Swimming at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's 400 metre individual medley explained

Event:Men's 400 metre individual medley
Games:1996 Summer
Venue:Georgia Tech Aquatic Center
Date:21 July 1996 (heats & finals)
Competitors:27
Nations:23
Gold:Tom Dolan
Goldnoc:USA
Silver:Eric Namesnik
Silvernoc:USA
Bronze:Curtis Myden
Bronzenoc:CAN
Win Value:4:14.90
Prev:1992
Next:2000

The men's 400 metre individual medley event at the 1996 Summer Olympics took place on 21 July at the Georgia Tech Aquatic Center in Atlanta, United States.[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 2 4 4:16.21 Q
2 4 6 4:17.30 Q, NR
3 4 4 4:17.66 Q
4 4 3 4:18.34 Q, NR
5 4 5 4:18.43 Q
6 3 5 4:19.51 Q
7 2 5 4:19.63 Q
8 2 6 4:20.24 Q
9 3 4 4:23.13 q,
10 2 2 4:23.67 q
11 3 3 4:24.39 q
12 2 3 4:24.83 q
13 4 7 4:26.58 q, NR
14 3 2 4:26.73 q
15 4 1 4:26.99 q, NR
16 3 6 4:27.37 q
17 2 1 4:27.97 q, NR
18 3 7 4:28.04
19 4 2 4:28.05
20 2 8 4:31.13
21 4 8 4:31.16
22 1 5 4:32.11 NR
23 2 7 4:34.02
24 3 1 4:34.06
25 1 3 4:34.81
26 3 8 4:36.87
27 1 4 4:38.95

Finals

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Final B

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
9 4 4:22.47
10 3 4:23.36
11 2 4:24.25
12 7 4:26.35 NR
13 8 4:26.64 NR
14 6 4:28.39
15 5 4:29.35
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Final A

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
3 4:14.90
4 4:15.25
2 4:16.28 NR
4 7 4:16.66 OC
5 5 4:17.71
6 1 4:18.31
7 6 4:20.50
8 8 4:21.15

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Swimming at the 1996 Atlanta Summer Games: Men's 400 metres Individual Medley . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417165636/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1996/SWI/mens-400-metres-individual-medley.html . dead . 17 April 2020 . 16 March 2020 . Sports Reference.
  2. Web site: Atlanta 1996: Swimming – Men's 400m Individual Medley Heats. PDF. Atlanta 1996. LA84 Foundation. 50. 11 September 2017.
  3. Web site: Atlanta 1996: Swimming – Men's 400m Individual Medley Finals. PDF. Atlanta 1996. LA84 Foundation. 50. 11 September 2017.