The women's 400 metre individual medley event at the 1996 Summer Olympics took place on 20 July at the Georgia Tech Aquatic Center in Atlanta, United States.
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).
Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 4 4 Krisztina Egerszegi 4:43.09 Q 2 4 3 Emma Johnson 4:43.45 Q 3 3 5 Michelle Smith 4:43.79 Q 4 4 5 Allison Wagner 4:44.06 Q 5 4 1 Beatrice Câșlaru 4:44.66 Q 6 3 2 Whitney Metzler 4:44.74 Q 7 2 3 Sabine Herbst 4:45.36 Q 8 2 7 Lourdes Becerra 4:45.54 Q, NR 9 2 5 Joanne Malar 4:47.85 q 10 3 3 Fumie Kurotori 4:48.51 q 11 4 7 Nancy Sweetnam 4:48.56 q 12 3 7 Hideko Hiranaka 4:49.32 q 13 4 2 Hana Černá 4:49.43 q, NR 14 2 6 Elli Overton 4:49.82 q 15 3 1 Pavla Chrástová 4:51.35 q 16 1 4 Yseult Gervy 4:53.11 q, NR 17 3 4 Chen Yan 4:53.87 18 2 4 Wu Yanyan 4:54.07 19 4 8 Sarah Hardcastle 4:54.64 20 3 8 Britta Vestergaard 4:55.03 21 3 6 Cathleen Rund 4:55.30 22 1 7 Carolyn Adel 4:55.48 NR 23 1 5 Mirjana Boševska 4:55.57 24 2 2 Anna Wilson 4:55.72 25 1 1 Aikaterini Sarakatsani 4:56.32 NR 26 4 6 Darya Shmeleva 4:57.06 27 1 3 Praphalsai Minpraphal 4:58.33 28 1 2 Lee Ji-hyun 4:59.52 29 1 6 Hsieh Shu-tzu 5:01.70 30 2 8 Martina Nemec 5:02.52 31 2 1 Nadège Cliton 5:06.46
Finals
Final B Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 9 4 Joanne Malar 4:46.34 10 2 Hana Černá 4:46.78 NR 11 3 Nancy Sweetnam 4:47.55 12 5 Fumie Kurotori 4:47.98 13 6 Hideko Hiranaka 4:48.72 14 7 Elli Overton 4:50.73 15 8 Yseult Gervy 4:52.89 16 1 Pavla Chrástová 4:56.23
Final A Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 3 Michelle Smith 4:39.18 NR 6 Allison Wagner 4:42.03 4 Krisztina Egerszegi 4:42.53 4 1 Sabine Herbst 4:43.78 5 5 Emma Johnson 4:44.02 6 2 Beatrice Câșlaru 4:44.91 7 8 Lourdes Becerra 4:45.17 NR 8 7 Whitney Metzler 4:46.20
References
External links Official Report USA Swimming