Finswimming at the 2001 World Games – Men's 400 m surface
# Finswimming at the 2001 World Games – Men's 400 m surface

The men's 400 m surface competition in finswimming at the 2001 World Games took place on 24 August 2001 at the Akita Prefectural Pool in Akita, Japan.

## Competition format

A total of 15 athletes entered the competition. The best eight athletes from preliminary round qualifies to the final.

## Results

### Preliminary

| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Note |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Sven Gallasch | Germany | 3:18.16 | Q |
| 2 | Gergely Juhos | Hungary | 3:19.40 | Q |
| 3 | Wojciech Dorożyński | Poland | 3:20.39 | Q |
| 4 | Lukáš Rada | Czech Republic | 3:20.43 | Q |
| 5 | Sven Kaiser | Germany | 3:24.65 | Q |
| 6 | Hu Hailong | China | 3:24.98 | Q |
| 7 | Ilya Somov | Russia | 3:25.32 | Q |
| 8 | Daniel Guevara | Colombia | 3:25.51 | Q |
| 9 | Di Qing | China | 3:25.54 | |
| 10 | Makoto Oyama | Japan | 3:25.81 | |
| 11 | Leonidas Romero | Colombia | 3:27.65 | |
| 12 | Jan Kamprle | Czech Republic | 3:30.10 | |
| 13 | Jose Miguel Iniesta | Spain | 3:32.55 | |
| 14 | Fernando Gonzalez Illan | Spain | 3:34.43 | |
| 15 | Loic Abouzit | France | 3:42.42 | |

### Final

| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time |
| - | - | - | - |
| | Sven Gallasch | Germany | 3:14.19 |
| | Gergely Juhos | Hungary | 3:15.32 |
| | Ilya Somov | Russia | 3:18.33 |
| 4 | Lukáš Rada | Czech Republic | 3:19.83 |
| 5 | Hu Hailong | China | 3:20.14 |
| 6 | Wojciech Dorożyński | Poland | 3:22.94 |
| 7 | Sven Kaiser | Germany | 3:23.57 |
| 8 | Daniel Guevara | Colombia | 3:26.23 |
