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 | | 3:40.07 | Rome | 28 July 2009 |
| European record | Paul Biedermann | | 3:40.07 | Rome | 28 July 2009 |
| Championship record | Yury Prilukov | | 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 | | 3:46.72 | Q |
| 2 | 5 | 5 | Péter Bernek | | 3:47.05 | Q |
| 3 | 4 | 4 | Gabriele Detti | | 3:47.18 | Q |
| 4 | 5 | 6 | Maarten Brzoskowski | | 3:47.63 | Q |
| 5 | 4 | 0 | Felix Auböck | | 3:47.92 | Q |
| 6 | 4 | 5 | Henrik Christiansen | | 3:48.33 | Q |
| 7 | 5 | 3 | Stephen Milne | | 3:48.43 | Q |
| 7 | 4 | 6 | Filip Zaborowski | | 3:48.43 | Q |
| 9 | 4 | 3 | Wojciech Wojdak | | 3:49.05 | |
| 10 | 5 | 8 | Jan Micka | | 3:49.46 | |
| 11 | 4 | 8 | Matias Koski | | 3:50.02 | |
| 12 | 5 | 7 | Timothy Shuttleworth | | 3:50.21 | |
| 13 | 5 | 9 | Nezir Karap | | 3:50.44 | |
| 14 | 1 | 7 | Jan Świtkowski | | 3:50.57 | |
| 15 | 3 | 3 | Martin Bau | | 3:50.90 | |
| 16 | 5 | 1 | Max Litchfield | | 3:51.30 | |
| 17 | 3 | 7 | Richárd Nagy | | 3:51.31 | |
| 18 | 4 | 2 | Jordan Pothain | | 3:51.64 | |
| 19 | 4 | 7 | Anton Ipsen | | 3:51.76 | |
| 20 | 2 | 2 | Henning Mühlleitner | | 3:52.22 | |
| 21 | 3 | 5 | Joris Bouchaut | | 3:52.25 | |
| 21 | 3 | 8 | Marc Hinawi | | 3:52.25 | |
| 23 | 2 | 4 | Victor Johansson | | 3:52.52 | |
| 24 | 3 | 0 | Adam Paulsson | | 3:52.55 | |
| 25 | 3 | 4 | Dimitrios Dimitriou | | 3:52.58 | |
| 26 | 3 | 6 | Ido Haber | | 3:52.76 | |
| 27 | 5 | 4 | James Guy | | 3:52.91 | |
| 28 | 3 | 1 | Kacper Klich | | 3:53.02 | |
| 29 | 4 | 9 | David Brandl | | 3:53.37 | |
| 30 | 4 | 1 | Miguel Durán | | 3:53.55 | |
| 31 | 3 | 2 | Lander Hendrickx | | 3:54.08 | |
| 32 | 2 | 7 | Kristóf Rasovszky | | 3:54.28 | |
| 33 | 2 | 3 | Lorenz Weiremans | | 3:54.38 | |
| 34 | 2 | 5 | Vuk Čelić | | 3:54.69 | |
| 35 | 5 | 0 | Gergő Kis | | 3:54.76 | |
| 36 | 2 | 1 | Stefan Šorak | | 3:55.26 | |
| 37 | 2 | 0 | Kaan Özcan | | 3:55.61 | |
| 38 | 1 | 6 | Kristian Kron | | 3:56.79 | |
| 39 | 2 | 8 | Etay Gurevich | | 3:57.02 | |
| 40 | 1 | 3 | Ján Kútnik | | 3:57.51 | |
| 41 | 2 | 9 | Irakli Revishvili | | 3:57.98 | |
| 42 | 1 | 4 | Pit Brandenburger | | 3:58.32 | |
| 43 | 1 | 5 | Ediz Yıldırımer | | 3:58.37 | |
| 44 | 2 | 6 | Truls Wigdel | | 3:59.44 | |
| 45 | 3 | 9 | Alexei Sancov | | 4:03.25 | |
| 46 | 1 | 2 | Franc Aleksi | | 4:14.68 | |
Final
The final was held at 18:02.
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 3 | Gabriele Detti | | 3:44.01 | CR |
| 7 | Henrik Christiansen | | 3:46.49 | |
| 5 | Péter Bernek | | 3:46.81 | |
| 4 | 2 | Felix Auböck | | 3:46.88 | |
| 5 | 6 | Maarten Brzoskowski | | 3:47.09 | |
| 6 | 4 | Velimir Stjepanović | | 3:47.48 | |
| 7 | 8 | Filip Zaborowski | | 3:49.30 | |
| 8 | 1 | Stephen Milne | | 3:49.49 | |
