Men's 400 metre freestyle at the Games of the XXVI Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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Venue | Georgia Tech Aquatic Center | ||||||||||||
Date | 23 July 1996 (heats & finals) | ||||||||||||
Competitors | 35 from 31 nations | ||||||||||||
Winning time | 3:47.97 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 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]
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.
World record | ![]() | 3:43.80 | Rome, Italy | 11 September 1994 |
Olympic record | ![]() | 3:45.00 | Barcelona, Spain | 29 July 1992 |
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 | 5 | John Piersma | ![]() | 3:50.69 | |
10 | 4 | Sebastian Wiese | ![]() | 3:52.37 | |
11 | 1 | Ryk Neethling | ![]() | 3:54.34 | |
12 | 7 | Igor Snitko | ![]() | 3:54.63 | NR |
13 | 3 | Malcolm Allen | ![]() | 3:55.48 | |
14 | 8 | Aleksey Akatyev | ![]() | 3:55.72 | |
15 | 2 | Yann de Fabrique | ![]() | 3:56.46 | |
16 | 6 | Dimitrios Manganas | ![]() | 3:57.39 |
Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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![]() | 6 | Danyon Loader | ![]() | 3:47.97 | NR |
![]() | 7 | Paul Palmer | ![]() | 3:49.00 | |
![]() | 2 | Daniel Kowalski | ![]() | 3:49.39 | |
4 | 4 | Emiliano Brembilla | ![]() | 3:49.87 | |
5 | 1 | Anders Holmertz | ![]() | 3:50.66 | |
6 | 5 | Massimiliano Rosolino | ![]() | 3:51.04 | |
7 | 3 | Jörg Hoffmann | ![]() | 3:52.15 | |
8 | 8 | Jacob Carstensen | ![]() | 3:54.45 |
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