title: Swimming at the 2018 European Aquatics Championships – Men's 400 metre individual medley
text: # Swimming at the 2018 European Aquatics Championships – Men's 400 metre individual medley
  
  The Men's 400 metre individual medley competition of the 2018 European Aquatics Championships was held on 9 August 2018.
  
  ## Records
  
  Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.
  
  | | Name | Nation | Time | Location | Date |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | World record | Michael Phelps | United States | 4:03.84 | Beijing | 10 August 2008 |
  | European record | László Cseh | Hungary | 4:06.16 | Beijing | 10 August 2008 |
  | Championship record | László Cseh | Hungary | 4:09.59 | Eindhoven | 24 March 2008 |
  
  ## Results
  
  ### Heats
  
  The heats were started at 09:00.
  
  | Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | 4 | 4 | Dávid Verrasztó | Hungary | 4:14.18 | Q |
  | 2 | 3 | 4 | Max Litchfield | Great Britain | 4:14.91 | Q |
  | 3 | 2 | 5 | Maksym Shemberev | Azerbaijan | 4:15.33 | Q |
  | 4 | 2 | 4 | João Vital | Portugal | 4:15.87 | Q |
  | 5 | 3 | 2 | Johannes Hintze | Germany | 4:16.18 | Q |
  | 6 | 4 | 3 | Joan Lluís Pons | Spain | 4:17.01 | Q |
  | 7 | 4 | 1 | Maxim Stupin | Russia | 4:17.60 | Q |
  | 8 | 3 | 6 | Jacob Heidtmann | Germany | 4:17.77 | Q |
  | 9 | 4 | 2 | Richard Nagy | Slovakia | 4:18.58 | |
  | 10 | 3 | 3 | Gergely Gyurta | Hungary | 4:18.64 | |
  | 11 | 3 | 5 | Mark Szaranek | Great Britain | 4:19.34 | |
  | 12 | 4 | 7 | Federico Turrini | Italy | 4:19.74 | |
  | 13 | 4 | 9 | Anton Ipsen | Denmark | 4:19.89 | |
  | 14 | 3 | 9 | Arjan Knipping | Netherlands | 4:19.91 | |
  | 15 | 4 | 0 | Thomas Dean | Great Britain | 4:20.32 | |
  | 16 | 4 | 8 | Apostolos Papastamos | Greece | 4:20.43 | |
  | 17 | 4 | 5 | Jérémy Desplanches | Switzerland | 4:20.89 | |
  | 18 | 3 | 0 | Adam Paulsson | Sweden | 4:21.34 | |
  | 19 | 2 | 9 | Gabriel Lópes | Portugal | 4:21.57 | |
  | 20 | 2 | 2 | Christoph Meier | Liechtenstein | 4:21.69 | |
  | 21 | 4 | 6 | Patrick Staber | Austria | 4:22.48 | |
  | 22 | 2 | 7 | Tomás Veloso | Portugal | 4:22.57 | |
  | 23 | 3 | 8 | Dawid Szwedzki | Poland | 4:23.69 | |
  | 24 | 2 | 6 | Etay Gurevich | Israel | 4:25.31 | |
  | 25 | 2 | 1 | Semen Makovich | Russia | 4:25.88 | |
  | 26 | 2 | 8 | Samet Alkan | Turkey | 4:27.57 | |
  | 27 | 1 | 4 | Alpkan Örnek | Turkey | 4:27.71 | |
  | 28 | 2 | 0 | Filip Chrápavý | Czech Republic | 4:29.48 | |
  | 29 | 1 | 5 | Alvi Hjelm | Faroe Islands | 4:30.47 | |
  | 30 | 1 | 2 | Thomas Wareing | Malta | 4:44.13 | |
  | | 1 | 3 | Batuhan Hakan | Turkey | Did not start | Did not start |
  | | 1 | 6 | Armin Lelle | Estonia | Did not start | Did not start |
  | | 1 | 7 | Metin Aydın | Turkey | Did not start | Did not start |
  | | 2 | 3 | Brodie Williams | Great Britain | Did not start | Did not start |
  | | 3 | 1 | Alexis Santos | Portugal | Did not start | Did not start |
  | | 3 | 7 | Balázs Holló | Hungary | Did not start | Did not start |
  
  ### Final
  
  The final was started at 17:27.
  
  | Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | 4 | Dávid Verrasztó | Hungary | 4:10.65 |
  | | 5 | Max Litchfield | Great Britain | 4:11.00 |
  | | 7 | Joan Lluís Pons | Spain | 4:14.26 |
  | 4 | 2 | Johannes Hintze | Germany | 4:14.73 |
  | 5 | 3 | Maksym Shemberev | Azerbaijan | 4:14.77 |
  | 6 | 8 | Jacob Heidtmann | Germany | 4:16.29 |
  | 7 | 1 | Maxim Stupin | Russia | 4:18.41 |
  | 8 | 6 | João Vital | Portugal | 4:19.79 |
  