Swimming at the 2002 Asian Games – Men's 400 metre individual medley
# Swimming at the 2002 Asian Games – Men's 400 metre individual medley

The men's 400 metre individual medley swimming competition at the 2002 Asian Games in Busan was held on 4 October at the Sajik Swimming Pool.

## Schedule

All times are Korea Standard Time (UTC+09:00)

| Date | Time | Event |
| - | - | - |
| Friday, 4 October 2002 | 10:00 | Heats |
| Friday, 4 October 2002 | 19:00 | Final |

## Records

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

| World Record | Michael Phelps (USA) | 4:11.09 | Fort Lauderdale, United States | 15 August 2002 |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Asian Record | Takahiro Mori (JPN) | 4:15.41 | Yokohama, Japan | 25 August 2002 |
| Games Record | Ratapong Sirisanont (THA) | 4:20.03 | Hiroshima, Japan | 4 October 1994 |

## Results

### Legend

* DNS — Did not start

### Heats

| Rank | Heat | Athlete | Time |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 2 | Takahiro Mori (JPN) | 4:24.97 |
| 2 | 2 | Shinya Taniguchi (JPN) | 4:25.84 |
| 3 | 2 | Kim Bang-hyun (KOR) | 4:30.58 |
| 4 | 1 | Wu Peng (CHN) | 4:30.77 |
| 5 | 1 | Carlo Piccio (PHI) | 4:31.49 |
| 6 | 1 | Xie Xufeng (CHN) | 4:31.64 |
| 7 | 1 | Ratapong Sirisanont (THA) | 4:31.73 |
| 8 | 2 | Miguel Molina (PHI) | 4:32.78 |
| 9 | 2 | Kim Sung-tae (KOR) | 4:44.15 |
| 10 | 1 | Rehan Poncha (IND) | 4:49.04 |
| 11 | 2 | Fung Hok Him (HKG) | 4:50.71 |
| 12 | 1 | Zulfiqar Ali (PAK) | 5:08.76 |
| — | 2 | Mohammed Al-Hamadi (QAT) | DNS |
| — | 1 | Omar Daaboul (LIB) | DNS |
| — | 2 | François Ghattas (LIB) | DNS |

### Final

| Rank | Athlete | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - |
| | Wu Peng (CHN) | 4:15.38 | AR |
| | Takahiro Mori (JPN) | 4:16.63 | |
| | Shinya Taniguchi (JPN) | 4:17.03 | |
| 4 | Kim Bang-hyun (KOR) | 4:27.46 | |
| 5 | Xie Xufeng (CHN) | 4:29.34 | |
| 6 | Miguel Molina (PHI) | 4:31.35 | |
| 7 | Ratapong Sirisanont (THA) | 4:32.30 | |
| 8 | Carlo Piccio (PHI) | 4:33.88 | |
