Women's 400 metre freestyle at the Games of the XXIII Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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Venue | McDonald's Olympic Swim Stadium | ||||||||||||
Date | 31 July 1984 (heats & final) | ||||||||||||
Competitors | 26 from 18 nations | ||||||||||||
Winning time | 4:07.10 OR | ||||||||||||
Medalists | |||||||||||||
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Swimming at the 1984 Summer Olympics | ||
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Freestyle | ||
100 m | men | women |
200 m | men | women |
400 m | men | women |
800 m | women | |
1500 m | men | |
Backstroke | ||
100 m | men | women |
200 m | men | women |
Breaststroke | ||
100 m | men | women |
200 m | men | women |
Butterfly | ||
100 m | men | women |
200 m | men | women |
Individual medley | ||
200 m | men | women |
400 m | men | women |
Freestyle relay | ||
4×100 m | men | women |
4×200 m | men | |
Medley relay | ||
4×100 m | men | women |
The final of the women's 400 metre freestyle event at the 1984 Summer Olympics was held in the McDonald's Olympic Swim Stadium in Los Angeles, California, on July 31, 1984. [1]
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.
World record | Tracey Wickham (AUS) | 4:06.28 | West Berlin | 24 August 1978 |
Olympic record | Ines Diers (GDR) | 4:08.76 | Moscow, Soviet Union | 22 July 1980 |
The following records were established during the competition:
Date | Round | Name | Nation | Time | Record |
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31 July | Final A | Tiffany Cohen | United States | 4:07.10 | OR |
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 |
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1 | 4 | 4 | Tiffany Cohen | United States | 4:11.49 | Q |
2 | 4 | 5 | Sarah Hardcastle | Great Britain | 4:11.55 | Q, NR |
3 | 3 | 4 | Kim Linehan | United States | 4:15.08 | Q |
4 | 3 | 3 | Anna McVann | Australia | 4:15.21 | Q |
5 | 2 | 4 | June Croft | Great Britain | 4:15.51 | Q |
6 | 2 | 3 | Julie Daigneault | Canada | 4:16.60 | Q |
7 | 2 | 5 | Jolande van der Meer | Netherlands | 4:16.65 | Q |
8 | 4 | 3 | Birgit Kowalczik | West Germany | 4:17.92 | Q |
9 | 3 | 6 | Ann Linder | Sweden | 4:18.28 | q |
10 | 1 | 6 | Monica Olmi | Italy | 4:18.70 | q |
11 | 1 | 5 | Carla Lasi | Italy | 4:18.90 | q |
12 | 1 | 4 | Ina Beyermann | West Germany | 4:18.94 | q, WD |
13 | 4 | 6 | Donna McGinnis | Canada | 4:19.48 | q |
14 | 4 | 2 | Chikako Nakamori | Japan | 4:20.13 | q, NR |
15 | 3 | 5 | Susie Baumer | Australia | 4:20.69 | q |
16 | 3 | 7 | Lisa Ann Wen | Chinese Taipei | 4:23.30 | q |
17 | 2 | 2 | Irma Huerta | Mexico | 4:25.13 | q |
18 | 3 | 2 | Nadia Krüger | Switzerland | 4:28.20 | |
19 | 2 | 6 | Junko Sakurai | Japan | 4:28.68 | |
20 | 1 | 3 | Sofia Dara | Greece | 4:31.76 | |
21 | 1 | 2 | Hadar Rubinstein | Israel | 4:34.95 | |
22 | 4 | 1 | Carol Ann Heavey | Ireland | 4:36.07 | |
23 | 3 | 1 | Karen Slowing-Aceituno | Guatemala | 4:36.87 | |
24 | 1 | 7 | Chang Hui-chien | Chinese Taipei | 4:42.47 | |
25 | 4 | 7 | Fenella Ng | Hong Kong | 4:43.41 | |
2 | 7 | Faten Ghattas | Tunisia | DNS |
Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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9 | 7 | Susie Baumer | Australia | 4:15.46 | |
10 | 6 | Donna McGinnis | Canada | 4:15.59 | |
11 | 4 | Ann Linder | Sweden | 4:17.55 | |
12 | 3 | Carla Lasi | Italy | 4:18.57 | |
13 | 5 | Monica Olmi | Italy | 4:19.22 | |
14 | 2 | Chikako Nakamori | Japan | 4:20.18 | |
15 | 1 | Lisa Ann Wen | Chinese Taipei | 4:21.61 | |
16 | 8 | Irma Huerta | Mexico | 4:23.34 |
Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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4 | Tiffany Cohen | United States | 4:07.10 | OR | |
5 | Sarah Hardcastle | Great Britain | 4:10.27 | NR | |
2 | June Croft | Great Britain | 4:11.49 | ||
4 | 3 | Kim Linehan | United States | 4:12.26 | |
5 | 6 | Anna McVann | Australia | 4:13.95 | |
6 | 1 | Jolande van der Meer | Netherlands | 4:16.05 | |
7 | 8 | Birgit Kowalczik | West Germany | 4:16.33 | |
8 | 7 | Julie Daigneault | Canada | 4:16.41 |
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