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400 metres Individual Medley, Men

Date	21 July 1996
Status	Olympic
Location	Georgia Tech Aquatic Center, Atlanta, Georgia
Participants	27 from 23 countries

Even if the Olympics had not been in his home country Tom Dolan would have been a strong favourite. The swimmer had not lost a race since 1993 and was the reigning World Championship and Pan-Pacific gold medalist in addition to holding the world record in the event. However Dolan was not at his best in Atlanta and the final developed into a much closer race than predicted. Curtis Myden of Canada led Dolan and fellow American Eric Namesnik after the butterfly leg with the two US swimmers then gaining on the Canadian over the next 100 metres.

At half way Dolan and Nemesnik were absolutely level and the lead swapped back and forth for the next three lengths of the pool. Over the last 50 metres the two men battled furiously and Dolan just had enough left for victory, as Myden held on for third place. Both Dolan, Nemesnik and fifth place finisher Marcel Wouda were alumni of the University of Michigan.

Pos	Competitor	NOC	R1	B Final	Final
1	Tom Dolan	USA	4:17.66 (2 h4)	–	4:14.90 (1)	Gold
2	Eric Namesnik	USA	4:16.21 (1 h2)	–	4:15.25 (2)	Silver
3	Curtis Myden	CAN	4:18.43 (4 h4)	–	4:16.28 (3)	Bronze
4	Matt Dunn	AUS	4:19.51 (1 h3)	–	4:16.66 (4)
5	Marcel Wouda	NED	4:17.30 (1 h4)	–	4:17.71 (5)
6	Luca Sacchi	ITA	4:19.63 (2 h2)	–	4:18.31 (6)
7	Marcin Maliński	POL	4:18.34 (3 h4)	–	4:20.50 (7)
8	Serghei Mariniuc	MDA	4:20.24 (3 h2)	–	4:21.15 (8)
9	Frederik Hviid	ESP	4:23.67 (4 h2)	4:22.47 (1)	–
10	Toshiaki Kurasawa	JPN	4:24.83 (5 h2)	4:23.36 (2)	–
11	Tatsuya Kinugasa	JPN	4:26.73 (4 h3)	4:24.25 (3)	–
12	Ratapong Sirisanont	THA	4:26.99 (6 h4)	4:26.35 (4)	–
13	Alejandro Bermúdez	COL	4:27.97 (6 h2)	4:26.64 (5)	–
14	Josef Horký	CZE	4:26.58 (5 h4)	4:28.39 (6)	–
15	Trent Steed	AUS	4:24.39 (3 h3)	4:29.35 (7)	–
16	István Batházi	HUN	4:27.37 (5 h3)	– (DQ)	–
17	Jani Sievinen	FIN	4:23.13 (2 h3)	–	–		1
18	Valērijs Kalmikovs	LAT	4:28.04 (6 h3)	–	–
19	Gergő Kiss	HUN	4:28.05 (7 h4)	–	–
20	Mark Kwok	HKG	4:31.13 (7 h2)	–	–
21	Kim Bang-Hyeon	KOR	4:31.16 (8 h4)	–	–
22	Walter Soza	NCA	4:32.11 (1 h1)	–	–
23	Krešimir Čač	CRO	4:34.02 (8 h2)	–	–
24	Aleksandar Malenko	MKD	4:34.06 (7 h3)	–	–
25	Arsenio López	PUR	4:34.81 (2 h1)	–	–
26	Desmond Koh	SGP	4:36.87 (8 h3)	–	–
27	Wan Azlan Abdullah	MAS	4:38.95 (3 h1)	–	–

Round One

Date	21 July 1996
Format	Fastest eight advanced to the final. Places 9-16 advanced to the B Final.

