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

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The men's 400 metre individual medley event at the 1996 Summer Olympics took place on 21 July at the Georgia Tech Aquatic Center in Atlanta, United States.[1]

Men's 400 metre individual medley
at the Games of the XXVI Olympiad
VenueGeorgia Tech Aquatic Center
Date21 July 1996 (heats & finals)
Competitors27 from 23 nations
Winning time4:14.90
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Tom Dolan  United States
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Eric Namesnik  United States
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Curtis Myden  Canada
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Records

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

World record   Tom Dolan (USA) 4:12.30 Rome, Italy 6 September 1994
Olympic record   Tamás Darnyi (HUN) 4:14.23 Barcelona, Spain 27 July 1992

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 2 4 Eric Namesnik   United States 4:16.21 Q
2 4 6 Marcel Wouda   Netherlands 4:17.30 Q, NR
3 4 4 Tom Dolan   United States 4:17.66 Q
4 4 3 Marcin Maliński   Poland 4:18.34 Q, NR
5 4 5 Curtis Myden   Canada 4:18.43 Q
6 3 5 Matthew Dunn   Australia 4:19.51 Q
7 2 5 Luca Sacchi   Italy 4:19.63 Q
8 2 6 Serghei Mariniuc   Moldova 4:20.24 Q
9 3 4 Jani Sievinen   Finland 4:23.13 q, WD
10 2 2 Frederik Hviid   Spain 4:23.67 q
11 3 3 Trent Steed   Australia 4:24.39 q
12 2 3 Toshiaki Kurasawa   Japan 4:24.83 q
13 4 7 Josef Horký   Czech Republic 4:26.58 q, NR
14 3 2 Tatsuya Kinugasa   Japan 4:26.73 q
15 4 1 Ratapong Sirisanont   Thailand 4:26.99 q, NR
16 3 6 István Batházi   Hungary 4:27.37 q
17 2 1 Alejandro Bermúdez   Colombia 4:27.97 q, NR
18 3 7 Valērijs Kalmikovs   Latvia 4:28.04
19 4 2 Gergő Kiss   Hungary 4:28.05
20 2 8 Mark Kwok Kin Ming   Hong Kong 4:31.13
21 4 8 Kim Bang-hyun   South Korea 4:31.16
22 1 5 Walter Soza   Nicaragua 4:32.11 NR
23 2 7 Krešimir Čač   Croatia 4:34.02
24 3 1 Aleksandar Malenko   Macedonia 4:34.06
25 1 3 Arsenio López   Puerto Rico 4:34.81
26 3 8 Desmond Koh   Singapore 4:36.87
27 1 4 Wan Azlan Abdullah   Malaysia 4:38.95

Finals

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Final B

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Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
9 4 Frederik Hviid   Spain 4:22.47
10 3 Toshiaki Kurasawa   Japan 4:23.36
11 2 Tatsuya Kinugasa   Japan 4:24.25
12 7 Ratapong Sirisanont   Thailand 4:26.35 NR
13 8 Alejandro Bermúdez   Colombia 4:26.64 NR
14 6 Josef Horký   Czech Republic 4:28.39
15 5 Trent Steed   Australia 4:29.35
1 István Batházi   Hungary DSQ

Final A

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Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
  3 Tom Dolan   United States 4:14.90
  4 Eric Namesnik   United States 4:15.25
  2 Curtis Myden   Canada 4:16.28 NR
4 7 Matthew Dunn   Australia 4:16.66 OC
5 5 Marcel Wouda   Netherlands 4:17.71
6 1 Luca Sacchi   Italy 4:18.31
7 6 Marcin Maliński   Poland 4:20.50
8 8 Serghei Mariniuc   Moldova 4:21.15

References

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  1. ^ "Swimming at the 1996 Atlanta Summer Games: Men's 400 metres Individual Medley". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
  2. ^ "Atlanta 1996: Swimming – Men's 400m Individual Medley Heats" (PDF). Atlanta 1996. LA84 Foundation. p. 50. Retrieved 11 September 2017.
  3. ^ "Atlanta 1996: Swimming – Men's 400m Individual Medley Finals" (PDF). Atlanta 1996. LA84 Foundation. p. 50. Retrieved 11 September 2017.
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