Swimming at the 1964 Summer Olympics – Women's 400 metre freestyle
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The women's 400 metre freestyle event at the 1964 Olympic Games
took place between October 17 and 18. This swimming
event used freestyle swimming
, which means that the method of the stroke is not regulated (unlike backstroke, breaststroke, and butterfly events). Nearly all swimmers use the front crawl
or a variant of that stroke. Because an Olympic size swimming pool is 50 metres long, this race consisted of eight lengths of the pool.
Key: OR = Olympic record
1964 Summer Olympics
The 1964 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XVIII Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event held in Tokyo, Japan in 1964. Tokyo had been awarded with the organization of the 1940 Summer Olympics, but this honor was subsequently passed to Helsinki because of Japan's...
took place between October 17 and 18. This swimming
Swimming (sport)
Swimming is a sport governed by the Fédération Internationale de Natation .-History: Competitive swimming in Europe began around 1800 BCE, mostly in the form of the freestyle. In 1873 Steve Bowyer introduced the trudgen to Western swimming competitions, after copying the front crawl used by Native...
event used freestyle swimming
Freestyle swimming
Freestyle is an unregulated swimming style used in swimming competitions according to the rules of FINA. The front crawl stroke is almost universally used during a freestyle race, as this style is generally the fastest...
, which means that the method of the stroke is not regulated (unlike backstroke, breaststroke, and butterfly events). Nearly all swimmers use the front crawl
Front crawl
The front crawl, forward crawl, or freestyle is a swimming stroke usually regarded as the fastest of the four front primary strokes. As such, the front crawl stroke is nearly universally used during a freestyle swimming competition, hence the synonymously used term "freestyle". It is one of two...
or a variant of that stroke. Because an Olympic size swimming pool is 50 metres long, this race consisted of eight lengths of the pool.
Medalists
Final
| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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Ginny Duenkel Ginny Duenkel Virginia Duenkel is an American swimmer who represented the United States at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. She medaled in two swimming events as a 17-year old, winning a Gold medal in the 400 meter freestyle and a Bronze medal in the 100 meter backstroke.Duenkel was an honoree of the... |
4:43.3 | OR | |
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Marilyn Ramenofsky Marilyn Ramenofsky Marilyn Ramenofsky was an American freestyle swimmer. She is currently a researcher at the University of California at Davis, studying the physiology and behavior of bird migration... |
4:44.6 | ||
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Terri Stickles Terri Stickles Terri Lee Stickles is a former American Olympic swimmer. She won a bronze medal for the women's 400-meter freestyle swimming at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo.“I was very happy to win bronze,” Strunck said... |
4:47.2 | ||
| 4 | Dawn Fraser Dawn Fraser Dawn Fraser AO, MBE is an Australian champion swimmer. She is one of only two swimmers to win the same Olympic event three times – in her case the 100 meters freestyle.... |
4:47.6 | ||
| 5 | Jane Hughes | 4:50.9 | ||
| 6 | Liz Long | 4:52.0 | ||
| 7 | Kim Herford | 4:52.9 | ||
| 8 | Ann-Charlotte Lilja | 4:53.0 |
Key: OR = Olympic record