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	4	Eric Namesnik	USA	4:16.21	Q
2	6	Marcel Wouda	NED	4:17.30	Q
3	4	Tom Dolan	USA	4:17.66	Q
4	3	Marcin Maliński	POL	4:18.34	Q
5	5	Curtis Myden	CAN	4:18.43	Q
6	5	Matt Dunn	AUS	4:19.51	Q
7	5	Luca Sacchi	ITA	4:19.63	Q
8	6	Serghei Mariniuc	MDA	4:20.24	Q
9	4	Jani Sievinen	FIN	4:23.13	q
10	2	Frederik Hviid	ESP	4:23.67	q
11	3	Trent Steed	AUS	4:24.39	q
12	3	Toshiaki Kurasawa	JPN	4:24.83	q
13	7	Josef Horký	CZE	4:26.58	q
14	2	Tatsuya Kinugasa	JPN	4:26.73	q
15	1	Ratapong Sirisanont	THA	4:26.99	q
16	6	István Batházi	HUN	4:27.37	q
17	1	Alejandro Bermúdez	COL	4:27.97
18	7	Valērijs Kalmikovs	LAT	4:28.04
19	2	Gergő Kiss	HUN	4:28.05
20	8	Mark Kwok	HKG	4:31.13
21	8	Kim Bang-Hyeon	KOR	4:31.16
22	5	Walter Soza	NCA	4:32.11
23	7	Krešimir Čač	CRO	4:34.02
24	1	Aleksandar Malenko	MKD	4:34.06
25	3	Arsenio López	PUR	4:34.81
26	8	Desmond Koh	SGP	4:36.87
27	4	Wan Azlan Abdullah	MAS	4:38.95

Heat #1

Time	10:43

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	Reaction Time	50 m	100 m	150 m	200 m	250 m	300 m	350 m	50-100 m	100-150 m	150-200 m	200-250 m	250-300 m Time
1	5	Walter Soza	NCA	4:32.11	0.75	27.87 (1)	59.77 (1)	1:34.50 (1)	2:08.44 (1)	2:48.44 (1)	3:29.58 (1)	4:00.74 (1)	31.90 (1)	34.73 (1)	33.94 (2)	40.00 (2)	41.14
2	3	Arsenio López	PUR	4:34.81	0.78	28.79 (2)	1:01.07 (2)	1:36.69 (2)	2:10.57 (2)	2:50.74 (2)	3:30.49 (2)	4:02.99 (2)	32.28 (2)	35.62 (2)	33.88 (1)	40.17 (3)	39.75
3	4	Wan Azlan Abdullah	MAS	4:38.95	0.79	29.14 (3)	1:02.49 (3)	1:39.02 (3)	2:15.39 (3)	2:54.92 (3)	3:35.27 (3)	4:07.31 (3)	33.35 (3)	36.53 (3)	36.37 (3)	39.53 (1)	40.35

Heat #2

Time	10:51

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	Reaction Time	50 m	100 m	150 m	200 m	250 m	300 m	350 m	50-100 m	100-150 m	150-200 m	200-250 m	250-300 m Time
1	4	Eric Namesnik	USA	4:16.21	0.82	27.80 (3)	58.53 (1)	1:31.52 (1)	2:03.06 (1)	2:39.23 (1)	3:15.49 (1)	3:46.49 (1)	30.73 (1)	32.99 (1)	31.54 (1)	36.17 (3)	36.26	Q
2	5	Luca Sacchi	ITA	4:19.63	0.81	28.20 (6)	59.32 (4)	1:33.19 (5)	2:06.49 (5)	2:42.07 (3)	3:18.43 (2)	3:49.01 (2)	31.12 (3)	33.87 (6)	33.30 (5)	35.58 (1)	36.36	Q
3	6	Serghei Mariniuc	MDA	4:20.24	0.81	27.75 (2)	59.51 (5)	1:33.11 (4)	2:05.88 (4)	2:41.84 (2)	3:19.11 (3)	3:50.83 (3)	31.76 (6)	33.60 (4)	32.77 (4)	35.96 (2)	37.27	Q
4	2	Frederik Hviid	ESP	4:23.67	0.83	28.32 (7)	59.87 (6)	1:33.36 (6)	2:06.68 (6)	2:44.11 (5)	3:23.05 (5)	3:53.98 (4)	31.55 (5)	33.49 (3)	33.32 (6)	37.43 (4)	38.94	q
5	3	Toshiaki Kurasawa	JPN	4:24.83	0.77	27.85 (4)	58.62 (2)	1:32.27 (3)	2:04.15 (2)	2:42.40 (4)	3:21.68 (4)	3:54.19 (5)	30.77 (2)	33.65 (5)	31.88 (2)	38.25 (6)	39.28	q
6	1	Alejandro Bermúdez	COL	4:27.97	0.83	27.59 (1)	58.90 (3)	1:32.20 (2)	2:04.66 (3)	2:45.03 (6)	3:26.27 (6)	3:57.66 (6)	31.31 (4)	33.30 (2)	32.46 (3)	40.37 (8)	41.24
7	8	Mark Kwok	HKG	4:31.13	0.67	28.51 (8)	1:00.74 (8)	1:35.71 (7)	2:09.56 (7)	2:48.85 (8)	3:28.52 (8)	4:00.27 (7)	32.23 (7)	34.97 (7)	33.85 (7)	39.29 (7)	39.67
8	7	Krešimir Čač	CRO	4:34.02	0.93	28.09 (5)	1:00.55 (7)	1:36.19 (8)	2:11.35 (8)	2:48.81 (7)	3:27.68 (7)	4:00.43 (8)	32.46 (8)	35.64 (8)	35.16 (8)	37.46 (5)	38.87

