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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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Swimming at the
1996 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 mmenwomen
Medley relay
4 × 100 mmenwomen

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

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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

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Heats

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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

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Final B

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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

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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

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  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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