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

Men's 400 metre freestyle
at the Games of the XXVI Olympiad
VenueGeorgia Tech Aquatic Center
Date23 July 1996 (heats & finals)
Competitors35 from 31 nations
Winning time3:47.97 NR
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Danyon Loader  New Zealand
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Paul Palmer  Great Britain
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Daniel Kowalski  Australia
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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 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.

World record  Kieren Perkins (AUS) 3:43.80 Rome, Italy 11 September 1994
Olympic record  Yevgeny Sadovyi (EUN) 3:45.00 Barcelona, Spain 29 July 1992

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 Emiliano Brembilla  Italy 3:49.35 Q
2 4 5 Massimiliano Rosolino  Italy 3:51.05 Q
3 4 3 Jörg Hoffmann  Germany 3:51.26 Q
4 5 5 Danyon Loader  New Zealand 3:51.54 Q
5 3 4 Daniel Kowalski  Australia 3:51.67 Q
6 5 3 Paul Palmer  Great Britain 3:51.98 Q
7 3 5 Anders Holmertz  Sweden 3:52.27 Q
8 5 2 Jacob Carstensen  Denmark 3:52.62 Q
9 3 3 Sebastian Wiese  Germany 3:53.55 q
10 4 4 John Piersma  United States 3:53.58 q
11 5 4 Tom Dolan  United States 3:53.91 q, WD
12 5 6 Malcolm Allen  Australia 3:54.34 q
13 3 2 Dimitrios Manganas  Greece 3:54.85 q, NR
14 4 7 Yann de Fabrique  France 3:55.42 q
15 5 8 Igor Snitko  Ukraine 3:55.67 q, NR
16 5 7 Ryk Neethling  South Africa 3:56.19 q
17 3 6 Aleksey Akatyev  Russia 3:56.40 q
18 3 7 Luiz Lima  Brazil 3:56.43
19 4 1 Torlarp Sethsothorn  Thailand 3:57.08 NR
20 3 1 Jure Bučar  Slovenia 3:57.36
21 2 1 Alejandro Bermúdez  Colombia 3:57.45 NR
22 2 4 Miroslav Vučetić  Croatia 3:59.20
23 4 2 Béla Szabados  Hungary 3:59.36
24 5 1 Hisato Yasui  Japan 4:00.19
25 2 7 Ricardo Monasterio  Venezuela 4:00.44
26 1 4 Andrey Kvassov  Kyrgyzstan 4:00.69 NR
27 2 5 Can Ergenekan  Turkey 4:02.39
28 1 5 Agustín Fiorilli  Argentina 4:02.53
29 2 6 Mark Kwok Kin Ming  Hong Kong 4:02.68
30 3 8 Woo Chul  South Korea 4:03.11
31 2 2 Andrei Zaharov  Moldova 4:09.30
32 4 8 Hisham Al-Masri  Syria 4:10.23
33 2 8 Sng Ju Wei  Singapore 4:12.24
34 1 3 Omar Dallal  Jordan 4:41.12
2 3 Antti Kasvio  Finland DNS

Finals

[3]

Final B

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
9 5 John Piersma  United States 3:50.69
10 4 Sebastian Wiese  Germany 3:52.37
11 1 Ryk Neethling  South Africa 3:54.34
12 7 Igor Snitko  Ukraine 3:54.63 NR
13 3 Malcolm Allen  Australia 3:55.48
14 8 Aleksey Akatyev  Russia 3:55.72
15 2 Yann de Fabrique  France 3:56.46
16 6 Dimitrios Manganas  Greece 3:57.39

Final A

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 6 Danyon Loader  New Zealand 3:47.97 NR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 7 Paul Palmer  Great Britain 3:49.00
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 2 Daniel Kowalski  Australia 3:49.39
4 4 Emiliano Brembilla  Italy 3:49.87
5 1 Anders Holmertz  Sweden 3:50.66
6 5 Massimiliano Rosolino  Italy 3:51.04
7 3 Jörg Hoffmann  Germany 3:52.15
8 8 Jacob Carstensen  Denmark 3:54.45

References

  1. ^ "Swimming at the 1996 Atlanta Summer Games: Men's 400 metres Freestyle". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 15 March 2020.
  2. ^ "Atlanta 1996: Swimming – Men's 400m Freestyle Heats" (PDF). Atlanta 1996. LA84 Foundation. p. 39. Retrieved 9 September 2017.
  3. ^ "Atlanta 1996: Swimming – Men's 400m Freestyle Finals" (PDF). Atlanta 1996. LA84 Foundation. p. 39. Retrieved 9 September 2017.

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