Swimming at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Women's 400 metre freestyle

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Women's 400 metre freestyle
at the Games of the XXV Olympiad
VenuePiscines Bernat Picornell
Date28 July 1992 (heats & finals)
Competitors33 from 24 nations
Winning time4:07.18
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Dagmar Hase  Germany
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Janet Evans  United States
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Hayley Lewis  Australia
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Swimming at the
1992 Summer Olympics
Freestyle
50 mmenwomen
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
400 mmenwomen
800 mwomen
1500 mmen
Backstroke
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
Breaststroke
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
Butterfly
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
Individual medley
200 mmenwomen
400 mmenwomen
Freestyle relay
4 × 100 mmenwomen
4 × 200 mmen
Medley relay
4 × 100 mmenwomen

The women's 400 metre freestyle event at the

Barcelona, Spain.[1]

Records

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

World record  Janet Evans (USA) 4:03.85 Seoul, South Korea 22 September 1988
Olympic record  Janet Evans (USA) 4:03.85 Seoul, South Korea 22 September 1988

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 5 4 Janet Evans  United States 4:09.38 Q
2 5 3 Dagmar Hase  Germany 4:10.92 Q
3 5 5 Erika Hansen  United States 4:12.08 Q
4 4 3
Kerstin Kielgaß
  Germany 4:12.50 Q
5 3 4 Hayley Lewis  Australia 4:12.95 Q
6 5 7 Malin Nilsson  Sweden 4:13.16 Q
7 3 3 Isabelle Arnould  Belgium 4:13.81 Q
8 5 6 Suzu Chiba  Japan 4:13.85 Q
9 3 6 Phillippa Langrell  New Zealand 4:14.00 q, NR
10 4 7 Olga Šplíchalová  Czechoslovakia 4:15.43 q, NR
11 4 5 Irene Dalby  Norway 4:16.05 q
12 3 5 Beatrice Câșlaru  Romania 4:16.23 q
13 4 2 Mette Jacobsen  Denmark 4:16.80 q, WD
14 5 2 Carla Negrea  Romania 4:17.00 q
15 3 2 Sandra Cam  Belgium 4:17.87 q
16 4 6 Manuela Melchiorri  Italy 4:19.18 q
17 5 1 Hana Černá  Czechoslovakia 4:19.87 q
18 4 4 Julie McDonald  Australia 4:20.16
19 4 1 Samantha Foggo  Great Britain 4:22.26
20 5 8 Itziar Esparza  Spain 4:22.27
21 3 1 Jeanine Steenkamp  South Africa 4:23.33 AF
22 3 7 Yan Ming  China 4:23.69
23 3 8 Laura Sánchez  Mexico 4:23.87
24 2 5 Judit Kiss  Hungary 4:24.01
25 4 1 Elizabeth Arnold  Great Britain 4:25.55
26 2 3 María José Marenco  El Salvador 4:29.32
27 1 6 Thanya Sridama  Thailand 4:29.64
28 1 4 Joscelin Yeo  Singapore 4:29.76
29 2 4 Erika González  Mexico 4:32.06
30 1 5 Robyn Lamsam  Hong Kong 4:32.23
31 2 6 Claudia Fortin  Honduras 4:37.58
32 1 3 May Ooi  Singapore 4:37.77
33 2 2 Corinne Leclair  Mauritius 4:43.53

Finals

[3]

Final B

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
9 4 Phillippa Langrell  New Zealand 4:12.96 NR
10 7 Sandra Cam  Belgium 4:14.11
11 3 Irene Dalby  Norway 4:14.46
12 6 Beatrice Câșlaru  Romania 4:14.90
13 2 Carla Negrea  Romania 4:14.92
14 5 Olga Šplíchalová  Czechoslovakia 4:16.41
15 1 Manuela Melchiorri  Italy 4:20.75
16 8 Hana Černá  Czechoslovakia 4:21.50

Final A

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 5 Dagmar Hase  Germany 4:07.18
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 4 Janet Evans  United States 4:07.37
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 2 Hayley Lewis  Australia 4:11.22
4 3 Erika Hansen  United States 4:11.50
5 6
Kerstin Kielgaß
  Germany 4:11.52
6 1 Isabelle Arnould  Belgium 4:13.75
7 7 Malin Nilsson  Sweden 4:14.10
8 8 Suzu Chiba  Japan 4:15.71

References

  1. ^ "Swimming at the 1992 Barcelona Summer Games: Women's 400 metres Freestyle". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 14 March 2020.
  2. Barcelona 1992. LA84 Foundation
    . p. 374. Retrieved 2 September 2017.
  3. Barcelona 1992. LA84 Foundation
    . p. 374. Retrieved 2 September 2017.

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