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

The women'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]

Women's 400 metre individual medley
at the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad
VenueAthens Olympic Aquatic Centre
DateAugust 14, 2004 (heats & final)
Competitors25 from 21 nations
Winning time4:34.83
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Yana Klochkova  Ukraine
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Kaitlin Sandeno  United States
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Georgina Bardach  Argentina
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2008 →

World record holder Yana Klochkova of Ukraine successfully defended her Olympic title in this event, outside the record time of 4:34.83. U.S. swimmer Kaitlin Sandeno, who finished behind Klochkova by 0.12 of a second, earned a silver medal, in an American record time of 4:34.95. Georgina Bardach, on the other hand, won Argentina's first Olympic bronze medal in swimming, breaking a South American record of 4:37.51.[2] South Korea's Nam Yoo-sun and Greece's Vasiliki Angelopoulou became the first female swimmers for their respective nation to reach an Olympic final, finishing outside the medals in seventh and eighth place, respectively. Romania's Beatrice Câșlaru, who won a bronze medal in Sydney, finished only in fourteenth place on the morning's preliminary heats.[3]

Records edit

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

World record   Yana Klochkova (UKR) 4:33.59 Sydney, Australia 16 September 2000
Olympic record   Yana Klochkova (UKR) 4:33.59 Sydney, Australia 16 September 2000

Results edit

Heats edit

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 4 4 Yana Klochkova   Ukraine 4:38.36 Q
2 4 5 Kaitlin Sandeno   United States 4:40.21 Q
3 2 5 Georgina Bardach   Argentina 4:41.20 Q
3 3 4 Éva Risztov   Hungary 4:41.20 Q
5 2 6 Nicole Hetzer   Germany 4:41.74 Q
6 4 6 Joanna Melo   Brazil 4:42.01 Q
7 4 1 Vasiliki Angelopoulou   Greece 4:44.90 Q, NR
8 2 1 Nam Yoo-sun   South Korea 4:45.16 Q
9 2 2 Helen Norfolk   New Zealand 4:45.21
10 4 2 Misa Amano   Japan 4:45.61
11 3 6 Elizabeth Warden   Canada 4:46.27
12 2 3 Lara Carroll   Australia 4:46.32
13 3 3 Anja Klinar   Slovenia 4:46.66
14 4 3 Beatrice Câșlaru   Romania 4:46.94
15 4 7 Zsuzsanna Jakabos   Hungary 4:47.21
16 3 1 Alessia Filippi   Italy 4:47.26
17 2 4 Katie Hoff   United States 4:47.49
18 3 7 Teresa Rohmann   Germany 4:48.51
19 3 5 Jennifer Reilly   Australia 4:49.04
20 4 8 Lin Man-hsu   Chinese Taipei 4:52.22
21 2 7 Yana Martynova   Russia 4:52.96
22 1 4 Nimitta Thaveesupsoonthorn   Thailand 5:00.06
23 1 5 Ana Dangalakova   Bulgaria 5:01.00
24 1 3 Sabria Dahane   Algeria 5:10.20
3 2 Zhang Tianyi   China DSQ

Final edit

Rank Lane Swimmer Nation Time Notes
  4 Yana Klochkova   Ukraine 4:34.83
  5 Kaitlin Sandeno   United States 4:34.95 AM
  3 Georgina Bardach   Argentina 4:37.51 SA
4 6 Éva Risztov   Hungary 4:39.29
5 7 Joanna Melo   Brazil 4:40.00 NR
6 2 Nicole Hetzer   Germany 4:40.20
7 8 Nam Yoo-sun   South Korea 4:50.35
8 1 Vasiliki Angelopoulou   Greece 4:50.85

References edit

  1. ^ "Swimming schedule". BBC Sport. 5 August 2004. Retrieved 17 June 2007.
  2. ^ "Klochkova Wins Her Second Consecutive Olympic 400IM. Sandeno Takes the Silver, Sets a New American Record. Argentina's Bardach Grabs Bronze in S.A. Record". Swimming World Magazine. 14 August 2004. Archived from the original on 3 December 2005. Retrieved 25 March 2013.
  3. ^ "U.S. swimmer Sandeno nearly gets gold". ESPN. 14 August 2004. Retrieved 25 March 2013.

External links edit

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