title: Swimming at the 2018 European Aquatics Championships – Men's 400 metre freestyle
text: # Swimming at the 2018 European Aquatics Championships – Men's 400 metre freestyle
  
  The Men's 400 metre freestyle competition of the 2018 European Aquatics Championships was held on 3 August 2018.
  
  ## Records
  
  Before the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.
  
  | | Name | Nation | Time | Location | Date |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | World record European record | Paul Biedermann | Germany | 3:40.07 | Rome | 26 July 2009 |
  | Championship record | Gabriele Detti | Italy | 3:44.01 | London | 16 May 2016 |
  
  ## Results
  
  ### Heats
  
  The heats were started at 09:50.
  
  | Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | 3 | 4 | Mykhailo Romanchuk | Ukraine | 3:46.95 | Q |
  | 2 | 3 | 2 | Poul Zellmann | Germany | 3:47.14 | Q |
  | 3 | 3 | 3 | Henning Mühlleitner | Germany | 3:47.29 | Q |
  | 4 | 4 | 4 | Felix Auböck | Austria | 3:48.01 | Q |
  | 5 | 4 | 2 | Victor Johansson | Sweden | 3:48.05 | Q |
  | 6 | 4 | 3 | Henrik Christiansen | Norway | 3:48.14 | Q |
  | 7 | 3 | 8 | Jan Micka | Czech Republic | 3:49.17 | Q |
  | 8 | 3 | 5 | Wojciech Wojdak | Poland | 3:49.67 | Q |
  | 9 | 3 | 6 | Filip Zaborowski | Poland | 3:49.72 | |
  | 10 | 4 | 8 | David Aubry | France | 3:49.87 | |
  | 11 | 4 | 5 | Domenico Acerenza | Italy | 3:50.00 | |
  | 12 | 3 | 1 | Stephen Milne | Great Britain | 3:50.05 | |
  | 13 | 4 | 7 | Jay Lelliott | Great Britain | 3:50.21 | |
  | 14 | 3 | 9 | Marin Mogić | Croatia | 3:50.48 | |
  | 15 | 4 | 1 | Martin Malyutin | Russia | 3:50.94 | |
  | 16 | 2 | 8 | Robin Hanson | Sweden | 3:51.33 | |
  | 17 | 3 | 0 | Balázs Holló | Hungary | 3:51.56 | |
  | 18 | 2 | 4 | Richard Nagy | Slovakia | 3:51.86 | |
  | 19 | 2 | 0 | Miguel Nascimento | Portugal | 3:51.89 | |
  | 20 | 4 | 9 | Adam Paulsson | Sweden | 3:51.98 | |
  | 21 | 4 | 0 | Roman Fuchs | France | 3:52.77 | |
  | 22 | 4 | 6 | Viacheslav Andrusenko | Russia | 3:53.02 | |
  | 23 | 2 | 5 | Denis Loktev | Israel | 3:53.04 | |
  | 24 | 2 | 2 | Bogdan-Andrei Scarlat | Romania | 3:53.80 | |
  | 25 | 2 | 9 | Ergecan Gezmiş | Turkey | 3:53.52 | |
  | 26 | 2 | 3 | Ilya Druzhinin | Russia | 3:54.40 | |
  | 27 | 2 | 1 | László Cseh | Hungary | 3:55.49 | |
  | 28 | 1 | 6 | Batuhan Hakan | Turkey | 3:56.81 | |
  | 29 | 2 | 6 | Yonatan Batsha | Israel | 3:57.07 | |
  | 30 | 1 | 4 | Daniel Namir | Israel | 3:57.37 | |
  | 31 | 2 | 7 | Andreas Georgakopoulos | Greece | 4:00.36 | |
  | 32 | 1 | 5 | Irakli Revishvili | Georgia | 4:00.95 | |
  | 33 | 1 | 3 | Alvi Hjelm | Faroe Islands | 4:02.29 | |
  | 34 | 1 | 2 | Frenc Berdaku | Albania | 4:09.78 | |
  | 35 | 1 | 7 | Spiro Goga | Albania | 4:13.88 | |
  | — | 3 | 7 | Daniel Jervis | Great Britain | Did not start | Did not start |
  
  ### Final
  
  The final was held at 17:09.
  
  | Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | 4 | Mykhailo Romanchuk | Ukraine | 3:45.18 |
  | | 7 | Henrik Christiansen | Norway | 3:47.07 |
  | | 3 | Henning Mühlleitner | Germany | 3:47.18 |
  | 4 | 6 | Felix Auböck | Austria | 3:47.24 |
  | 5 | 2 | Victor Johansson | Sweden | 3:47.74 |
  | 6 | 1 | Jan Micka | Czech Republic | 3:48.46 |
  | 7 | 5 | Poul Zellmann | Germany | 3:48.97 |
  | 8 | 8 | Wojciech Wojdak | Poland | 3:49.08 |
  