Wikipedia

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

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]

Women's 400 metre individual medley
at the Games of the XXVI Olympiad
VenueGeorgia Tech Aquatic Center
Date20 July 1996 (heats & finals)
Competitors31 from 24 nations
Winning time4:39.18 NR
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Michelle Smith  Ireland
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Allison Wagner  United States
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Krisztina Egerszegi  Hungary
← 1992
2000 →

Records edit

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

World record   Petra Schneider (GDR) 4:36.10 Guayaquil, Ecuador 1 August 1982
Olympic record   Petra Schneider (GDR) 4:36.29 Moscow, Soviet Union 26 July 1980

Results edit

Heats edit

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

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 4 4 Krisztina Egerszegi   Hungary 4:43.09 Q
2 4 3 Emma Johnson   Australia 4:43.45 Q
3 3 5 Michelle Smith   Ireland 4:43.79 Q
4 4 5 Allison Wagner   United States 4:44.06 Q
5 4 1 Beatrice Căşlaru   Romania 4:44.66 Q
6 3 2 Whitney Metzler   United States 4:44.74 Q
7 2 3 Sabine Herbst   Germany 4:45.36 Q
8 2 7 Lourdes Becerra   Spain 4:45.54 Q, NR
9 2 5 Joanne Malar   Canada 4:47.85 q
10 3 3 Fumie Kurotori   Japan 4:48.51 q
11 4 7 Nancy Sweetnam   Canada 4:48.56 q
12 3 7 Hideko Hiranaka   Japan 4:49.32 q
13 4 2 Hana Černá   Czech Republic 4:49.43 q, NR
14 2 6 Elli Overton   Australia 4:49.82 q
15 3 1 Pavla Chrástová   Czech Republic 4:51.35 q
16 1 4 Yseult Gervy   Belgium 4:53.11 q, NR
17 3 4 Chen Yan   China 4:53.87
18 2 4 Wu Yanyan   China 4:54.07
19 4 8 Sarah Hardcastle   Great Britain 4:54.64
20 3 8 Britta Vestergaard   Denmark 4:55.03
21 3 6 Cathleen Rund   Germany 4:55.30
22 1 7 Carolyn Adel   Suriname 4:55.48 NR
23 1 5 Mirjana Boševska   Macedonia 4:55.57
24 2 2 Anna Wilson   New Zealand 4:55.72
25 1 1 Aikaterini Sarakatsani   Greece 4:56.32 NR
26 4 6 Darya Shmeleva   Russia 4:57.06
27 1 3 Praphalsai Minpraphal   Thailand 4:58.33
28 1 2 Lee Ji-hyun   South Korea 4:59.52
29 1 6 Hsieh Shu-tzu   Chinese Taipei 5:01.70
30 2 8 Martina Nemec   Austria 5:02.52
31 2 1 Nadège Cliton   France 5:06.46

Finals edit

[3]

Final B edit

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
9 4 Joanne Malar   Canada 4:46.34
10 2 Hana Černá   Czech Republic 4:46.78 NR
11 3 Nancy Sweetnam   Canada 4:47.55
12 5 Fumie Kurotori   Japan 4:47.98
13 6 Hideko Hiranaka   Japan 4:48.72
14 7 Elli Overton   Australia 4:50.73
15 8 Yseult Gervy   Belgium 4:52.89
16 1 Pavla Chrástová   Czech Republic 4:56.23

Final A edit

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
  3 Michelle Smith   Ireland 4:39.18 NR
  6 Allison Wagner   United States 4:42.03
  4 Krisztina Egerszegi   Hungary 4:42.53
4 1 Sabine Herbst   Germany 4:43.78
5 5 Emma Johnson   Australia 4:44.02
6 2 Beatrice Câșlaru   Romania 4:44.91
7 8 Lourdes Becerra   Spain 4:45.17 NR
8 7 Whitney Metzler   United States 4:46.20

References edit

  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.

External links edit

Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Swimming_at_the_1996_Summer_Olympics_–_Women%27s_400_metre_individual_medley&oldid=1117444563"