| Women's 400 metre freestyle at the Games of the XXIII Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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| Venue | McDonald's Olympic Swim Stadium | ||||||||||||
| Date | 31 July 1984 (heats & final) | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 26 from 18 nations | ||||||||||||
| Winning time | 4:07.10 OR | ||||||||||||
| Medalists | |||||||||||||
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| Swimming at the 1984 Summer Olympics | ||
|---|---|---|
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| Freestyle | ||
| 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 | |
| Medley relay | ||
| 4 × 100 m | men | women |
The final of the women's 400 metre freestyle event at the 1984 Summer Olympics was held in the McDonald's Olympic Swim Stadium in Los Angeles, California, on July 31, 1984.[1]
Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.
| World record | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Tracey Wickham (AUS) | 4:06.28 | West Berlin | 24 August 1978 |
| Olympic record |  Ines Diers (GDR) | 4:08.76 | Moscow, Soviet Union | 22 July 1980 |
The following records were established during the competition:
| Date | Round | Name | Nation | Time | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 July | Final A | Tiffany Cohen |  United States | 4:07.10 | OR |
Results
Heats
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 | 4 | Tiffany Cohen | United States | 4:11.49 | Q |
| 2 | 4 | 5 | Sarah Hardcastle |  Great Britain | 4:11.55 | Q, NR |
| 3 | 3 | 4 | Kim Linehan | United States | 4:15.08 | Q |
| 4 | 3 | 3 | Anna McVann |  Australia | 4:15.21 | Q |
| 5 | 2 | 4 | June Croft | Great Britain | 4:15.51 | Q |
| 6 | 2 | 3 | Julie Daigneault | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Canada | 4:16.60 | Q |
| 7 | 2 | 5 | Jolande van der Meer |  Netherlands | 4:16.65 | Q |
| 8 | 4 | 3 | Birgit Kowalczik |  West Germany | 4:17.92 | Q |
| 9 | 3 | 6 | Ann Linder |  Sweden | 4:18.28 | q |
| 10 | 1 | 6 | Monica Olmi |  Italy | 4:18.70 | q |
| 11 | 1 | 5 | Carla Lasi | Italy | 4:18.90 | q |
| 12 | 1 | 4 | Ina Beyermann | West Germany | 4:18.94 | q, WD |
| 13 | 4 | 6 | Donna McGinnis | Canada | 4:19.48 | q |
| 14 | 4 | 2 | Chikako Nakamori | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Japan | 4:20.13 | q, NR |
| 15 | 3 | 5 | Susie Baumer | Australia | 4:20.69 | q |
| 16 | 3 | 7 | Lisa Ann Wen |  Chinese Taipei | 4:23.30 | q |
| 17 | 2 | 2 | Irma Huerta |  Mexico | 4:25.13 | q |
| 18 | 3 | 2 | Nadia Krüger |  Switzerland | 4:28.20 | |
| 19 | 2 | 6 | Junko Sakurai | Japan | 4:28.68 | |
| 20 | 1 | 3 | Sofia Dara |  Greece | 4:31.76 | |
| 21 | 1 | 2 | Hadar Rubinstein |  Israel | 4:34.95 | |
| 22 | 4 | 1 | Carol Ann Heavey |  Ireland | 4:36.07 | |
| 23 | 3 | 1 | Karen Slowing-Aceituno |  Guatemala | 4:36.87 | |
| 24 | 1 | 7 | Chang Hui-chien | Chinese Taipei | 4:42.47 | |
| 25 | 4 | 7 | Fenella Ng | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Hong Kong | 4:43.41 | |
| 2 | 7 | Faten Ghattas | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Tunisia | DNS |
Finals
Final B
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 | 7 | Susie Baumer | Australia | 4:15.46 | |
| 10 | 6 | Donna McGinnis | Canada | 4:15.59 | |
| 11 | 4 | Ann Linder | Sweden | 4:17.55 | |
| 12 | 3 | Carla Lasi | Italy | 4:18.57 | |
| 13 | 5 | Monica Olmi | Italy | 4:19.22 | |
| 14 | 2 | Chikako Nakamori | Japan | 4:20.18 | |
| 15 | 1 | Lisa Ann Wen | Chinese Taipei | 4:21.61 | |
| 16 | 8 | Irma Huerta | Mexico | 4:23.34 |
Final A
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 4 | Tiffany Cohen | United States | 4:07.10 | OR |
 | 5 | Sarah Hardcastle | Great Britain | 4:10.27 | NR |
 | 2 | June Croft | Great Britain | 4:11.49 | |
| 4 | 3 | Kim Linehan | United States | 4:12.26 | |
| 5 | 6 | Anna McVann | Australia | 4:13.95 | |
| 6 | 1 | Jolande van der Meer | Netherlands | 4:16.05 | |
| 7 | 8 | Birgit Kowalczik | West Germany | 4:16.33 | |
| 8 | 7 | Julie Daigneault | Canada | 4:16.41 |
References
- ↑ "Swimming at the 1984 Los Angeles Summer Games: Women's 400 metres Freestyle". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on April 17, 2020. Retrieved March 5, 2017.
- ↑ "Los Angeles 1984: Swimming – Women's 400m Freestyle Heats" (PDF). Los Angeles 1984. LA84 Foundation. pp. 493–494. Retrieved March 13, 2017.
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