400 m Freestyle, Men

Competition 1997 World Swimming Championships (25 m)
Venue Göteborg SWE
Held 18 April 1997
Status Medal
Competitors 45
Countries 29
Pos Athlete(s) Country Preliminary Round Final
🥇 Jacob Carstensen DEN 3:46.78
(1 h4)		 3:43.44
(1 FA)
🥈 Chad Carvin USA 3:48.17
(1 h5)		 3:43.73
(2 FA)
🥉 Grant Hackett AUS 3:47.06
(2 h6)		 3:43.83
(3 FA)
4 Paul Palmer GBR 3:48.60
(2 h5)		 3:43.90
(4 FA)
5 Jörg Hoffmann GER 3:46.20
(1 h6)		 3:43.93
(5 FA)
6 Dimitrios Manganas GRE 3:47.57
(3 h6)		 3:48.76
(6 FA)
7 Graeme Smith GBR 3:49.98
(2 h4)		 3:51.56
(7 FA)
8 Luiz Lima BRA 3:50.09
(4 h6)		 3:51.80
(8 FA)
9 Ihar Kaliada BLR 3:51.81
(5 h4)		 3:49.15
(1 FB)
10 Mark Johnston CAN 3:50.68
(4 h4)		 3:49.95
(2 FB)
11 Masato Hirano JPN 3:50.33
(3 h4)		 3:50.74
(3 FB)
=12 Ron Voordouw CAN 3:51.69
(3 h5)		 3:50.83
(=4 FB)
=12 Torlarp Sethsothorn THA 3:52.01
(6 h4)		 3:50.83
(=4 FB)
14 Bill Kirby AUS 3:50.67
(5 h6)		 3:51.64
(6 FB)
15 Fernando Saez BRA 3:52.61
(6 h6)		 3:52.11
(7 FB)
16 Jonas Lundström SWE 3:52.15
(4 h5)		 3:53.31
(8 FB)
17 Adrian Andermatt SUI 3:53.90
(1 h3)		 —
18 Trent Bray NZL 3:53.96
(5 h5)		 —
19 Alejandro Bermúdez COL 3:54.09
(6 h5)		 —
20 Scott Cameron NZL 3:54.46
(7 h5)		 —
21 Ricardo Monasterio VEN 3:55.44
(1 h2)		 —
22 Fausto Mauri SUI 3:56.91
(2 h3)		 —
23 Sandro Tomaš CRO 3:57.06
(7 h6)		 —
24 Ricardo Pedroso POR 3:57.23
(3 h3)		 —
25 Toshiaki Kurasawa JPN 3:57.41
(8 h6)		 —
26 Ryno Markgraaff RSA 3:57.84
(2 h2)		 —
27 Christophe Marchand FRA 3:57.88
(8 h5)		 —
28 Rafael Manzano VEN 3:58.00
(4 h3)		 —
29 Pedro Silva POR 3:58.24
(5 h3)		 —
30 Milan Malena CZE 3:59.87
(3 h2)		 —
31 José Martínez COL 4:00.32
(4 h2)		 —
32 Denys Zavhorodnyi UKR 4:01.60
(6 h3)		 —
33 Gustav Stander RSA 4:02.28
(7 h3)		 —
34 Aleksey Akatyev RUS 4:02.98
(7 h4)		 —
35 Pablo Banfi CHI 4:03.34
(5 h2)		 —
36 Sebastien Paddington TTO 4:03.55
(8 h4)		 —
37 Kurt Niehaus CRC 4:06.11
(1 h1)		 —
38 Margus Saia EST 4:06.38
(6 h2)		 —
39 Mai Chih-Chieh TPE 4:08.86
(7 h2)		 —
40 Toni Meijel EST 4:09.41
(8 h2)		 —
=41 Felipe van de Wyngard CHI 4:10.47
(2 h1)		 —
=41 Vicha Ratanachote THA 4:10.47
(8 h3)		 —
43 Juan Manuel Durán CRC 4:13.62
(3 h1)		 —
44 Chiu Chi-Fan TPE 4:18.47
(4 h1)		 —
45 Hamid Reza Khani IRI 4:21.50
(5 h1)		 —

Preliminary Round

Heat 1

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Kurt Niehaus CRC 4:06.11
2 Felipe van de Wyngard CHI 4:10.47
3 Juan Manuel Durán CRC 4:13.62
4 Chiu Chi-Fan TPE 4:18.47
5 Hamid Reza Khani IRI 4:21.50

Heat 2

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Ricardo Monasterio VEN 3:55.44
2 Ryno Markgraaff RSA 3:57.84
3 Milan Malena CZE 3:59.87
4 José Martínez COL 4:00.32
5 Pablo Banfi CHI 4:03.34
6 Margus Saia EST 4:06.38
7 Mai Chih-Chieh TPE 4:08.86
8 Toni Meijel EST 4:09.41

Heat 3

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Adrian Andermatt SUI 3:53.90
2 Fausto Mauri SUI 3:56.91
3 Ricardo Pedroso POR 3:57.23
4 Rafael Manzano VEN 3:58.00
5 Pedro Silva POR 3:58.24
6 Denys Zavhorodnyi UKR 4:01.60
7 Gustav Stander RSA 4:02.28
8 Vicha Ratanachote THA 4:10.47

Heat 4

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Jacob Carstensen DEN 3:46.78
2 Graeme Smith GBR 3:49.98
3 Masato Hirano JPN 3:50.33
4 Mark Johnston CAN 3:50.68
5 Ihar Kaliada BLR 3:51.81
6 Torlarp Sethsothorn THA 3:52.01
7 Aleksey Akatyev RUS 4:02.98
8 Sebastien Paddington TTO 4:03.55

Heat 5

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Chad Carvin USA 3:48.17
2 Paul Palmer GBR 3:48.60
3 Ron Voordouw CAN 3:51.69
4 Jonas Lundström SWE 3:52.15
5 Trent Bray NZL 3:53.96
6 Alejandro Bermúdez COL 3:54.09
7 Scott Cameron NZL 3:54.46
8 Christophe Marchand FRA 3:57.88

Heat 6

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Jörg Hoffmann GER 3:46.20
2 Grant Hackett AUS 3:47.06
3 Dimitrios Manganas GRE 3:47.57
4 Luiz Lima BRA 3:50.09
5 Bill Kirby AUS 3:50.67
6 Fernando Saez BRA 3:52.61
7 Sandro Tomaš CRO 3:57.06
8 Toshiaki Kurasawa JPN 3:57.41

Final

Final A

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Jacob Carstensen DEN 3:43.44
2 Chad Carvin USA 3:43.73
3 Grant Hackett AUS 3:43.83
4 Paul Palmer GBR 3:43.90
5 Jörg Hoffmann GER 3:43.93
6 Dimitrios Manganas GRE 3:48.76
7 Graeme Smith GBR 3:51.56
8 Luiz Lima BRA 3:51.80

Final B

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Ihar Kaliada BLR 3:49.15
2 Mark Johnston CAN 3:49.95
3 Masato Hirano JPN 3:50.74
=4 Ron Voordouw CAN 3:50.83
=4 Torlarp Sethsothorn THA 3:50.83
6 Bill Kirby AUS 3:51.64
7 Fernando Saez BRA 3:52.11
8 Jonas Lundström SWE 3:53.31