Swimming at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Men's 400 metre individual medley

Men's 400 metre individual medley at the Games of the XXXIII Olympiad
Venue	Olympic Aquatics Centre, Paris La Défense Arena
Dates	28 July 2024 (Heats & Final)
Competitors	16 from 12 nations
Winning time	4:02.95 OR
Medalists
Léon Marchand  France Tomoyuki Matsushita  Japan Carson Foster  United States

The men's 400 metre individual medley event at the 2024 Summer Olympics was held on 28 July 2024 at the Paris Aquatics Centre.

Records

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

World record	Léon Marchand (FRA)	4:02.50	Fukuoka, Japan	23 July 2023
Olympic record	Michael Phelps (USA)	4:03.84	Beijing, China	10 August 2008

The following record was established during the competition:

Date	Round	Name	Nationality	Time	Record
28 July	Final	Léon Marchand	France	4:02.95	OR

Qualification

Main article: Swimming at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification

A National Olympic Committee (NOC) may enter a maximum of two qualified athletes in each individual event, but only if both of them have attained the Olympic Qualifying Time (OQT). One athlete per event can potentially enter if they meet the Olympic Consideration Time (OCT), or if the total quota of 852 athletes has not been targeted. NOCs may also permit swimmers regardless of time (one per gender) under a Universality place since they have no swimmers attaining either of the standard entry times (OQT/OCT).

Following the end of the qualification window, World Aquatics will assess the number of swimmers who have achieved the OQT, the number of relay-only swimmers, and the number of Universality places, before inviting those with OCT to fulfill the total quota of 852. Additionally, OCT places will be distributed by event according to the position of the World Aquatics Rankings during the qualifying deadline.

Time standards

The qualifying time standards must be obtained at the 2023 and 2024 World Championships, continental championships, continental swimming meets, national championships and selection trials, and various international meets approved by World Aquatics in the period between 1 March 2023 and 23 June 2024.

The following table outlines the qualifying time standards for Paris 2024 for this event:

Men's events
Event	OQT*	OCT^
400 m individual medley	4:12.50	4:13.56

* OQTs correspond to the time achieved by a fourteenth-place swimmer in his or her respective preliminary heat of each event at the previous Games.

^ OCTs are derived by adding 0.5% of the OQT standard.

Competition format

The competition consists of two rounds: heats and a final. The swimmers with the best 8 times in the semifinals advance to the final. Swim-offs are used as necessary to break ties for advancement to the next round.

Schedule

All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+2)

Date	Time	Round
28 July 2024	10:00	Heats
	19:30	Final

Results

The top eight finishers progress to the final.

Heats

Rank	Heat	Lane	Swimmer	Nation	Time	Notes
1	2	4	Léon Marchand	France	4:08.30	Q
2	2	3	Max Litchfield	Great Britain	4:09.51	Q
3	2	5	Daiya Seto	Japan	4:10.92	Q
4	1	4	Carson Foster	United States	4:11.07	Q
5	1	6	Tomoyuki Matsushita	Japan	4:11.18	Q
6	1	3	Alberto Razzetti	Italy	4:11.52	Q
6	2	6	Lewis Clareburt	New Zealand	4:11.52	Q
6	2	8	Cedric Büssing	Germany	4:11.52	Q, NR
9	2	7	Balázs Holló	Hungary	4:12.20
10	1	8	Zhang Zhanshuo	China	4:12.71
11	1	5	Chase Kalisz	United States	4:13.36
12	1	1	William Petric	Australia	4:13.58
13	2	2	Brendon Smith	Australia	4:14.36
14	1	7	Gábor Zombori	Hungary	4:14.88
15	1	2	Apostolos Papastamos	Greece	4:15.32
16	2	1	Tristan Jankovics	Canada	4:18.23

Final

Rank	Lane	Swimmer	Nation	Time	Notes
	4	Léon Marchand	France	4:02.95	OR
	2	Tomoyuki Matsushita	Japan	4:08.62
	6	Carson Foster	United States	4:08.66
4	5	Max Litchfield	Great Britain	4:08.85	NR
5	7	Alberto Razzetti	Italy	4:09.38
6	1	Lewis Clareburt	New Zealand	4:10.44
7	3	Daiya Seto	Japan	4:11.78
8	8	Cedric Büssing	Germany	4:17.16