Swimming at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's 400 metre freestyle
Men's 400 metre freestyle at the Games of the XXX Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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Venue | London Aquatics Centre | ||||||||||||
Date | July 28, 2012 (heats & final) | ||||||||||||
Competitors | 28 from 23 nations | ||||||||||||
Winning time | 3:40.14 OR | ||||||||||||
Medalists | |||||||||||||
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Swimming at the 2012 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
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 | [10] |
Olympic record | Ian Thorpe (AUS) | 3:40.59 | Sydney, Australia | 16 September 2000 | [11] |
The following records were established during the competition:
Date | Event | Name | Nationality | Time | Record |
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July 28 | Final | Sun Yang | China | 3:40.14 | OR |
Results
Heats
Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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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 | 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 |
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4 | Sun Yang | China | 3:40.14 | OR, AS | |
6 | Park Tae-hwan | South Korea | 3:42.06 | ||
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
- NBC Olympics. 28 July 2012. Archived from the originalon 3 July 2013. Retrieved 7 July 2013.
- New York Times. Retrieved 7 July 2013.
- ^ "Olympic swimming: China's Sun Yang beats rival Park to gold". BBC Sport. 28 July 2012. Archived from the original on 31 July 2012. Retrieved 7 July 2013.
- Swimming World Magazine. 28 July 2012. Archived from the originalon 2012-08-08. Retrieved 7 July 2013.
- ^ "Park Tae-hwan Graceful in Defeat After DQ-Plagued 400-m Freestyle". The Chosun Ilbo. 28 July 2012. Retrieved 7 July 2013.
- ^ Swimming World Magazine. 28 July 2012. Retrieved 7 July 2013.
- ^ Dillman, Lisa (28 July 2012). "London Olympics: Peter Vanderkaay wins bronze in 400-meter free". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 7 July 2013.
- Swimming World Magazine. 28 July 2012. Archived from the originalon 2013-01-28. Retrieved 7 July 2013.
- ^ "Canadian Cochrane bumped from 400m free final". CBC Sports. 28 July 2012. Retrieved 7 July 2013.
- Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 7 July 2013.
- ^ Harris, Beth (16 September 2000). "Thorpe Sets World Mark, Thompson Wins 6th Gold". ABC News. Retrieved 28 May 2013.
- LOCOG. Archived from the originalon 5 December 2012. Retrieved 27 July 2012.