41.86 | ||||||||||||
Medalists | |||||||||||||
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Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics | ||
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Qualification | ||
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 2008 Olympic Games took place on 9–10 August at the
Beijing, China.[1]
Reigning world champion
Park Tae-Hwan made an Olympic milestone to become South Korea's first ever gold medalist in swimming. He powered past the field to an unexpected triumph in an Asian record of 3:41.86.[2][3][4] Coming from sixth place in the final lap, China's Zhang Lin delighted the home crowd with a silver-medal effort in 3:42.44. Meanwhile, U.S. swimmer Larsen Jensen set a new American record of 3:42.78 to take the bronze.[5]
American
Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.
World record | Ian Thorpe (AUS) | 3:40.08 | Manchester, United Kingdom | 30 July 2002 | [6] |
Olympic record | Ian Thorpe (AUS) | 3:40.59 | Sydney, Australia | 16 September 2000 | - |
Results
Heats
Final
Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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3 | Park Tae-Hwan |
South Korea | 3:41.86 | AS | |
5 | Zhang Lin | China | 3:42.44 | NR | |
4 | Larsen Jensen | United States | 3:42.78 | AM | |
4 | 7 | Peter Vanderkaay | United States | 3:43.11 | |
5 | 1 | Oussama Mellouli | Tunisia | 3:43.45 | AF |
6 | 2 | Grant Hackett | Australia | 3:43.84 | |
7 | 8 | Yuri Prilukov |
Russia | 3:43.97 | |
8 | 6 | Nikita Lobintsev | Russia | 3:48.29 |
References
- ^ "Olympic Swimming Schedule". USA Today. 9 August 2008. Retrieved 14 May 2013.
- ^ Swimming World Magazine. Archived from the originalon 21 June 2013. Retrieved 15 May 2013.
- ^ a b "Park secures 400m freestyle gold". BBC Sport. 10 August 2008. Retrieved 15 May 2013.
- Xinhua. China Daily. 10 August 2008. Retrieved 15 May 2013.
- ^ "Park Tae-hwan wins swim event". News24. 11 August 2008. Retrieved 15 May 2013.
- ^ "Double joy for Thorpe". BBC Sport. 30 July 2002. Retrieved 6 August 2008.