Swimming at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's 400 metre individual medley

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Men's 400 metre individual medley
at the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad
Venue Olympic Aquatic Centre
DateAugust 14, 2004 (heats & final)
Competitors36 from 26 nations
Winning time4:08.26 WR
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Michael Phelps Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Silver medal icon.svg Erik Vendt Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Bronze medal icon.svg László Cseh Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary
  2000
2008  

The men's 400 metre individual medley event at the 2004 Olympic Games was contested at the Olympic Aquatic Centre of the Athens Olympic Sports Complex in Athens, Greece on August 14. [1]

U.S. swimmer Michael Phelps broke a new world record of 4:08.26 to claim his first ever Olympic gold medal. Phelps' teammate Erik Vendt added a second silver to the one he earned behind Tom Dolan in Sydney four years earlier, finishing with a time of 4:11.81. Hungary's László Cseh, silver medalist at the 2003 FINA World Championships, held on for bronze in 4:12.15. [2] [3]

Records

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

World recordFlag of the United States.svg  Michael Phelps  (USA)4:08.41 Long Beach, United States 7 July 2004
Olympic recordFlag of the United States.svg  Tom Dolan  (USA)4:11.76 Sydney, Australia 17 September 2000

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

DateEventNameNationalityTimeRecord
August 14Final Michael Phelps Flag of the United States.svg  United States 4:08.26 WR

Results

Heats

RankHeatLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
154 Michael Phelps Flag of the United States.svg  United States 4:13.29Q
244 László Cseh Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 4:14.26Q
334 Alessio Boggiatto Flag of Italy (2003-2006).svg  Italy 4:15.78Q
435 Jiro Miki Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 4:16.32Q
537 Ioannis Kokkodis Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 4:16.56Q
643 Oussama Mellouli Flag of Tunisia.svg  Tunisia 4:16.68Q
55 Erik Vendt Flag of the United States.svg  United States Q
856 Travis Nederpelt Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 4:16.77Q
942 Ioannis Drymonakos Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 4:16.83
1045 Luca Marin Flag of Italy (2003-2006).svg  Italy 4:16.85
1153 Justin Norris Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 4:16.90
1247 Robin Francis Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain 4:18.34
1322 Dean Kent Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 4:18.55
1436 Wu Peng Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 4:19.32
1552 Brian Johns Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 4:21.10
1657 Keith Beavers Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 4:21.47
1732 Thiago Pereira Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 4:22.06
1833 Susumu Tabuchi Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 4:22.46
1931 Lucas Salatta Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 4:23.01
2021 Kim Bang-hyun Flag of South Korea (1997-2011).svg  South Korea 4:23.05 NR
2151 Igor Berezutskiy Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 4:23.20
2224 Jeremy Knowles Flag of the Bahamas.svg  Bahamas 4:23.29
2346 Adrian Turner Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain 4:23.53
2458 Alexey Kovrigin Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 4:23.77
2526 Bradley Ally Flag of Barbados.svg  Barbados 4:24.70
2641 Dmytro Nazarenko Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 4:26.15
2727 Vytautas Janušaitis Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania 4:26.30
2848 Liu Weijia Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 4:27.02
2925 Yves Platel Civil Ensign of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland 4:28.94
3028 Guntars Deičmans Flag of Latvia (3-2).svg  Latvia 4:29.17
3138 Marko Milenkovič Civil Ensign of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia 4:30.99
3214 Saša Imprić Civil ensign of Croatia.svg  Croatia 4:32.02
3315 Andrew Mackay Flag of the Cayman Islands (pre-1999).svg  Cayman Islands 4:32.38
3423 Miguel Molina Flag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines 4:33.25
3516 Lin Yu-an Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei 4:41.76
3613 Nikita Polyakov Flag of Uzbekistan (3-2).svg  Uzbekistan 5:09.66

Final

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg4 Michael Phelps Flag of the United States.svg  United States 4:08.26 WR
Silver medal icon.svg1 Erik Vendt Flag of the United States.svg  United States 4:11.81
Bronze medal icon.svg5 László Cseh Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 4:12.15
43 Alessio Boggiatto Flag of Italy (2003-2006).svg  Italy 4:12.28
57 Oussama Mellouli Flag of Tunisia.svg  Tunisia 4:14.49 AF
62 Ioannis Kokkodis Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 4:18.60
76 Jiro Miki Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 4:19.97
88 Travis Nederpelt Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 4:20.08

References

  1. "Swimming schedule". BBC Sport. 5 August 2004. Retrieved 17 June 2007.
  2. Dillman, Lisa (15 August 2004). "So Far, So Gold". Los Angeles Times . Retrieved 16 March 2013.
  3. Thomas, Stephen (14 August 2004). "New World Record as Michael "the Machine" Lowers 'his' 400 IM Yet Again! Vendt takes Silver, as USA Goes 1-2". Swimming World Magazine. Archived from the original on 18 May 2014. Retrieved 16 March 2013.