Swimming at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's 400 metre freestyle
Final
There was a slow start in the final, with Thorpe reaching the 100 m mark one second outside world record pace with a narrow lead.

Swimming at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's 400 metre freestyle

Section Title: Final
Table Section Text: There was a slow start in the final, with Thorpe reaching the 100 m mark one second outside world record pace with a narrow lead.

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes

5	Ian Thorpe	Australia	3:43.10

4	Grant Hackett	Australia	3:43.36

2	Klete Keller	United States	3:44.11	AM

4	3	Larsen Jensen	United States	3:46.08

5	6	Massimiliano Rosolino	Italy	3:46.25

6	7	Yuri Prilukov	Russia	3:46.69

7	1	Spyridon Gianniotis	Greece	3:48.77

8	8	Takeshi Matsuda	Japan	3:48.96	AS

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In Swimming at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's 400 metre freestyle, Australia's Ian Thorpe edged out his teammate Grant Hackett and won the Olympic title in 3:43.10.

final_sentence: In Swimming at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's 400 metre freestyle, Australia's Ian Thorpe edged out his teammate Grant Hackett and won the Olympic title in 3:43.10.