Swimming at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's 400 metre freestyle
The men's 400 metre freestyle event at the 1996 Summer Olympics took place on 23 July at the Georgia Tech Aquatic Center in Atlanta, United States.Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.Results
Heats
Rule: The eight fastest swimmers advance to final A, while the next eight to final B.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 4 | 6 | Emiliano Brembilla | | 3:49.35 | Q |
| 2 | 4 | 5 | Massimiliano Rosolino | | 3:51.05 | Q |
| 3 | 4 | 3 | Jörg Hoffmann | | 3:51.26 | Q |
| 4 | 5 | 5 | Danyon Loader | | 3:51.54 | Q |
| 5 | 3 | 4 | Daniel Kowalski | | 3:51.67 | Q |
| 6 | 5 | 3 | Paul Palmer | | 3:51.98 | Q |
| 7 | 3 | 5 | Anders Holmertz | | 3:52.27 | Q |
| 8 | 5 | 2 | Jacob Carstensen | | 3:52.62 | Q |
| 9 | 3 | 3 | Sebastian Wiese | | 3:53.55 | q |
| 10 | 4 | 4 | John Piersma | | 3:53.58 | q |
| 11 | 5 | 4 | Tom Dolan | | 3:53.91 | q, |
| 12 | 5 | 6 | Malcolm Allen | | 3:54.34 | q |
| 13 | 3 | 2 | Dimitrios Manganas | | 3:54.85 | q, NR |
| 14 | 4 | 7 | Yann de Fabrique | | 3:55.42 | q |
| 15 | 5 | 8 | Igor Snitko | | 3:55.67 | q, NR |
| 16 | 5 | 7 | Ryk Neethling | | 3:56.19 | q |
| 17 | 3 | 6 | Aleksey Akatyev | | 3:56.40 | q |
| 18 | 3 | 7 | Luiz Lima | | 3:56.43 | |
| 19 | 4 | 1 | Torlarp Sethsothorn | | 3:57.08 | NR |
| 20 | 3 | 1 | Jure Bučar | | 3:57.36 | |
| 21 | 2 | 1 | Alejandro Bermúdez | | 3:57.45 | NR |
| 22 | 2 | 4 | Miroslav Vučetić | | 3:59.20 | |
| 23 | 4 | 2 | Béla Szabados | | 3:59.36 | |
| 24 | 5 | 1 | Hisato Yasui | | 4:00.19 | |
| 25 | 2 | 7 | Ricardo Monasterio | | 4:00.44 | |
| 26 | 1 | 4 | Andrey Kvassov | | 4:00.69 | NR |
| 27 | 2 | 5 | Can Ergenekan | | 4:02.39 | |
| 28 | 1 | 5 | Agustín Fiorilli | | 4:02.53 | |
| 29 | 2 | 6 | Mark Kwok Kin Ming | | 4:02.68 | |
| 30 | 3 | 8 | Woo Chul | | 4:03.11 | |
| 31 | 2 | 2 | Andrei Zaharov | | 4:09.30 | |
| 32 | 4 | 8 | Hisham Al-Masri | | 4:10.23 | |
| 33 | 2 | 8 | Sng Ju Wei | | 4:12.24 | |
| 34 | 1 | 3 | Omar Dallal | | 4:41.12 | |
| 2 | 3 | Antti Kasvio | | | |
Finals
Final B
Final A
