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400 metres Individual Medley, Women

Date	14 August 2004
Status	Olympic
Location	Olympiako Kentro Ugrou Stivou, Olympiako Athletiko Kentro Athinon Spiros Loues, Athina (Main Pool)
Participants	25 from 21 countries

As an 18-year-old, Ukraine’s Yana Klochkova won both medley races at the Sydney Olympics. By the time of the Athens Games she had been long established as the best medley swimmer in the world but a new generation, led by 15-year-old Katie Hoff, were beginning to nip at her heels. Hoff came to Athens as world leader for 2004 but failed to live up to her previous form as she finished 10 seconds off her best in her heat and well outside the qualifying positions.

Instead the challenge to Klochkova came from another American in the form of Kaitlin Sandeno. Sandeno had never broken 3:40.00 before Athens but, in the rarefied atmosphere of the Olympic final, she had the race of the life and took more than five seconds off her personal best to hound Klochkova almost into the final metres of the race. The Ukrainian held out to win over Sandeno by just 12 hundredths of a second with Georgina Bardach winning a rare swimming medal for Argentina, their first since 1936, in third.

Pos	Swimmer	NOC	R1	Final
1	Yana Klochkova	UKR	4:38.36 (1 h4)	4:34.83 (1)	Gold
2	Kaitlin Sandeno	USA	4:40.21 (2 h4)	4:34.95 (2)	Silver
3	Georgina Bardach	ARG	4:41.20 (1 h2)	4:37.51 (3)	Bronze
4	Éva Risztov	HUN	4:41.20 (1 h3)	4:39.29 (4)
5	Joanna Maranhão	BRA	4:42.01 (3 h4)	4:40.00 (5)
6	Nicole Hetzer	GER	4:41.74 (2 h2)	4:40.20 (6)
7	Nam Yu-Seon	KOR	4:45.16 (3 h2)	4:50.35 (7)
8	Vasiliki Angelopoulou	GRE	4:44.90 (4 h4)	4:50.85 (8)
9	Helen Norfolk	NZL	4:45.21 (4 h2)	–
10	Misa Amano	JPN	4:45.61 (5 h4)	–
11	Elizabeth Warden	CAN	4:46.27 (2 h3)	–
12	Lara Carroll	AUS	4:46.32 (5 h2)	–
13	Anja Klinar	SLO	4:46.66 (3 h3)	–
14	Beatrice Căşlaru	ROU	4:46.94 (6 h4)	–
15	Zsu Jakabos	HUN	4:47.21 (7 h4)	–
16	Alessia Filippi	ITA	4:47.26 (4 h3)	–
17	Katie Hoff	USA	4:47.49 (6 h2)	–
18	Teresa Rohmann	GER	4:48.51 (5 h3)	–
19	Jennifer Reilly	AUS	4:49.04 (6 h3)	–
20	Lin Man-Hsu	TPE	4:52.22 (8 h4)	–
21	Yana Martynova	RUS	4:52.96 (7 h2)	–
22	Nimitta Thaveesupsoonthorn	THA	5:00.06 (1 h1)	–
23	Ana Dangalakova	BUL	5:01.00 (2 h1)	–
24	Sabria-Faiza Dahane	ALG	5:10.20 (3 h1)	–
DQ	Zhang Tianyi	CHN	– (DQ h3)	–

Round One (14 August 2004)

Fastest eight advanced to the final.

Heat One (11:28)

Pos	Lane	Swimmer	NOC	50 m	100 m	150 m	200 m	250 m	300 m	350 m	Time	Reaction
1	4	Nimitta Thaveesupsoonthorn	THA	32.28 (3) 35.88 (1)	1:08.16 (3) 39.49 (2)	1:47.65 (2) 38.66 (2)	2:26.31 (2) 43.10 (1)	3:09.41 (2) 43.63 (1)	3:53.04 (2) 34.18 (1)	4:27.22 (2) 32.84 (1)	5:00.06	0.82
2	5	Ana Dangalakova	BUL	31.52 (1) 36.22 (3)	1:07.74 (1) 38.24 (1)	1:45.98 (1) 37.07 (1)	2:23.05 (1) 43.28 (2)	3:06.33 (1) 44.74 (3)	3:51.07 (1) 35.82 (2)	4:26.89 (1) 34.11 (2)	5:01.00	0.98
3	3	Sabria-Faiza Dahane	ALG	31.60 (2) 36.15 (2)	1:07.75 (2) 41.38 (3)	1:49.13 (3) 40.44 (3)	2:29.57 (3) 44.89 (3)	3:14.46 (3) 44.50 (2)	3:58.96 (3) 36.24 (3)	4:35.20 (3) 35.00 (3)	5:10.20	0.80

