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

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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
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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]

Records

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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

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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 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

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Final B

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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

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Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 3 Michelle Smith  Ireland 4:39.18 NR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 6 Allison Wagner  United States 4:42.03
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 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

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  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.
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