# Swimming at the 2016 European Aquatics Championships – Men's 400 metre individual medley

The Men's 400 metre individual medley competition of the 2016 European Aquatics Championships was held on 22 May 2016.

## Records

Prior to the competition, the existing world, European and championship records were as follows.
| | Name | Nation | Time | Location | Date |
| World record | Michael Phelps | United States | 4:03.84 | Beijing | 10 August 2008 |
| European record | László Cseh | Hungary | 4:06.16 | Beijing | 10 August 2008 |
| Championship record | László Cseh | Hungary | 4:09.59 | Eindhoven | 24 March 2008 |

## Results
### Heats

The heats were held at 09:29.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 5 | 4 | Dávid Verrasztó | Hungary | 4:14.49 | Q |
| 2 | 5 | 5 | Max Litchfield | Great Britain | 4:15.06 | Q |
| 3 | 4 | 2 | Richárd Nagy | Slovakia | 4:15.79 | Q |
| 4 | 4 | 4 | Federico Turrini | Italy | 4:17.13 | Q |
| 5 | 5 | 1 | Gal Nevo | Israel | 4:17.20 | Q |
| 6 | 4 | 3 | Gergely Gyurta | Hungary | 4:17.76 | Q |
| 7 | 5 | 6 | Benjámin Grátz | Hungary | 4:18.49 | |
| 8 | 5 | 2 | Alexander Osipenko | Russia | 4:18.88 | Q |
| 9 | 4 | 8 | Semen Makovich | Russia | 4:19.39 | Q |
| 10 | 4 | 1 | Alexis Santos | Portugal | 4:19.82 | |
| 11 | 4 | 7 | Kevin Wedel | Germany | 4:19.83 | |
| 12 | 4 | 0 | Pavel Janeček | Czech Republic | 4:20.52 | |
| 13 | 5 | 7 | Marc Sanchez Torrens | Spain | 4:20.87 | |
| 14 | 5 | 3 | Luca Marin | Italy | 4:20.99 | |
| 15 | 5 | 8 | Etay Gurevich | Israel | 4:21.08 | |
| 16 | 3 | 2 | Maksym Shemberev | Azerbaijan | 4:21.54 | |
| 17 | 5 | 0 | Jérémy Desplanches | Switzerland | 4:21.82 | |
| 18 | 3 | 9 | Christoph Meier | Liechtenstein | 4:21.87 | |
| 19 | 3 | 6 | Adam Paulsson | Sweden | 4:23.01 | |
| 20 | 4 | 6 | Joan Lluís Pons | Spain | 4:23.33 | |
| 21 | 4 | 5 | Daniel Wallace | Great Britain | 4:23.37 | |
| 22 | 3 | 5 | Ioannis Drymonakos | Greece | 4:23.68 | |
| 23 | 2 | 5 | Patrick Stäber | Austria | 4:23.94 | |
| 24 | 3 | 1 | Alpkan Örnek | Turkey | 4:24.61 | |
| 25 | 1 | 3 | Andrey Zhilkin | Russia | 4:25.41 | |
| 26 | 4 | 9 | Raphaël Stacchiotti | Luxembourg | 4:25.68 | |
| 27 | 2 | 6 | Ganesh Pedurand | France | 4:25.78 | |
| 28 | 3 | 0 | Sebastian Steffan | Austria | 4:26.28 | |
| 29 | 3 | 7 | Mykhailo Romanchuk | Ukraine | 4:27.08 | |
| 30 | 2 | 3 | Tomas Veloso | Portugal | 4:27.25 | |
| 31 | 3 | 3 | Nicolas D'Oriano | France | 4:27.54 | |
| 31 | 3 | 8 | Kristian Kron | Sweden | 4:28.02 | |
| 32 | 2 | 4 | Osvald Nitski | Estonia | 4:28.58 | |
| 33 | 2 | 2 | Nikola Dimitrov | Bulgaria | 4:29.05 | |
| 34 | 2 | 7 | Pavol Jelenák | Slovakia | 4:29.17 | |
| 35 | 2 | 9 | Illya Teslenko | Ukraine | 4:29.76 | |
| 36 | 2 | 8 | Tim Slanschek | Switzerland | 4:31.89 | |
| 37 | 2 | 1 | Luca Pfyffer | Switzerland | 4:33.07 | |
| 38 | 1 | 5 | Silver Hein | Estonia | 4:33.31 | |
| 39 | 2 | 0 | Alvi Hjelm | Faroe Islands | 4:42.81 | |
| | 3 | 4 | Jakub Maly | Austria | DSQ | DSQ |
| | 1 | 4 | Martin Liivamägi | Estonia | DNS | DNS |
| | 5 | 9 | Diogo Carvalho | Portugal | DNS | DNS |

### Final

The final was held at 16:40.
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | 4 | Dávid Verrasztó | Hungary | 4:13.15 |
| | 3 | Richárd Nagy | Slovakia | 4:14.16 |
| | 6 | Federico Turrini | Italy | 4:14.74 |
| 4 | 7 | Gergely Gyurta | Hungary | 4:14.94 |
| 5 | 5 | Max Litchfield | Great Britain | 4:15.10 |
| 6 | 1 | Aleksandr Osipenko | Russia | 4:18.07 |
| 7 | 2 | Gal Nevo | Israel | 4:18.94 |
| 8 | 8 | Semen Makovich | Russia | 4:19.31 |