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

^[3]

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

• Official Report
• USA Swimming

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.