Swimming at the 2013 Southeast Asian Games – Men's 400 metre freestyle
# Swimming at the 2013 Southeast Asian Games – Men's 400 metre freestyle

The Men's 400 metre freestyle event at the 2013 Southeast Asian 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 |

## 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 | |

### 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 |
