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400 metres Freestyle, Women

Date	17 September 2000
Status	Olympic
Location	Sydney International Aquatic Centre, Olympic Park, Sydney, New South Wales
Participants	39 from 31 countries

The Olympic champion from 1996, Michelle Smith, could not defend her Olympic title after being given a two-year ban for tampering with her urine sample. Chen Yan, the woman who had won the world title in 1998, was present in Sydney but she decided to concentrate on the individual medley races and passed on this event.

The mantle of favoritism then passed to American Brooke Bennett, the woman who had won the 800 metres title in Atlanta. Bennett gave a performance in the final that lived up to the pre-Games hype and led from start to finish in a time that only two women had ever bettered, defending her gold medal. Costa Rica’s Claudia Poll spent most of the race in the silver medal position but was overtaken near the end by Diana Munz. Munz’s preparations for the Olympics were hampered by the after effects of a car accident in which she broke her vertebrae

Pos	Swimmer	NOC	R1	Final
1	Brooke Bennett	USA	4:07.57 (1 h3)	4:05.80 (1)	Gold
2	Diana Munz	USA	4:10.39 (1 h4)	4:07.07 (2)	Silver
3	Claudia Poll	CRC	4:09.33 (2 h3)	4:07.83 (3)	Bronze
4	Janelle Atkinson	JAM	4:09.61 (3 h3)	4:08.79 (4)
5	Nadezhda Chemezova	RUS	4:10.76 (2 h4)	4:10.37 (5)
6	Hannah Stockbauer	GER	4:10.76 (2 h5)	4:10.38 (6)
7	Carla Geurts	NED	4:10.86 (4 h3)	4:12.36 (7)
8	Chen Hua	CHN	4:10.56 (1 h5)	4:13.11 (8)
9	Flavia Rigamonti	SUI	4:11.77 (3 h5)	–
10	Kirsten Vlieghuis	NED	4:11.87 (4 h5)	–
11	Camelia Potec	ROU	4:11.92 (3 h4)	–
12	Sachiko Yamada	JPN	4:12.45 (5 h5)	–
13	Natallia Baranouskaya	BLR	4:12.67 (5 h3)	–
14	Laëtitia Choux	FRA	4:13.09 (1 h2)	–
15	Kerstin Kielgaß	GER	4:13.10 (6 h5)	–
16	Simona Păduraru	ROU	4:13.89 (4 h4)	–
17	Irina Ufimtseva	RUS	4:15.41 (5 h4)	–
18	Kasey Giteau	AUS	4:15.54 (6 h4)	–
19	Karine Legault	CAN	4:15.55 (7 h5)	–
20	Sofie Goffin	BEL	4:15.93 (7 h4)	–
21	Chantal Strasser	SUI	4:16.17 (6 h3)	–
22	Artemis Dafni	GRE	4:16.94 (2 h2)	–
23	Yasuko Tajima	JPN	4:17.23 (8 h4)	–
24	Àngels Bardina	ESP	4:17.55 (3 h2)	–
25	Lin Chi-Chan	TPE	4:17.76 (4 h2)	–
26	Hana Černá	CZE	4:17.96 (5 h2)	–
27	Sarah-Jane D'Arcy	AUS	4:18.05 (8 h5)	–
28	Sara Goffi	ITA	4:18.16 (6 h2)	–
29	Éva Risztov	HUN	4:18.48 (7 h3)	–
30	Ivanka Moralieva	BUL	4:19.10 (1 h1)	–
31	Vesna Stojanovska	MKD	4:19.69 (2 h1)	–
32	Olena Lapunova	UKR	4:19.96 (8 h3)	–
33	Patricia Villareal	MEX	4:21.03 (3 h1)	–
34	Chantal Gibney	IRL	4:23.73 (4 h1)	–
35	Nataliya Korabelnikova	KGZ	4:24.29 (5 h1)	–
36	Christel Bouvron	SGP	4:25.16 (6 h1)	–
37	No Ju-Hui	KOR	4:25.66 (7 h2)	–
38	Adi Bichman	ISR	4:27.33 (7 h1)	–
39	Pilin Tachakittiranan	THA	4:29.28 (8 h2)	–

