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Swimming at the 2012 European Aquatics Championships – Men's 400 metre freestyle

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Men's 400 metre freestyle
at the 2012 European Aquatics Championships
DatesMay 21, 2012 (heats and final)
Competitors33 from 18 nations
Winning time3:47.84
Medalists
gold medal    Germany
silver medal    Hungary
bronze medal    Italy

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

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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

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Heats

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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 Richárd 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

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The final was held at 17:02.[3]

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 5 Paul Biedermann  Germany 3:47.84
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 3 Gergő Kis  Hungary 3:48.09
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 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

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