Swimming at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's 400 metre individual medley
The men's 400 metre individual medley event at the 1996 Summer Olympics took place on 21 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 | 2 | 4 | Eric Namesnik | | 4:16.21 | Q |
| 2 | 4 | 6 | Marcel Wouda | | 4:17.30 | Q, NR |
| 3 | 4 | 4 | Tom Dolan | | 4:17.66 | Q |
| 4 | 4 | 3 | Marcin Maliński | | 4:18.34 | Q, NR |
| 5 | 4 | 5 | Curtis Myden | | 4:18.43 | Q |
| 6 | 3 | 5 | Matthew Dunn | | 4:19.51 | Q |
| 7 | 2 | 5 | Luca Sacchi | | 4:19.63 | Q |
| 8 | 2 | 6 | Serghei Mariniuc | | 4:20.24 | Q |
| 9 | 3 | 4 | Jani Sievinen | | 4:23.13 | q, |
| 10 | 2 | 2 | Frederik Hviid | | 4:23.67 | q |
| 11 | 3 | 3 | Trent Steed | | 4:24.39 | q |
| 12 | 2 | 3 | Toshiaki Kurasawa | | 4:24.83 | q |
| 13 | 4 | 7 | Josef Horký | | 4:26.58 | q, NR |
| 14 | 3 | 2 | Tatsuya Kinugasa | | 4:26.73 | q |
| 15 | 4 | 1 | Ratapong Sirisanont | | 4:26.99 | q, NR |
| 16 | 3 | 6 | István Batházi | | 4:27.37 | q |
| 17 | 2 | 1 | Alejandro Bermúdez | | 4:27.97 | q, NR |
| 18 | 3 | 7 | Valērijs Kalmikovs | | 4:28.04 | |
| 19 | 4 | 2 | Gergő Kiss | | 4:28.05 | |
| 20 | 2 | 8 | Mark Kwok Kin Ming | | 4:31.13 | |
| 21 | 4 | 8 | Kim Bang-hyun | | 4:31.16 | |
| 22 | 1 | 5 | Walter Soza | | 4:32.11 | NR |
| 23 | 2 | 7 | Krešimir Čač | | 4:34.02 | |
| 24 | 3 | 1 | Aleksandar Malenko | | 4:34.06 | |
| 25 | 1 | 3 | Arsenio López | | 4:34.81 | |
| 26 | 3 | 8 | Desmond Koh | | 4:36.87 | |
| 27 | 1 | 4 | Wan Azlan Abdullah | | 4:38.95 | |
Finals
Final B
Final A
