400 m Freestyle, Men

Competition 1998 World Aquatics Championships
Venue Perth AUS
Held —
Status Medal
Competitors 39
Countries 30
Pos Athlete(s) Country Preliminary Round Final
🥇 Ian Thorpe AUS 3:51.42
(2 h6)		 3:46.29
(1 FA)
🥈 Grant Hackett AUS 3:51.68
(3 h5)		 3:46.44
(2 FA)
🥉 Paul Palmer GBR 3:51.71
(4 h5)		 3:48.02
(3 FA)
4 Emiliano Brembilla ITA 3:50.61
(1 h6)		 3:48.60
(4 FA)
5 Massi Rosolino ITA 3:51.93
(5 h4)		 3:48.89
(5 FA)
6 Ihor Snitko UKR 3:52.24
(7 h5)		 3:50.16
(6 FA)
7 Jörg Hoffmann GER 3:52.15
(6 h4)		 3:51.70
(7 FA)
8 Danyon Loader NZL 3:52.44
(8 h4)		 3:52.26
(8 FA)
9 Ryk Neethling RSA 3:53.75
(9 h6)		 3:50.95
(1 FB)
10 Luiz Lima BRA 3:55.81
(14 h6)		 3:52.97
(2 FB)
11 John Piersma USA 3:54.47
(10 h4)		 3:53.32
(3 FB)
12 Jacob Carstensen DEN 3:55.38
(12 h5)		 3:55.86
(4 FB)
13 Masato Hirano JPN 3:55.28
(11 h5)		 3:56.63
(5 FB)
14 Béla Szabados HUN 3:57.12
(15 h6)		 3:56.66
(6 FB)
15 Andrei Cecan MDA 3:57.32
(16 h3)		 3:56.68
(7 FB)
16 Tyler Painter USA 3:55.61
(13 h6)		 3:57.30
(8 FB)
17 Sergio Roure ESP 3:57.42
(17 h5)		 —
18 Frederik Hviid ESP 3:57.49
(18 h6)		 —
19 Aleksey Stepanov RUS 3:58.23
(19 h4)		 —
20 Torlarp Sethsothorn THA 3:58.71
(20 h4)		 —
21 Jure Bučar SLO 3:59.51
(21 h6)		 —
22 Mark Kwok HKG 4:00.94
(22 h3)		 —
23 Anders Jensen DEN 4:01.13
(23 h4)		 —
24 Dimitrios Manganas GRE 4:01.66
(24 h5)		 —
25 Scott Cameron NZL 4:01.82
(25 h3)		 —
26 Denys Zavhorodnyi UKR 4:03.65
(26 h4)		 —
27 Jin Hao CHN 4:04.07
(27 h5)		 —
28 Li Yun-Lin TPE 4:05.80
(28 h3)		 —
29 Tom Stoltz LUX 4:06.08
(29 h3)		 —
30 Ramón Valle HON 4:07.13
(30 h3)		 —
31 Alex Fong HKG 4:08.09
(31 h2)		 —
32 Sng Ju Wei SGP 4:09.03
(32 h3)		 —
33 Tseng Cheng-Hua TPE 4:09.07
(33 h3)		 —
34 Kurt Niehaus CRC 4:11.84
(34 h2)		 —
35 Diego Mularoni SMR 4:15.69
(35 h2)		 —
36 Pyotr Vasilyev UZB 4:16.28
(36 h2)		 —
37 Fadi Kouzmah SYR 4:25.05
(37 h2)		 —
38 Yann Rambert MRI 4:26.75
(38 h2)		 —
39 Michael Watson GUY 5:27.11
(39 h2)		 —
DNS Pedro BonnellyDNS DOM —
(DNS h1)		 —
DNS Sebastien PaddingtonDNS TTO —
(DNS h1)		 —

Preliminary Round

Heat 1

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
DNS Pedro BonnellyDNS DOM —
DNS Sebastien PaddingtonDNS TTO —

Heat 2

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
31 Alex Fong HKG 4:08.09
34 Kurt Niehaus CRC 4:11.84
35 Diego Mularoni SMR 4:15.69
36 Pyotr Vasilyev UZB 4:16.28
37 Fadi Kouzmah SYR 4:25.05
38 Yann Rambert MRI 4:26.75
39 Michael Watson GUY 5:27.11

Heat 3

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
16 Andrei Cecan MDA 3:57.32
22 Mark Kwok HKG 4:00.94
25 Scott Cameron NZL 4:01.82
28 Li Yun-Lin TPE 4:05.80
29 Tom Stoltz LUX 4:06.08
30 Ramón Valle HON 4:07.13
32 Sng Ju Wei SGP 4:09.03
33 Tseng Cheng-Hua TPE 4:09.07

Heat 4

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
5 Massi Rosolino ITA 3:51.93
6 Jörg Hoffmann GER 3:52.15
8 Danyon Loader NZL 3:52.44
10 John Piersma USA 3:54.47
19 Aleksey Stepanov RUS 3:58.23
20 Torlarp Sethsothorn THA 3:58.71
23 Anders Jensen DEN 4:01.13
26 Denys Zavhorodnyi UKR 4:03.65

Heat 5

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
3 Grant Hackett AUS 3:51.68
4 Paul Palmer GBR 3:51.71
7 Ihor Snitko UKR 3:52.24
11 Masato Hirano JPN 3:55.28
12 Jacob Carstensen DEN 3:55.38
17 Sergio Roure ESP 3:57.42
24 Dimitrios Manganas GRE 4:01.66
27 Jin Hao CHN 4:04.07

Heat 6

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Emiliano Brembilla ITA 3:50.61
2 Ian Thorpe AUS 3:51.42
9 Ryk Neethling RSA 3:53.75
13 Tyler Painter USA 3:55.61
14 Luiz Lima BRA 3:55.81
15 Béla Szabados HUN 3:57.12
18 Frederik Hviid ESP 3:57.49
21 Jure Bučar SLO 3:59.51

Final

Final A

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Ian Thorpe AUS 3:46.29
2 Grant Hackett AUS 3:46.44
3 Paul Palmer GBR 3:48.02
4 Emiliano Brembilla ITA 3:48.60
5 Massi Rosolino ITA 3:48.89
6 Ihor Snitko UKR 3:50.16
7 Jörg Hoffmann GER 3:51.70
8 Danyon Loader NZL 3:52.26

Final B

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Ryk Neethling RSA 3:50.95
2 Luiz Lima BRA 3:52.97
3 John Piersma USA 3:53.32
4 Jacob Carstensen DEN 3:55.86
5 Masato Hirano JPN 3:56.63
6 Béla Szabados HUN 3:56.66
7 Andrei Cecan MDA 3:56.68
8 Tyler Painter USA 3:57.30