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

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Men's 400 metre individual medley
at the Games of the XXVI Olympiad
Venue Georgia Tech Aquatic Center
Date21 July 1996 (heats & finals)
Competitors27 from 23 nations
Winning time4:14.90
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Tom Dolan Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Silver medal icon.svg Eric Namesnik Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Bronze medal icon.svg Curtis Myden Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
  1992
2000  

The men's 400 metre individual medley event at the 1996 Summer Olympics took place on 21 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 the United States.svg  Tom Dolan  (USA)4:12.30 Rome, Italy 6 September 1994
Olympic recordFlag of Hungary.svg  Tamás Darnyi  (HUN)4:14.23 Barcelona, Spain 27 July 1992

Results

Heats

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

RankHeatLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
124 Eric Namesnik Flag of the United States.svg  United States 4:16.21Q
246 Marcel Wouda Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 4:17.30Q, NR
344 Tom Dolan Flag of the United States.svg  United States 4:17.66Q
443 Marcin Maliński Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 4:18.34Q, NR
545 Curtis Myden Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 4:18.43Q
635 Matthew Dunn Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 4:19.51Q
725 Luca Sacchi Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 4:19.63Q
826 Serghei Mariniuc Flag of Moldova.svg  Moldova 4:20.24Q
934 Jani Sievinen Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 4:23.13q, WD
1022 Frederik Hviid Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 4:23.67q
1133 Trent Steed Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 4:24.39q
1223 Toshiaki Kurasawa Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan 4:24.83q
1347 Josef Horký Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 4:26.58q, NR
1432 Tatsuya Kinugasa Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan 4:26.73q
1541 Ratapong Sirisanont Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand 4:26.99q, NR
1636 István Batházi Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 4:27.37q
1721 Alejandro Bermúdez Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia 4:27.97q, NR
1837 Valērijs Kalmikovs Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia 4:28.04
1942 Gergő Kiss Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 4:28.05
2028 Mark Kwok Kin Ming Flag of Hong Kong (1959-1997).svg  Hong Kong 4:31.13
2148 Kim Bang-hyun Flag of South Korea (1984-1997).svg  South Korea 4:31.16
2215 Walter Soza Flag of Nicaragua.svg  Nicaragua 4:32.11 NR
2327 Krešimir Čač Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia 4:34.02
2431 Aleksandar Malenko Flag of Macedonia.svg  Macedonia 4:34.06
2513 Arsenio López Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  Puerto Rico 4:34.81
2638 Desmond Koh Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore 4:36.87
2714 Wan Azlan Abdullah Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia 4:38.95

Finals

[3]

Final B

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
94 Frederik Hviid Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 4:22.47
103 Toshiaki Kurasawa Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan 4:23.36
112 Tatsuya Kinugasa Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan 4:24.25
127 Ratapong Sirisanont Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand 4:26.35 NR
138 Alejandro Bermúdez Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia 4:26.64 NR
146 Josef Horký Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 4:28.39
155 Trent Steed Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 4:29.35
1 István Batházi Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary DSQ

Final A

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg3 Tom Dolan Flag of the United States.svg  United States 4:14.90
Silver medal icon.svg4 Eric Namesnik Flag of the United States.svg  United States 4:15.25
Bronze medal icon.svg2 Curtis Myden Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 4:16.28 NR
47 Matthew Dunn Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 4:16.66 OC
55 Marcel Wouda Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 4:17.71
61 Luca Sacchi Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 4:18.31
76 Marcin Maliński Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 4:20.50
88 Serghei Mariniuc Flag of Moldova.svg  Moldova 4:21.15

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References

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