Swimming at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Women's 400 metre individual medley

Women's 400 metre individual medley
at the Games of the XXVI Olympiad
VenueGeorgia Tech Aquatic Center
Date20 July 1996 (heats & finals)
Competitors31 from 24 nations
Winning time4:39.18 NR
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Michelle Smith  Ireland
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Allison Wagner  United States
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Krisztina Egerszegi  Hungary
Swimming at the
1996 Summer Olympics
Freestyle
50 mmenwomen
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
400 mmenwomen
800 mwomen
1500 mmen
Backstroke
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
Breaststroke
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
Butterfly
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
Individual medley
200 mmenwomen
400 mmen
Freestyle relay
4 × 100 mmenwomen
4 × 200 mmenwomen
Medley relay
4 × 100 mmenwomen

The women's 400 metre individual medley event at the 1996 Summer Olympics took place on 20 July at the Georgia Tech Aquatic Center in Atlanta, United States.[1]

Records

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

World record  Petra Schneider (GDR) 4:36.10 Guayaquil, Ecuador 1 August 1982
Olympic record  Petra Schneider (GDR) 4:36.29 Moscow, Soviet Union 26 July 1980

Results

Heats

Rule: The eight fastest swimmers advance to final A (Q), while the next eight to final B (q).[2]

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 4 4 Krisztina Egerszegi  Hungary 4:43.09 Q
2 4 3 Emma Johnson  Australia 4:43.45 Q
3 3 5 Michelle Smith  Ireland 4:43.79 Q
4 4 5 Allison Wagner  United States 4:44.06 Q
5 4 1 Beatrice Câșlaru  Romania 4:44.66 Q
6 3 2 Whitney Metzler  United States 4:44.74 Q
7 2 3 Sabine Herbst  Germany 4:45.36 Q
8 2 7 Lourdes Becerra  Spain 4:45.54 Q, NR
9 2 5 Joanne Malar  Canada 4:47.85 q
10 3 3 Fumie Kurotori  Japan 4:48.51 q
11 4 7 Nancy Sweetnam  Canada 4:48.56 q
12 3 7 Hideko Hiranaka  Japan 4:49.32 q
13 4 2 Hana Černá  Czech Republic 4:49.43 q, NR
14 2 6 Elli Overton  Australia 4:49.82 q
15 3 1 Pavla Chrástová  Czech Republic 4:51.35 q
16 1 4 Yseult Gervy  Belgium 4:53.11 q, NR
17 3 4 Chen Yan  China 4:53.87
18 2 4 Wu Yanyan  China 4:54.07
19 4 8 Sarah Hardcastle  Great Britain 4:54.64
20 3 8 Britta Vestergaard  Denmark 4:55.03
21 3 6 Cathleen Rund  Germany 4:55.30
22 1 7 Carolyn Adel  Suriname 4:55.48 NR
23 1 5 Mirjana Boševska  Macedonia 4:55.57
24 2 2 Anna Wilson  New Zealand 4:55.72
25 1 1 Aikaterini Sarakatsani  Greece 4:56.32 NR
26 4 6 Darya Shmeleva  Russia 4:57.06
27 1 3 Praphalsai Minpraphal  Thailand 4:58.33
28 1 2 Lee Ji-hyun  South Korea 4:59.52
29 1 6 Hsieh Shu-tzu  Chinese Taipei 5:01.70
30 2 8 Martina Nemec  Austria 5:02.52
31 2 1 Nadège Cliton  France 5:06.46

Finals

[3]

Final B

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
9 4 Joanne Malar  Canada 4:46.34
10 2 Hana Černá  Czech Republic 4:46.78 NR
11 3 Nancy Sweetnam  Canada 4:47.55
12 5 Fumie Kurotori  Japan 4:47.98
13 6 Hideko Hiranaka  Japan 4:48.72
14 7 Elli Overton  Australia 4:50.73
15 8 Yseult Gervy  Belgium 4:52.89
16 1 Pavla Chrástová  Czech Republic 4:56.23

Final A

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 3 Michelle Smith  Ireland 4:39.18 NR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 6 Allison Wagner  United States 4:42.03
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 4 Krisztina Egerszegi  Hungary 4:42.53
4 1 Sabine Herbst  Germany 4:43.78
5 5 Emma Johnson  Australia 4:44.02
6 2 Beatrice Câșlaru  Romania 4:44.91
7 8 Lourdes Becerra  Spain 4:45.17 NR
8 7 Whitney Metzler  United States 4:46.20

References

  1. ^ "Swimming at the 1996 Atlanta Summer Games: Women's 400 metres Individual Medley". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 18 March 2020.
  2. ^ "Atlanta 1996: Swimming – Women's 400m Individual Medley Heats" (PDF). Atlanta 1996. LA84 Foundation. p. 50. Retrieved 13 September 2017.
  3. ^ "Atlanta 1996: Swimming – Women's 400m Individual Medley Finals" (PDF). Atlanta 1996. LA84 Foundation. p. 50. Retrieved 13 September 2017.
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