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400 metres Freestyle, Men

Date	29 July 1992
Status	Olympic
Location	Piscinas Bernat Picornell, Barcelona
Participants	46 from 31 countries

Yevgeny Sadovy came into this event with great confidence. He had not lost the race in three years, and had already won gold in Barcelona in the 200 free, but he had to face Australia’s Kieren Perkins, the world record holder (3:46.47) and 1991 Pan Pac Champion. Perkins qualified first. In the final Anders Holmertz went out at world record pace, as he had in Seoul in 1988, but at 300 metres he, Perkins, and Sadovy were within 0.66 seconds. Holmertz could not hang on, as he was passed by both swimmers in the final 100. The finish was very close, with Sadovy outtouching Perkins to win in 3:45.00, well under the world record, Perkins finishing in 3:45.16. Even Holmertz finished in 3:46.77, just off the old world mark.

Sadovy would add another gold medal in the 4 x 200 free relay in Barcelona, finishing with three gold medals in his only Olympic appearance, and his only three events. Russian freestylers starred in 1992, winning the 50 and 100 free (Aleksandr Popov), and 200 and 400 free by Sadovy. Sadovy had a short career. He won relay gold medals at the 1993 European Championships, and then retired in 1996 after not making the Russian Olympic team for Atlanta.

Perkins would later win the 1,500 in Barcelona, defending that title in Atlanta, and add a 1,500 silver in Sydney. At the 1994 World Championships, he would win the title, bettering Sadovy’s world record with 3:43.80. Anders Holmertz competed at four Olympics (1984-96) but was never able to get to the top step of the podium, winning four silver and one bronze medal.

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	R1	B Final	Final
1	190	Yevgeny Sadovy	EUN	3:49.37 (1 h5)	–	3:45.00 (1)	Gold
2	32	Kieren Perkins	AUS	3:49.24 (1 h6)	–	3:45.16 (2)	Silver
3	561	Anders Holmertz	SWE	3:49.95 (2 h5)	–	3:46.77 (3)	Bronze
4	493	Artur Wojdat	POL	3:51.66 (1 h4)	–	3:48.10 (4)
5	11	Ian Brown	AUS	3:50.12 (5 h5)	–	3:48.79 (5)
6	296	Sebastian Wiese	GER	3:50.73 (2 h6)	–	3:49.06 (6)
7	282	Stefan Pfeiffer	GER	3:49.99 (3 h5)	–	3:49.75 (7)
8	463	Danyon Loader	NZL	3:50.05 (4 h5)	–	3:49.97 (8)
9	202	Antti Kasvio	FIN	3:51.74 (2 h4)	3:50.06 (1)	–
10	256	Paul Palmer	GBR	3:51.93 (3 h4)	3:51.60 (2)	–
11	619	Sean Killion	USA	3:52.42 (4 h4)	3:52.76 (3)	–
12	375	Piermaria Siciliano	ITA	3:52.32 (4 h6)	3:53.05 (4)	–
13	230	Christophe Marchand	FRA	3:54.59 (5 h4)	3:53.24 (5)	–
14	216	Yann de Fabrique	FRA	3:55.66 (1 h3)	3:54.37 (6)	–
15	488	Mariusz Podkościelny	POL	3:52.07 (3 h6)	3:54.56 (7)	–
16	540	Jure Bučar	SLO	3:55.28 (6 h4)	3:56.93 (8)	–
17	617	Dan Jorgensen	USA	3:53.20 (5 h6)	–	–		1
18	450	Marcel Wouda	NED	3:55.70 (1 h2)	–	–
19	377	Massimo Trevisan	ITA	3:56.35 (6 h6)	–	–
20	338	Zoltán Szilágyi	HUN	3:56.68 (6 h5)	–	–
21	99	Turlough O'Hare	CAN	3:56.70 (7 h5)	–	–
22	178	Aleksey Kudryavtsev	EUN	3:57.07 (2 h2)	–	–
23	593	Uğur Taner	TUR	3:57.64 (7 h6)	–	–
24	399	Shigeo Ogata	JPN	3:57.91 (2 h3)	–	–
25	592	Can Ergenekan	TUR	3:58.43 (3 h3)	–	–
26	499	Artur Costa	POR	3:58.80 (3 h2)	–	–
27	100	Eddie Parenti	CAN	3:58.96 (4 h3)	–	–
28	236	Stephen Akers	GBR	3:58.99 (8 h6)	–	–
29	468	Richard Tapper	NZL	3:59.71 (8 h5)	–	–
30	506	Jorge Herrera	PUR	4:00.11 (7 h4)	–	–
31	544	Nače Majčen	SLO	4:00.42 (8 h4)	–	–
32	404	Bang Seung-Hun	KOR	4:00.43 (5 h3)	–	–
33	389	Masashi Kato	JPN	4:00.66 (4 h2)	–	–
34	577	Hicham El-Masry	SYR	4:00.69 (1 h1)	–	–
35	124	Alejandro Bermúdez	COL	4:01.66 (6 h3)	–	–
36	575	Christer Wallin	SWE	4:02.14 (7 h3)	–	–
37	419	Jeffrey Ong	MAS	4:02.28 (8 h3)	–	–
38	456	Jarl Inge Melberg	NOR	4:03.49 (5 h2)	–	–
39	588	Ratapong Sirisanont	THA	4:07.95 (6 h2)	–	–
40	303	Gustavo Búcaro	GUA	4:11.48 (2 h1)	–	–
41	60	Luis Medina	BOL	4:11.77 (3 h1)	–	–
42	434	Benoît Fleurot	MRI	4:12.05 (7 h2)	–	–
43	539	Kenneth Yeo	SGP	4:13.45 (8 h2)	–	–
44	306	Helder Torres	GUA	4:20.38 (4 h1)	–	–
45	408	Hussein Al-Sadiq	KSA	4:21.64 (5 h1)	–	–
46	531	Jean-Paul Adam	SEY	4:40.93 (6 h1)	–	–
DNS	198	Carl Probert	FIJ	– (DNS h1)	–	–

