Swimming at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Women's 400 metre freestyle

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Women's 400 metre freestyle
at the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad
Venue Athens Olympic Aquatic Centre
DateAugust 15, 2004 (heats & final)
Competitors38 from 31 nations
Winning time4:05.34 EU
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Laure Manaudou Flag of France.svg  France
Silver medal icon.svg Otylia Jędrzejczak Flag of Poland.svg  Poland
Bronze medal icon.svg Kaitlin Sandeno Flag of the United States.svg  United States
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The women's 400 metre freestyle event at the 2004 Olympic Games was contested at the Olympic Aquatic Centre of the Athens Olympic Sports Complex in Athens, Greece on August 15. [1]

France's Laure Manaudou won the gold medal in this event, with a European record time of 4:05.34. The silver medal was awarded to Poland's Otylia Jędrzejczak, who finished behind Manaudou by half a second (0.50), in an outstanding time of 4:05.84. U.S. swimmer Kaitlin Sandeno, who earned a silver in the 400 m individual medley on the previous day, fought off a challenge from Romania's Camelia Potec in the final lap to take a bronze by two tenths of a second (0.20), clocking at 4:06.19. [2] [3]

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.[ citation needed ]

World recordFlag of the United States.svg  Janet Evans  (USA)4:03.85 Seoul, South Korea 22 September 1988
Olympic recordFlag of the United States.svg  Janet Evans  (USA)4:03.85 Seoul, South Korea 22 September 1988

Results

Heats

RankHeatLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
153 Laure Manaudou Flag of France.svg  France 4:06.76Q
245 Otylia Jędrzejczak Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 4:07.11Q
334 Camelia Potec Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 4:07.39Q
435 Ai Shibata Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 4:07.63Q
541 Rebecca Cooke Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain 4:08.18Q
643 Kaitlin Sandeno Flag of the United States.svg  United States 4:08.22Q
736 Linda Mackenzie Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 4:08.46Q
855 Sachiko Yamada Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 4:09.10Q
932 Claudia Poll Flag of Costa Rica.svg  Costa Rica 4:09.75
1042 Kalyn Keller Flag of the United States.svg  United States 4:09.83
1157 Simona Păduraru Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 4:10.39
1254 Hannah Stockbauer Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 4:10.46
1356 Elka Graham Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 4:11.67
1451 Pang Jiaying Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 4:11.81
1544 Éva Risztov Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 4:12.08
1652 Brittany Reimer Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 4:12.33
1746 Chen Hua Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 4:12.67
1847 Erika Villaécija Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 4:13.03
1958 Monique Ferreira Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 4:13.75
2031 Zoi Dimoschaki Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 4:13.96
2133 Joanne Jackson Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain 4:14.89
2226 Cecilia Biagioli Flag of Argentina (1861-2010).svg  Argentina 4:16.42
2337 Arantxa Ramos Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 4:16.52
2423 Anja Čarman Civil Ensign of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia 4:17.79
2548 Daria Parshina Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 4:18.24
2627 Kristel Köbrich Flag of Chile.svg  Chile 4:18.68
2722 Vesna Stojanovska Flag of Macedonia.svg  Macedonia 4:19.39
2825 Janelle Atkinson Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica 4:20.00
2916 Paola Duguet Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia 4:20.69
3038 Kristýna Kyněrová Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 4:21.12
3121 Rebecca Linton Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 4:21.58
3228 Ha Eun-ju Flag of South Korea (1997-2011).svg  South Korea 4:21.65
3314 Golda Marcus Flag of El Salvador.svg  El Salvador 4:22.27
3415 Pilin Tachakittiranan Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand 4:23.62
3517 Özlem Yasemin Taşkın Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 4:24.08
3613 Ivanka Moralieva Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria 4:25.92
3712 Anita Galić Civil ensign of Croatia.svg  Croatia 4:26.09
3824 Olga Beresnyeva Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 4:26.30

Final

RankLaneSwimmerNationTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg4 Laure Manaudou Flag of France.svg  France 4:05.34 EU
Silver medal icon.svg5 Otylia Jędrzejczak Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 4:05.84
Bronze medal icon.svg7 Kaitlin Sandeno Flag of the United States.svg  United States 4:06.19
43 Camelia Potec Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 4:06.34
56 Ai Shibata Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 4:07.51
68 Sachiko Yamada Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 4:10.91
71 Linda Mackenzie Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 4:10.92
82 Rebecca Cooke Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain 4:11.35

References

  1. "Swimming schedule". BBC Sport. 5 August 2004. Retrieved 17 June 2007.
  2. Thomas, Stephen (15 August 2004). "French Star Laure Manaudou Wins 400 Free in a Stunning 4:05.34". Swimming World Magazine. Archived from the original on 14 February 2007. Retrieved 20 March 2013.
  3. "French swimmer Manaudou wins women's 400m freestyle". Xinhua News Agency . China Daily. 16 August 2004. Retrieved 20 March 2013.