Swimming at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Women's 400 metre individual medley

Women's 400 metre individual medley
at the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad
Venue Athens Olympic Aquatic Centre
Date August 14, 2004 (heats & final)
Competitors 25 from 21 nations
Winning time 4:34.83
Medalists
1st, gold medalist(s) Yana Klochkova  Ukraine
2nd, silver medalist(s) Kaitlin Sandeno  United States
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Georgina Bardach  Argentina

The women's 400 metre individual medley event at the 2004 Olympic Games was contested at the Olympic Aquatic Centre of the Athens Olympic Sports Complex in Athens, Greece on August 14.[1]

World record holder Yana Klochkova of Ukraine successfully defended her Olympic title in this event, outside the record time of 4:34.83. U.S. swimmer Kaitlin Sandeno, who finished behind Klochkova by 0.12 of a second, earned a silver medal, in an American record time of 4:34.95. Georgina Bardach, on the other hand, won Argentina's first Olympic bronze medal in swimming, breaking a South American record of 4:37.51.[2] South Korea's Nam Yoo-sun and Greece's Vasiliki Angelopoulou became the first female swimmers for their respective nation to reach an Olympic final, finishing outside the medals in seventh and eighth place, respectively. Romania's Beatrice Căslaru, who won a bronze medal in Sydney, finished only in fourteenth place on the morning's preliminary heats.[3]

Records

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

World record Yana Klochkova (UKR)4:33.59Sydney, Australia16 September 2000
Olympic record Yana Klochkova (UKR)4:33.59Sydney, Australia16 September 2000

Results

Heats

RankHeatLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
144Yana Klochkova Ukraine4:38.36Q
245Kaitlin Sandeno United States4:40.21Q
325Georgina Bardach Argentina4:41.20Q
334Éva Risztov Hungary4:41.20Q
526Nicole Hetzer Germany4:41.74Q
646Joanna Melo Brazil4:42.01Q
741Vasiliki Angelopoulou Greece4:44.90Q, NR
821Nam Yoo-sun South Korea4:45.16Q
922Helen Norfolk New Zealand4:45.21
1042Misa Amano Japan4:45.61
1136Elizabeth Warden Canada4:46.27
1223Lara Carroll Australia4:46.32
1333Anja Klinar Slovenia4:46.66
1443Beatrice Câșlaru Romania4:46.94
1547Zsuzsanna Jakabos Hungary4:47.21
1631Alessia Filippi Italy4:47.26
1724Katie Hoff United States4:47.49
1837Teresa Rohmann Germany4:48.51
1935Jennifer Reilly Australia4:49.04
2048Lin Man-hsu Chinese Taipei4:52.22
2127Yana Martynova Russia4:52.96
2214Nimitta Thaveesupsoonthorn Thailand5:00.06
2315Ana Dangalakova Bulgaria5:01.00
2413Sabria Dahane Algeria5:10.20
32Zhang Tianyi ChinaDSQ

Final

RankLaneSwimmerNationTimeNotes
1st, gold medalist(s)4Yana Klochkova Ukraine4:34.83
2nd, silver medalist(s)5Kaitlin Sandeno United States4:34.95AM
3rd, bronze medalist(s)3Georgina Bardach Argentina4:37.51SA
46Éva Risztov Hungary4:39.29
57Joanna Melo Brazil4:40.00NR
62Nicole Hetzer Germany4:40.20
78Nam Yoo-sun South Korea4:50.35
81Vasiliki Angelopoulou Greece4:50.85

References

  1. ↑ "Swimming schedule". BBC Sport. 5 August 2004. Retrieved 17 June 2007.
  2. ↑ "Klochkova Wins Her Second Consecutive Olympic 400IM. Sandeno Takes the Silver, Sets a New American Record. Argentina's Bardach Grabs Bronze in S.A. Record". Swimming World Magazine. 14 August 2004. Archived from the original on 3 December 2005. Retrieved 25 March 2013.
  3. ↑ "U.S. swimmer Sandeno nearly gets gold". ESPN. 14 August 2004. Retrieved 25 March 2013.
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