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Swimming at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Men's 400 metre individual medley

The men's 400 metre individual medley event at the 1992 Summer Olympics took place on 27 July at the Piscines Bernat Picornell in Barcelona, Spain.[1]

Men's 400 metre individual medley
at the Games of the XXV Olympiad
VenuePiscines Bernat Picornell
Date27 July 1992 (heats & finals)
Competitors33 from 25 nations
Winning time4:14.23 OR
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Tamás Darnyi  Hungary
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Eric Namesnik  United States
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Luca Sacchi  Italy
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Records edit

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

World record   Tamás Darnyi (HUN) 4:12.36 Perth, Australia 8 January 1991
Olympic record   Tamás Darnyi (HUN) 4:14.75 Seoul, South Korea 21 September 1988

The following records were established during the competition:

Date Round Name Nation Time Record
27 July Final A Tamás Darnyi   Hungary 4:14.23 OR

Results edit

Heats edit

Rule: The eight fastest swimmers advance to final A (Q), while the next eight to final B (q).[2]

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 4 4 Eric Namesnik   United States 4:17.75 Q
2 5 4 Tamás Darnyi   Hungary 4:18.34 Q
3 4 5 Patrick Kühl   Germany 4:18.68 Q
4 4 2 Serghei Mariniuc   Unified Team 4:19.05 Q
5 3 4 Luca Sacchi   Italy 4:19.42 Q
6 3 5 Christian Geßner   Germany 4:19.92 Q
7 4 3 Takahiro Fujimoto   Japan 4:20.07 Q
8 5 5 David Wharton   United States 4:20.73 Q
9 5 2 Jorge Pérez   Spain 4:21.33 q
10 3 6 Philip Bryant   Australia 4:21.45 q
11 5 8 Petteri Lehtinen   Finland 4:22.10 q, NR
12 5 3 Curtis Myden   Canada 4:22.41 q
13 5 7 Jan Bidrman   Sweden 4:22.96 q
14 3 7 Robert Baird   Canada 4:24.31 q
15 4 7 Marcin Maliński   Poland 4:24.72 q
16 3 3 Attila Czene   Hungary 4:26.31 q
17 4 1 Marian Satnoianu   Romania 4:26.33
18 4 6 Matthew Dunn   Australia 4:27.65
19 5 6 Marcel Wouda   Netherlands 4:28.51
20 2 3 Igor Łuczak   Poland 4:28.60
21 1 4 Desmond Koh   Singapore 4:28.95 NR
22 2 5 Renato Ramalho   Brazil 4:29.28
23 4 8 Denislav Kalchev   Bulgaria 4:31.49
24 2 6 Clifford Lyne   South Africa 4:32.64
25 5 1 Andy Rolley   Great Britain 4:32.82
26 3 8 Andrés Minelli   Argentina 4:33.41
27 2 4 Alejandro Bermúdez   Colombia 4:33.87
28 3 1 David Monasterio   Puerto Rico 4:36.39
29 2 2 Ratapong Sirisanont   Thailand 4:37.95
30 1 6 Duncan Todd   Hong Kong 4:41.84
31 1 5 Roberto Bonilla   Guatemala 4:43.54
3 2 Toshiaki Kurasawa   Japan DSQ
1 3 Arthur Li Kai Yien   Hong Kong DNS

Finals edit

[3]

Final B edit

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
9 8 Attila Czene   Hungary 4:21.28
10 6 Curtis Myden   Canada 4:21.91
11 4 Jorge Perez   Spain 4:22.06
12 3 Petteri Lehtinen   Finland 4:22.10 =NR
13 5 Philip Bryant   Australia 4:22.36
14 1 Marcin Maliński   Poland 4:22.59
15 2 Jan Bidrman   Sweden 4:23.52
16 7 Robert Baird   Canada 4:25.06

Final A edit

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
  5 Tamás Darnyi   Hungary 4:14.23 OR
  4 Eric Namesnik   United States 4:15.57
  2 Luca Sacchi   Italy 4:16.34 NR
4 8 David Wharton   United States 4:17.26
5 7 Christian Geßner   Germany 4:17.88
6 3 Patrick Kühl   Germany 4:19.66
7 6 Serghei Mariniuc   Unified Team 4:22.93
8 1 Takahiro Fujimoto   Japan 4:23.80

References edit

  1. ^ "Swimming at the 1992 Barcelona Summer Games: Men's 400 metres Individual Medley". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 13 March 2020.
  2. ^ "Barcelona 1992: Swimming – Men's 400m Individual Medley Heats" (PDF). Barcelona 1992. LA84 Foundation. p. 368. Retrieved 1 September 2017.
  3. ^ "Barcelona 1992: Swimming – Men's 400m Individual Medley Finals" (PDF). Barcelona 1992. LA84 Foundation. p. 368. Retrieved 1 September 2017.

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