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Women's 400 metre freestyle at the Games of the XXVI Olympiad
Venue	Georgia Tech Aquatic Center
Date	22 July 1996 (heats & finals)
Competitors	40 from 35 nations
Winning time	4:07.25 NR
Medalists
Michelle Smith  Ireland Dagmar Hase  Germany Kirsten Vlieghuis  Netherlands
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Swimming at the 1996 Summer Olympics
Freestyle
50 m	men	women
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
800 m		women
1500 m	men
Backstroke
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
Breaststroke
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
Butterfly
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
Individual medley
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
Freestyle relay
4 × 100 m	men	women
4 × 200 m	men	women
Medley relay
4 × 100 m	men	women
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The women's 400 metre freestyle event at the 1996 Summer Olympics took place on 22 July at the Georgia Tech Aquatic Center in Atlanta, United States.

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.

World record	Janet Evans (USA)	4:03.85	Seoul, South Korea	22 September 1988
Olympic record	Janet Evans (USA)	4:03.85	Seoul, South Korea	22 September 1988

Results

Heats

Rule: The eight fastest swimmers advance to final A (Q), while the next eight to final B (q).

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	5	5	Kerstin Kielgaß	Germany	4:08.99	Q
2	5	4	Michelle Smith	Ireland	4:09.00	Q, NR
3	4	6	Kirsten Vlieghuis	Netherlands	4:11.04	Q
4	4	4	Dagmar Hase	Germany	4:11.17	Q
5	4	5	Carla Geurts	Netherlands	4:11.18	Q
6	3	4	Claudia Poll	Costa Rica	4:12.07	Q
7	4	3	Cristina Teuscher	United States	4:12.20	Q
8	5	3	Eri Yamanoi	Japan	4:13.40	Q
9	3	5	Janet Evans	United States	4:13.60	q, WD
10	3	2	Emma Johnson	Australia	4:14.13	q
11	4	7	Sarah Hardcastle	Great Britain	4:14.50	q
12	3	6	Suzu Chiba	Japan	4:16.07	q
13	5	8	Dionne Bainbridge	New Zealand	4:16.47	q
14	5	7	Carla Negrea	Romania	4:16.89	q
15	3	3	Hayley Lewis	Australia	4:17.02	q
16	3	7	Lin Chi-chan	Chinese Taipei	4:17.18	q, NR
17	5	1	Sandra Cam	Belgium	4:17.35	q
18	5	2	Irene Dalby	Norway	4:19.34
19	4	8	Itziar Esparza	Spain	4:19.45
20	3	8	Andrea Schwartz	Canada	4:19.46
21	4	1	Olga Šplíchalová	Czech Republic	4:20.04
22	2	1	Mirjana Boševska	Macedonia	4:21.27	NR
23	2	4	Nadezhda Chemezova	Russia	4:21.33
24	1	6	Laëtitia Choux	France	4:21.39
25	1	4	Britt Raaby	Denmark	4:21.46
26	1	7	Ravee Intporn-Udom	Thailand	4:21.93	NR
27	3	1	Martina Moravcová	Slovakia	4:22.10
28	2	3	Alicia Barrancos	Argentina	4:22.11
29	5	6	Chen Yan	China	4:22.55
30	2	8	Carolyn Adel	Suriname	4:22.66	NR
31	2	6	Jeong Eun-na	South Korea	4:23.35
32	1	1	Martina Nemec	Austria	4:23.72
33	2	2	Paula Harmokivi	Finland	4:23.84
34	1	5	Antonia Machaira	Greece	4:24.05
35	2	7	Chantal Strasser	Switzerland	4:24.49
36	1	3	Maritza Chiaway	Peru	4:27.11
37	2	5	Ana Alegria	Portugal	4:27.19
38	1	2	Judit Kiss	Hungary	4:29.80
39	1	8	Marina Zarma	Cyprus	4:32.15
	4	2	Malin Nilsson	Sweden	DNS

Finals

Final B

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
8	5	Sarah Hardcastle	Great Britain	4:14.13
10	8	Sandra Cam	Belgium	4:14.94
11	1	Lin Chi-chan	Chinese Taipei	4:15.74	NR
12	4	Emma Johnson	Australia	4:15.79
13	3	Suzu Chiba	Japan	4:16.60
14	6	Dionne Bainbridge	New Zealand	4:16.79
15	7	Hayley Lewis	Australia	4:16.92
16	2	Carla Negrea	Romania	4:17.08

Final A

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	5	Michelle Smith	Ireland	4:07.25	NR
	6	Dagmar Hase	Germany	4:08.30
	3	Kirsten Vlieghuis	Netherlands	4:08.70	NR
4	4	Kerstin Kielgaß	Germany	4:09.83
5	7	Claudia Poll	Costa Rica	4:10.00	NR
6	2	Carla Geurts	Netherlands	4:10.06
7	8	Eri Yamanoi	Japan	4:11.68
9	1	Cristina Teuscher	United States	4:14.21

References

1. "Swimming at the 1996 Atlanta Summer Games: Women's 400 metres Freestyle". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 17 March 2020.
2. "Atlanta 1996: Swimming – Women's 400m Freestyle Heats" (PDF). Atlanta 1996. LA84 Foundation. pp. 39–40. Retrieved 12 September 2017.
3. "Atlanta 1996: Swimming – Women's 400m Freestyle Finals" (PDF). Atlanta 1996. LA84 Foundation. p. 40. Retrieved 12 September 2017.

External links

• Official Report
• USA Swimming

• Swimming at the 1996 Summer Olympics
• 1996 in women's swimming
• Women's events at the 1996 Summer Olympics