| Final 19:57 | time | | | 1. Kosuke Hagino |  JPN | 4:07.75 | GR | | 2. Yang Zhixian |  CHN | 4:10.18 | | | 3. Daiya Seto | JPN | 4:10.39 | | | 4. Huang Chaosheng | CHN | 4:10.49 | | | 5. Wen Ren-hau |  TPE | 4:24.02 | | | 6. Jung Won-yong |  KOR | 4:24.12 | | | 7. Trần Duy Khôi |  VIE | 4:24.54 | | | 8. Hsiao Fu-yu | TPE | 4:29.29 | |
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| Venue: Muhak Park Tae-hwan Aquatics Center. |
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| World record: Michael Phelps (USA) 4:03.84 Beijing, China 10 August 2008 | | Asian record: Kosuke Hagino (JPN) 4:07.61 Niigata, Japan 11 April 2013 | | Games record: Yuya Horihata (JPN) 4:13.35 Guangzhou, China 13 November 2010 |
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Heats - Wednesday 24.09 Morning session 09:00 |
| Ranking | time | H | | 1. Daiya Seto | JPN | 4:15.94 | 1 | | 2. Kosuke Hagino | JPN | 4:18.77 | 2 | | 3. Huang Chaosheng | CHN | 4:19.13 | 1 | | 4. Yang Zhixian | CHN | 4:19.33 | 2 | | 5. Jung Won-yong | KOR | 4:26.18 | 2 | | 6. Trần Duy Khôi | VIE | 4:29.05 | 2 | | 7. Wen Ren-hau | TPE | 4:30.33 | 2 | | 8. Hsiao Fu-yu | TPE | 4:30.66 | 1 | | eliminated in Heats | | 9. Pang Sheng Jun |  SGP | 4:35.84 | 1 | | 10.Ayman Klzie |  SYR | 4:39.92 | 1 | | 11.Ahmed Al-Hashem |  KSA | 5:12.11 | 2 |
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