Heat Two (11:35)

Pos	Lane	Swimmer	NOC	50 m	100 m	150 m	200 m	250 m	300 m	350 m	Time	Reaction
1	5	Georgina Bardach	ARG	30.15 (1) 33.29 (1)	1:03.44 (1) 36.48 (5)	1:39.92 (3) 35.81 (5)	2:15.73 (4) 39.32 (1)	2:55.05 (2) 39.94 (1)	3:34.99 (1) 34.01 (4)	4:09.00 (1) 32.20 (2)	4:41.20	0.86	Q
2	6	Nicole Hetzer	GER	30.64 (6) 33.86 (3)	1:04.50 (6) 35.87 (3)	1:40.37 (4) 34.88 (2)	2:15.25 (3) 41.19 (6)	2:56.44 (4) 40.85 (2)	3:37.29 (3) 32.47 (1)	4:09.76 (2) 31.98 (1)	4:41.74	0.92	Q
3	1	Nam Yu-Seon	KOR	30.99 (7) 34.16 (7)	1:05.15 (7) 36.74 (6)	1:41.89 (7) 36.43 (6)	2:18.32 (6) 39.44 (2)	2:57.76 (6) 40.89 (3)	3:38.65 (5) 33.23 (2)	4:11.88 (=3) 33.28 (5)	4:45.16	0.93	Q
4	2	Helen Norfolk	NZL	30.45 (=4) 33.97 (5)	1:04.42 (5) 36.18 (4)	1:40.60 (5) 35.40 (4)	2:16.00 (5) 41.17 (5)	2:57.17 (5) 42.32 (5)	3:39.49 (6) 33.35 (3)	4:12.84 (6) 32.37 (3)	4:45.21	0.73
5	3	Lara Carroll	AUS	30.43 (3) 33.92 (4)	1:04.35 (3) 35.39 (2)	1:39.74 (2) 34.79 (1)	2:14.53 (1) 40.75 (4)	2:55.28 (3) 42.43 (6)	3:37.71 (4) 34.92 (=6)	4:12.63 (5) 33.69 (6)	4:46.32	0.82
6	4	Katie Hoff	USA	30.45 (=4) 33.68 (2)	1:04.13 (2) 35.29 (1)	1:39.42 (1) 35.27 (3)	2:14.69 (2) 40.12 (3)	2:54.81 (1) 42.15 (4)	3:36.96 (2) 34.92 (=6)	4:11.88 (=3) 35.61 (7)	4:47.49	0.81
7	7	Yana Martynova	RUS	30.25 (2) 34.13 (6)	1:04.38 (4) 37.43 (7)	1:41.81 (6) 36.64 (7)	2:18.45 (7) 42.87 (7)	3:01.32 (7) 43.98 (7)	3:45.30 (7) 34.54 (5)	4:19.84 (7) 33.12 (4)	4:52.96	0.93

Heat Three (11:42)