Round One

Date	29 July 1992 — 10:00
Format	Fastest eight advanced to the final. Places 9-16 advanced to the B Final.

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	–	Kieren Perkins	AUS	3:49.24	Q
2	–	Yevgeny Sadovy	EUN	3:49.37	Q
3	–	Anders Holmertz	SWE	3:49.95	Q
4	–	Stefan Pfeiffer	GER	3:49.99	Q
5	–	Danyon Loader	NZL	3:50.05	Q
6	–	Ian Brown	AUS	3:50.12	Q
7	–	Sebastian Wiese	GER	3:50.73	Q
8	–	Artur Wojdat	POL	3:51.66	Q
9	–	Antti Kasvio	FIN	3:51.74	q
10	–	Paul Palmer	GBR	3:51.93	q
11	–	Mariusz Podkościelny	POL	3:52.07	q
12	–	Piermaria Siciliano	ITA	3:52.32	q
13	–	Sean Killion	USA	3:52.42	q
14	–	Dan Jorgensen	USA	3:53.20	q
15	–	Christophe Marchand	FRA	3:54.59	q
16	–	Jure Bučar	SLO	3:55.28	q
17	–	Yann de Fabrique	FRA	3:55.66
18	–	Marcel Wouda	NED	3:55.70
19	–	Massimo Trevisan	ITA	3:56.35
20	–	Zoltán Szilágyi	HUN	3:56.68
21	–	Turlough O'Hare	CAN	3:56.70
22	–	Aleksey Kudryavtsev	EUN	3:57.07
23	–	Uğur Taner	TUR	3:57.64
24	–	Shigeo Ogata	JPN	3:57.91
25	–	Can Ergenekan	TUR	3:58.43
26	–	Artur Costa	POR	3:58.80
27	–	Eddie Parenti	CAN	3:58.96
28	–	Stephen Akers	GBR	3:58.99
29	–	Richard Tapper	NZL	3:59.71
30	–	Jorge Herrera	PUR	4:00.11
31	–	Nače Majčen	SLO	4:00.42
32	–	Bang Seung-Hun	KOR	4:00.43
33	–	Masashi Kato	JPN	4:00.66
34	–	Hicham El-Masry	SYR	4:00.69
35	–	Alejandro Bermúdez	COL	4:01.66
36	–	Christer Wallin	SWE	4:02.14
37	–	Jeffrey Ong	MAS	4:02.28
38	–	Jarl Inge Melberg	NOR	4:03.49
39	–	Ratapong Sirisanont	THA	4:07.95
40	–	Gustavo Búcaro	GUA	4:11.48
41	–	Luis Medina	BOL	4:11.77
42	–	Benoît Fleurot	MRI	4:12.05
43	–	Kenneth Yeo	SGP	4:13.45
44	–	Helder Torres	GUA	4:20.38
45	–	Hussein Al-Sadiq	KSA	4:21.64
46	–	Jean-Paul Adam	SEY	4:40.93
DNS	–	Carl Probert	FIJ	–

