# Swimming at the 2018 European Aquatics Championships – Men's 400 metre individual medley

The Men's 400 metre individual medley competition of the 2018 European Aquatics Championships was held on 9 August 2018.

## Records

Prior to the competition, the existing world 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 started at 09:00.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 4 | 4 | Dávid Verrasztó | Hungary | 4:14.18 | Q |
| 2 | 3 | 4 | Max Litchfield | Great Britain | 4:14.91 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | 5 | Maksym Shemberev | Azerbaijan | 4:15.33 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | 4 | João Vital | Portugal | 4:15.87 | Q |
| 5 | 3 | 2 | Johannes Hintze | Germany | 4:16.18 | Q |
| 6 | 4 | 3 | Joan Lluís Pons | Spain | 4:17.01 | Q |
| 7 | 4 | 1 | Maxim Stupin | Russia | 4:17.60 | Q |
| 8 | 3 | 6 | Jacob Heidtmann | Germany | 4:17.77 | Q |
| 9 | 4 | 2 | Richard Nagy | Slovakia | 4:18.58 | |
| 10 | 3 | 3 | Gergely Gyurta | Hungary | 4:18.64 | |
| 11 | 3 | 5 | Mark Szaranek | Great Britain | 4:19.34 | |
| 12 | 4 | 7 | Federico Turrini | Italy | 4:19.74 | |
| 13 | 4 | 9 | Anton Ipsen | Denmark | 4:19.89 | |
| 14 | 3 | 9 | Arjan Knipping | Netherlands | 4:19.91 | |
| 15 | 4 | 0 | Thomas Dean | Great Britain | 4:20.32 | |
| 16 | 4 | 8 | Apostolos Papastamos | Greece | 4:20.43 | |
| 17 | 4 | 5 | Jérémy Desplanches | Switzerland | 4:20.89 | |
| 18 | 3 | 0 | Adam Paulsson | Sweden | 4:21.34 | |
| 19 | 2 | 9 | Gabriel Lópes | Portugal | 4:21.57 | |
| 20 | 2 | 2 | Christoph Meier | Liechtenstein | 4:21.69 | |
| 21 | 4 | 6 | Patrick Staber | Austria | 4:22.48 | |
| 22 | 2 | 7 | Tomás Veloso | Portugal | 4:22.57 | |
| 23 | 3 | 8 | Dawid Szwedzki | Poland | 4:23.69 | |
| 24 | 2 | 6 | Etay Gurevich | Israel | 4:25.31 | |
| 25 | 2 | 1 | Semen Makovich | Russia | 4:25.88 | |
| 26 | 2 | 8 | Samet Alkan | Turkey | 4:27.57 | |
| 27 | 1 | 4 | Alpkan Örnek | Turkey | 4:27.71 | |
| 28 | 2 | 0 | Filip Chrápavý | Czech Republic | 4:29.48 | |
| 29 | 1 | 5 | Alvi Hjelm | Faroe Islands | 4:30.47 | |
| 30 | 1 | 2 | Thomas Wareing | Malta | 4:44.13 | |
| | 1 | 3 | Batuhan Hakan | Turkey | Did not start | Did not start |
| | 1 | 6 | Armin Lelle | Estonia | Did not start | Did not start |
| | 1 | 7 | Metin Aydın | Turkey | Did not start | Did not start |
| | 2 | 3 | Brodie Williams | Great Britain | Did not start | Did not start |
| | 3 | 1 | Alexis Santos | Portugal | Did not start | Did not start |
| | 3 | 7 | Balázs Holló | Hungary | Did not start | Did not start |

### Final

The final was started at 17:27.
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | 4 | Dávid Verrasztó | Hungary | 4:10.65 |
| | 5 | Max Litchfield | Great Britain | 4:11.00 |
| | 7 | Joan Lluís Pons | Spain | 4:14.26 |
| 4 | 2 | Johannes Hintze | Germany | 4:14.73 |
| 5 | 3 | Maksym Shemberev | Azerbaijan | 4:14.77 |
| 6 | 8 | Jacob Heidtmann | Germany | 4:16.29 |
| 7 | 1 | Maxim Stupin | Russia | 4:18.41 |
| 8 | 6 | João Vital | Portugal | 4:19.79 |