Pos	Lane	Swimmer	NOC	50 m	100 m	150 m	200 m	250 m	300 m	350 m	Time	Reaction
1	4	Éva Risztov	HUN	29.52 (1) 32.45 (1)	1:01.97 (1) 36.03 (2)	1:38.00 (1) 35.21 (2)	2:13.21 (1) 41.98 (4)	2:55.19 (1) 41.50 (2)	3:36.69 (1) 33.07 (3)	4:09.76 (1) 31.44 (1)	4:41.20	0.87	Q
2	6	Elizabeth Warden	CAN	30.49 (3) 34.40 (3)	1:04.89 (3) 36.94 (3)	1:41.83 (3) 36.06 (4)	2:17.89 (3) 41.25 (2)	2:59.14 (3) 41.62 (3)	3:40.76 (3) 32.98 (2)	4:13.74 (2) 32.53 (6)	4:46.27	0.83
3	3	Anja Klinar	SLO	29.80 (2) 33.89 (2)	1:03.69 (2) 37.14 (=5)	1:40.83 (2) 37.31 (6)	2:18.14 (4) 40.90 (1)	2:59.04 (2) 41.42 (1)	3:40.46 (2) 33.93 (6)	4:14.39 (3) 32.27 (5)	4:46.66	0.84
4	1	Alessia Filippi	ITA	31.28 (6) 34.81 (4)	1:06.09 (5) 36.00 (1)	1:42.09 (4) 35.17 (1)	2:17.26 (2) 42.81 (6)	3:00.07 (4) 42.35 (6)	3:42.42 (4) 32.92 (1)	4:15.34 (4) 31.92 (3)	4:47.26	0.97
5	7	Teresa Rohmann	GER	31.25 (5) 35.25 (6)	1:06.50 (6) 37.14 (=5)	1:43.64 (6) 36.24 (5)	2:19.88 (6) 41.53 (3)	3:01.41 (6) 41.93 (4)	3:43.34 (6) 33.36 (4)	4:16.70 (5) 31.81 (2)	4:48.51	0.96
6	5	Jennifer Reilly	AUS	30.92 (4) 34.83 (5)	1:05.75 (4) 37.04 (4)	1:42.79 (5) 35.94 (3)	2:18.73 (5) 42.03 (5)	3:00.76 (5) 42.17 (5)	3:42.93 (5) 33.86 (5)	4:16.79 (6) 32.25 (4)	4:49.04	0.84
DQ	2	Zhang Tianyi	CHN	– (–) –	– (–) –	– (–) –	– (–) –	– (–) –	– (–) –	– (–) –	–	[0.87]

Heat Four (11:49)

Pos	Lane	Swimmer	NOC	50 m	100 m	150 m	200 m	250 m	300 m	350 m	Time	Reaction
1	4	Yana Klochkova	UKR	29.20 (1) 33.53 (4)	1:02.73 (1) 35.88 (1)	1:38.61 (1) 34.71 (1)	2:13.32 (1) 40.02 (4)	2:53.34 (1) 41.02 (5)	3:34.36 (1) 32.74 (3)	4:07.10 (1) 31.26 (1)	4:38.36	0.83	Q
2	5	Kaitlin Sandeno	USA	30.31 (4) 33.36 (1)	1:03.67 (3) 36.17 (3)	1:39.84 (2) 34.87 (2)	2:14.71 (2) 40.43 (5)	2:55.14 (2) 40.41 (3)	3:35.55 (2) 32.72 (2)	4:08.27 (2) 31.94 (3)	4:40.21	0.78	Q
3	6	Joanna Maranhão	BRA	30.48 (5) 33.49 (3)	1:03.97 (4) 36.06 (2)	1:40.03 (4) 35.87 (5)	2:15.90 (4) 41.01 (6)	2:56.91 (3) 41.19 (6)	3:38.10 (3) 32.20 (1)	4:10.30 (3) 31.71 (2)	4:42.01	0.72	Q
4	1	Vasiliki Angelopoulou	GRE	29.98 (3) 34.01 (6)	1:03.99 (5) 36.99 (6)	1:40.98 (5) 37.24 (6)	2:18.22 (6) 39.49 (3)	2:57.71 (4) 40.71 (4)	3:38.42 (4) 33.53 (5)	4:11.95 (4) 32.95 (7)	4:44.90	0.74	Q
5	2	Misa Amano	JPN	31.83 (8) 33.94 (5)	1:05.77 (8) 37.54 (7)	1:43.31 (7) 37.53 (7)	2:20.84 (7) 39.43 (2)	3:00.27 (7) 40.01 (1)	3:40.28 (6) 33.16 (4)	4:13.44 (5) 32.17 (4)	4:45.61	0.83
6	3	Beatrice Căşlaru	ROU	31.09 (7) 34.58 (7)	1:05.67 (7) 37.97 (8)	1:43.64 (8) 37.56 (8)	2:21.20 (8) 39.41 (1)	3:00.61 (8) 40.08 (2)	3:40.69 (7) 33.74 (6)	4:14.43 (6) 32.51 (5)	4:46.94	0.87
7	7	Zsu Jakabos	HUN	29.95 (2) 33.48 (2)	1:03.43 (2) 36.56 (4)	1:39.99 (3) 35.84 (4)	2:15.83 (3) 42.00 (8)	2:57.83 (5) 42.16 (7)	3:39.99 (5) 34.53 (7)	4:14.52 (7) 32.69 (6)	4:47.21	0.93
8	8	Lin Man-Hsu	TPE	30.66 (6) 34.82 (8)	1:05.48 (6) 36.61 (5)	1:42.09 (6) 35.41 (3)	2:17.50 (5) 41.20 (7)	2:58.70 (6) 42.34 (8)	3:41.04 (8) 36.47 (8)	4:17.51 (8) 34.71 (8)	4:52.22	0.81