Heat #3

Time	10:59

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	Reaction Time	50 m	100 m	150 m	200 m	250 m	300 m	350 m	50-100 m	100-150 m	150-200 m	200-250 m	250-300 m Time
1	5	Matt Dunn	AUS	4:19.51	0.81	27.48 (2)	58.54 (1)	1:32.67 (2)	2:05.45 (1)	2:42.32 (1)	3:19.38 (1)	3:49.68 (1)	31.06 (2)	34.13 (3)	32.78 (1)	36.87 (3)	37.06	Q
2	4	Jani Sievinen	FIN	4:23.13	0.80	27.28 (1)	58.79 (2)	1:32.32 (1)	2:06.03 (2)	2:43.42 (2)	3:21.27 (2)	3:52.22 (2)	31.51 (4)	33.53 (1)	33.71 (2)	37.39 (5)	37.85	q
3	3	Trent Steed	AUS	4:24.39	0.80	27.98 (6)	58.92 (4)	1:32.83 (3)	2:06.77 (3)	2:43.51 (3)	3:21.56 (3)	3:53.77 (3)	30.94 (1)	33.91 (2)	33.94 (4)	36.74 (2)	38.05	q
4	2	Tatsuya Kinugasa	JPN	4:26.73	0.81	27.70 (5)	58.87 (3)	1:33.48 (4)	2:08.08 (4)	2:45.68 (5)	3:23.47 (5)	3:55.78 (5)	31.17 (3)	34.61 (5)	34.60 (6)	37.60 (6)	37.79	q
5	6	István Batházi	HUN	4:27.37	0.94	29.40 (8)	1:02.28 (8)	1:36.87 (8)	2:10.66 (7)	2:47.94 (6)	3:26.18 (6)	3:57.63 (6)	32.88 (8)	34.59 (4)	33.79 (3)	37.28 (4)	38.24	q
6	7	Valērijs Kalmikovs	LAT	4:28.04	0.85	27.54 (4)	59.55 (5)	1:34.20 (5)	2:08.73 (5)	2:45.04 (4)	3:23.02 (4)	3:55.56 (4)	32.01 (5)	34.65 (6)	34.53 (5)	36.31 (1)	37.98
7	1	Aleksandar Malenko	MKD	4:34.06	0.86	27.49 (3)	59.56 (6)	1:35.03 (6)	2:10.34 (6)	2:50.94 (8)	3:31.44 (8)	4:03.19 (7)	32.07 (6)	35.47 (7)	35.31 (8)	40.60 (8)	40.50
8	8	Desmond Koh	SGP	4:36.87	0.76	28.29 (7)	1:00.56 (7)	1:36.26 (7)	2:11.29 (8)	2:49.73 (7)	3:29.32 (7)	4:03.94 (8)	32.27 (7)	35.70 (8)	35.03 (7)	38.44 (7)	39.59

