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

The men'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]

Men's 400 metre individual medley
at the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad
VenueOlympic Aquatic Centre
DateAugust 14, 2004 (heats & final)
Competitors36 from 26 nations
Winning time4:08.26 WR
Medalists
Michael Phelps  United States
Erik Vendt  United States
László Cseh  Hungary
Swimming at the
2004 Summer Olympics
Freestyle
50 mmenwomen
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
400 mmenwomen
800 mwomen
1500 mmen
Backstroke
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
Breaststroke
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
Butterfly
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
Individual medley
200 mmenwomen
400 mmenwomen
Freestyle relay
4×100 mmenwomen
4×200 mmenwomen
Medley relay
4×100 mmenwomen

U.S. swimmer Michael Phelps broke a new world record of 4:08.26 to claim his first ever Olympic gold medal. Phelps' teammate Erik Vendt added a second silver to the one he earned behind Tom Dolan in Sydney four years earlier, finishing with a time of 4:11.81. Hungary's László Cseh, silver medalist at the 2003 FINA World Championships, held on for bronze in 4:12.15.[2][3]

Records

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

World record Michael Phelps (USA)4:08.41Long Beach, United States7 July 2004
Olympic record Tom Dolan (USA)4:11.76Sydney, Australia17 September 2000

The following new world and Olympic records were set during this competition.

DateEventNameNationalityTimeRecord
August 14FinalMichael Phelps United States4:08.26WR

Results

Heats
RankHeatLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
154Michael Phelps United States4:13.29Q
244László Cseh Hungary4:14.26Q
334Alessio Boggiatto Italy4:15.78Q
435Jiro Miki Japan4:16.32Q
537Ioannis Kokkodis Greece4:16.56Q
643Oussama Mellouli Tunisia4:16.68Q
55Erik Vendt United StatesQ
856Travis Nederpelt Australia4:16.77Q
942Ioannis Drymonakos Greece4:16.83
1045Luca Marin Italy4:16.85
1153Justin Norris Australia4:16.90
1247Robin Francis Great Britain4:18.34
1322Dean Kent New Zealand4:18.55
1436Wu Peng China4:19.32
1552Brian Johns Canada4:21.10
1657Keith Beavers Canada4:21.47
1732Thiago Pereira Brazil4:22.06
1833Susumu Tabuchi Japan4:22.46
1931Lucas Salatta Brazil4:23.01
2021Kim Bang-hyun South Korea4:23.05NR
2151Igor Berezutskiy Russia4:23.20
2224Jeremy Knowles Bahamas4:23.29
2346Adrian Turner Great Britain4:23.53
2458Alexey Kovrigin Russia4:23.77
2526Bradley Ally Barbados4:24.70
2641Dmytro Nazarenko Ukraine4:26.15
2727Vytautas Janušaitis Lithuania4:26.30
2848Liu Weijia China4:27.02
2925Yves Platel Switzerland4:28.94
3028Guntars Deičmans Latvia4:29.17
3138Marko Milenkovič Slovenia4:30.99
3214Saša Imprić Croatia4:32.02
3315Andrew Mackay Cayman Islands4:32.38
3423Miguel Molina Philippines4:33.25
3516Lin Yu-an Chinese Taipei4:41.76
3613Nikita Polyakov Uzbekistan5:09.66

Final
RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
4Michael Phelps United States4:08.26WR
1Erik Vendt United States4:11.81
5László Cseh Hungary4:12.15
43Alessio Boggiatto Italy4:12.28
57Oussama Mellouli Tunisia4:14.49AF
62Ioannis Kokkodis Greece4:18.60
76Jiro Miki Japan4:19.97
88Travis Nederpelt Australia4:20.08

References
  1. "Swimming schedule". BBC Sport. 5 August 2004. Retrieved 17 June 2007.
  2. Dillman, Lisa (15 August 2004). "So Far, So Gold". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 16 March 2013.
  3. Thomas, Stephen (14 August 2004). "New World Record as Michael "the Machine" Lowers 'his' 400 IM Yet Again! Vendt takes Silver, as USA Goes 1-2". Swimming World Magazine. Archived from the original on 18 May 2014. Retrieved 16 March 2013.
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