# Swimming at the 2017 Summer Universiade – Men's 400 metre freestyle

The Men's 400 metre freestyle competition at the 2017 Summer Universiade was held on 20 August 2017.

## Records

Prior to the competition, the existing world and Universiade records were as follows.
| World record | Paul Biedermann (GER) | 3:40.07 | Rome, Italy | 26 July 2009 |
| Competition record | Przemysław Stańczyk (POL) | 3:46.72 | Belgrade, Serbia | 5 July 2009 |
The following new records were set during this competition.
| Date | Event | Name | Nationality | Time | Record |
| 20 August | Final | Mykhailo Romanchuk | Ukraine | 3:45.96 | UR |

## Results
### Heats

The heats were held on 20 August at 09:00.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 5 | 4 | Jay Lelliott | Great Britain | 3:48.30 | Q |
| 2 | 6 | 5 | Mykhailo Romanchuk | Ukraine | 3:48.73 | Q |
| 3 | 5 | 1 | Serhiy Frolov | Ukraine | 3:49.67 | Q |
| 4 | 6 | 8 | Andrea Mitchell D'Arrigo | United States | 3:49.84 | Q |
| 5 | 5 | 3 | Matthew Hutchins | New Zealand | 3:49.93 | Q |
| 6 | 6 | 3 | Grant Shoults | United States | 3:50.19 | Q |
| 7 | 6 | 2 | Jeremy Bagshaw | Canada | 3:50.89 | Q |
| 8 | 4 | 2 | Adam Pålsson | Sweden | 3:51.19 | Q |
| 9 | 5 | 8 | Joris Bouchaut | France | 3:52.22 | |
| 10 | 6 | 4 | Kosuke Hagino | Japan | 3:52.24 | |
| 11 | 5 | 2 | Filippo Megli | Italy | 3:52.38 | |
| 12 | 6 | 6 | Ernest Maksumov | Russia | 3:53.43 | |
| 13 | 5 | 7 | Fabio Lombini | Italy | 3:53.82 | |
| 14 | 6 | 7 | Joshua Parrish | Australia | 3:53.89 | |
| 15 | 5 | 5 | Jan Micka | Czech Republic | 3:55.16 | |
| 16 | 6 | 1 | Giuliano Rocco | Brazil | 3:55.61 | |
| 17 | 4 | 5 | Alin Artimon | Romania | 3:56.03 | |
| 18 | 5 | 6 | Viacheslav Andrusenko | Russia | 3:56.20 | |
| 19 | 4 | 3 | Lucas Kanieski | Brazil | 3:56.27 | |
| 20 | 4 | 8 | Long Gutiérrez | Mexico | 3:56.44 | |
| 21 | 4 | 6 | Shuhei Suyama | Japan | 3:56.65 | |
| 22 | 4 | 7 | Yonatan Batsha | Israel | 3:57.93 | |
| 23 | 3 | 6 | Michael Mincham | New Zealand | 3:58.90 | |
| 24 | 3 | 3 | Thomas Liess | Switzerland | 3:59.27 | |
| 25 | 3 | 2 | Choi Min-woo | South Korea | 3:59.76 | |
| 26 | 4 | 3 | Jonathan Atsu | France | 3:59.95 | |
| 27 | 3 | 5 | Ruan Ras | South Africa | 3:59.98 | |
| 28 | 3 | 8 | Povilas Strazdas | Lithuania | 4:00.82 | |
| 29 | 4 | 1 | An Ting-yao | Chinese Taipei | 4:02.56 | |
| 30 | 3 | 4 | Eetu Piiroinen | Finland | 4:02.60 | |
| 31 | 3 | 7 | Chan Chun Hei | Hong Kong | 4:07.79 | |
| 32 | 2 | 7 | Christian Mayer Martinelli | Peru | 4:11.39 | |
| 33 | 3 | 1 | Matias Pinto Matta | Chile | 4:14.04 | |
| 34 | 2 | 5 | Muhammad Alamzah | Indonesia | 4:15.15 | |
| 35 | 2 | 4 | Ma Rixin | China | 4:15.33 | |
| 36 | 1 | 4 | Hendrik Ütt | Estonia | 4:16.32 | |
| 37 | 1 | 5 | Sander Paavo | Estonia | 4:18.00 | |
| 38 | 2 | 6 | Jux Keaton Solita | Philippines | 4:19.54 | |
| 39 | 2 | 1 | Anthony Ghosn | Lebanon | 4:20.67 | |
| 40 | 2 | 8 | Sherif Assi | Lebanon | 4:21.60 | |
| 41 | 1 | 3 | Musallam Al-Khadhuri | Oman | 4:32.34 | |
| 42 | 1 | 6 | Naif Al-Qasmi | Oman | 4:33.63 | |
| 43 | 2 | 2 | Randy Llantino | Philippines | 5:09.63 | |
| | 2 | 3 | Satrio Bagaskara Gunadi Putra | Indonesia | DNS | |

### Final

The final was held on 20 August at 19:02.
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | 5 | Mykhailo Romanchuk | Ukraine | 3:45.96 | UR |
| | 4 | Jay Lelliott | Great Britain | 3:48.88 | |
| | 7 | Grant Shoults | United States | 3:49.03 | |
| 4 | 8 | Adam Pålsson | Sweden | 3:50.86 | |
| 5 | 3 | Serhiy Frolov | Ukraine | 3:51.27 | |
| 6 | 1 | Jeremy Bagshaw | Canada | 3:52.82 | |
| 7 | 2 | Matthew Hutchins | New Zealand | 3:53.00 | |
| 8 | 6 | Andrea Mitchell D'Arrigo | United States | 3:57.37 | |