The men's 400 metre individual medley event at the

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took place on 6 August at the

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Summary

London 2012 bronze medalist

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held off a late challenge from the U.S. swimmer

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down the final stretch to touch the wall first in a new Asian record of 4:06.05. Kalisz managed to secure his first Olympic career medal with a personal best of 4:06.75 for a silver. Meanwhile, Hagino's fellow countryman and 2015 world champion

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captured the bronze in 4:09.71, to give Japan two swimmers on the same Olympic podium for the first time in 60 years. Great Britain's

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finished off the podium with a fourth-place time in 4:11.62, edging out the American

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by six-hundredths of a second (4:11.68). Australian duo

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(4:11.90) and

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(4:15.48), as well as Spain's Joan Lluís Pons (4:16.58) closed out the field. Germany's

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, who established a new national record of 4:11.85 to finish among the top eight for the final, was disqualified for using two

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s in the breaststroke leg during the prelims. The medals for the competition were presented by

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, IOC member, and the gifts were presented by Dr. Julio Maglione, President of the

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Records

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

Competition format

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

Results

Heats

Final

References

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Men's events at the 2016 Summer Olympics