Swimming at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Women's 400 metre individual medley

The women's 400 metre individual medley event at the 2000 Summer Olympics took place on 16 September at the Sydney International Aquatic Centre in Sydney, Australia.[1]

Women's 400 metre individual medley
at the Games of the XXVII Olympiad
VenueSydney International Aquatic Centre
DateSeptember 16, 2000 (heats & final)
Competitors28 from 24 nations
Winning time4:33.59 WR
Medalists
Yana Klochkova  Ukraine
Yasuko Tajima  Japan
Beatrice Câșlaru  Romania
Swimming at the
2000 Summer Olympics
Freestyle
50 mmenwomen
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
400 mmenwomen
800 mwomen
1500 mmen
Backstroke
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
Breaststroke
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
Butterfly
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
Individual medley
200 mmenwomen
400 mmenwomen
Freestyle relay
4×100 mmenwomen
4×200 mmenwomen
Medley relay
4×100 mmenwomen

Yana Klochkova blasted the world record to become Ukraine's first ever Olympic gold medalist in swimming. She pulled away from the rest of the field to hit the wall first with a blistering time of 4:33.59. Her spectacular swim shattered the previous global standard of 4:34.79, set by China's Chen Yan from the 1997 Chinese City Games in Shanghai, and lopped three seconds off an old, drug-tainted 1980 Olympic record from former East Germany's Petra Schneider.[2][3][4] Japan's Yasuko Tajima kept the pressure on all the way and took the silver in 4:35.96. Storming from fifth at the halfway turn, Beatrice Câșlaru raced to bronze with a Romanian record of 4:37.18 on the rear of a dominant breaststroke leg.[5][6]

For the first time in Olympic history, Kaitlin Sandeno shut out the medal podium for the Americans with a fourth-place time of 4:41.03.[2] Germany's Nicole Hetzer finished fifth in 4:43.56, while Sandeno's teammate Maddy Crippen, swimming outside in lane eight, earned a sixth spot in 4:44.63.[7] Canada's Joanne Malar (4:45.17) and Aussie favorite Jennifer Reilly (4:45.99) rounded out the historic finale.[6]

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.

World record Chen Yan (CHN)4:34.79Shanghai, China13 October 1997[8]
Olympic record Petra Schneider (GDR)4:36.29Moscow, Soviet Union26 July 1980[8]

The following new world and Olympic records were set during this competition.

DateEventNameNationalityTimeRecord
16 SeptemberFinalYana Klochkova Ukraine4:33.59WR

Results

Heats

[8]

RankHeatLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
144Yana Klochkova Ukraine4:37.64Q, NR
224Yasuko Tajima Japan4:40.35Q
345Kaitlin Sandeno United States4:40.89Q
435Beatrice Câșlaru Romania4:41.04Q
546Jennifer Reilly Australia4:41.51Q
634Joanne Malar Canada4:42.65Q
725Nicole Hetzer Germany4:43.23Q
843Maddy Crippen United States4:44.00Q
936Hana Černá Czech Republic4:44.11
1027Oxana Verevka Russia4:45.07
1123Chen Yan China4:45.65
1226Rachel Harris Australia4:46.02
1322Helen Norfolk New Zealand4:46.42NR
1437Lourdes Becerra Spain4:47.50
1547Federica Biscia Italy4:47.56NR
1632Sabine Herbst Germany4:47.79
1728Mirjana Boševska Macedonia4:48.08NR
1842Yseult Gervy Belgium4:48.31
1933Liu Yin China4:50.33
2021Artemis Dafni Greece4:53.52
2114Georgina Bardach Argentina4:54.31NR
2231Carolyn Adel Suriname4:57.90
2341Lee Ji-hyun South Korea4:58.94
2415Jana Korbasová Slovakia4:59.05
2548Sia Wai Yen Malaysia4:59.18
2638Adi Bichman Israel5:06.72
2713Alexandra Zertsalova Kyrgyzstan5:09.03
2816Nguyen Thi Huong Vietnam5:26.56

Final
RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
4Yana Klochkova Ukraine4:33.59WR
5Yasuko Tajima Japan4:35.96NR
6Beatrice Câșlaru Romania4:37.18NR
43Kaitlin Sandeno United States4:41.03
51Nicole Hetzer Germany4:43.56
68Maddy Crippen United States4:44.63
77Joanne Malar Canada4:45.17
82Jennifer Reilly Australia4:45.99

References
  1. "Swimming schedule". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 14 September 2000. Retrieved 14 May 2013.
  2. "Klochkova sets the gold standard". BBC Sport. 16 September 2000. Retrieved 24 June 2013.
  3. Fitzpatrick, Franz (16 September 2000). "Thorpe Wins Hearts And Gold". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Retrieved 23 June 2013.
  4. "Swimmer breaks world record, wins first gold for Ukraine". Kyiv Post. 16 September 2000. Retrieved 24 June 2013.
  5. "Five world records broken on first day of swimming". Sports Illustrated. CNN. 16 September 2000. Retrieved 15 June 2013.
  6. Whitten, Phillip (16 September 2000). "Olympic Day 1 Finals (Complete)". Swimming World Magazine. Archived from the original on 27 September 2007. Retrieved 23 May 2013.
  7. Fitzpatrick, Franz (17 September 2000). "Crippen Finishes A Disappointing Sixth The Villanova Student Couldn't Catch The Ukrainian Champ, Who Set A World Record". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Retrieved 23 June 2013.
  8. "Sydney 2000: Swimming – Women's 400m Individual Medley Heats" (PDF). Sydney 2000. LA84 Foundation. pp. 331–332. Retrieved 24 June 2013.
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