Swimming at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's 400 metre individual medley
| Women's 400 metre individual medley at the Games of the XXXI Olympiad | ||||||||||
| Venue | Olympic Aquatics Stadium | |||||||||
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| Dates | 6 August 2016 | |||||||||
| Competitors | 33 from 23 nations | |||||||||
| Winning time | 4:26.36 WR | |||||||||
| Medalists | ||||||||||
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| Swimming at the 2016 Summer Olympics  | ||||
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| Qualification | ||||
| Freestyle | ||||
| 50 m | men | women | ||
| 100 m | men | women | ||
| 200 m | men | women | ||
| 400 m | men | women | ||
| 800 m | women | |||
| 1500 m | men | |||
| Backstroke | ||||
| 100 m | men | women | ||
| 200 m | men | women | ||
| Breaststroke | ||||
| 100 m | men | women | ||
| 200 m | men | women | ||
| Butterfly | ||||
| 100 m | men | women | ||
| 200 m | men | women | ||
| Individual medley | ||||
| 200 m | men | women | ||
| 400 m | men | women | ||
| Freestyle relay | ||||
| 4×100 m | men | women | ||
| 4×200 m | men | women | ||
| Medley relay | ||||
| 4×100 m | men | women | ||
| Marathon | ||||
| 10 km | men | women | ||
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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 behind 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][5]
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 finale.[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.[6]
Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.
| World record |  Ye Shiwen (CHN) | 4:28.43 | London, United Kingdom | 28 July 2012 |
| Olympic record | Ye Shiwen (CHN) | 4:28.43 | London, United Kingdom | 28 July 2012 |
The following records were established during the competition:
| Date | Event | Name | Nationality | Time | Record |
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| 6 August | Final | Katinka Hosszú |  Hungary | 4:26.36 | WR |
Results
Heats
Final
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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 | 4 | Katinka Hosszú | Hungary | 4:26.36 | WR |
 | 3 | Maya DiRado |  United States | 4:31.15 | |
 | 5 | Mireia Belmonte |  Spain | 4:32.39 | |
| 4 | 6 | Hannah Miley |  Great Britain | 4:32.54 | |
| 5 | 8 | Emily Overholt |  Canada | 4:34.70 | |
| 6 | 7 | Elizabeth Beisel | United States | 4:34.98 | |
| 7 | 2 | Aimee Willmott | Great Britain | 4:35.04 | |
| 8 | 1 | Sakiko Shimizu |  Japan | 4:38.06 |
References
- ↑ "Women's 400m Individual Medley". Rio 2016. Retrieved 5 August 2016.
- ↑ Wolken, Dan (6 August 2016). "Katinka Hosszu shatters world record in 400 IM; Maya DiRado wins silver". USA Today. Retrieved 27 August 2016.
- ↑ "All-rounder Hosszu finally swims to first Olympic gold". Olympics. 6 August 2016. Retrieved 27 August 2016.
- 1 2 "Katinka Hosszu Smokes 400 IM World Record in Rio". Swimming World Magazine. 6 August 2016. Retrieved 27 August 2016.
- ↑ Coverdale, David (6 August 2016). "Rio Olympics 2016: Agony for Hannah Miley as Team GB swimmer misses out on Olympic bronze by inches". United Kingdom: The Sun. Retrieved 27 August 2016.
- ↑ "China's Sun scorched over doping record after he cruises into 400m freestyle final". South China Morning Post. 7 August 2016. Retrieved 27 August 2016.
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