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

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Women's 400 metre individual medley
at the Games of the XXVI Olympiad
Venue Georgia Tech Aquatic Center
Date20 July 1996 (heats & finals)
Competitors31 from 24 nations
Winning time4:39.18 NR
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Michelle Smith Flag of Ireland (3-2).svg  Ireland
Silver medal icon.svg Allison Wagner Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Bronze medal icon.svg Krisztina Egerszegi Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary
  1992
2000  

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]

Records

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

World recordFlag of East Germany.svg  Petra Schneider  (GDR)4:36.10 Guayaquil, Ecuador 1 August 1982
Olympic recordFlag of East Germany.svg  Petra Schneider  (GDR)4:36.29 Moscow, Soviet Union 26 July 1980

Results

Heats

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

RankHeatLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
144 Krisztina Egerszegi Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 4:43.09Q
243 Emma Johnson Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 4:43.45Q
335 Michelle Smith Flag of Ireland (3-2).svg  Ireland 4:43.79Q
445 Allison Wagner Flag of the United States.svg  United States 4:44.06Q
541 Beatrice Câșlaru Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 4:44.66Q
632 Whitney Metzler Flag of the United States.svg  United States 4:44.74Q
723 Sabine Herbst Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 4:45.36Q
827 Lourdes Becerra Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 4:45.54Q, NR
925 Joanne Malar Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 4:47.85q
1033 Fumie Kurotori Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan 4:48.51q
1147 Nancy Sweetnam Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 4:48.56q
1237 Hideko Hiranaka Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan 4:49.32q
1342 Hana Černá Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 4:49.43q, NR
1426 Elli Overton Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 4:49.82q
1531 Pavla Chrástová Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 4:51.35q
1614 Yseult Gervy Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 4:53.11q, NR
1734 Chen Yan Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 4:53.87
1824 Wu Yanyan Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 4:54.07
1948 Sarah Hardcastle Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain 4:54.64
2038 Britta Vestergaard Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 4:55.03
2136 Cathleen Rund Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 4:55.30
2217 Carolyn Adel Flag of Suriname.svg  Suriname 4:55.48 NR
2315 Mirjana Boševska Flag of Macedonia.svg  Macedonia 4:55.57
2422 Anna Wilson Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 4:55.72
2511 Aikaterini Sarakatsani Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 4:56.32 NR
2646 Darya Shmeleva Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 4:57.06
2713 Praphalsai Minpraphal Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand 4:58.33
2812 Lee Ji-hyun Flag of South Korea (1984-1997).svg  South Korea 4:59.52
2916 Hsieh Shu-tzu Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei 5:01.70
3028 Martina Nemec Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 5:02.52
3121 Nadège Cliton Flag of France.svg  France 5:06.46

Finals

[3]

Final B

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
94 Joanne Malar Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 4:46.34
102 Hana Černá Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 4:46.78 NR
113 Nancy Sweetnam Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 4:47.55
125 Fumie Kurotori Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan 4:47.98
136 Hideko Hiranaka Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan 4:48.72
147 Elli Overton Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 4:50.73
158 Yseult Gervy Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 4:52.89
161 Pavla Chrástová Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 4:56.23

Final A

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg3 Michelle Smith Flag of Ireland (3-2).svg  Ireland 4:39.18 NR
Silver medal icon.svg6 Allison Wagner Flag of the United States.svg  United States 4:42.03
Bronze medal icon.svg4 Krisztina Egerszegi Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 4:42.53
41 Sabine Herbst Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 4:43.78
55 Emma Johnson Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 4:44.02
62 Beatrice Câșlaru Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 4:44.91
78 Lourdes Becerra Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 4:45.17 NR
87 Whitney Metzler Flag of the United States.svg  United States 4:46.20

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References

  1. "Swimming at the 1996 Atlanta Summer Games: Women's 400 metres Individual Medley". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 18 March 2020.
  2. "Atlanta 1996: Swimming – Women's 400m Individual Medley Heats" (PDF). Atlanta 1996 . LA84 Foundation. p. 50. Retrieved 13 September 2017.
  3. "Atlanta 1996: Swimming – Women's 400m Individual Medley Finals" (PDF). Atlanta 1996 . LA84 Foundation. p. 50. Retrieved 13 September 2017.