Women's 400 metre individual medley at the Games of the XXVI Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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Venue | Georgia Tech Aquatic Center | ||||||||||||
Date | 20 July 1996 (heats & finals) | ||||||||||||
Competitors | 31 from 24 nations | ||||||||||||
Winning time | 4:39.18 NR | ||||||||||||
Medalists | |||||||||||||
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Swimming at the 1996 Summer Olympics | ||
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Freestyle | ||
50 m | men | women |
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 | women |
Medley relay | ||
4×100 m | men | women |
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]
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 |
Rule: The eight fastest swimmers advance to final A (Q), while the next eight to final B (q). [2]
Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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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 |
Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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3 | Michelle Smith | Ireland | 4:39.18 | NR | |
6 | Allison Wagner | United States | 4:42.03 | ||
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 |
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