# 2014 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Men's 400 metre freestyle

The Men's 400 metre freestyle competition of the 2014 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) was held on 5 December with the heats and the semifinals and 6 December with the final.

## Records

Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.
| | Name | Nation | Time | Location | Date |
| World record | Yannick Agnel | France | 3:32.25 | Angers | 15 November 2012 |
| Championship record | Grant Hackett | Australia | 3:35.01 | Hong Kong | 1 April 1999 |
The following records were established during the competition:
| Date | Event | Name | Nation | Time | Record |
| 5 December | Final | Péter Bernek | Hungary | 3:34.32 | CR |

## Results
### Heats

The Heats were held at 11:13.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 8 | 5 | Péter Bernek | Hungary | 3:37.34 | Q |
| 2 | 7 | 3 | Ryan Cochrane | Canada | 3:39.55 | Q |
| 3 | 8 | 6 | James Guy | Great Britain | 3:39.58 | Q |
| 4 | 8 | 4 | Jordan Harrison | Australia | 3:39.67 | Q |
| 5 | 8 | 3 | Daniel Smith | Australia | 3:40.12 | Q |
| 6 | 9 | 1 | Mads Glæsner | Denmark | 3:40.28 | Q |
| 7 | 9 | 4 | Velimir Stjepanović | Serbia | 3:40.30 | Q |
| 8 | 9 | 9 | Oussama Mellouli | Tunisia | 3:40.51 | Q |
| 9 | 9 | 6 | Andrea Mitchell D'Arrigo | Italy | 3:40.60 | |
| 10 | 9 | 2 | Michael McBroom | United States | 3:40.73 | |
| 11 | 9 | 3 | Myles Brown | South Africa | 3:41.09 | |
| 12 | 5 | 8 | Cristian Quintero | Venezuela | 3:41.67 | SA |
| 13 | 9 | 5 | Clemens Rapp | Germany | 3:41.90 | |
| 14 | 8 | 2 | Matt McLean | United States | 3:41.92 | |
| 15 | 9 | 8 | Anders Lie | Denmark | 3:41.95 | |
| 16 | 8 | 7 | Gabriele Detti | Italy | 3:42.15 | |
| 17 | 7 | 9 | Pál Joensen | Faroe Islands | 3:42.31 |
| 18 | 6 | 4 | Henrik Christiansen | Norway | 3:42.75 | |
| 19 | 8 | 8 | Florian Vogel | Germany | 3:42.76 | |
| 20 | 6 | 3 | Jan Micka | Czech Republic | 3:43.50 | |
| 21 | 7 | 7 | Richárd Nagy | Slovakia | 3:43.51 | |
| 22 | 9 | 0 | Yuki Kobori | Japan | 3:43.81 | |
| 23 | 7 | 4 | David Brandl | Austria | 3:44.07 | |
| 24 | 7 | 0 | Martin Bau | Slovenia | 3:44.21 | |
| 25 | 9 | 7 | Ahmed Mathlouthi | Tunisia | 3:44.48 | |
| 26 | 6 | 7 | Tsubasa Amai | Japan | 3:44.92 | |
| 27 | 6 | 2 | Felix Auböck | Austria | 3:44.93 | |
| 28 | 7 | 1 | Gergely Gyurta | Hungary | 3:45.07 | |
| 29 | 8 | 0 | Filip Zaborowski | Poland | 3:45.09 | |
| 30 | 7 | 8 | Vuk Čelić | Serbia | 3:45.52 | |
| 31 | 6 | 0 | Qiu Ziao | China | 3:45.54 | |
| 32 | 6 | 1 | Nezır Karap | Turkey | 3:45.66 | |
| 33 | 7 | 5 | Serhiy Frolov | Ukraine | 3:45.94 | |
| 34 | 7 | 6 | Nathan Capp | New Zealand | 3:46.19 | |
| 35 | 4 | 4 | Gabriel Ogawa | Brazil | 3:46.94 | |
| 36 | 8 | 1 | Aleksandr Krasnykh | Russia | 3:47.53 | |
| 37 | 5 | 6 | Martín Naidich | Argentina | 3:47.63 | |
| 38 | 5 | 1 | Jiang Yuhui | China | 3:47.92 | |