Heat #1

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	100 m	200 m	300 m	100-200 m Time (Rank)	200-300 m Time (Rank)	300-400 m Time (Rank)
1	–	Hicham El-Masry	SYR	4:00.69	57.23 (1)	1:58.19 (1)	2:59.33 (1)	1:00.96 (1)	1:01.14 (1)	1:01.36 (1)
2	–	Gustavo Búcaro	GUA	4:11.48	59.10 (2)	2:02.42 (2)	3:07.15 (2)	1:03.32 (3)	1:04.73 (3)	1:04.33 (3)
3	–	Luis Medina	BOL	4:11.77	1:00.51 (3)	2:03.73 (3)	3:07.72 (3)	1:03.22 (2)	1:03.99 (2)	1:04.05 (2)
4	–	Helder Torres	GUA	4:20.38	1:01.40 (5)	2:07.36 (5)	3:15.05 (4)	1:05.96 (5)	1:07.69 (4)	1:05.33 (4)
5	–	Hussein Al-Sadiq	KSA	4:21.64	1:01.29 (4)	2:07.19 (4)	3:15.61 (5)	1:05.90 (4)	1:08.42 (5)	1:06.03 (5)
6	–	Jean-Paul Adam	SEY	4:40.93	1:04.42 (6)	2:14.07 (6)	3:28.57 (6)	1:09.65 (6)	1:14.50 (6)	1:12.36 (6)
DNS	–	Carl Probert	FIJ	–	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	–	–	–

Heat #2

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	100 m	200 m	300 m	100-200 m Time (Rank)	200-300 m Time (Rank)	300-400 m Time (Rank)
1	–	Marcel Wouda	NED	3:55.70	57.21 (1)	1:55.87 (1)	2:55.34 (1)	58.66 (1)	59.47 (1)	1:00.36 (3)
2	–	Aleksey Kudryavtsev	EUN	3:57.07	57.80 (2)	1:57.90 (2)	2:57.73 (2)	1:00.10 (2)	59.83 (3)	59.34 (1)
3	–	Artur Costa	POR	3:58.80	58.75 (5)	1:59.27 (4)	2:58.90 (3)	1:00.52 (4)	59.63 (2)	59.90 (2)
4	–	Masashi Kato	JPN	4:00.66	58.08 (3)	1:58.52 (3)	2:59.92 (4)	1:00.44 (3)	1:01.40 (4)	1:00.74 (4)
5	–	Jarl Inge Melberg	NOR	4:03.49	58.28 (4)	1:59.58 (5)	3:01.44 (5)	1:01.30 (5)	1:01.86 (5)	1:02.05 (5)
6	–	Ratapong Sirisanont	THA	4:07.95	59.28 (7)	2:01.80 (6)	3:05.44 (6)	1:02.52 (6)	1:03.64 (6)	1:02.51 (6)
7	–	Benoît Fleurot	MRI	4:12.05	1:00.88 (8)	2:05.10 (8)	3:09.42 (8)	1:04.22 (8)	1:04.32 (7)	1:02.63 (7)
8	–	Kenneth Yeo	SGP	4:13.45	59.07 (6)	2:03.08 (7)	3:08.94 (7)	1:04.01 (7)	1:05.86 (8)	1:04.51 (8)

Heat #3

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	100 m	200 m	300 m	100-200 m Time (Rank)	200-300 m Time (Rank)	300-400 m Time (Rank)
1	–	Yann de Fabrique	FRA	3:55.66	57.26 (1)	1:56.68 (1)	2:55.86 (1)	59.42 (1)	59.18 (1)	59.80 (4)
2	–	Shigeo Ogata	JPN	3:57.91	57.46 (2)	1:58.52 (3)	2:59.06 (2)	1:01.06 (=5)	1:00.54 (3)	58.85 (2)
3	–	Can Ergenekan	TUR	3:58.43	59.39 (8)	2:00.10 (7)	2:59.73 (3)	1:00.71 (3)	59.63 (2)	58.70 (1)
4	–	Eddie Parenti	CAN	3:58.96	58.26 (6)	1:59.18 (5)	3:00.05 (5)	1:00.92 (4)	1:00.87 (4)	58.91 (3)
5	–	Bang Seung-Hun	KOR	4:00.43	57.89 (4)	1:58.95 (4)	3:00.00 (4)	1:01.06 (=5)	1:01.05 (5)	1:00.43 (6)
6	–	Alejandro Bermúdez	COL	4:01.66	57.67 (3)	1:58.32 (2)	3:00.31 (6)	1:00.65 (2)	1:01.99 (8)	1:01.35 (8)
7	–	Christer Wallin	SWE	4:02.14	58.20 (5)	1:59.82 (6)	3:01.67 (7)	1:01.62 (7)	1:01.85 (7)	1:00.47 (7)
8	–	Jeffrey Ong	MAS	4:02.28	58.94 (7)	2:00.62 (8)	3:02.05 (8)	1:01.68 (8)	1:01.43 (6)	1:00.23 (5)

