Swimming at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's 400 metre individual medley

Women's 400 metre individual medley
at the Games of the XXXI Olympiad
Venue Olympic Aquatics Stadium
Dates 6 August 2016
Competitors 33 from 23 nations
Winning time 4:26.36 WR
Medalists
1st, gold medalist(s) Katinka Hosszú  Hungary
2nd, silver medalist(s) Maya DiRado  United States
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Mireia Belmonte  Spain
Katinka Hosszú finished the race breaking the world record.
Hosszú, DiRado and Belmont wait for their medals.

The women's 400 metre individual medley event at the 2016 Summer Olympics took place on 6 August at the Olympic Aquatics Stadium.[1]

Four years after narrowly missing the podium in London, Hungary's Katinka Hosszú, nicknamed the "Iron Lady", opened her redemptive Games by dominating the 400 m individual medley with a new world record and the first title of her Olympic career. Dominating the race from the very start, she pulled away from the field to a gold-medal finish with a 4:26.36. Hosszú's swim also demolished the world record of 4:28.43, set by China's Ye Shiwen at the previous Games.[2][3] Trailing the leader by almost five seconds, U.S. swimmer Maya DiRado turned ahead of the world-record pace for over half the race, and managed to finish with a silver in 4:31.15. Meanwhile, Spain's Mireia Belmonte rounded out the podium with a bronze in 4:32.39, edging out Great Britain's Hannah Miley (4:32.54) in a tight battle to fourth by 0.15 of a second.[4][5]

Canada's Emily Overholt finished fifth with a 4:34.70, and was shortly followed by London 2012 runner-up Elizabeth Beisel of the United States (4:34.98). Miley's teammate Aimee Willmott (4:35.04) and Japan's Sakiko Shimizu (4:38.06) rounded out the final.[4]

Reigning Olympic champion Ye Shiwen missed a chance to defend her title in the final, after finishing twenty-seventh out of thirty-three swimmers in the prelims.[6]

The medals for the competition were presented by Mikee Cojuangco-Jaworski, Philippines, IOC member, and the gifts were presented by Husain al-Musallam, First Vice President of the FINA.

Records

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

World record Ye Shiwen (CHN)4:28.43London, United Kingdom28 July 2012
Olympic record Ye Shiwen (CHN)4:28.43London, United Kingdom28 July 2012

The following records were established during the competition:

DateEventNameNationalityTimeRecord
6 AugustFinalKatinka Hosszú Hungary4:26.36WR, OR

Results

Heats

RankHeatLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
154Katinka Hosszú Hungary4:28.58Q, ER
253Mireia Belmonte Spain4:32.75Q
344Maya DiRado United States4:33.50Q
455Hannah Miley Great Britain4:33.74Q
543Aimee Willmott Great Britain4:34.08Q
652Elizabeth Beisel United States4:34.38Q
757Sakiko Shimizu Japan4:34.66Q, NR
845Emily Overholt Canada4:36.54Q
932Nguyễn Thị Ánh Viên Vietnam4:36.85NR
1046Miho Takahashi Japan4:37.33
48Keryn McMaster Australia
1234Sydney Pickrem Canada4:38.06
1358Zsuzsanna Jakabos Hungary4:38.52
1442Barbora Závadová Czech Republic4:38.53
1535Joanna Maranhão Brazil4:38.88
1656Blair Evans Australia4:38.91
1727Matea Samardžić Croatia4:39.41
1838Viktoriya Zeynep Güneş Turkey4:41.79
1937María Vilas Vidal Spain4:42.52
2022Anja Crevar Serbia4:43.19
2136Franziska Hentke Germany4:43.32
2251Lara Grangeon France4:43.98
2331Fantine Lesaffre France4:44.47
2415Martina van Berkel Switzerland4:45.12
2513Tanja Kylliäinen Finland4:45.33NR
2633Luisa Trombetti Italy4:45.52
2747Ye Shiwen China4:45.86
2823Victoria Kaminskaya Portugal4:46.03
2914Jördis Steinegger Austria4:47.84
3024Sara Franceschi Italy4:48.48
3126Virginia Bardach Argentina4:49.69
3241Zhou Min China4:50.38
3325Ranohon Amanova Uzbekistan4:52.15

Final

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
1st, gold medalist(s)4Katinka Hosszú Hungary4:26.36WR
2nd, silver medalist(s)3Maya DiRado United States4:31.15
3rd, bronze medalist(s)5Mireia Belmonte Spain4:32.39
46Hannah Miley Great Britain4:32.54
58Emily Overholt Canada4:34.70
67Elizabeth Beisel United States4:34.98
72Aimee Willmott Great Britain4:35.04
81Sakiko Shimizu Japan4:38.06

References

  1. ↑ "Women's 400m Individual Medley". Rio 2016. Retrieved 5 August 2016.
  2. ↑ Wolken, Dan (6 August 2016). "Katinka Hosszu shatters world record in 400 IM; Maya DiRado wins silver". USA Today. Retrieved 27 August 2016.
  3. ↑ "All-rounder Hosszu finally swims to first Olympic gold". Olympics. 6 August 2016. Retrieved 27 August 2016.
  4. 1 2 "Katinka Hosszu Smokes 400 IM World Record in Rio". Swimming World Magazine. 6 August 2016. Retrieved 27 August 2016.
  5. ↑ Coverdale, David (6 August 2016). "Rio Olympics 2016: Agony for Hannah Miley as Team GB swimmer misses out on Olympic bronze by inches". United Kingdom: The Sun. Retrieved 27 August 2016.
  6. ↑ "China's Sun scorched over doping record after he cruises into 400m freestyle final". South China Morning Post. 7 August 2016. Retrieved 27 August 2016.
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