Heat #4

Time	11:07

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	Reaction Time	50 m	100 m	150 m	200 m	250 m	300 m	350 m	50-100 m	100-150 m	150-200 m	200-250 m	250-300 m Time
1	6	Marcel Wouda	NED	4:17.30	0.92	27.38 (3)	59.15 (3)	1:31.98 (2)	2:04.27 (3)	2:40.44 (2)	3:17.48 (1)	3:48.31 (1)	31.77 (4)	32.83 (1)	32.29 (2)	36.17 (3)	37.04	Q
2	4	Tom Dolan	USA	4:17.66	0.79	27.08 (2)	58.48 (2)	1:32.90 (3)	2:04.04 (2)	2:40.81 (3)	3:18.01 (3)	3:49.14 (3)	31.40 (2)	34.42 (5)	31.14 (1)	36.77 (5)	37.20	Q
3	3	Marcin Maliński	POL	4:18.34	0.88	28.28 (5)	1:00.04 (4)	1:34.03 (4)	2:07.03 (4)	2:42.51 (4)	3:18.28 (4)	3:49.16 (4)	31.76 (3)	33.99 (3)	33.00 (4)	35.48 (1)	35.77	Q
4	5	Curtis Myden	CAN	4:18.43	0.78	26.69 (1)	57.71 (1)	1:30.98 (1)	2:03.38 (1)	2:40.10 (1)	3:17.64 (2)	3:48.57 (2)	31.02 (1)	33.27 (2)	32.40 (3)	36.72 (4)	37.54	Q
5	7	Josef Horký	CZE	4:26.58	0.86	28.14 (4)	1:00.68 (6)	1:34.74 (5)	2:08.65 (5)	2:46.61 (6)	3:25.27 (6)	3:56.54 (6)	32.54 (7)	34.06 (4)	33.91 (=7)	37.96 (6)	38.66	q
6	1	Ratapong Sirisanont	THA	4:26.99	0.87	28.43 (7)	1:00.32 (5)	1:35.58 (7)	2:09.27 (7)	2:45.17 (5)	3:22.53 (5)	3:55.16 (5)	31.89 (5)	35.26 (8)	33.69 (6)	35.90 (2)	37.36	q
7	2	Gergő Kiss	HUN	4:28.05	0.83	28.47 (8)	1:01.12 (8)	1:35.73 (8)	2:09.08 (6)	2:47.26 (7)	3:26.02 (7)	3:58.00 (7)	32.65 (8)	34.61 (6)	33.35 (5)	38.18 (7)	38.76
8	8	Kim Bang-Hyeon	KOR	4:31.16	0.90	28.30 (6)	1:00.74 (7)	1:35.37 (6)	2:09.28 (8)	2:48.06 (8)	3:27.97 (8)	3:59.89 (8)	32.44 (6)	34.63 (7)	33.91 (=7)	38.78 (8)	39.91

B Final

Date	21 July 1996 — 19:57

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	Reaction Time	50 m	100 m	150 m	200 m	250 m	300 m	350 m	50-100 m	100-150 m	150-200 m	200-250 m	250-300 m Time
1	4	Frederik Hviid	ESP	4:22.47	0.82	28.29 (4)	1:00.44 (4)	1:33.69 (2)	2:06.90 (2)	2:43.78 (2)	3:22.59 (2)	3:53.16 (1)	32.15 (4)	33.25 (2)	33.21 (3)	36.88 (2)	38.81
2	3	Toshiaki Kurasawa	JPN	4:23.36	0.71	27.70 (1)	58.67 (1)	1:31.81 (1)	2:04.68 (1)	2:42.39 (1)	3:21.30 (1)	3:53.25 (2)	30.97 (1)	33.14 (1)	32.87 (2)	37.71 (5)	38.91
3	2	Tatsuya Kinugasa	JPN	4:24.25	0.82	28.23 (3)	1:00.27 (3)	1:35.36 (5)	2:09.91 (5)	2:46.97 (5)	3:24.28 (3)	3:55.05 (3)	32.04 (3)	35.09 (6)	34.55 (7)	37.06 (3)	37.31
4	7	Ratapong Sirisanont	THA	4:26.35	0.81	28.88 (7)	1:01.07 (6)	1:36.46 (7)	2:10.64 (7)	2:47.09 (6)	3:24.34 (4)	3:55.98 (4)	32.19 (5)	35.39 (7)	34.18 (5)	36.45 (1)	37.25
5	8	Alejandro Bermúdez	COL	4:26.64	0.86	28.71 (5)	1:00.99 (5)	1:34.80 (4)	2:07.29 (3)	2:46.68 (4)	3:26.73 (6)	3:57.24 (5)	32.28 (6)	33.81 (3)	32.49 (1)	39.39 (7)	40.05
6	6	Josef Horký	CZE	4:28.39	0.82	28.81 (6)	1:01.42 (7)	1:36.16 (6)	2:10.28 (6)	2:48.15 (7)	3:26.99 (7)	3:58.60 (7)	32.61 (7)	34.74 (5)	34.12 (4)	37.87 (6)	38.84
7	5	Trent Steed	AUS	4:29.35	0.80	27.94 (2)	59.57 (2)	1:34.09 (3)	2:08.55 (4)	2:46.04 (3)	3:25.34 (5)	3:58.03 (6)	31.63 (2)	34.52 (4)	34.46 (6)	37.49 (4)	39.30
DQ	1	István Batházi	HUN	–	–	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	–

