Swimming at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's 400 metre individual medley
Men's 400 metre individual medley at the Games of the XXVI Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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Venue | Georgia Tech Aquatic Center | ||||||||||||
Date | 21 July 1996 (heats & finals) | ||||||||||||
Competitors | 27 from 23 nations | ||||||||||||
Winning time | 4:14.90 | ||||||||||||
Medalists | |||||||||||||
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Swimming at the 1996 Summer Olympics | ||
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Freestyle | ||
50 m | men | women |
100 m | men | women |
200 m | men | women |
400 m | men | women |
800 m | women | |
1500 m | men | |
Backstroke | ||
100 m | men | women |
200 m | men | women |
Breaststroke | ||
100 m | men | women |
200 m | men | women |
Butterfly | ||
100 m | men | women |
200 m | men | women |
Individual medley | ||
200 m | men | women |
400 m | men | women |
Freestyle relay | ||
4×100 m | men | women |
4×200 m | men | women |
Medley relay | ||
4×100 m | men | women |
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]
Records[]
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[]
Heats[]
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 |
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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[]
Final B[]
Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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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[]
Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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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[]
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Atlanta 1996: Swimming – Men's 400m Individual Medley Heats" (PDF). Atlanta 1996. LA84 Foundation. p. 50. Retrieved 11 September 2017.
- ^ "Atlanta 1996: Swimming – Men's 400m Individual Medley Finals" (PDF). Atlanta 1996. LA84 Foundation. p. 50. Retrieved 11 September 2017.
External links[]
Categories:
- Swimming at the 1996 Summer Olympics
- Men's events at the 1996 Summer Olympics