Round One (17 September 2000 — 12:01)

Heat One (12:01)

Pos	Lane	Swimmer	NOC	50 m	100 m	150 m	200 m	250 m	300 m	350 m	Time	Reaction
1	4	Ivanka Moralieva	BUL	30.41 (4) 32.08 (1)	1:02.49 (2) 32.45 (2)	1:34.94 (2) 32.71 (1)	2:07.65 (1) 32.83 (1)	2:40.48 (1) 33.20 (1)	3:13.68 (1) 33.20 (3)	3:46.88 (1) 32.22 (2)	4:19.10	0.85
2	2	Vesna Stojanovska	MKD	30.31 (2) 32.72 (6)	1:03.03 (5) 33.15 (5)	1:36.18 (5) 33.45 (5)	2:09.63 (5) 32.86 (2)	2:42.49 (5) 33.41 (3)	3:15.90 (4) 32.96 (1)	3:48.86 (3) 30.83 (1)	4:19.69	0.90
3	3	Patricia Villareal	MEX	30.67 (6) 32.48 (3)	1:03.15 (6) 32.63 (3)	1:35.78 (3) 33.29 (4)	2:09.07 (4) 33.09 (4)	2:42.16 (4) 33.24 (2)	3:15.40 (3) 33.01 (2)	3:48.41 (2) 32.62 (3)	4:21.03	0.84
4	7	Chantal Gibney	IRL	29.92 (1) 32.56 (4)	1:02.48 (1) 32.21 (1)	1:34.69 (1) 33.08 (3)	2:07.77 (2) 32.99 (3)	2:40.76 (2) 34.13 (5)	3:14.89 (2) 34.75 (7)	3:49.64 (4) 34.09 (6)	4:23.73	0.86
5	1	Nataliya Korabelnikova	KGZ	30.40 (3) 32.60 (5)	1:03.00 (4) 33.24 (6)	1:36.24 (6) 33.80 (7)	2:10.04 (6) 33.68 (6)	2:43.72 (6) 33.83 (4)	3:17.55 (6) 33.88 (4)	3:51.43 (6) 32.86 (4)	4:24.29	0.96
6	5	Christel Bouvron	SGP	30.55 (5) 32.41 (2)	1:02.96 (3) 32.91 (4)	1:35.87 (4) 32.99 (2)	2:08.86 (3) 33.26 (5)	2:42.12 (3) 34.25 (6)	3:16.37 (5) 34.55 (6)	3:50.92 (5) 34.24 (7)	4:25.16	0.98
7	6	Adi Bichman	ISR	30.95 (7) 32.77 (7)	1:03.72 (7) 33.26 (7)	1:36.98 (7) 33.57 (6)	2:10.55 (7) 33.98 (7)	2:44.53 (7) 34.74 (7)	3:19.27 (7) 34.40 (5)	3:53.67 (7) 33.66 (5)	4:27.33	0.88

Heat Two (12:08)

