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

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]

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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Records

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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

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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 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

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Final B

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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

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Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
  6 Danyon Loader   New Zealand 3:47.97 NR
  7 Paul Palmer   Great Britain 3:49.00
  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

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  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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