Swimming at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Men's 400 metre freestyle

The men's 400 metre freestyle event at the 1992 Summer Olympics took place on 29 July at the Piscines Bernat Picornell in Barcelona, Spain.[1]

Men's 400 metre freestyle
at the Games of the XXV Olympiad
VenuePiscines Bernat Picornell
Date29 July 1992 (heats & finals)
Competitors47 from 32 nations
Winning time3:45.00 WR
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Yevgeny Sadovyi  Unified Team
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Kieren Perkins  Australia
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Anders Holmertz  Sweden
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Records

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

World record   Kieren Perkins (AUS) 3:46.47 Canberra, Australia 3 April 1992
Olympic record   Uwe Daßler (GDR) 3:46.95 Seoul, South Korea 23 September 1988

The following records were established during the competition:

Date Round Name Nationality Time Record
29 July Final A Yevgeny Sadovyi   Unified Team 3:45.00 WR

Results

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Heats

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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 6 4 Kieren Perkins   Australia 3:49.24 Q
2 5 2 Yevgeny Sadovyi   Unified Team 3:49.37 Q, NR
3 5 4 Anders Holmertz   Sweden 3:49.95 Q
4 5 3 Stefan Pfeiffer   Germany 3:49.99 Q
5 5 8 Danyon Loader   New Zealand 3:50.05 Q, NR
6 5 5 Ian Brown   Australia 3:50.12 Q
7 6 3 Sebastian Wiese   Germany 3:50.73 Q
8 4 4 Artur Wojdat   Poland 3:51.66 Q
9 4 3 Antti Kasvio   Finland 3:51.74 q
10 4 6 Paul Palmer   Great Britain 3:51.93 q
11 6 6 Mariusz Podkościelny   Poland 3:52.07 q
12 6 7 Pier Maria Siciliano   Italy 3:52.32 q
13 4 5 Sean Killion   United States 3:52.42 q
14 6 5 Dan Jorgensen   United States 3:53.20 q, WD
15 4 2 Christophe Marchand   France 3:54.59 q
16 4 7 Jure Bučar   Slovenia 3:55.28 q, NR
17 3 4 Yann de Fabrique   France 3:55.66 q
18 2 7 Marcel Wouda   Netherlands 3:55.70
19 6 2 Massimo Trevisan   Italy 3:56.35
20 5 6 Zoltán Szilágyi   Hungary 3:56.68
21 5 1 Turlough O'Hare   Canada 3:56.70
22 2 4 Aleksey Kudryavtsev   Unified Team 3:57.07
23 6 8 Uğur Taner   Turkey 3:57.64
24 3 2 Shigeo Ogata   Japan 3:57.91
25 3 1 Can Ergenekan   Turkey 3:58.43
26 2 5 Artur Costa   Portugal 3:58.80
27 3 5 Edward Parenti   Canada 3:58.96
28 6 1 Stephen Akers   Great Britain 3:58.99
29 5 7 Richard Tapper   New Zealand 3:59.71
30 4 1 Jorge Herrera   Puerto Rico 4:00.11
31 4 8 Nace Majcen   Slovenia 4:00.42
32 3 8 Bang Seung-hun   South Korea 4:00.43
33 2 3 Masashi Kato   Japan 4:00.66
34 1 1 Hisham Al-Masri   Syria 4:00.69
35 3 7 Alejandro Bermúdez   Colombia 4:01.66
36 3 3 Christer Wallin   Sweden 4:02.14
37 3 6 Jeffrey Ong   Malaysia 4:02.28
38 2 6 Jarl Inge Melberg   Norway 4:03.49
39 2 1 Ratapong Sirisanont   Thailand 4:07.95
40 1 5 Gustavo Bucaro   Guatemala 4:11.48
41 1 4 Luis Héctor Medina   Bolivia 4:11.77 NR
42 2 2 Benoît Fleurot   Mauritius 4:12.05
43 2 8 Kenneth Yeo   Singapore 4:13.45
44 1 3 Helder Torres   Guatemala 4:20.38
45 1 6 Hussein Al-Sadiq   Saudi Arabia 4:21.44
46 1 7 Jean-Paul Adam   Seychelles 4:40.93
1 2 Carl Probert   Fiji DNS

Finals

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Final B

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Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
9 4 Antti Kasvio   Finland 3:50.06 NR
10 5 Paul Palmer   Great Britain 3:51.60
11 2 Sean Killion   United States 3:52.76
12 6 Pier Maria Siciliano   Italy 3:53.05
13 7 Christophe Marchand   France 3:53.24
14 8 Yann de Fabrique   France 3:54.37
15 3 Mariusz Podkościelny   Poland 3:54.56
16 1 Jure Bučar   Slovenia 3:56.93

Final A

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Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
  5 Yevgeny Sadovyi   Unified Team 3:45.00 WR
  4 Kieren Perkins   Australia 3:45.16 OC
  3 Anders Holmertz   Sweden 3:46.77 NR
4 8 Artur Wojdat   Poland 3:48.10
5 7 Ian Brown   Australia 3:48.79
6 1 Sebastian Wiese   Germany 3:49.06
7 6 Stefan Pfeiffer   Germany 3:49.75
8 2 Danyon Loader   New Zealand 3:49.97 NR

References

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  1. ^ "Swimming at the 1992 Barcelona Summer Games: Men's 400 metres Freestyle". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 12 March 2020.
  2. ^ "Barcelona 1992: Swimming – Men's 400m Freestyle Heats" (PDF). Barcelona 1992. LA84 Foundation. p. 360. Retrieved 27 August 2017.
  3. ^ "Barcelona 1992: Swimming – Men's 400m Freestyle Finals" (PDF). Barcelona 1992. LA84 Foundation. p. 360. Retrieved 27 August 2017.
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