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

The schedule was as follows:

All times are local time

The 8 fastest swimmers in the heats qualified for the final.^[1]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2	4	Brian Johns	Canada	4:20.85	Q
2	2	6	Carlos Sayao	Canada	4:21.21	Q
3	2	5	Justin Norris	Australia	4:21.72	Q
4	2	3	Dean Kent	New Zealand	4:22.25	Q
5	1	5	Terence Parkin	South Africa	4:22.67	Q
6	2	2	Adrian Turner	England	4:23.51	Q
7	1	3	Grant McGregor	Australia	4:24.40	Q
8	1	3	Curtis Myden	Canada	4:24.44	Q
9	1	7	Jeremy Knowles	Bahamas	4:25.77
10	1	6	Simon Militis	England	4:27.65
11	1	2	David Carry	Scotland	4:32.76
12	2	1	George Demetriades	Cyprus	4:37.58
13	1	1	Ben Lowndes	Guernsey	4:55.51

The final was held on 2 August at 20:15.^[2]

Grant McGregor did not participate in the final despite qualifying, and so Jeremy Knowles took the spot instead.

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	3	Justin Norris	Australia	4:16.95	GR
	4	Brian Johns	Canada	4:17.41
	7	Adrian Turner	England	4:18.75
4	6	Dean Kent	New Zealand	4:19.84
5	1	Curtis Myden	Canada	4:19.86
6	2	Terence Parkin	South Africa	4:21.05
7	5	Carlos Sayao	Canada	4:21.66
8	8	Jeremy Knowles	Bahamas	4:26.81