Swimming at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Women's 400 metre freestyle explained

Event:	Women's 400 metre freestyle
Games:	1984 Summer
Venue:	McDonald's Olympic Swim Stadium
Date:	31 July 1984 (heats & final)
Competitors:	26
Nations:	18
Gold:	Tiffany Cohen
Goldnoc:	USA
Silver:	Sarah Hardcastle
Silvernoc:	GBR
Bronze:	June Croft
Bronzenoc:	GBR
Win Value:	4:07.10
Prev:	1980
Next:	1988

The final of the women's 400 metre freestyle event at the 1984 Summer Olympics was held in the McDonald's Olympic Swim Stadium in Los Angeles, California, on July 31, 1984.^[1]

Records

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

The following records were established during the competition:

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

Rank	Heat	Lane	Time	Notes
1	4	4	4:11.49	Q
2	4	5	4:11.55	Q, NR
3	3	4	4:15.08	Q
4	3	3	4:15.21	Q
5	2	4	4:15.51	Q
6	2	3	4:16.60	Q
7	2	5	4:16.65	Q
8	4	3	4:17.92	Q
9	3	6	4:18.28	q
10	1	6	4:18.70	q
11	1	5	4:18.90	q
12	1	4	4:18.94	q,
13	4	6	4:19.48	q
14	4	2	4:20.13	q, NR
15	3	5	4:20.69	q
16	3	7	4:23.30	q
17	2	2	4:25.13	q
18	3	2	4:28.20
19	2	6	4:28.68
20	1	3	4:31.76
21	1	2	4:34.95
22	4	1	4:36.07
23	3	1	4:36.87
24	1	7	4:42.47
25	4	7	4:43.41
	2	7

Web site: Swimming at the 1984 Los Angeles Summer Games: Women's 400 metres Freestyle . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417164211/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1984/SWI/womens-400-metres-freestyle.html . dead . April 17, 2020 . March 5, 2017 . Sports Reference.
Web site: Los Angeles 1984: Swimming – Women's 400m Freestyle Heats. Los Angeles 1984. LA84 Foundation. 493–494. 13 March 2017.