Pos	Lane	Swimmer	NOC	50 m	100 m	150 m	200 m	250 m	300 m	350 m	Time	Reaction
1	4	Laëtitia Choux	FRA	29.68 (1) 31.83 (2)	1:01.51 (2) 31.79 (2)	1:33.30 (1) 32.41 (3)	2:05.71 (2) 31.78 (1)	2:37.49 (1) 32.36 (1)	3:09.85 (1) 31.83 (1)	3:41.68 (1) 31.41 (1)	4:13.09	0.78
2	2	Artemis Dafni	GRE	29.90 (3) 31.99 (3)	1:01.89 (3) 31.58 (1)	1:33.47 (2) 32.12 (1)	2:05.59 (1) 32.24 (2)	2:37.83 (2) 32.84 (4)	3:10.67 (2) 33.08 (6)	3:43.75 (2) 33.19 (6)	4:16.94	0.76
3	5	Àngels Bardina	ESP	30.19 (7) 32.31 (6)	1:02.50 (6) 32.58 (7)	1:35.08 (7) 33.02 (6)	2:08.10 (6) 32.75 (4)	2:40.85 (6) 32.82 (3)	3:13.67 (6) 32.35 (2)	3:46.02 (6) 31.53 (2)	4:17.55	0.77
4	8	Lin Chi-Chan	TPE	29.99 (4) 31.47 (1)	1:01.46 (1) 32.39 (6)	1:33.85 (3) 32.58 (4)	2:06.43 (3) 32.97 (6)	2:39.40 (3) 33.00 (5)	3:12.40 (3) 33.03 (4)	3:45.43 (3) 32.33 (5)	4:17.76	0.84
5	6	Hana Černá	CZE	30.43 (8) 32.36 (7)	1:02.79 (7) 32.25 (=4)	1:35.04 (6) 32.60 (5)	2:07.64 (5) 32.66 (3)	2:40.30 (5) 32.67 (2)	3:12.97 (5) 32.88 (3)	3:45.85 (4) 32.11 (3)	4:17.96	0.88
6	3	Sara Goffi	ITA	29.88 (2) 32.07 (4)	1:01.95 (4) 32.24 (3)	1:34.19 (4) 32.35 (2)	2:06.54 (4) 32.91 (5)	2:39.45 (4) 33.46 (6)	3:12.91 (4) 33.06 (5)	3:45.97 (5) 32.19 (4)	4:18.16	0.82
7	1	No Ju-Hui	KOR	30.13 (6) 32.18 (5)	1:02.31 (5) 32.25 (=4)	1:34.56 (5) 33.77 (7)	2:08.33 (7) 33.75 (7)	2:42.08 (7) 34.76 (7)	3:16.84 (7) 34.60 (7)	3:51.44 (7) 34.22 (7)	4:25.66	0.88
8	7	Pilin Tachakittiranan	THA	30.09 (5) 32.80 (8)	1:02.89 (8) 33.54 (8)	1:36.43 (8) 34.08 (8)	2:10.51 (8) 34.65 (8)	2:45.16 (8) 34.82 (8)	3:19.98 (8) 34.89 (8)	3:54.87 (8) 34.41 (8)	4:29.28	0.89

Heat Three (12:15)