| 39 | 6 | 9 | Andrés Olvera | Mexico | 3:48.19 | |
| 40 | 5 | 9 | Calvyn Justus | South Africa | 3:48.73 | |
| 41 | 5 | 7 | Ensar Hajder | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 3:49.08 | |
| 42 | 6 | 6 | Glenn Surgeloose | Belgium | 3:49.45 | |
| 43 | 5 | 5 | Esteban Enderica | Ecuador | 3:50.21 | |
| 44 | 6 | 8 | Povilas Strazdas | Lithuania | 3:50.25 | |
| 45 | 5 | 4 | Irakli Revishvili | Georgia | 3:50.83 | |
| 46 | 4 | 5 | Pedro Pinotes | Angola | 3:50.98 | |
| 47 | 5 | 0 | Sven Saemundsson | Croatia | 3:51.41 | |
| 48 | 5 | 3 | Jan Kutnik | Czech Republic | 3:51.84 | |
| 49 | 4 | 9 | Fahad Al-Khaldi | Philippines | 3:52.02 | |
| 50 | 4 | 6 | Oli Mortensen | Faroe Islands | 3:52.16 | |
| 51 | 7 | 2 | Marcelo Acosta | El Salvador | 3:53.11 | |
| 52 | 5 | 2 | Kristofer Sigurðsson | Iceland | 3:53.43 | |
| 53 | 4 | 3 | Daniel Pálsson | Iceland | 3:57.25 | |
| 54 | 4 | 0 | Khader Baqlah | Jordan | 3:57.71 | |
| 55 | 3 | 5 | Cho Cheng-chi | Chinese Taipei | 3:58.61 | |
| 56 | 4 | 8 | Khurshidjon Tursunov | Uzbekistan | 3:58.73 | |
| 57 | 4 | 2 | Imadeddine Tchouar | Algeria | 4:00.04 | |
| 58 | 3 | 1 | Pol Arias | Andorra | 4:00.70 | |
| 59 | 4 | 7 | Jésus Monge | Peru | 4:00.75 | |
| 60 | 3 | 3 | Mark Burnley | Curaçao | 4:01.12 | |
| 61 | 3 | 0 | Eric Culver | Puerto Rico | 4:01.31 | |
| 62 | 2 | 6 | Jean Monteagudo | Peru | 4:01.62 | |
| 63 | 3 | 8 | Patrick Groters | Aruba | 4:01.12 | |
| 64 | 4 | 1 | Geoffrey Butler | Cayman Islands | 4:03.48 | |
| 65 | 2 | 4 | Axel Ngui | Philippines | 4:03.95 | |
| 66 | 3 | 2 | Mathieu Marquet | Mauritius | 4:04.95 | |
| 67 | 3 | 6 | Noah Mascoll-Gomes | Antigua and Barbuda | 4:05.32 | |
| 68 | 3 | 4 | Klavio Meça | Albania | 4:07.24 | |
| 69 | 3 | 7 | Sanu Debnath | India | 4:07.77 | |
| 70 | 2 | 5 | Said Saber | Morocco | 4:08.06 | |
| 71 | 2 | 3 | Alex Sobers | Barbados | 4:08.54 | |
| 72 | 3 | 9 | Yousef Al-Lowghani | Kuwait | 4:09.15 | |
| 73 | 2 | 1 | Arian Oliaei | Iran | 4:12.46 | |
| 74 | 2 | 7 | Franci Aleksi | Albania | 4:12.85 | |
| 75 | 2 | 8 | Karl Pardo | Gibraltar | 4:14.40 | |
| 76 | 2 | 0 | Brandon Schuster | Samoa | 4:20.35 | |
| 77 | 2 | 2 | Guillermo López | Nicaragua | 4:20.41 | |
| 78 | 1 | 3 | Sheldon Plummer | Papua New Guinea | 4:30.83 | |
| 79 | 1 | 4 | Tommy Imazu | Guam | 4:31.03 | |
| 80 | 1 | 5 | Htut Ahnt Khaung | Myanmar | 4:36.38 | |
| — | 6 | 5 | Clément Mignon | France | | DNS |
| — | 8 | 9 | Mikhail Polischuk | Russia | | DNS |

### Final

The final was held at 18:55.
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | 4 | Péter Bernek | Hungary | 3:34.32 | CR |
| | 3 | James Guy | Great Britain | 3:36.35 | |
| | 1 | Velimir Stjepanović | Serbia | 3:38.17 | |
| 4 | 8 | Oussama Mellouli | Tunisia | 3:39.05 | |
| 5 | 6 | Jordan Harrison | Australia | 3:39.11 | |
| 6 | 5 | Ryan Cochrane | Canada | 3:39.29 | |
| 7 | 7 | Mads Glæsner | Denmark | 3:39.55 | |
| 8 | 2 | Daniel Smith | Australia | 3:39.63 | |