Colonel William A. Phillips

Swimming at the
2008 Summer Olympics
Sample picture of the event (unofficial)
Qualification
Freestyle
50 mmenwomen
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
400 mmenwomen
800 mwomen
1500 mmen
Backstroke
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
Breaststroke
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
Butterfly
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
Individual medley
200 mmenwomen
400 mmenwomen
Freestyle relay
4 × 100 mmenwomen
4 × 200 mmenwomen
Medley relay
4 × 100 mmenwomen
Marathon
10 kmmenwomen

The women's 400 metre individual medley event at the 2008 Olympic Games took place on 9–10 August at the Beijing National Aquatics Center in Beijing, China.[1]

Australia's Stephanie Rice pulled away to a strong finish on the freestyle leg, as she claimed an Olympic gold medal in the event. She established a sterling time of 4:29.45 to slash 1.67 seconds off the world record, set by Katie Hoff from the U.S. Olympic Trials.[2][3] Zimbabwe's Kirsty Coventry also went under a world record, but earned her first silver at these Games, in an African record of 4:29.89. Meanwhile, Hoff did not match her stellar performance from the trials, as she settled only for the bronze in 4:31.71.[4][5]

Rising American teenager Elizabeth Beisel finished outside the medals in fourth place at 4:34.24, holding off Italy's Alessia Filippi (4:34.34) to fifth by exactly a tenth of a second (0.10). Great Britain's Hannah Miley (4:39.44), Russia's Yana Martynova (4:40.04), and China's Li Xuanxu (4:42.13) rounded out the finale.[4]

Records

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

World record  Katie Hoff (USA) 4:31.12 Omaha, United States 29 June 2008 [6]
Olympic record  Yana Klochkova (UKR) 4:33.59 Sydney, Australia 16 September 2000 -

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

Date Event Name Nationality Time Record
August 10 Final Stephanie Rice  Australia 4:29.45 WR

Results

Heats

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 3 4 Elizabeth Beisel  United States 4:34.55 Q
2 5 4 Katie Hoff  United States 4:34.63 Q
3 3 5 Alessia Filippi  Italy 4:35.11 Q
4 4 Stephanie Rice  Australia Q
5 3 3 Yana Martynova  Russia 4:36.25 Q, NR
6 4 3 Li Xuanxu  China 4:36.35 Q
7 4 5 Kirsty Coventry  Zimbabwe 4:36.43 Q
8 5 5 Hannah Miley  Great Britain 4:36.56 Q
9 4 7 Katarzyna Baranowska  Poland 4:36.95 NR
10 4 1 Kathryn Meaklim  South Africa 4:37.11 NR
11 3 7 Maiko Fujino  Japan 4:37.35
12 5 3 Katinka Hosszú  Hungary 4:37.55
13 5 2 Zsuzsanna Jakabos  Hungary 4:37.86
14 5 7 Mireia Belmonte García  Spain 4:37.91
15 3 6 Keri-Anne Payne  Great Britain 4:38.69
16 5 8 Anja Klinar  Slovenia 4:38.90
17 2 3 Joanna Melo  Brazil 4:40.18
18 2 7 Sara Nordenstam  Norway 4:40.28 NR
19 4 6 Camille Muffat  France 4:40.29
20 3 8 Tanya Hunks  Canada 4:40.63
21 5 1 Jessica Pengelly  South Africa 4:41.04
22 3 1 Samantha Hamill  Australia 4:41.89
23 5 6 Joanne Andraca  France 4:43.88
24 3 2 Helen Norfolk  New Zealand 4:44.22
25 2 5 Liu Jing  China 4:44.96
26 2 1 Jördis Steinegger  Austria 4:45.15
27 4 2 Saori Haruguchi  Japan 4:45.22
28 1 3 Nam Yoo-sun  South Korea 4:46.74
29 4 8 Alexa Komarnycky  Canada 4:46.98
30 2 8 Susana Escobar  Mexico 4:47.32 NR
31 2 6 Svetlana Karpeeva  Russia 4:50.22
32 1 6 Quah Ting Wen  Singapore 4:51.25 NR
33 2 2 Katharina Schiller  Germany 4:51.52
34 1 4 Lew Yih Wey  Malaysia 4:55.83
35 1 5 Anna-Liisa Põld  Estonia 4:58.21
36 2 4 Georgina Bardach  Argentina 5:00.87
37 1 7 Nimitta Thaveesupsoonthorn  Thailand 5:02.18
1 2 Maroua Mathlouthi  Tunisia DNS

Final

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 6 Stephanie Rice  Australia 4:29.45 WR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 1 Kirsty Coventry  Zimbabwe 4:29.89 AF
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 5 Katie Hoff  United States 4:31.71
4 4 Elizabeth Beisel  United States 4:34.24
5 3 Alessia Filippi  Italy 4:34.34 NR
6 8 Hannah Miley  Great Britain 4:39.44
7 2 Yana Martynova  Russia 4:40.04
8 7 Li Xuanxu  China 4:42.13

References

  1. ^ "Olympic Swimming Schedule". USA Today. 9 August 2008. Retrieved 14 May 2013.
  2. ^ "Rice claims first Aussie gold". ABC News. 10 August 2008. Retrieved 20 May 2013.
  3. ^ "Stephanie Rice wins Australia's first medal of the Beijing Games in 400m individual medley". The Daily Telegraph (Sydney). 10 August 2008. Retrieved 20 May 2013.
  4. ^ a b Lohn, John (10 August 2008). "Return to Sender…Stephanie Rice Blasts Women's 400 IM World Record". Swimming World Magazine. Archived from the original on 5 June 2013. Retrieved 17 May 2013.
  5. ^ "Hoff loses world record, finishes 3rd in 400 IM". NBC News. 10 August 2008. Retrieved 20 May 2013.
  6. ^ Crouse, Karen (30 June 2008). "Rival's fast finish propels Phelps to another record". The New York Times. Retrieved 6 August 2008.

External links

source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swimming_at_the_2008_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Women%27s_400_metre_individual_medley