Pos	Lane	Swimmer	NOC	50 m	100 m	150 m	200 m	250 m	300 m	350 m	Time	Reaction
1	4	Brooke Bennett	USA	29.24 (2) 30.92 (1)	1:00.16 (1) 30.88 (1)	1:31.04 (1) 31.23 (1)	2:02.27 (1) 31.13 (1)	2:33.40 (1) 31.62 (1)	3:05.02 (1) 31.46 (1)	3:36.48 (1) 31.09 (5)	4:07.57	0.90	Q
2	5	Claudia Poll	CRC	29.58 (6) 31.21 (3)	1:00.79 (4) 31.00 (2)	1:31.79 (3) 31.49 (3)	2:03.28 (2) 31.43 (2)	2:34.71 (2) 31.83 (2)	3:06.54 (2) 31.90 (3)	3:38.44 (2) 30.89 (2)	4:09.33	0.93	Q
3	3	Janelle Atkinson	JAM	29.40 (3) 31.06 (2)	1:00.46 (2) 31.26 (3)	1:31.72 (2) 31.87 (5)	2:03.59 (3) 31.77 (3)	2:35.36 (3) 31.87 (3)	3:07.23 (3) 31.53 (2)	3:38.76 (3) 30.85 (1)	4:09.61	0.69	Q
4	7	Carla Geurts	NED	29.53 (5) 31.40 (4)	1:00.93 (5) 31.46 (4)	1:32.39 (4) 31.44 (2)	2:03.83 (4) 31.79 (4)	2:35.62 (4) 32.05 (5)	3:07.67 (4) 32.19 (5)	3:39.86 (4) 31.00 (3)	4:10.86	0.75	Q
5	6	Natallia Baranouskaya	BLR	30.19 (7) 31.72 (6)	1:01.91 (7) 31.69 (5)	1:33.60 (7) 31.76 (4)	2:05.36 (6) 32.12 (5)	2:37.48 (5) 32.00 (4)	3:09.48 (5) 32.13 (4)	3:41.61 (5) 31.06 (4)	4:12.67	0.82
6	1	Chantal Strasser	SUI	29.44 (4) 31.82 (7)	1:01.26 (6) 32.31 (7)	1:33.57 (6) 32.36 (6)	2:05.93 (7) 32.58 (6)	2:38.51 (6) 32.83 (6)	3:11.34 (6) 32.72 (6)	3:44.06 (6) 32.11 (7)	4:16.17	0.93
7	2	Éva Risztov	HUN	29.19 (1) 31.41 (5)	1:00.60 (3) 31.81 (6)	1:32.41 (5) 32.84 (7)	2:05.25 (5) 33.48 (8)	2:38.73 (7) 33.52 (7)	3:12.25 (7) 33.25 (7)	3:45.50 (7) 32.98 (8)	4:18.48	0.87
8	8	Olena Lapunova	UKR	30.24 (8) 32.03 (8)	1:02.27 (8) 32.41 (8)	1:34.68 (8) 32.90 (8)	2:07.58 (8) 33.22 (7)	2:40.80 (8) 33.62 (8)	3:14.42 (8) 33.47 (8)	3:47.89 (8) 32.07 (6)	4:19.96	0.92

Heat Four (12:22)

Pos	Lane	Swimmer	NOC	50 m	100 m	150 m	200 m	250 m	300 m	350 m	Time	Reaction
1	5	Diana Munz	USA	29.41 (4) 31.13 (2)	1:00.54 (4) 31.67 (3)	1:32.21 (4) 31.78 (1)	2:03.99 (3) 31.77 (1)	2:35.76 (3) 31.75 (1)	3:07.51 (2) 31.76 (1)	3:39.27 (=1) 31.12 (2)	4:10.39	0.88	Q
2	6	Nadezhda Chemezova	RUS	29.21 (2) 31.01 (1)	1:00.22 (1) 31.38 (1)	1:31.60 (1) 31.95 (3)	2:03.55 (1) 31.83 (=2)	2:35.38 (1) 32.01 (2)	3:07.39 (1) 31.88 (2)	3:39.27 (=1) 31.49 (3)	4:10.76	0.94	Q
3	4	Camelia Potec	ROU	29.23 (3) 31.25 (4)	1:00.48 (3) 31.52 (2)	1:32.00 (2) 31.91 (2)	2:03.91 (2) 31.83 (=2)	2:35.74 (2) 32.18 (3)	3:07.92 (3) 32.05 (3)	3:39.97 (3) 31.95 (5)	4:11.92	0.93
4	1	Simona Păduraru	ROU	29.55 (5) 31.69 (5)	1:01.24 (5) 31.71 (4)	1:32.95 (5) 32.13 (4)	2:05.08 (5) 31.94 (4)	2:37.02 (5) 32.80 (6)	3:09.82 (4) 32.11 (4)	3:41.93 (4) 31.96 (6)	4:13.89	0.92
5	2	Irina Ufimtseva	RUS	30.15 (7) 32.08 (8)	1:02.23 (7) 32.33 (7)	1:34.56 (7) 32.62 (7)	2:07.18 (7) 32.15 (5)	2:39.33 (7) 32.73 (5)	3:12.06 (7) 32.36 (6)	3:44.42 (7) 30.99 (1)	4:15.41	0.91
6	7	Kasey Giteau	AUS	29.18 (1) 31.14 (3)	1:00.32 (2) 31.73 (5)	1:32.05 (3) 32.20 (5)	2:04.25 (4) 32.61 (=7)	2:36.86 (4) 33.02 (8)	3:09.88 (5) 33.16 (8)	3:43.04 (5) 32.50 (8)	4:15.54	0.98
7	8	Sofie Goffin	BEL	29.65 (6) 31.93 (6)	1:01.58 (6) 32.01 (6)	1:33.59 (6) 32.56 (6)	2:06.15 (6) 32.21 (6)	2:38.36 (6) 32.83 (7)	3:11.19 (6) 32.35 (5)	3:43.54 (6) 32.39 (7)	4:15.93	0.90
8	3	Yasuko Tajima	JPN	30.39 (8) 32.01 (7)	1:02.40 (8) 32.88 (8)	1:35.28 (8) 32.63 (8)	2:07.91 (8) 32.61 (=7)	2:40.52 (8) 32.47 (4)	3:12.99 (8) 32.56 (7)	3:45.55 (8) 31.68 (4)	4:17.23	0.87