Final Round

Date	21 July 1996 — 19:50

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	Reaction Time	50 m	100 m	150 m	200 m	250 m	300 m	350 m	50-100 m	100-150 m	150-200 m	200-250 m	250-300 m Time
1	3	Tom Dolan	USA	4:14.90	0.74	27.10 (2)	58.36 (2)	1:31.66 (3)	2:02.87 (=1)	2:38.86 (1)	3:15.73 (2)	3:46.30 (2)	31.26 (=2)	33.30 (2)	31.21 (1)	35.99 (4)	36.87
2	4	Eric Namesnik	USA	4:15.25	0.82	27.62 (3)	58.57 (3)	1:31.26 (1)	2:02.87 (=1)	2:39.07 (2)	3:15.29 (1)	3:46.27 (1)	30.95 (1)	32.69 (1)	31.61 (2)	36.20 (6)	36.22
3	2	Curtis Myden	CAN	4:16.28	0.77	26.70 (1)	58.04 (1)	1:31.43 (2)	2:04.04 (3)	2:40.02 (3)	3:16.45 (3)	3:46.82 (3)	31.34 (4)	33.39 (=4)	32.61 (3)	35.98 (3)	36.43
4	7	Matt Dunn	AUS	4:16.66	0.85	27.80 (5)	59.06 (4)	1:32.48 (4)	2:05.42 (4)	2:41.74 (4)	3:18.72 (4)	3:48.74 (=4)	31.26 (=2)	33.42 (6)	32.94 (4)	36.32 (8)	36.98
5	5	Marcel Wouda	NED	4:17.71	0.86	27.85 (6)	1:00.42 (=7)	1:34.43 (7)	2:07.54 (7)	2:43.51 (7)	3:19.70 (6)	3:49.69 (6)	32.57 (8)	34.01 (7)	33.11 (5)	35.97 (2)	36.19
6	1	Luca Sacchi	ITA	4:18.31	0.81	28.24 (7)	59.61 (5)	1:33.00 (5)	2:06.18 (5)	2:42.23 (5)	3:18.94 (5)	3:48.74 (=4)	31.37 (5)	33.39 (=4)	33.18 (7)	36.05 (5)	36.71
7	6	Marcin Maliński	POL	4:20.50	0.86	28.48 (8)	1:00.42 (=7)	1:34.67 (8)	2:08.07 (8)	2:43.67 (8)	3:19.98 (7)	3:50.85 (7)	31.94 (6)	34.25 (8)	33.40 (8)	35.60 (1)	36.31
8	8	Serghei Mariniuc	MDA	4:21.15	0.83	27.71 (4)	1:00.08 (6)	1:33.40 (6)	2:06.54 (6)	2:42.77 (6)	3:20.20 (8)	3:51.76 (8)	32.37 (7)	33.32 (3)	33.14 (6)	36.23 (7)	37.43