Swimming at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Men's 400 metre freestyle
Final
### Final

| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [1](/wiki/File:Gold_medal_icon.svg "Gold medal icon.svg") | [Mike Burton](/wiki/Mike_Burton_%28swimmer%29 "Mike Burton (swimmer)") |   4:09\.0 | **[OR](/wiki/List_of_Olympic_records_in_swimming "List of Olympic records in swimming")** |
| [2](/wiki/File:Silver_medal_icon.svg "Silver medal icon.svg") | [Ralph Hutton](/wiki/Ralph_Hutton "Ralph Hutton") |   4:11\.7 |  |
| [3](/wiki/File:Bronze_medal_icon.svg "Bronze medal icon.svg") | [Alain Mosconi](/wiki/Alain_Mosconi "Alain Mosconi") |   4:13\.3 |  |
| 4 | [Greg Brough](/wiki/Greg_Brough "Greg Brough") |   4:15\.9 |  |
| 5 | [Graham White](/wiki/Graham_White_%28swimmer%29 "Graham White (swimmer)") |   4:16\.7 |  |
| 6 | [John Nelson](/wiki/John_Nelson_%28swimmer%29 "John Nelson (swimmer)") |   4:17\.2 |  |
| 7 | [Hans Faßnacht](/wiki/Hans_Fa%C3%9Fnacht "Hans Faßnacht") |   4:18\.1 |  |
| 8 | [Brent Berk](/wiki/Brent_Berk "Brent Berk") |   4:26\.0 |  |

**Key**: OR \= Olympic record


Did Ralph Hutton set any records?