Swimming at the 2018 Commonwealth Games – Men's 400 metre freestyle
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{{Infobox Commonwealth Games event
|event = Men's 400 metre freestyle
|games = 2018
|image =
|caption =
|venue = Gold Coast Aquatic Centre
|dates = 5 April
|competitors = 14
|nations = 11
|win_value = 3:43.76
|gold = Mack Horton
|goldCGA = AUS
|silver = Jack McLoughlin
|silverCGA = AUS
|bronze = James Guy
|bronzeCGA = ENG
|prev = 2014
|next = 2022
}}
{{Swimming at the 2018 Commonwealth Games}}
The men's 400 metre freestyle event at the 2018 Commonwealth Games was held on 5 April at the Gold Coast Aquatic Centre.
Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world, Commonwealth and Games records were as follows:
{{Commonwealth Games Record Swimming
| world_athlete = {{flagathlete|Paul Biedermann|GER}}
| world_mark = 3:40.07
| world_place = Rome, Italy
| world_date = 26 July 2009
| world_ref =
| commonwealth_athlete = {{flagathlete|Ian Thorpe|AUS}}
| commonwealth_mark = 3:40.08
| commonwealth_place = Manchester, United Kingdom
| commonwealth_date = 30 July 2002
| commonwealth_ref =
| games_athlete = {{flagCGFathlete|Ian Thorpe|AUS|2002}}
| games_mark = 3:40.08
| games_place = Manchester, United Kingdom
| games_date = 30 July 2002
| games_ref =
}}
Schedule
The schedule is as follows:{{cite web|title=Swimming – Daily Schedule|url=https://results.gc2018.com/en/swimming/daily-schedule.htm|publisher=Gold Coast 2018|accessdate=4 April 2018}}
All times are Australian Eastern Standard Time (UTC+10)
| class="wikitable"
! Date ! Time ! Round | ||
| rowspan=2| Thursday 5 April 2018 | 10:47 | Qualifying |
| style=background:lemonchiffon| 19:46 | style=background:lemonchiffon| Final |
Results
=Heats=
| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
! Rank !! Heat !! Lane !! Name !! Nationality !! Time !! Notes | ||||||
| bgcolor=ccffcc
| 1 | 2 | 4 | align=left|{{sortname|Mack|Horton}} | align=left| {{flagCGF|AUS|2018}} | 3:47.93 | Q |
| bgcolor=ccffcc
| 2 | 2 | 6 | align=left|{{sortname|Daniel|Jervis}} | align=left| {{flagCGF|WAL|2018}} | 3:48.18 | Q |
| bgcolor=ccffcc
| 3 | 1 | 5 | align=left|{{sortname|Jack|McLoughlin}} | align=left| {{flagCGF|AUS|2018}} | 3:48.31 | Q |
| bgcolor=ccffcc
| 4 | 2 | 5 | align=left|{{sortname|David|McKeon}} | align=left| {{flagCGF|AUS|2018}} | 3:48.86 | Q |
| bgcolor=ccffcc
| 5 | 1 | 4 | align=left|{{sortname|James|Guy|James Guy (swimmer)}} | align=left| {{flagCGF|ENG|2018}} | 3:50.23 | Q |
| bgcolor=ccffcc
| 6 | 1 | 3 | align=left|{{sortname|Jeremy|Bagshaw}} | align=left| {{flagCGF|CAN|2018}} | 3:50.76 | Q |
| bgcolor=ccffcc
| 7 | 2 | 3 | align=left|{{sortname|Stephen|Milne|Stephen Milne (swimmer)}} | align=left| {{flagCGF|SCO|2018}} | 3:51.65 | Q |
| bgcolor=ccffcc
| 8 | 1 | 6 | align=left|{{sortname|Welson|Sim}} | align=left| {{flagCGF|MAS|2018}} | 3:51.78 | Q |
| 9 | 1 | 2 | align=left|{{sortname|Wesley|Roberts|Wesley Roberts (swimmer)}} | align=left| {{flagCGF|COK|2018}} | 3:56.09 | |
| 10 | 2 | 2 | align=left|{{sortname|Brent|Szurdoki}} | align=left| {{flagCGF|RSA|2018}} | 3:56.40 | |
| 11 | 1 | 7 | align=left|{{sortname|Eben|Vorster}} | align=left| {{flagCGF|RSA|2018}} | 3:56.82 | |
| 12 | 1 | 1 | align=left|{{sortname|Brandon|Schuster}} | align=left| {{flagCGF|SAM|2018}} | 4:03.50 | |
| 13 | 2 | 7 | align=left|{{sortname|Constantinos|Hadjittooulis}} | align=left| {{flagCGF|CYP|2018}} | 4:06.03 | |
| 14 | 2 | 1 | align=left|{{sortname|Mathieu|Marquet}} | align=left| {{flagCGF|MRI|2018}} | 4:09.79 |
=Final=
| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center" | |||||
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| {{gold1}} | 4 | align="left" |{{sortname|Mack|Horton}} | align="left" |{{flagCGF|AUS|2018}} | 3:43.76 | |
| {{silver2}} | 3 | align="left" |{{sortname|Jack|McLoughlin}} | align="left" |{{flagCGF|AUS|2018}} | 3:45.21 | |
| {{bronze3}} | 2 | align="left" |{{sortname|James|Guy|James Guy (swimmer)}} | align="left" |{{flagCGF|ENG|2018}} | 3:45.32 | |
| 4 | 5 | align="left" |{{sortname|Daniel|Jervis}} | align="left" |{{flagCGF|WAL|2018}} | 3:48.08 | |
| 5 | 7 | align="left" |{{sortname|Jeremy|Bagshaw}} | align="left" |{{flagCGF|CAN|2018}} | 3:49.52 | |
| 6 | 6 | align="left" |{{sortname|David|McKeon}} | align="left" |{{flagCGF|AUS|2018}} | 3:49.60 | |
| 7 | 8 | align="left" |{{sortname|Welson|Sim}} | align="left" |{{flagCGF|MAS|2018}} | 3:53.36 | |
| 8 | 1 | align="left" |{{sortname|Stephen|Milne|Stephen Milne (swimmer)}} | align="left" |{{flagCGF|SCO|2018}} | 3:55.01 |
References
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{{Footer Commonwealth Champions 400m Freestyle Men}}
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