Heat #4

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	100 m	200 m	300 m	100-200 m Time (Rank)	200-300 m Time (Rank)	300-400 m Time (Rank)
1	–	Artur Wojdat	POL	3:51.66	55.23 (1)	1:54.54 (1)	2:53.81 (1)	59.31 (3)	59.27 (2)	57.85 (3)	Q
2	–	Antti Kasvio	FIN	3:51.74	55.33 (2)	1:54.91 (4)	2:54.45 (3)	59.58 (6)	59.54 (3)	57.29 (2)	q
3	–	Paul Palmer	GBR	3:51.93	55.51 (4)	1:54.83 (3)	2:54.70 (4)	59.32 (4)	59.87 (4)	57.23 (1)	q
4	–	Sean Killion	USA	3:52.42	56.76 (6)	1:55.21 (5)	2:54.08 (2)	58.45 (1)	58.87 (1)	58.34 (4)	q
5	–	Christophe Marchand	FRA	3:54.59	55.47 (3)	1:54.73 (2)	2:54.92 (5)	59.26 (2)	1:00.19 (6)	59.67 (6)	q
6	–	Jure Bučar	SLO	3:55.28	57.08 (8)	1:56.57 (6)	2:56.47 (6)	59.49 (5)	59.90 (5)	58.81 (5)	q
7	–	Jorge Herrera	PUR	4:00.11	56.34 (5)	1:56.91 (=7)	2:58.47 (8)	1:00.57 (8)	1:01.56 (8)	1:01.64 (7)
8	–	Nače Majčen	SLO	4:00.42	57.04 (7)	1:56.91 (=7)	2:58.13 (7)	59.87 (7)	1:01.22 (7)	1:02.29 (8)

Heat #5

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	100 m	200 m	300 m	100-200 m Time (Rank)	200-300 m Time (Rank)	300-400 m Time (Rank)
1	–	Yevgeny Sadovy	EUN	3:49.37	55.95 (3)	1:54.17 (3)	2:52.58 (4)	58.22 (3)	58.41 (4)	56.79 (1)	Q
2	–	Anders Holmertz	SWE	3:49.95	55.67 (2)	1:53.88 (1)	2:52.53 (3)	58.21 (2)	58.65 (5)	57.42 (3)	Q
3	–	Stefan Pfeiffer	GER	3:49.99	56.09 (4)	1:54.43 (5)	2:52.52 (2)	58.34 (4)	58.09 (1)	57.47 (4)	Q
4	–	Danyon Loader	NZL	3:50.05	56.56 (5)	1:54.41 (4)	2:52.75 (5)	57.85 (1)	58.34 (2)	57.30 (2)	Q
5	–	Ian Brown	AUS	3:50.12	55.66 (1)	1:54.01 (2)	2:52.40 (1)	58.35 (5)	58.39 (3)	57.72 (5)	Q
6	–	Zoltán Szilágyi	HUN	3:56.68	56.66 (7)	1:55.75 (7)	2:55.47 (6)	59.09 (7)	59.72 (6)	1:01.21 (7)
7	–	Turlough O'Hare	CAN	3:56.70	56.65 (6)	1:55.68 (6)	2:55.79 (7)	59.03 (6)	1:00.11 (7)	1:00.91 (6)
8	–	Richard Tapper	NZL	3:59.71	57.61 (8)	1:57.28 (8)	2:57.90 (8)	59.67 (8)	1:00.62 (8)	1:01.81 (8)

