Swimming at the 2020 European Aquatics Championships – Men's 400 metre freestyle

Men's 400 metre freestyle at the 2020 European Aquatics Championships
Venue	Danube Arena
Dates	17 May 2021
Competitors	49 from 29 nations
Winning time	3:44.18
Medalists
Martin Malyutin    Russia   Felix Auböck    Austria   Danas Rapšys    Lithuania

2020 European Aquatics Championships
Swimming
Freestyle
50 m	men	women
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
400 m		women
800 m	men	women
1500 m	men	women
Backstroke
50 m	men	women
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
Breaststroke
50 m	men	women
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
Butterfly
50 m	men	women
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
Individual medley
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
Freestyle relay
4 × 100 m	men	women
	mixed
4 × 200 m	men	women
	mixed
Medley relay
4 × 100 m	men	women
	mixed
Diving
Individual
1 m	men	women
3 m	men	women
10 m	men	women
Synchronised
3 m	men	women
	mixed
10 m	men	women
	mixed
Team
	Mixed team
Artistic swimming
Solo	Free	Technical
Duet	Free	Technical
Mixed	Free	Technical
Team	Free	Technical
	Combination
	Highlights
Open water swimming
5 km	men	women
10 km	men	women
25 km	men	women
Team	team

The Men's 400 metre freestyle competition of the 2020 European Aquatics Championships was held on 17 May 2021.^[1][2]

Before the competition, the existing world, European and championship records were as follows.

	Name	Nationality	Time	Location	Date
World record European record	Paul Biedermann	Germany	3:40.07	Rome	26 July 2009
Championship record	Gabriele Detti	Italy	3:44.01	London	16 May 2016

The heats were started at 10:14.^[3]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	4	7	Antonio Djakovic	Switzerland	3:47.23	Q
2	4	2	Henrik Christiansen	Norway	3:47.51	Q
3	5	4	Gabriele Detti	Italy	3:47.56	Q
4	5	5	Felix Auböck	Austria	3:47.61	Q
5	4	5	Marco De Tullio	Italy	3:47.81	Q
6	4	3	Martin Malyutin	Russia	3:47.95	Q
7	4	4	Danas Rapšys	Lithuania	3:48.05	Q
8	3	1	Kregor Zirk	Estonia	3:48.39	Q, NR
9	3	8	Max Litchfield	Great Britain	3:48.41
10	5	7	Matteo Ciampi	Italy	3:48.57
11	4	8	Konstantinos Englezakis	Greece	3:48.59	NR
12	4	6	Gábor Zombori	Hungary	3:48.88
13	2	5	Dimitrios Markos	Greece	3:49.22
14	5	2	Aleksandr Egorov	Russia	3:49.42
15	2	3	Mikkel Gadgaard	Denmark	3:49.93
16	4	0	Balázs Holló	Hungary	3:50.06
17	5	1	Joris Bouchaut	France	3:50.48
18	3	7	Yiğit Aslan	Turkey	3:50.59
19	5	3	Alexander Krasnykh	Russia	3:50.77
20	4	1	Kristóf Milák	Hungary	3:51.59
21	3	5	Yordan Yanchev	Bulgaria	3:51.79
22	3	9	Martin Bau	Slovenia	3:51.89
23	2	6	Christoffer Andersen	Denmark	3:52.29
24	3	6	Luc Kroon	Netherlands	3:52.93
25	5	6	Kieran Bird	Great Britain	3:53.97
26	4	9	Ákos Kalmár	Hungary	3:54.18
27	3	3	Robin Hanson	Sweden	3:54.48
28	5	8	Miguel Durán	Spain	3:54.72
29	5	9	Bar Soloveychik	Israel	3:55.18
30	1	3	Ilya Borodin	Russia	3:55.46
31	1	4	Oskar Lindholm	Denmark	3:55.89
32	1	5	Ondřej Gemov	Czech Republic	3:56.37
33	2	4	Arthur Ellegaard	Denmark	3:56.82
34	3	4	Jan Micka	Czech Republic	3:57.62
35	3	2	Efe Turan	Turkey	3:58.13
36	2	0	Jakub Štemberk	Czech Republic	3:58.38
37	2	2	Baturalp Ünlü	Turkey	3:58.57
38	1	6	Jakub Poliačik	Slovakia	4:01.56
39	2	8	Mert Kılavuz	Turkey	4:01.97
40	2	7	Daniel Namir	Israel	4:02.39
41	1	2	Arti Krasniqi	Kosovo	4:03.39
42	5	0	Marin Mogić	Croatia	4:03.67
43	1	8	Loris Bianchi	San Marino	4:03.69
44	2	9	Pit Brandenburger	Luxembourg	4:03.71
45	2	1	Jon Jøntvedt	Norway	4:03.92
46	1	0	Filip Derkoski	North Macedonia	4:04.10
47	1	7	Dylan Cachia	Malta	4:06.91
48	1	1	Franc Aleksi	Albania	4:11.45
49	1	9	Théo Druenne	Monaco	4:15.17
	3	0	Franko Grgić	Croatia	Did not start

The final was held at 18:09.^[4]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	7	Martin Malyutin	Russia	3:44.18
	6	Felix Auböck	Austria	3:44.63
	1	Danas Rapšys	Lithuania	3:45.39
4	3	Gabriele Detti	Italy	3:46.07
5	2	Marco De Tullio	Italy	3:46.36
6	4	Antonio Djakovic	Switzerland	3:46.54
7	5	Henrik Christiansen	Norway	3:46.87
8	8	Kregor Zirk	Estonia	3:48.35	NR