Swimming at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Women's 400 metre individual medley

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Women's 400 metre individual medley
at the Games of the XXVII Olympiad
Venue Sydney International Aquatic Centre
DateSeptember 16, 2000 (heats & final)
Competitors28 from 24 nations
Winning time4:33.59 WR
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Yana Klochkova Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine
Silver medal icon.svg Yasuko Tajima Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
Bronze medal icon.svg Beatrice Câșlaru Flag of Romania.svg  Romania
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The women's 400 metre individual medley event at the 2000 Summer Olympics took place on 16 September at the Sydney International Aquatic Centre in Sydney, Australia. [1]

Yana Klochkova blasted the world record to become Ukraine's first ever Olympic gold medalist in swimming. She pulled away from the rest of the field to hit the wall first with a blistering time of 4:33.59. Her spectacular swim shattered the previous global standard of 4:34.79, set by China's Chen Yan from the 1997 Chinese City Games in Shanghai, and lopped three seconds off an old, drug-tainted 1980 Olympic record from former East Germany's Petra Schneider. [2] [3] [4] Japan's Yasuko Tajima kept the pressure on all the way and took the silver in 4:35.96. Storming from fifth at the halfway turn, Beatrice Câșlaru raced to bronze with a Romanian record of 4:37.18 on the rear of a dominant breaststroke leg. [5] [6]

For the first time in Olympic history, Kaitlin Sandeno shut out the medal podium for the Americans with a fourth-place time of 4:41.03. [2] Germany's Nicole Hetzer finished fifth in 4:43.56, while Sandeno's teammate Maddy Crippen, swimming outside in lane eight, earned a sixth spot in 4:44.63. [7] Canada's Joanne Malar (4:45.17) and Aussie favorite Jennifer Reilly (4:45.99) rounded out the historic finale. [6]

Records

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

World recordFlag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Chen Yan  (CHN)4:34.79 Shanghai, China 13 October 1997 [8]
Olympic recordFlag of East Germany.svg  Petra Schneider  (GDR)4:36.29 Moscow, Soviet Union 26 July 1980 [8]

The following new world and Olympic records were set during this competition.

DateEventNameNationalityTimeRecord
16 SeptemberFinal Yana Klochkova Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 4:33.59 WR

Results

Heats

[8]

RankHeatLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
144 Yana Klochkova Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 4:37.64Q, NR
224 Yasuko Tajima Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 4:40.35Q
345 Kaitlin Sandeno Flag of the United States.svg  United States 4:40.89Q
435 Beatrice Câșlaru Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 4:41.04Q
546 Jennifer Reilly Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 4:41.51Q
634 Joanne Malar Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 4:42.65Q
725 Nicole Hetzer Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 4:43.23Q
843 Maddy Crippen Flag of the United States.svg  United States 4:44.00Q
936 Hana Černá Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 4:44.11
1027 Oxana Verevka Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 4:45.07
1123 Chen Yan Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 4:45.65
1226 Rachel Harris Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 4:46.02
1322 Helen Norfolk Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 4:46.42 NR
1437 Lourdes Becerra Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 4:47.50
1547 Federica Biscia Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 4:47.56 NR
1632 Sabine Herbst Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 4:47.79
1728 Mirjana Boševska Flag of Macedonia.svg  Macedonia 4:48.08 NR
1842 Yseult Gervy Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 4:48.31
1933 Liu Yin Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 4:50.33
2021 Artemis Dafni Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 4:53.52
2114 Georgina Bardach Flag of Argentina (1861-2010).svg  Argentina 4:54.31 NR
2231 Carolyn Adel Flag of Suriname.svg  Suriname 4:57.90
2341 Lee Ji-hyun Flag of South Korea (1997-2011).svg  South Korea 4:58.94
2415 Jana Korbasová Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia 4:59.05
2548 Sia Wai Yen Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia 4:59.18
2638 Adi Bichman Flag of Israel.svg  Israel 5:06.72
2713 Alexandra Zertsalova Flag of Kyrgyzstan (1992-2023).svg  Kyrgyzstan 5:09.03
2816 Nguyen Thi Huong Flag of Vietnam.svg  Vietnam 5:26.56

Final

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg4 Yana Klochkova Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 4:33.59 WR
Silver medal icon.svg5 Yasuko Tajima Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 4:35.96 NR
Bronze medal icon.svg6 Beatrice Câșlaru Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 4:37.18 NR
43 Kaitlin Sandeno Flag of the United States.svg  United States 4:41.03
51 Nicole Hetzer Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 4:43.56
68 Maddy Crippen Flag of the United States.svg  United States 4:44.63
77 Joanne Malar Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 4:45.17
82 Jennifer Reilly Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 4:45.99

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