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

Event:	Men's 400 metre freestyle
Games:	1996 Summer
Venue:	Georgia Tech Aquatic Center
Date:	23 July 1996 (heats & finals)
Competitors:	35
Nations:	31
Gold:	Danyon Loader
Goldnoc:	NZL
Silver:	Paul Palmer
Silvernoc:	GBR
Bronze:	Daniel Kowalski
Bronzenoc:	AUS
Win Value:	3:47.97 NR
Prev:	1992
Next:	2000

The men's 400 metre freestyle event at the 1996 Summer Olympics took place on 23 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	4	6			3:49.35	Q
2	4	5			3:51.05	Q
3	4	3			3:51.26	Q
4	5	5			3:51.54	Q
5	3	4			3:51.67	Q
6	5	3			3:51.98	Q
7	3	5			3:52.27	Q
8	5	2			3:52.62	Q
9	3	3			3:53.55	q
10	4	4			3:53.58	q
11	5	4			3:53.91	q,
12	5	6			3:54.34	q
13	3	2			3:54.85	q, NR
14	4	7			3:55.42	q
15	5	8			3:55.67	q, NR
16	5	7			3:56.19	q
17	3	6			3:56.40	q
18	3	7			3:56.43
19	4	1			3:57.08	NR
20	3	1			3:57.36
21	2	1			3:57.45	NR
22	2	4			3:59.20
23	4	2			3:59.36
24	5	1			4:00.19
25	2	7			4:00.44
26	1	4			4:00.69	NR
27	2	5			4:02.39
28	1	5			4:02.53
29	2	6			4:02.68
30	3	8			4:03.11
31	2	2			4:09.30
32	4	8			4:10.23
33	2	8			4:12.24
34	1	3			4:41.12
	2	3

Finals

^[3]

Final B

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
9	5			3:50.69
10	4			3:52.37
11	1			3:54.34
12	7			3:54.63	NR
13	3			3:55.48
14	8			3:55.72
15	2			3:56.46
16	6			3:57.39

Final A

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	6			3:47.97	NR
	7			3:49.00
	2			3:49.39
4	4			3:49.87
5	1			3:50.66
6	5			3:51.04
7	3			3:52.15
8	8			3:54.45

External links

• Official Report
• USA Swimming

Notes and References

1. Web site: Swimming at the 1996 Atlanta Summer Games: Men's 400 metres Freestyle . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417165238/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1996/SWI/mens-400-metres-freestyle.html . dead . 17 April 2020 . 15 March 2020 . Sports Reference.
2. Web site: Atlanta 1996: Swimming – Men's 400m Freestyle Heats. PDF. Atlanta 1996. LA84 Foundation. 39. 9 September 2017.
3. Web site: Atlanta 1996: Swimming – Men's 400m Freestyle Finals. PDF. Atlanta 1996. LA84 Foundation. 39. 9 September 2017.