Swimming at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's 400 metre freestyle

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Men's 400 metre freestyle
at the Games of the XXVI Olympiad
Venue Georgia Tech Aquatic Center
Date23 July 1996 (heats & finals)
Competitors35 from 31 nations
Winning time3:47.97 NR
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Danyon Loader Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand
Silver medal icon.svg Paul Palmer Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
Bronze medal icon.svg Daniel Kowalski Flag of Australia.svg  Australia
  1992
2000  

The men's 400 metre freestyle event at the 1996 Summer Olympics took place on 23 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 recordFlag of Australia (converted).svg  Kieren Perkins  (AUS)3:43.80 Rome, Italy 11 September 1994
Olympic recordOlympic flag.svg  Yevgeny Sadovyi  (EUN)3:45.00 Barcelona, Spain 29 July 1992

Results

Heats

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

RankHeatLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
146 Emiliano Brembilla Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 3:49.35Q
245 Massimiliano Rosolino Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 3:51.05Q
343 Jörg Hoffmann Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 3:51.26Q
455 Danyon Loader Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 3:51.54Q
534 Daniel Kowalski Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 3:51.67Q
653 Paul Palmer Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 3:51.98Q
735 Anders Holmertz Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 3:52.27Q
852 Jacob Carstensen Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 3:52.62Q
933 Sebastian Wiese Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 3:53.55q
1044 John Piersma Flag of the United States.svg  United States 3:53.58q
1154 Tom Dolan Flag of the United States.svg  United States 3:53.91q, WD
1256 Malcolm Allen Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 3:54.34q
1332 Dimitrios Manganas Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 3:54.85q, NR
1447 Yann de Fabrique Flag of France.svg  France 3:55.42q
1558 Igor Snitko Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 3:55.67q, NR
1657 Ryk Neethling Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 3:56.19q
1736 Aleksey Akatyev Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 3:56.40q
1837 Luiz Lima Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 3:56.43
1941 Torlarp Sethsothorn Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand 3:57.08 NR
2031 Jure Bučar Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia 3:57.36
2121 Alejandro Bermúdez Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia 3:57.45 NR
2224 Miroslav Vučetić Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia 3:59.20
2342 Béla Szabados Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 3:59.36
2451 Hisato Yasui Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan 4:00.19
2527 Ricardo Monasterio Flag of Venezuela (1954-2006).png  Venezuela 4:00.44
2614 Andrey Kvassov Flag of Kyrgyzstan.svg  Kyrgyzstan 4:00.69 NR
2725 Can Ergenekan Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 4:02.39
2815 Agustín Fiorilli Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 4:02.53
2926 Mark Kwok Kin Ming Flag of Hong Kong (1959-1997).svg  Hong Kong 4:02.68
3038 Woo Chul Flag of South Korea (1984-1997).svg  South Korea 4:03.11
3122 Andrei Zaharov Flag of Moldova.svg  Moldova 4:09.30
3248 Hisham Al-Masri Flag of Syria.svg  Syria 4:10.23
3328 Sng Ju Wei Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore 4:12.24
3413 Omar Dallal Flag of Jordan.svg  Jordan 4:41.12
23 Antti Kasvio Flag of Finland.svg  Finland DNS

Finals

[3]

Final B

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
95 John Piersma Flag of the United States.svg  United States 3:50.69
104 Sebastian Wiese Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 3:52.37
111 Ryk Neethling Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 3:54.34
127 Igor Snitko Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 3:54.63 NR
133 Malcolm Allen Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 3:55.48
148 Aleksey Akatyev Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 3:55.72
152 Yann de Fabrique Flag of France.svg  France 3:56.46
166 Dimitrios Manganas Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 3:57.39

Final A

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg6 Danyon Loader Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 3:47.97 NR
Silver medal icon.svg7 Paul Palmer Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 3:49.00
Bronze medal icon.svg2 Daniel Kowalski Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 3:49.39
44 Emiliano Brembilla Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 3:49.87
51 Anders Holmertz Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 3:50.66
65 Massimiliano Rosolino Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 3:51.04
73 Jörg Hoffmann Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 3:52.15
88 Jacob Carstensen Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 3:54.45

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References

  1. "Swimming at the 1996 Atlanta Summer Games: Men's 400 metres Freestyle". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 15 March 2020.
  2. "Atlanta 1996: Swimming – Men's 400m Freestyle Heats" (PDF). Atlanta 1996 . LA84 Foundation. p. 39. Retrieved 9 September 2017.
  3. "Atlanta 1996: Swimming – Men's 400m Freestyle Finals" (PDF). Atlanta 1996 . LA84 Foundation. p. 39. Retrieved 9 September 2017.