Swimming at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Women's 400 metre freestyle explained

Event:	Women's 400 metre freestyle
Games:	1992 Summer
Venue:	Piscines Bernat Picornell
Date:	28 July 1992 (heats & finals)
Competitors:	33
Nations:	24
Gold:	Dagmar Hase
Goldnoc:	GER
Silver:	Janet Evans
Silvernoc:	USA
Bronze:	Hayley Lewis
Bronzenoc:	AUS
Win Value:	4:07.18
Prev:	1988
Next:	1996

The women's 400 metre freestyle event at the 1992 Summer Olympics took place on 28 July at the Piscines Bernat Picornell in Barcelona, Spain.^[1]

Records

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

Results

Heats

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

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	5	4			4:09.38	Q
2	5	3			4:10.92	Q
3	5	5			4:12.08	Q
4	4	3			4:12.50	Q
5	3	4			4:12.95	Q
6	5	7			4:13.16	Q
7	3	3			4:13.81	Q
8	5	6			4:13.85	Q
9	3	6			4:14.00	q, NR
10	4	7			4:15.43	q, NR
11	4	5			4:16.05	q
12	3	5			4:16.23	q
13	4	2			4:16.80	q,
14	5	2			4:17.00	q
15	3	2			4:17.87	q
16	4	6			4:19.18	q
17	5	1			4:19.87	q
18	4	4			4:20.16
19	4	1			4:22.26
20	5	8			4:22.27
21	3	1			4:23.33	AF
22	3	7			4:23.69
23	3	8			4:23.87
24	2	5			4:24.01
25	4	1			4:25.55
26	2	3			4:29.32
27	1	6			4:29.64
28	1	4			4:29.76
29	2	4			4:32.06
30	1	5			4:32.23
31	2	6			4:37.58
32	1	3			4:37.77
33	2	2			4:43.53

Finals

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Final B

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
9	4			4:12.96	NR
10	7			4:14.11
11	3			4:14.46
12	6			4:14.90
13	2			4:14.92
14	5			4:16.41
15	1			4:20.75
16	8			4:21.50

Final A

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	5			4:07.18
	4			4:07.37
	2			4:11.22
4	3			4:11.50
5	6			4:11.52
6	1			4:13.75
7	7			4:14.10
8	8			4:15.71

External links

• Official Report

Notes and References

1. Web site: Swimming at the 1992 Barcelona Summer Games: Women's 400 metres Freestyle . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417163824/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1992/SWI/womens-400-metres-freestyle.html . dead . 17 April 2020 . 14 March 2020 . Sports Reference.
2. Web site: Barcelona 1992: Swimming – Women's 400m Freestyle Heats. PDF. Barcelona 1992. LA84 Foundation. 374. 2 September 2017.
3. Web site: Barcelona 1992: Swimming – Women's 400m Freestyle Finals. PDF. Barcelona 1992. LA84 Foundation. 374. 2 September 2017.