Competitors 36 from 26 nations Start date 2004 | Winning time 4:08.26 WR | |
Venue Athens Olympic Aquatic Centre Location Athens Olympic Aquatic Centre, Marousi, Greece | ||
The men's 400 metre individual medley event at the 2004 Olympic Games was contested at the Olympic Aquatic Centre of the Athens Olympic Sports Complex in Athens, Greece on August 14.
U.S. swimmer Michael Phelps broke a new world record of 4:08.26 to claim his first ever Olympic gold medal. Phelps' teammate Erik Vendt added a second silver to the one he earned behind Tom Dolan in Sydney four years earlier, finishing with a time of 4:11.81. Hungary's László Cseh, silver medalist at the 2003 FINA World Championships, held on for bronze in 4:12.15.
Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.
The following new world and Olympic records were set during this competition.
References
Swimming at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's 400 metre individual medley Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA