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

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Men's 400 metre individual medley
at the Games of the XXVI Olympiad
VenueGeorgia Tech Aquatic Center
Date21 July 1996 (heats & finals)
Competitors27 from 23 nations
Winning time4:14.90
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Tom Dolan  United States
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Eric Namesnik  United States
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Curtis Myden  Canada
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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[edit]

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

World record  Tom Dolan (USA) 4:12.30 Rome, Italy 6 September 1994
Olympic record  Tamás Darnyi (HUN) 4:14.23 Barcelona, Spain 27 July 1992

Results[edit]

Heats[edit]

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 Eric Namesnik  United States 4:16.21 Q
2 4 6 Marcel Wouda  Netherlands 4:17.30 Q, NR
3 4 4 Tom Dolan  United States 4:17.66 Q
4 4 3 Marcin Maliński  Poland 4:18.34 Q, NR
5 4 5 Curtis Myden  Canada 4:18.43 Q
6 3 5 Matthew Dunn  Australia 4:19.51 Q
7 2 5 Luca Sacchi  Italy 4:19.63 Q
8 2 6 Serghei Mariniuc  Moldova 4:20.24 Q
9 3 4 Jani Sievinen  Finland 4:23.13 q, WD
10 2 2 Frederik Hviid  Spain 4:23.67 q
11 3 3 Trent Steed  Australia 4:24.39 q
12 2 3 Toshiaki Kurasawa  Japan 4:24.83 q
13 4 7 Josef Horký  Czech Republic 4:26.58 q, NR
14 3 2 Tatsuya Kinugasa  Japan 4:26.73 q
15 4 1 Ratapong Sirisanont  Thailand 4:26.99 q, NR
16 3 6 István Batházi  Hungary 4:27.37 q
17 2 1 Alejandro Bermúdez  Colombia 4:27.97 q, NR
18 3 7 Valērijs Kalmikovs  Latvia 4:28.04
19 4 2 Gergő Kiss  Hungary 4:28.05
20 2 8 Mark Kwok Kin Ming  Hong Kong 4:31.13
21 4 8 Kim Bang-hyun  South Korea 4:31.16
22 1 5 Walter Soza  Nicaragua 4:32.11 NR
23 2 7 Krešimir Čač  Croatia 4:34.02
24 3 1 Aleksandar Malenko  Macedonia 4:34.06
25 1 3 Arsenio López  Puerto Rico 4:34.81
26 3 8 Desmond Koh  Singapore 4:36.87
27 1 4 Wan Azlan Abdullah  Malaysia 4:38.95

Finals[edit]

[3]

Final B[edit]

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
9 4 Frederik Hviid  Spain 4:22.47
10 3 Toshiaki Kurasawa  Japan 4:23.36
11 2 Tatsuya Kinugasa  Japan 4:24.25
12 7 Ratapong Sirisanont  Thailand 4:26.35 NR
13 8 Alejandro Bermúdez  Colombia 4:26.64 NR
14 6 Josef Horký  Czech Republic 4:28.39
15 5 Trent Steed  Australia 4:29.35
1 István Batházi  Hungary DSQ

Final A[edit]

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 3 Tom Dolan  United States 4:14.90
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 4 Eric Namesnik  United States 4:15.25
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 2 Curtis Myden  Canada 4:16.28 NR
4 7 Matthew Dunn  Australia 4:16.66 OC
5 5 Marcel Wouda  Netherlands 4:17.71
6 1 Luca Sacchi  Italy 4:18.31
7 6 Marcin Maliński  Poland 4:20.50
8 8 Serghei Mariniuc  Moldova 4:21.15

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Swimming at the 1996 Atlanta Summer Games: Men's 400 metres Individual Medley". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
  2. ^ "Atlanta 1996: Swimming – Men's 400m Individual Medley Heats" (PDF). Atlanta 1996. LA84 Foundation. p. 50. Retrieved 11 September 2017.
  3. ^ "Atlanta 1996: Swimming – Men's 400m Individual Medley Finals" (PDF). Atlanta 1996. LA84 Foundation. p. 50. Retrieved 11 September 2017.

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