Final (14 August 2004 — 20:13)

Pos	Lane	Swimmer	NOC	50 m	100 m	150 m	200 m	250 m	300 m	350 m	Time	Reaction
1	4	Yana Klochkova	UKR	29.15 (1) 32.88 (2)	1:02.03 (2) 35.41 (1)	1:37.44 (1) 34.59 (1)	2:12.03 (1) 40.16 (4)	2:52.19 (1) 40.81 (3)	3:33.00 (1) 31.90 (5)	4:04.90 (2) 29.93 (1)	4:34.83	0.80
2	5	Kaitlin Sandeno	USA	29.92 (3) 33.03 (3)	1:02.95 (3) 35.51 (2)	1:38.46 (3) 34.84 (4)	2:13.30 (3) 39.79 (2)	2:53.09 (2) 40.00 (2)	3:33.09 (2) 31.80 (2)	4:04.89 (1) 30.06 (2)	4:34.95	0.74
3	3	Georgina Bardach	ARG	30.08 (4) 33.54 (4)	1:03.62 (4) 36.87 (6)	1:40.49 (6) 35.62 (6)	2:16.11 (6) 38.49 (1)	2:54.60 (4) 39.74 (1)	3:34.34 (3) 31.84 (3)	4:06.18 (3) 31.33 (5)	4:37.51	0.88
4	6	Éva Risztov	HUN	29.42 (2) 32.49 (1)	1:01.91 (1) 35.71 (4)	1:37.62 (2) 34.61 (2)	2:12.23 (2) 42.08 (8)	2:54.31 (3) 41.14 (5)	3:35.45 (4) 32.48 (6)	4:07.93 (4) 31.36 (6)	4:39.29	0.86
5	7	Joanna Maranhão	BRA	30.72 (7) 33.74 (5)	1:04.46 (5) 36.02 (5)	1:40.48 (5) 35.48 (5)	2:15.96 (5) 40.75 (6)	2:56.71 (6) 40.95 (4)	3:37.66 (6) 31.37 (1)	4:09.03 (5) 30.97 (3)	4:40.00	0.71
6	2	Nicole Hetzer	GER	30.67 (6) 33.96 (6)	1:04.63 (6) 35.55 (3)	1:40.18 (4) 34.67 (3)	2:14.85 (4) 41.04 (7)	2:55.89 (5) 41.28 (6)	3:37.17 (5) 31.87 (4)	4:09.04 (6) 31.16 (4)	4:40.20	0.94
7	8	Nam Yu-Seon	KOR	31.13 (8) 35.00 (7)	1:06.13 (8) 37.67 (7)	1:43.80 (7) 36.86 (7)	2:20.66 (7) 40.61 (5)	3:01.27 (7) 41.77 (7)	3:43.04 (7) 34.08 (7)	4:17.12 (7) 33.23 (8)	4:50.35	0.88
8	1	Vasiliki Angelopoulou	GRE	30.46 (5) 35.02 (8)	1:05.48 (7) 38.40 (8)	1:43.88 (8) 37.94 (8)	2:21.82 (8) 39.99 (3)	3:01.81 (8) 41.80 (8)	3:43.61 (8) 34.36 (8)	4:17.97 (8) 32.88 (7)	4:50.85	0.75