Swimming at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Men's 400 metre individual medley

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Men's 400 metre individual medley
at the Games of the XXV Olympiad
Venue Piscines Bernat Picornell
Date27 July 1992 (heats & finals)
Competitors33 from 25 nations
Winning time4:14.23 OR
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Tamás Darnyi Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary
Silver medal icon.svg Eric Namesnik Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Bronze medal icon.svg Luca Sacchi Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
  1988
1996  

The men's 400 metre individual medley event at the 1992 Summer Olympics took place on 27 July at the Piscines Bernat Picornell in Barcelona, Spain. [1]

Records

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

World recordFlag of Hungary.svg  Tamás Darnyi  (HUN)4:12.36 Perth, Australia 8 January 1991
Olympic recordFlag of Hungary.svg  Tamás Darnyi  (HUN)4:14.75 Seoul, South Korea 21 September 1988

The following records were established during the competition:

DateRoundNameNationTimeRecord
27 JulyFinal A Tamás Darnyi Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 4:14.23 OR

Results

Heats

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

RankHeatLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
144 Eric Namesnik Flag of the United States.svg  United States 4:17.75Q
254 Tamás Darnyi Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 4:18.34Q
345 Patrick Kühl Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 4:18.68Q
442 Serghei Mariniuc Olympic flag.svg  Unified Team 4:19.05Q
534 Luca Sacchi Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 4:19.42Q
635 Christian Geßner Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 4:19.92Q
743 Takahiro Fujimoto Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan 4:20.07Q
855 David Wharton Flag of the United States.svg  United States 4:20.73Q
952 Jorge Pérez Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 4:21.33q
1036 Philip Bryant Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 4:21.45q
1158 Petteri Lehtinen Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 4:22.10q, NR
1253 Curtis Myden Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 4:22.41q
1357 Jan Bidrman Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 4:22.96q
1437 Robert Baird Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 4:24.31q
1547 Marcin Maliński Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 4:24.72q
1633 Attila Czene Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 4:26.31q
1741 Marian Satnoianu Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 4:26.33
1846 Matthew Dunn Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 4:27.65
1956 Marcel Wouda Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 4:28.51
2023 Igor Łuczak Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 4:28.60
2114 Desmond Koh Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore 4:28.95 NR
2225 Renato Ramalho Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 4:29.28
2348 Denislav Kalchev Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria 4:31.49
2426 Clifford Lyne South African Olympic Flag.svg  South Africa 4:32.64
2551 Andy Rolley Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 4:32.82
2638 Andrés Minelli Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 4:33.41
2724 Alejandro Bermúdez Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia 4:33.87
2831 David Monasterio Flag of Puerto Rico (1952-1995).svg  Puerto Rico 4:36.39
2922 Ratapong Sirisanont Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand 4:37.95
3016 Duncan Todd Flag of Hong Kong (1959-1997).svg  Hong Kong 4:41.84
3115 Roberto Bonilla Flag of Guatemala.svg  Guatemala 4:43.54
32 Toshiaki Kurasawa Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan DSQ
13 Arthur Li Kai Yien Flag of Hong Kong (1959-1997).svg  Hong Kong DNS

Finals

[3]

Final B

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
98 Attila Czene Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 4:21.28
106 Curtis Myden Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 4:21.91
114 Jorge Perez Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 4:22.06
123 Petteri Lehtinen Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 4:22.10 =NR
135 Philip Bryant Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 4:22.36
141 Marcin Maliński Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 4:22.59
152 Jan Bidrman Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 4:23.52
167 Robert Baird Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 4:25.06

Final A

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg5 Tamás Darnyi Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 4:14.23 OR
Silver medal icon.svg4 Eric Namesnik Flag of the United States.svg  United States 4:15.57
Bronze medal icon.svg2 Luca Sacchi Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 4:16.34 NR
48 David Wharton Flag of the United States.svg  United States 4:17.26
57 Christian Geßner Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 4:17.88
63 Patrick Kühl Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 4:19.66
76 Serghei Mariniuc Olympic flag.svg  Unified Team 4:22.93
81 Takahiro Fujimoto Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan 4:23.80

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References

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