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
Venue Georgia Tech Aquatic Center
Date 21 July 1996 (heats & finals)
Competitors 27 from 23 nations
Winning time 4:14.90
Medalists
1st, gold medalist(s) Tom Dolan  United States
2nd, silver medalist(s) Eric Namesnik  United States
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Curtis Myden  Canada

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)4:12.30Rome, Italy6 September 1994
Olympic record Tamás Darnyi (HUN)4:14.23Barcelona, Spain27 July 1992

Results

Heats

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

RankHeatLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
124Eric Namesnik United States4:16.21Q
246Marcel Wouda Netherlands4:17.30Q, NR
344Tom Dolan United States4:17.66Q
443Marcin Maliński Poland4:18.34Q, NR
545Curtis Myden Canada4:18.43Q
635Matthew Dunn Australia4:19.51Q
725Luca Sacchi Italy4:19.63Q
826Serghei Mariniuc Moldova4:20.24Q
934Jani Sievinen Finland4:23.13q, WD
1022Frederik Hviid Spain4:23.67q
1133Trent Steed Australia4:24.39q
1223Toshiaki Kurasawa Japan4:24.83q
1347Josef Horký Czech Republic4:26.58q, NR
1432Tatsuya Kinugasa Japan4:26.73q
1541Ratapong Sirisanont Thailand4:26.99q, NR
1636István Batházi Hungary4:27.37q
1721Alejandro Bermúdez Colombia4:27.97q, NR
1837Valērijs Kalmikovs Latvia4:28.04
1942Gergő Kiss Hungary4:28.05
2028Mark Kwok Kin Ming Hong Kong4:31.13
2148Kim Bang-hyun South Korea4:31.16
2215Walter Soza Nicaragua4:32.11NR
2327Krešimir Čač Croatia4:34.02
2431Aleksandar Malenko Macedonia4:34.06
2513Arsenio López Puerto Rico4:34.81
2638Desmond Koh Singapore4:36.87
2714Wan Azlan Abdullah Malaysia4:38.95

Finals

[3]

Final B

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
94Frederik Hviid Spain4:22.47
103Toshiaki Kurasawa Japan4:23.36
112Tatsuya Kinugasa Japan4:24.25
127Ratapong Sirisanont Thailand4:26.35NR
138Alejandro Bermúdez Colombia4:26.64NR
146Josef Horký Czech Republic4:28.39
155Trent Steed Australia4:29.35
1István Batházi HungaryDSQ

Final A

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
1st, gold medalist(s)3Tom Dolan United States4:14.90
2nd, silver medalist(s)4Eric Namesnik United States4:15.25
3rd, bronze medalist(s)2Curtis Myden Canada4:16.28NR
47Matthew Dunn Australia4:16.66OC
55Marcel Wouda Netherlands4:17.71
61Luca Sacchi Italy4:18.31
76Marcin Maliński Poland4:20.50
88Serghei Mariniuc Moldova4:21.15

References

  1. "Swimming at the 1996 Atlanta Summer Games: Men's 400 metres Individual Medley". Sports Reference. Retrieved 11 September 2017.
  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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