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

Men's 400 metre freestyle
at the Games of the XXVI Olympiad
Venue Georgia Tech Aquatic Center
Date 23 July 1996 (heats & finals)
Competitors 35 from 31 nations
Winning time 3:47.97 NR
Medalists
1st, gold medalist(s) Danyon Loader  New Zealand
2nd, silver medalist(s) Paul Palmer  Great Britain
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Daniel Kowalski  Australia

The men's 400 metre freestyle event at the 1996 Summer Olympics took place on 23 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 Kieren Perkins (AUS)3:43.80Rome, Italy11 September 1994
Olympic record Yevgeny Sadovyi (EUN)3:45.00Barcelona, Spain29 July 1992

Results

Heats

Rule: The eight fastest swimmers advance to final A (Q), while the next eight to final B (q).[2]

RankHeatLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
146Emiliano Brembilla Italy3:49.35Q
245Massimiliano Rosolino Italy3:51.05Q
343Jörg Hoffmann Germany3:51.26Q
455Danyon Loader New Zealand3:51.54Q
534Daniel Kowalski Australia3:51.67Q
653Paul Palmer Great Britain3:51.98Q
735Anders Holmertz Sweden3:52.27Q
852Jacob Carstensen Denmark3:52.62Q
933Sebastian Wiese Germany3:53.55q
1044John Piersma United States3:53.58q
1154Tom Dolan United States3:53.91q, WD
1256Malcolm Allen Australia3:54.34q
1332Dimitrios Manganas Greece3:54.85q, NR
1447Yann de Fabrique France3:55.42q
1558Igor Snitko Ukraine3:55.67q, NR
1657Ryk Neethling South Africa3:56.19q
1736Aleksey Akatyev Russia3:56.40q
1837Luiz Lima Brazil3:56.43
1941Torlarp Sethsothorn Thailand3:57.08NR
2031Jure Bučar Slovenia3:57.36
2121Alejandro Bermúdez Colombia3:57.45NR
2224Miroslav Vučetić Croatia3:59.20
2342Béla Szabados Hungary3:59.36
2451Hisato Yasui Japan4:00.19
2527Ricardo Monasterio Venezuela4:00.44
2614Andrey Kvassov Kyrgyzstan4:00.69NR
2725Can Ergenekan Turkey4:02.39
2815Agustín Fiorilli Argentina4:02.53
2926Mark Kwok Kin Ming Hong Kong4:02.68
3038Woo Chul South Korea4:03.11
3122Andrei Zaharov Moldova4:09.30
3248Hisham Al-Masri Syria4:10.23
3328Sng Ju Wei Singapore4:12.24
3413Omar Dallal Jordan4:41.12
23Antti Kasvio FinlandDNS

Finals

[3]

Final B

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
95John Piersma United States3:50.69
104Sebastian Wiese Germany3:52.37
111Ryk Neethling South Africa3:54.34
127Igor Snitko Ukraine3:54.63NR
133Malcolm Allen Australia3:55.48
148Aleksey Akatyev Russia3:55.72
152Yann de Fabrique France3:56.46
166Dimitrios Manganas Greece3:57.39

Final A

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
1st, gold medalist(s)6Danyon Loader New Zealand3:47.97NR
2nd, silver medalist(s)7Paul Palmer Great Britain3:49.00
3rd, bronze medalist(s)2Daniel Kowalski Australia3:49.39
44Emiliano Brembilla Italy3:49.87
51Anders Holmertz Sweden3:50.66
65Massimiliano Rosolino Italy3:51.04
73Jörg Hoffmann Germany3:52.15
88Jacob Carstensen Denmark3:54.45

References

  1. ↑ "Swimming at the 1996 Atlanta Summer Games: Men's 400 metres Freestyle". Sports Reference. Retrieved 9 September 2017.
  2. ↑ "Atlanta 1996: Swimming – Men's 400m Freestyle Heats" (PDF). Atlanta 1996. LA84 Foundation. p. 39. Retrieved 9 September 2017.
  3. ↑ "Atlanta 1996: Swimming – Men's 400m Freestyle Finals" (PDF). Atlanta 1996. LA84 Foundation. p. 39. Retrieved 9 September 2017.
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