Swimming at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Women's 400 metre freestyle explained

The women's 400 metre freestyle event at the 1996 Summer Olympics took place on 22 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.

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	5	5	4:08.99	Q
2	5	4	4:09.00	Q, NR
3	4	6	4:11.04	Q
4	4	4	4:11.17	Q
5	4	5	4:11.18	Q
6	3	4	4:12.07	Q
7	4	3	4:12.20	Q
8	5	3	4:13.40	Q
9	3	5	4:13.60	q,
10	3	2	4:14.13	q
11	4	7	4:14.50	q
12	3	6	4:16.07	q
13	5	8	4:16.47	q
14	5	7	4:16.89	q
15	3	3	4:17.02	q
16	3	7	4:17.18	q, NR
17	5	1	4:17.35	q
18	5	2	4:19.34
19	4	8	4:19.45
20	3	8	4:19.46
21	4	1	4:20.04
22	2	1	4:21.27	NR
23	2	4	4:21.33
24	1	6	4:21.39
25	1	4	4:21.46
26	1	7	4:21.93	NR
27	3	1	4:22.10
28	2	3	4:22.11
29	5	6	4:22.55
30	2	8	4:22.66	NR
31	2	6	4:23.35
32	1	1	4:23.72
33	2	2	4:23.84
34	1	5	4:24.05
35	2	7	4:24.49
36	1	3	4:27.11
37	2	5	4:27.19
38	1	2	4:29.80
39	1	8	4:32.15
	4	2

Web site: Swimming at the 1996 Atlanta Summer Games: Women's 400 metres Freestyle . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417170056/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1996/SWI/womens-400-metres-freestyle.html . dead . 17 April 2020 . 17 March 2020 . Sports Reference.
Web site: Atlanta 1996: Swimming – Women's 400m Freestyle Heats. PDF. Atlanta 1996. LA84 Foundation. 39–40. 12 September 2017.
Web site: Atlanta 1996: Swimming – Women's 400m Freestyle Finals. PDF. Atlanta 1996. LA84 Foundation. 40. 12 September 2017.