Event: | Women's 400 metre individual medley |
Games: | 2016 Summer |
Venue: | Olympic Aquatics Stadium |
Dates: | 6 August 2016 |
Competitors: | 33 |
Nations: | 23 |
Win Value: | 4:26.36 |
Gold: | Katinka Hosszú |
Goldnoc: | HUN |
Silver: | Maya DiRado |
Silvernoc: | USA |
Bronze: | Mireia Belmonte |
Bronzenoc: | ESP |
Prev: | 2012 |
Next: | 2020 |
The women's 400 metre individual medley event at the 2016 Summer Olympics took place on 6 August at the Olympic Aquatics Stadium.[1]
Four years after narrowly missing the podium in London, Hungary's Katinka Hosszú, nicknamed the "Iron Lady", opened her redemptive Games by dominating the 400 m individual medley with a new world record and the first title of her Olympic career. Dominating the race from the very start, she pulled away from the field to a gold-medal finish with a 4:26.36. Hosszú's swim also demolished the world record of 4:28.43, set by China's Ye Shiwen at the previous Games.[2] [3] Trailing the leader by almost five seconds, U.S. swimmer Maya DiRado turned ahead of the world-record pace for over half the race, and managed to finish with a silver in 4:31.15. Meanwhile, Spain's Mireia Belmonte rounded out the podium with a bronze in 4:32.39, edging out Great Britain's Hannah Miley (4:32.54) in a tight battle to fourth by 0.15 of a second.[4]
Canada's Emily Overholt finished fifth with a 4:34.70, and was shortly followed by London 2012 runner-up Elizabeth Beisel of the United States (4:34.98). Miley's teammate Aimee Willmott (4:35.04) and Japan's Sakiko Shimizu (4:38.06) rounded out the final.[4]
Reigning Olympic champion Ye Shiwen missed a chance to defend her title in the final, after finishing twenty-seventh out of thirty-three swimmers in the prelims.[5]
The medals for the competition were presented by Mikee Cojuangco-Jaworski, Philippines, IOC member, and the gifts were presented by Husain al-Musallam, First Vice President of the FINA.
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.
The following records were established during the competition:
The competition consisted of two rounds: heats and a final. The swimmers with the best 8 times in the heats advanced to the final. Swim-offs were used as necessary to break ties for advancement to the next round.[1]
Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |
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1 | 5 | 4 | 4:28.58 | Q, ER | |||
2 | 5 | 3 | 4:32.75 | Q | |||
3 | 4 | 4 | 4:33.50 | Q | |||
4 | 5 | 5 | 4:33.74 | Q | |||
5 | 4 | 3 | 4:34.08 | Q | |||
6 | 5 | 2 | 4:34.38 | Q | |||
7 | 5 | 7 | 4:34.66 | Q, NR | |||
8 | 4 | 5 | 4:36.54 | Q | |||
9 | 3 | 2 | 4:36.85 | NR | |||
10 | 4 | 6 | 4:37.33 | ||||
4 | 8 | ||||||
12 | 3 | 4 | 4:38.06 | ||||
13 | 5 | 8 | 4:38.52 | ||||
14 | 4 | 2 | 4:38.53 | ||||
15 | 3 | 5 | 4:38.88 | ||||
16 | 5 | 6 | 4:38.91 | ||||
17 | 2 | 7 | 4:39.41 | ||||
18 | 3 | 8 | 4:41.79 | ||||
19 | 3 | 7 | 4:42.52 | ||||
20 | 2 | 2 | 4:43.19 | ||||
21 | 3 | 6 | 4:43.32 | ||||
22 | 5 | 1 | 4:43.98 | ||||
23 | 3 | 1 | 4:44.47 | ||||
24 | 1 | 5 | 4:45.12 | ||||
25 | 1 | 3 | 4:45.33 | NR | |||
26 | 3 | 3 | 4:45.52 | ||||
27 | 4 | 7 | 4:45.86 | ||||
28 | 2 | 3 | 4:46.03 | ||||
29 | 1 | 4 | 4:47.84 | ||||
30 | 2 | 4 | 4:48.48 | ||||
31 | 2 | 6 | 4:49.69 | ||||
32 | 4 | 1 | 4:50.38 | ||||
33 | 2 | 5 | 4:52.15 |
Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
4 | align=left | align=left | 4:26.36 | |||||
3 | align=left | align=left | 4:31.15 | |||||
5 | align=left | align=left | 4:32.39 | |||||
4 | 6 | align=left | align=left | 4:32.54 | ||||
5 | 8 | align=left | align=left | 4:34.70 | ||||
6 | 7 | align=left | align=left | 4:34.98 | ||||
7 | 2 | align=left | align=left | 4:35.04 | ||||
8 | 1 | align=left | align=left | 4:38.06 |