Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's 400 metre individual medley
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The following new world and Olympic records were set during this competition.
AF = African record
Date | Event | Name | Nationality | Time | OR | WR |
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August 10 | Final | Stephanie Rice Stephanie Rice Stephanie Louise Rice OAM is an Australian swimmer. She currently holds the world record in the 400 m women's individual medley, and won three gold medals at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. Rice is trained by Michael Bohl from the St Peters Western Swimming Club in Brisbane... |
4:29.45 | OR | WR |
Heats
Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Heat | Lane | Notes |
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1 | Elizabeth Beisel Elizabeth Beisel Elizabeth Beisel is an American college and international swimmer who competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics. Beisel has won a total of four medals in major international competition, three gold, and one bronze spanning the World and the Pan Pacific championships.- Personal background :Beisel was... |
4:34.55 | 3 | 4 | Q | |
2 | Katie Hoff Katie Hoff Kathryn "Katie" Elise Hoff is an American swimmer. Hoff is strongest in the 200 and 400 meter individual medley, though she is a very capable swimmer in many events, ranging from the four 200 meter events to the 800 meter freestyle... |
4:34.63 | 5 | 4 | Q | |
3 | Alessia Filippi Alessia Filippi Alessia Filippi is an Italian swimmer.Filippi excels in backstroke and individual medley races, as well as in middle-distance freestyle .... |
4:35.11 | 3 | 5 | Q | |
3 | Stephanie Rice Stephanie Rice Stephanie Louise Rice OAM is an Australian swimmer. She currently holds the world record in the 400 m women's individual medley, and won three gold medals at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. Rice is trained by Michael Bohl from the St Peters Western Swimming Club in Brisbane... |
4:35.11 | 4 | 4 | Q | |
5 | Yana Martinova | 4:36.25 | 3 | 3 | Q | |
6 | Li Xuanxu Li Xuanxu Li Xuanxu is a female Chinese swimmer, who competed for Team China at the 2008 Summer Olympics.-References:*http://2008teamchina.olympic.cn/index.php/personview/personsen/2462... |
4:36.35 | 4 | 3 | Q | |
7 | Kirsty Coventry Kirsty Coventry Kirsty Leigh Coventry is a Zimbabwean swimmer and world record holder. She attended and swam competitively for Auburn University in Alabama, in the United States... |
4:36.43 | 4 | 5 | Q | |
8 | Hannah Miley Hannah Miley Hannah Louise Miley is a British and Scottish individual medley swimmer. She currently swims for GASC . She is the reigning European 400m individual medley champion in both long course and short course formats... |
4:36.56 | 5 | 5 | Q | |
9 | Katarzyna Baranowska Katarzyna Baranowska Katarzyna Baranowska is an Olympic swimmer from Poland who specializes in the individual medley. She swam for Poland at the 2008 Summer Olympics.... |
4:36.95 | 4 | 7 | NR | |
10 | Katheryn Meaklim | 4:37.11 | 4 | 1 | ||
11 | Maiko Fujino | 4:37.35 | 3 | 7 | ||
12 | Katinka Hosszú Katinka Hosszú Katinka Hosszú is a female Hungarian swimmer, who twice competed for her native country at the Summer Olympics: 2004 and 2008.- Swimming career :... |
4:37.55 | 5 | 3 | ||
13 | Zsuzsanna Jakabos Zsuzsanna Jakabos Zsuzsanna Jakabos is a Hungarian swimmer, who twice competed for her native country at the Summer Olympics: 2004 and 2008.-References:*... |
4:37.86 | 5 | 2 | ||
14 | Mireia Belmonte | 4:37.91 | 5 | 7 | ||
15 | Keri-Anne Payne Keri-Anne Payne Keri-Anne Payne is a British swimmer, specialising in marathon open water swimming, and long-distance freestyle swimming in the pool. She is a two-time World 10 km Open Water champion, and an Olympic silver medallist.Payne was born in South Africa to British parents... |
4:38.69 | 3 | 6 | ||
16 | Anja Klinar Anja Klinar Anja Klinar is a butterfly and medley swimmer from Slovenia, who participated for her native country at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece.-References:***... |
4:38.90 | 5 | 8 | ||
17 | Joanna Maranhão Joanna Maranhão Joanna de Albuquerque Maranhão Bezerra de Melo, or Joanna Maranhão is a medley swimmer from Brazil. She won the bronze medal in the women's 400m individual medley at the Pan American Games in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic... |