Heat #6

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	100 m	200 m	300 m	100-200 m Time (Rank)	200-300 m Time (Rank)	300-400 m Time (Rank)
1	–	Kieren Perkins	AUS	3:49.24	54.72 (1)	1:52.81 (1)	2:51.41 (1)	58.09 (1)	58.60 (3)	57.83 (2)	Q
2	–	Sebastian Wiese	GER	3:50.73	56.71 (5)	1:55.50 (5)	2:53.66 (3)	58.79 (4)	58.16 (1)	57.07 (1)	Q
3	–	Mariusz Podkościelny	POL	3:52.07	56.09 (3)	1:54.68 (3)	2:53.22 (2)	58.59 (2)	58.54 (2)	58.85 (4)	q
4	–	Piermaria Siciliano	ITA	3:52.32	56.32 (4)	1:55.00 (4)	2:54.43 (5)	58.68 (3)	59.43 (4)	57.89 (3)	q
5	–	Dan Jorgensen	USA	3:53.20	55.51 (2)	1:54.40 (2)	2:54.13 (4)	58.89 (5)	59.73 (6)	59.07 (5)	q
6	–	Massimo Trevisan	ITA	3:56.35	56.93 (7)	1:56.60 (6)	2:56.31 (6)	59.67 (6)	59.71 (5)	1:00.04 (8)
7	–	Uğur Taner	TUR	3:57.64	56.86 (6)	1:57.76 (7)	2:58.43 (7)	1:00.90 (8)	1:00.67 (7)	59.21 (6)
8	–	Stephen Akers	GBR	3:58.99	57.79 (8)	1:58.16 (8)	2:59.16 (8)	1:00.37 (7)	1:01.00 (8)	59.83 (7)

B Final

Date	29 July 1992 — 18:00

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	100 m	200 m	300 m	100-200 m Time (Rank)	200-300 m Time (Rank)	300-400 m Time (Rank)
1	–	Antti Kasvio	FIN	3:50.06	55.48 (2)	1:54.52 (1)	2:53.33 (1)	59.04 (3)	58.81 (1)	56.73 (1)
2	–	Paul Palmer	GBR	3:51.60	55.30 (1)	1:54.59 (2)	2:53.81 (2)	59.29 (6)	59.22 (3)	57.79 (2)
3	–	Sean Killion	USA	3:52.76	56.98 (6)	1:55.58 (6)	2:54.48 (3)	58.60 (1)	58.90 (2)	58.28 (5)
4	–	Piermaria Siciliano	ITA	3:53.05	56.51 (5)	1:55.16 (4)	2:54.84 (4)	58.65 (2)	59.68 (6)	58.21 (4)
5	–	Christophe Marchand	FRA	3:53.24	56.25 (4)	1:55.44 (5)	2:55.07 (5)	59.19 (5)	59.63 (5)	58.17 (3)
6	–	Yann de Fabrique	FRA	3:54.37	55.92 (3)	1:55.09 (3)	2:55.08 (6)	59.17 (4)	59.99 (7)	59.29 (7)
7	–	Mariusz Podkościelny	POL	3:54.56	57.03 (7)	1:56.36 (7)	2:55.76 (7)	59.33 (7)	59.40 (4)	58.80 (6)
8	–	Jure Bučar	SLO	3:56.93	57.31 (8)	1:57.00 (8)	2:57.61 (8)	59.69 (8)	1:00.61 (8)	59.32 (8)

Final Round

Date	29 July 1992 — 18:00

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	100 m	200 m	300 m	100-200 m Time (Rank)	200-300 m Time (Rank)	300-400 m Time (Rank)
1	–	Yevgeny Sadovy	EUN	3:45.00	54.61 (2)	1:52.74 (3)	2:50.38 (2)	58.13 (=5)	57.64 (2)	54.62 (=1)	WR
2	–	Kieren Perkins	AUS	3:45.16	54.66 (3)	1:52.61 (2)	2:50.54 (3)	57.95 (4)	57.93 (5)	54.62 (=1)
3	–	Anders Holmertz	SWE	3:46.77	54.43 (1)	1:52.19 (1)	2:49.88 (1)	57.76 (1)	57.69 (3)	56.89 (4)
4	–	Artur Wojdat	POL	3:48.10	54.88 (4)	1:52.80 (4)	2:50.62 (4)	57.92 (3)	57.82 (4)	57.48 (7)
5	–	Ian Brown	AUS	3:48.79	55.40 (6)	1:53.67 (6)	2:51.73 (6)	58.27 (8)	58.06 (6)	57.06 (5)
6	–	Sebastian Wiese	GER	3:49.06	56.63 (8)	1:54.83 (8)	2:52.45 (7)	58.20 (7)	57.62 (1)	56.61 (3)
7	–	Stefan Pfeiffer	GER	3:49.75	55.32 (5)	1:53.45 (5)	2:51.56 (5)	58.13 (=5)	58.11 (7)	58.19 (8)
8	–	Danyon Loader	NZL	3:49.97	56.30 (7)	1:54.08 (7)	2:52.52 (8)	57.78 (2)	58.44 (8)	57.45 (6)