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

The Men's 400 metre freestyle competition of the 2016 European Aquatics Championships was held on 16 May 2016.

## Records

Prior to the competition, the existing world, European and championship records were as follows.
| | Name | Nation | Time | Location | Date |
| World record | Paul Biedermann | Germany | 3:40.07 | Rome | 28 July 2009 |
| European record | Paul Biedermann | Germany | 3:40.07 | Rome | 28 July 2009 |
| Championship record | Yury Prilukov | Russia | 3:45.10 | Eindhoven | 18 March 2008 |

## Results
### Heats

The heats were held at 10:00.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 5 | 2 | Velimir Stjepanović | Serbia | 3:46.72 | Q |
| 2 | 5 | 5 | Péter Bernek | Hungary | 3:47.05 | Q |
| 3 | 4 | 4 | Gabriele Detti | Italy | 3:47.18 | Q |
| 4 | 5 | 6 | Maarten Brzoskowski | Netherlands | 3:47.63 | Q |
| 5 | 4 | 0 | Felix Auböck | Austria | 3:47.92 | Q |
| 6 | 4 | 5 | Henrik Christiansen | Norway | 3:48.33 | Q |
| 7 | 5 | 3 | Stephen Milne | Great Britain | 3:48.43 | Q |
| 7 | 4 | 6 | Filip Zaborowski | Poland | 3:48.43 | Q |
| 9 | 4 | 3 | Wojciech Wojdak | Poland | 3:49.05 | |
| 10 | 5 | 8 | Jan Micka | Czech Republic | 3:49.46 | |
| 11 | 4 | 8 | Matias Koski | Finland | 3:50.02 | |
| 12 | 5 | 7 | Timothy Shuttleworth | Great Britain | 3:50.21 | |
| 13 | 5 | 9 | Nezir Karap | Turkey | 3:50.44 | |
| 14 | 1 | 7 | Jan Świtkowski | Poland | 3:50.57 | |
| 15 | 3 | 3 | Martin Bau | Slovenia | 3:50.90 | |
| 16 | 5 | 1 | Max Litchfield | Great Britain | 3:51.30 | |
| 17 | 3 | 7 | Richárd Nagy | Slovakia | 3:51.31 | |
| 18 | 4 | 2 | Jordan Pothain | France | 3:51.64 | |
| 19 | 4 | 7 | Anton Ipsen | Denmark | 3:51.76 | |
| 20 | 2 | 2 | Henning Mühlleitner | Germany | 3:52.22 | |
| 21 | 3 | 5 | Joris Bouchaut | France | 3:52.25 | |
| 21 | 3 | 8 | Marc Hinawi | Israel | 3:52.25 | |
| 23 | 2 | 4 | Victor Johansson | Sweden | 3:52.52 | |
| 24 | 3 | 0 | Adam Paulsson | Sweden | 3:52.55 | |
| 25 | 3 | 4 | Dimitrios Dimitriou | Greece | 3:52.58 | |
| 26 | 3 | 6 | Ido Haber | Israel | 3:52.76 | |
| 27 | 5 | 4 | James Guy | Great Britain | 3:52.91 | |
| 28 | 3 | 1 | Kacper Klich | Poland | 3:53.02 | |
| 29 | 4 | 9 | David Brandl | Austria | 3:53.37 | |
| 30 | 4 | 1 | Miguel Durán | Spain | 3:53.55 | |
| 31 | 3 | 2 | Lander Hendrickx | Belgium | 3:54.08 | |
| 32 | 2 | 7 | Kristóf Rasovszky | Hungary | 3:54.28 | |
| 33 | 2 | 3 | Lorenz Weiremans | Belgium | 3:54.38 | |
| 34 | 2 | 5 | Vuk Čelić | Serbia | 3:54.69 | |
| 35 | 5 | 0 | Gergő Kis | Hungary | 3:54.76 | |
| 36 | 2 | 1 | Stefan Šorak | Serbia | 3:55.26 | |
| 37 | 2 | 0 | Kaan Özcan | Turkey | 3:55.61 | |
| 38 | 1 | 6 | Kristian Kron | Sweden | 3:56.79 | |
| 39 | 2 | 8 | Etay Gurevich | Israel | 3:57.02 | |
| 40 | 1 | 3 | Ján Kútnik | Czech Republic | 3:57.51 | |
| 41 | 2 | 9 | Irakli Revishvili | Georgia | 3:57.98 | |
| 42 | 1 | 4 | Pit Brandenburger | Luxembourg | 3:58.32 | |
| 43 | 1 | 5 | Ediz Yıldırımer | Turkey | 3:58.37 | |
| 44 | 2 | 6 | Truls Wigdel | Norway | 3:59.44 | |
| 45 | 3 | 9 | Alexei Sancov | Moldova | 4:03.25 | |
| 46 | 1 | 2 | Franc Aleksi | Albania | 4:14.68 | |

### Final

The final was held at 18:02.
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | 3 | Gabriele Detti | Italy | 3:44.01 | CR |
| | 7 | Henrik Christiansen | Norway | 3:46.49 | |
| | 5 | Péter Bernek | Hungary | 3:46.81 | |
| 4 | 2 | Felix Auböck | Austria | 3:46.88 | |
| 5 | 6 | Maarten Brzoskowski | Netherlands | 3:47.09 | |
| 6 | 4 | Velimir Stjepanović | Serbia | 3:47.48 | |
| 7 | 8 | Filip Zaborowski | Poland | 3:49.30 | |
| 8 | 1 | Stephen Milne | Great Britain | 3:49.49 | |