Heat Five (12:29)

Pos	Lane	Swimmer	NOC	50 m	100 m	150 m	200 m	250 m	300 m	350 m	Time	Reaction
1	1	Chen Hua	CHN	29.66 (1) 31.68 (5)	1:01.34 (1) 30.96 (1)	1:32.30 (1) 31.44 (1)	2:03.74 (1) 31.38 (1)	2:35.12 (1) 32.08 (3)	3:07.20 (1) 31.98 (5)	3:39.18 (1) 31.38 (5)	4:10.56	0.89	Q
2	4	Hannah Stockbauer	GER	30.01 (6) 31.79 (8)	1:01.80 (7) 32.18 (8)	1:33.98 (8) 32.36 (7)	2:06.34 (8) 31.91 (4)	2:38.25 (7) 31.68 (1)	3:09.93 (6) 31.85 (3)	3:41.78 (5) 28.98 (1)	4:10.76	0.88	Q
3	7	Flavia Rigamonti	SUI	30.08 (7) 31.54 (2)	1:01.62 (4) 31.95 (5)	1:33.57 (6) 31.89 (2)	2:05.46 (3) 32.08 (6)	2:37.54 (=4) 31.78 (2)	3:09.32 (2) 31.94 (4)	3:41.26 (3) 30.51 (3)	4:11.77	1.00
4	6	Kirsten Vlieghuis	NED	30.00 (5) 31.74 (6)	1:01.74 (6) 31.74 (2)	1:33.48 (5) 32.15 (4)	2:05.63 (5) 31.83 (3)	2:37.46 (3) 32.26 (5)	3:09.72 (4) 31.84 (2)	3:41.56 (4) 30.31 (2)	4:11.87	0.83
5	3	Sachiko Yamada	JPN	29.90 (3) 31.76 (7)	1:01.66 (5) 31.76 (3)	1:33.42 (=3) 32.18 (6)	2:05.60 (4) 31.60 (2)	2:37.20 (2) 32.14 (4)	3:09.34 (3) 31.55 (1)	3:40.89 (2) 31.56 (6)	4:12.45	0.91
6	5	Kerstin Kielgaß	GER	29.97 (4) 31.39 (1)	1:01.36 (2) 31.98 (7)	1:33.34 (2) 32.02 (3)	2:05.36 (2) 32.18 (7)	2:37.54 (=4) 32.34 (6)	3:09.88 (5) 32.10 (6)	3:41.98 (6) 31.12 (4)	4:13.10	0.94
7	8	Karine Legault	CAN	30.49 (8) 31.59 (3)	1:02.08 (8) 31.89 (4)	1:33.97 (7) 32.16 (5)	2:06.13 (7) 32.00 (5)	2:38.13 (6) 32.40 (7)	3:10.53 (7) 32.77 (7)	3:43.30 (7) 32.25 (7)	4:15.55	0.93
8	2	Sarah-Jane D'Arcy	AUS	29.78 (2) 31.67 (4)	1:01.45 (3) 31.97 (6)	1:33.42 (=3) 32.41 (8)	2:05.83 (6) 32.44 (8)	2:38.27 (8) 33.27 (8)	3:11.54 (8) 33.67 (8)	3:45.21 (8) 32.84 (8)	4:18.05	0.90