4:40.18 | 2 | 3 | ||
18 | Sara Nordenstam Sara Nordenstam Sara Maria Evelina Nordenstam is a Norwegian swimmer. Nordenstam was born to Swedish parents and lived in Sweden until she was 10, after which she moved to Oslo. From 2004 she is a naturalised citizen of Norway.... |
4:40.28 | 2 | 7 | NR | |
19 | Camille Muffat Camille Muffat Camille Muffat is an Olympic and National Record holding swimmer from France. She swam for France at the 2008 Olympics.... |
4:40.29 | 4 | 6 | ||
20 | Tanya Hunks Tanya Hunks Tanya Hunks is a female swimmer from Canada. She is a medley and freestyle specialist. After having won a bronze medal at the 2007 Pan American Games Hunks competed for her native country at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, PR China.-References:*... |
4:40.63 | 3 | 8 | ||
21 | Jessica Pengelly | 4:41.04 | 5 | 1 | ||
22 | Samantha Hamill | 4:41.89 | 3 | 1 | ||
23 | Joanne Andraca | 4:43.88 | 5 | 6 | ||
24 | Helen Norfolk Helen Norfolk Helen Norfolk is a New Zealand swimming competitor. She won a bronze medal with Lauren Boyle, Alison Fitch and Melissa Ingram in the 4 x 200m freestyle relay at the 2006 Commonwealth Games.... |
4:44.22 | 3 | 2 | ||
25 | Liu Jing | 4:44.96 | 2 | 5 | ||
26 | Jördis Steinegger | 4:45.15 | 2 | 1 | ||
27 | Saori Haruguchi | 4:45.22 | 4 | 2 | ||
28 | Yu-seon Nam | 4:46.74 | 1 | 3 | ||
29 | Alexa Komarnycky | 4:46.98 | 4 | 8 | ||
30 | Susana Escobar Susana Escobar Susana Escobar is a Mexican swimmer and Olympian. As of October 2008, she attends and swims for the USA's University of Texas at Austin.... |
4:47.32 | 2 | 8 | ||
31 | Svetlana Karpeeva | 4:50.22 | 2 | 6 | ||
32 | Ting Wen Quah | 4:51.25 | 1 | 6 | ||
33 | Katharina Schiller | 4:51.52 | 2 | 2 | ||
34 | Yih Way Lew | 4:55.83 | 1 | 4 | ||
35 | Anna-Liisa Põld | 4:58.21 | 1 | 5 | ||
36 | Georgina Bardach Georgina Bardach Georgina Bardach Martin is a swimmer from Argentina. At the 2002 FINA Short Course World Championships in Moscow, she finished third in the 400 m Individual Medley race... |
5:00.87 | 2 | 4 | ||
37 | Nimitta Thaveesupsoonthorn | 5:02.18 | 1 | 7 | ||
38 | Maroua Mathlouthi | DNS | 1 | 2 |
Final
Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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6 | Stephanie Rice Stephanie Rice Stephanie Louise Rice OAM is an Australian swimmer. She currently holds the world record in the 400 m women's individual medley, and won three gold medals at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. Rice is trained by Michael Bohl from the St Peters Western Swimming Club in Brisbane... |
4:29.45 | |||
1 | Kirsty Coventry Kirsty Coventry Kirsty Leigh Coventry is a Zimbabwean swimmer and world record holder. She attended and swam competitively for Auburn University in Alabama, in the United States... |
4:29.89 | AF | ||
5 | Katie Hoff Katie Hoff Kathryn "Katie" Elise Hoff is an American swimmer. Hoff is strongest in the 200 and 400 meter individual medley, though she is a very capable swimmer in many events, ranging from the four 200 meter events to the 800 meter freestyle... |
4:31.71 | |||
4 | 4 | Elizabeth Beisel Elizabeth Beisel Elizabeth Beisel is an American college and international swimmer who competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics. Beisel has won a total of four medals in major international competition, three gold, and one bronze spanning the World and the Pan Pacific championships.- Personal background :Beisel was... |
4:34.24 | ||
5 | 3 | Alessia Filippi Alessia Filippi Alessia Filippi is an Italian swimmer.Filippi excels in backstroke and individual medley races, as well as in middle-distance freestyle .... |
4:34.34 | ||
6 | 8 | Hannah Miley Hannah Miley Hannah Louise Miley is a British and Scottish individual medley swimmer. She currently swims for GASC . She is the reigning European 400m individual medley champion in both long course and short course formats... |
4:39.44 | ||
7 | 2 | Yana Martinova | 4:40.04 | ||
8 | 7 | Li Xuanxu Li Xuanxu Li Xuanxu is a female Chinese swimmer, who competed for Team China at the 2008 Summer Olympics.-References:*http://2008teamchina.olympic.cn/index.php/personview/personsen/2462... |
4:42.13 | ||
AF = African record