Swimming at the 2018 Mediterranean Games – Men's 400 metre individual medley

The men's 400 metre individual medley competition at the 2018 Mediterranean Games was held on 24 June 2018 at the Campclar Aquatic Center.[1]

Men's 400 metre individual medley at the 2018 Mediterranean Games
Venue	Campclar Aquatic Center
Location	Tarragona, Spain
Dates	24 June
Competitors	12 from 7 nations
Winning time	4:16.37
Medalists
Federico Turrini    Italy   Joan Lluís Pons    Spain   João Vital    Portugal

Records

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

World record	Michael Phelps (USA)	4:03.84	Beijing, China	10 August 2008
Mediterranean Games record	Oussama Mellouli (TUN)	4:10.53	Pescara, Italy	29 June 2009

Results

Heats

The heats were held at 09:30.

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	4	Joan Lluís Pons	Spain	4:21.32	Q
2	1	5	João Vital	Portugal	4:21.59	Q
3	2	4	Federico Turrini	Italy	4:23.83	Q
4	2	5	Pier Andrea Matteazzi	Italy	4:24.30	Q
5	2	3	Samy Helmbacher	France	4:27.92	Q
6	2	2	Samet Alkan	Turkey	4:28.54	Q
7	2	3	Tomás Veloso	Portugal	4:28.97	Q
8	1	6	Guillaume Laure	France	4:29.76	Q
9	1	2	Alpkan Örnek	Turkey	4:29.78
10	2	7	Ramzi Chouchar	Algeria	4:31.02
11	1	7	Mohamed Masmoudi	Tunisia	4:31.23
	1	3	Francisco Javier Chacón	Spain	DSQ

Final

The final was held at 17:30.[2]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	3	Federico Turrini	Italy	4:16.37
	4	Joan Lluís Pons	Spain	4:17.97
	5	João Vital	Portugal	4:18.76
4	6	Pier Andrea Matteazzi	Italy	4:20.01
5	2	Samy Helmbacher	France	4:25.96
6	7	Samet Alkan	Turkey	4:26.86
7	8	Guillaume Laure	France	4:27.26
8	1	Tomás Veloso	Portugal	4:30.85

References

1. "2018 Mediterranean Games – Swimming schedule" (PDF). tarragona2018.cat. Retrieved 23 June 2018.
2. Final results