Final (17 September 2000 — 20:23)

Pos	Lane	Swimmer	NOC	50 m	100 m	150 m	200 m	250 m	300 m	350 m	Time	Reaction
1	4	Brooke Bennett	USA	29.17 (1) 30.73 (1)	59.90 (1) 30.79 (1)	1:30.69 (1) 31.22 (1)	2:01.91 (1) 30.89 (1)	2:32.80 (1) 31.11 (1)	3:03.91 (1) 31.13 (2)	3:35.04 (1) 30.76 (3)	4:05.80	0.87
2	6	Diana Munz	USA	29.55 (6) 31.00 (4)	1:00.55 (4) 31.40 (5)	1:31.95 (4) 31.50 (3)	2:03.45 (4) 31.43 (5)	2:34.88 (4) 31.82 (=5)	3:06.70 (4) 30.67 (1)	3:37.37 (=3) 29.70 (1)	4:07.07	0.84
3	5	Claudia Poll	CRC	29.43 (4) 30.94 (3)	1:00.37 (3) 30.85 (2)	1:31.22 (2) 31.35 (2)	2:02.57 (2) 31.28 (=2)	2:33.85 (2) 31.61 (3)	3:05.46 (2) 31.31 (3)	3:36.77 (2) 31.06 (5)	4:07.83	0.98
4	3	Janelle Atkinson	JAM	29.42 (3) 30.88 (2)	1:00.30 (2) 31.27 (3)	1:31.57 (3) 31.57 (4)	2:03.14 (3) 31.28 (=2)	2:34.42 (3) 31.36 (2)	3:05.78 (3) 31.59 (4)	3:37.37 (=3) 31.42 (7)	4:08.79	0.70
5	7	Nadezhda Chemezova	RUS	29.46 (5) 31.62 (7)	1:01.08 (6) 31.43 (6)	1:32.51 (6) 31.84 (6)	2:04.35 (6) 31.29 (4)	2:35.64 (5) 31.71 (4)	3:07.35 (5) 31.61 (5)	3:38.96 (5) 31.41 (6)	4:10.37	0.90
6	1	Hannah Stockbauer	GER	29.62 (8) 31.50 (6)	1:01.12 (7) 31.81 (7)	1:32.93 (7) 31.90 (7)	2:04.83 (7) 31.92 (6)	2:36.75 (7) 31.82 (=5)	3:08.57 (6) 31.99 (6)	3:40.56 (6) 29.82 (2)	4:10.38	0.89
7	8	Carla Geurts	NED	29.38 (2) 31.75 (8)	1:01.13 (8) 32.16 (8)	1:33.29 (8) 31.94 (8)	2:05.23 (8) 31.98 (7)	2:37.21 (8) 32.21 (7)	3:09.42 (8) 32.06 (7)	3:41.48 (8) 30.88 (4)	4:12.36	0.74
8	2	Chen Hua	CHN	29.56 (7) 31.36 (5)	1:00.92 (5) 31.37 (4)	1:32.29 (5) 31.77 (5)	2:04.06 (5) 32.10 (8)	2:36.16 (6) 32.63 (8)	3:08.79 (7) 32.34 (8)	3:41.13 (7) 31.98 (8)	4:13.11	0.88