Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's 400 metre individual medley

The following new world and Olympic records were set during this competition.

Date	Event	Name	Nationality	Time	OR	WR
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	Time	Heat	Lane	Notes
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	Time	Notes
	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

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