Swimming at the 2001 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 400 metre freestyle
| Men's 400 metre freestyle at the 2001 FINA World Championships |
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| Dates | 22 July 2001 | |||||||||
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| Winning time | 3 minute 40.17 seconds WR | |||||||||
| Medalists | ||||||||||
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| 2001 FINA World Championships  Fukuoka, Japan |
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| Diving | ||
| Individual | ||
| 1 m | men | women |
| 3 m | men | women |
| 10 m | men | women |
| Synchronised | ||
| 3 m | men | women |
| 10 m | men | women |
| Open water swimming | ||
| 5 km | men | women |
| 10 km | men | women |
| 25 km | men | women |
| Swimming | ||
| Freestyle | ||
| 50 m | men | women |
| 100 m | men | women |
| 200 m | men | women |
| 400 m | men | 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 |
| 4×200 m | men | women |
| Medley relay | ||
| 4×100 m | men | women |
| Synchronised swimming | ||
| Solo | women | |
| Duet | women | |
| Team | women | |
| Water polo | ||
Main article: Swimming at the 2001 World Aquatics Championships
The men's 400 metre freestyle event at the 2001 World Aquatics Championships took place 22 July. Both the heats and final were held on 22 July.
Records
Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.
| Name | Nation | Time | Location | Date | |
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| World record | Ian Thorpe |  Australia |
3:40.59 | Sydney | September 16, 2000 |
| Championship record | Kieren Perkins | Australia |
3:43.80 | Rome | September 9, 1994 |
The following record was established during the competition:
| Date | Round | Name | Nation | Time | WR | CR |
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| July 22, 2001 | Final | Ian Thorpe | Australia |
3:40.17 | WR | CR |
Results
Heats
| Rank | Swimmer | Nation | Time | Notes |
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| 1 | Grant Hackett | Australia |
3:44.88 | Q |
| 2 | Ian Thorpe | Australia |
3:45.22 | Q |
| 3 | Emiliano Brembilla |  Italy |
3:46.45 | Q |
| 4 | Massimiliano Rosolino | Italy |
3:47.92 | Q |
| 5 | Chad Carvin |  United States |
3:49.93 | Q |
| 6 | Shunichi Fujita | Japan |
3:50.36 | Q |
| 7 | Spyridon Gianniotis |  Greece |
3:50.98 | Q |
| 8 | Dragoș Coman |  Romania |
3:50.99 | Q |
| 9 | Athanasios Oikonomou | Greece |
3:51.64 | |
| 10 | Jacob Carstensen |  Denmark |
3:52.23 | |
| 11 | Rick Say |  Canada |
3:52.55 | |
| 12 | James Salter |  United Kingdom |
3:52.72 | |
| 13 | Alexey Filipets |  Russia |
3:52.88 | |
| 14 | Heiko Hell |  Germany |
3:54.06 | |
| 15 | Edward Sinclair | United Kingdom |
3:54.52 | |
| 16 | Robert Margalis | United States |
3:54.65 |
Final
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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Ian Thorpe | Australia |
3:40.17 | WR |
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Grant Hackett | Australia |
3:42.51 | |
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Emiliano Brembilla | Italy |
3:45.11 | |
| 4 | Massimiliano Rosolino | Italy |
3:45.41 | |
| 5 | Chad Carvin | United States |
3:50.11 | |
| 6 | Dragoș Coman | Romania |
3:50.13 | |
| 7 | Spyridon Gianniotis | Greece |
3:52.09 | |
| 8 | Shunichi Fujita | Japan |
3:52.11 |
Key: WR = World record
