Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's 400 metre individual medley

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Women's 400 metre individual medley
at the Games of the XXIX Olympiad
Venue Beijing National Aquatics Center
DateAugust 9, 2008 (heats)
August 10, 2008 (final)
Competitors38 from 28 nations
Winning time4:29.45 WR
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Stephanie Rice Flag of Australia.svg  Australia
Silver medal icon.svg Kirsty Coventry Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe
Bronze medal icon.svg Katie Hoff Flag of the United States.svg  United States
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The women's 400 metre individual medley event at the 2008 Olympic Games took place on 9–10 August at the Beijing National Aquatics Center in Beijing, China. [1]

Australia's Stephanie Rice pulled away to a strong finish on the freestyle leg, as she claimed an Olympic gold medal in the event. She established a sterling time of 4:29.45 to slash 1.67 seconds off the world record, set by Katie Hoff from the U.S. Olympic Trials. [2] [3] Zimbabwe's Kirsty Coventry also went under a world record, but earned her first silver at these Games, in an African record of 4:29.89. Meanwhile, Hoff did not match her stellar performance from the trials, as she settled only for the bronze in 4:31.71. [4] [5]

Rising American teenager Elizabeth Beisel finished outside the medals in fourth place at 4:34.24, holding off Italy's Alessia Filippi (4:34.34) to fifth by exactly a tenth of a second (0.10). Great Britain's Hannah Miley (4:39.44), Russia's Yana Martynova (4:40.04), and China's Li Xuanxu (4:42.13) rounded out the finale. [4]

Records

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

World recordFlag of the United States.svg  Katie Hoff  (USA)4:31.12 Omaha, United States29 June 2008 [6]
Olympic recordFlag of Ukraine.svg  Yana Klochkova  (UKR)4:33.59 Sydney, Australia16 September 2000-

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

DateEventNameNationalityTimeRecord
August 10Final Stephanie Rice Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 4:29.45 WR

Results

Heats

RankHeatLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
134 Elizabeth Beisel Flag of the United States.svg  United States 4:34.55Q
254 Katie Hoff Flag of the United States.svg  United States 4:34.63Q
335 Alessia Filippi Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 4:35.11Q
44 Stephanie Rice Flag of Australia.svg  Australia Q
533 Yana Martynova Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 4:36.25Q, NR
643 Li Xuanxu Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 4:36.35Q
745 Kirsty Coventry Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe 4:36.43Q
855 Hannah Miley Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain 4:36.56Q
947 Katarzyna Baranowska Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 4:36.95 NR
1041 Kathryn Meaklim Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 4:37.11 NR
1137 Maiko Fujino Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 4:37.35
1253 Katinka Hosszú Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 4:37.55
1352 Zsuzsanna Jakabos Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 4:37.86
1457 Mireia Belmonte García Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 4:37.91
1536 Keri-Anne Payne Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain 4:38.69
1658 Anja Klinar Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia 4:38.90
1723 Joanna Melo Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 4:40.18
1827 Sara Nordenstam Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 4:40.28 NR
1946 Camille Muffat Flag of France.svg  France 4:40.29
2038 Tanya Hunks Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 4:40.63
2151 Jessica Pengelly Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 4:41.04
2231 Samantha Hamill Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 4:41.89
2356 Joanne Andraca Flag of France.svg  France 4:43.88
2432 Helen Norfolk Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 4:44.22
2525 Liu Jing Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 4:44.96
2621 Jördis Steinegger Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 4:45.15
2742 Saori Haruguchi Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 4:45.22
2813 Nam Yoo-sun Flag of South Korea (1997-2011).svg  South Korea 4:46.74
2948 Alexa Komarnycky Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 4:46.98
3028 Susana Escobar Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 4:47.32 NR
3126 Svetlana Karpeeva Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 4:50.22
3216 Quah Ting Wen Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore 4:51.25 NR
3322 Katharina Schiller Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 4:51.52
3414 Lew Yih Wey Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia 4:55.83
3515 Anna-Liisa Põld Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia 4:58.21
3624 Georgina Bardach Flag of Argentina (1861-2010).svg  Argentina 5:00.87
3717 Nimitta Thaveesupsoonthorn Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand 5:02.18
12 Maroua Mathlouthi Flag of Tunisia.svg  Tunisia DNS

Final

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg6 Stephanie Rice Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 4:29.45 WR
Silver medal icon.svg1 Kirsty Coventry Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe 4:29.89 AF
Bronze medal icon.svg5 Katie Hoff Flag of the United States.svg  United States 4:31.71
44 Elizabeth Beisel Flag of the United States.svg  United States 4:34.24
53 Alessia Filippi Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 4:34.34 NR
68 Hannah Miley Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain 4:39.44
72 Yana Martynova Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 4:40.04
87 Li Xuanxu Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 4:42.13

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