Swimming at the 2013 SEA Games – Men's 400 metre freestyle

The Men's 400 metre freestyle event at the 2013 SEA Games took place on 14 December 2013 at Wunna Theikdi Aquatics Centre.

There were 12 competitors from 7 countries who took part in this event. Two heats were held. The heat in which a swimmer competed did not formally matter for advancement, as the swimmers with the top eight times from both field qualified for the finals.

Schedule

All times are Myanmar Standard Time (UTC+06:30)

Date	Time	Event
Thursday, 14 December 2013	09:00	Heats
Thursday, 14 December 2013	18:00	Final

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Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world, Asian, and Southeast Asian Games records were as follows.

World Record	Paul Biedermann (GER)	3:40.07	Rome, Italy	26 July 2009
Asian Record	Sun Yang (CHN)	3:40.14	London, United Kingdom	28 July 2012
Games Record	Daniel Bego (MAS)	3:53.99	Vientiane, Laos	12 December 2009

Results

Heats

Rank	Heat	Lane	Athlete	Time	Notes
1	2	4	Kevin Soon Choy Yeap (MAS)	4:04.76	Q
2	1	5	Hoang Quy Phuoc (VIE)	4:06.48	Q
3	1	4	Daniel Bego (MAS)	4:06.68	Q
4	1	2	Sarit Tiewong (THA)	4:06.77	Q
5	2	3	Pang Sheng Jun (SIN)	4:06.96	Q
6	2	5	Tanakrit Kattiya (THA)	4:07.94	Q
7	1	3	Pham Thanh Nguyen (VIE)	4:09.85	Q
8	2	6	Teo Zhen Ren (SIN)	4:12.01	Q
9	1	6	Ricky Anggawijaya (INA)	4:21.42
10	2	7	Min Thu Kha (MYA)	4:29.06
11	1	7	Htein Linn Soe (MYA)	4:43.10
-	2	2	Fahad Al-Khaldi (PHI)	DNS

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Final

Rank	Lane	Athlete	Time
	3	Daniel Bego (MAS)	3:54.89
	5	Hoang Quy Phuoc (VIE)	3:57.73
	7	Tanakrit Kattiya (THA)	3:59.00
4	6	Sarit Tiewong (THA)	3:59.22
5	4	Kevin Soon Choy Yeap (MAS)	4:00.75
6	8	Teo Zhen Ren (SIN)	4:01.44
7	2	Pang Sheng Jun (SIN)	4:05.07
8	1	Pham Thanh Nguyen (VIE)	4:07.34