The men's 400 metre individual medley event at the 1996 Summer Olympics took place on 21 July at the Georgia Tech Aquatic Center in Atlanta, United States.
Records Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.
Results
Heats Rule: The eight fastest swimmers advance to final A (Q), while the next eight to final B (q).
Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 2 4 Eric Namesnik 4:16.21 Q 2 4 6 Marcel Wouda 4:17.30 Q, NR 3 4 4 Tom Dolan 4:17.66 Q 4 4 3 Marcin Maliński 4:18.34 Q, NR 5 4 5 Curtis Myden 4:18.43 Q 6 3 5 Matthew Dunn 4:19.51 Q 7 2 5 Luca Sacchi 4:19.63 Q 8 2 6 Serghei Mariniuc 4:20.24 Q 9 3 4 Jani Sievinen 4:23.13 q, 10 2 2 Frederik Hviid 4:23.67 q 11 3 3 Trent Steed 4:24.39 q 12 2 3 Toshiaki Kurasawa 4:24.83 q 13 4 7 Josef Horký 4:26.58 q, NR 14 3 2 Tatsuya Kinugasa 4:26.73 q 15 4 1 Ratapong Sirisanont 4:26.99 q, NR 16 3 6 István Batházi 4:27.37 q 17 2 1 Alejandro Bermúdez 4:27.97 q, NR 18 3 7 Valērijs Kalmikovs 4:28.04 19 4 2 Gergő Kiss 4:28.05 20 2 8 Mark Kwok Kin Ming 4:31.13 21 4 8 Kim Bang-hyun 4:31.16 22 1 5 Walter Soza 4:32.11 NR 23 2 7 Krešimir Čač 4:34.02 24 3 1 Aleksandar Malenko 4:34.06 25 1 3 Arsenio López 4:34.81 26 3 8 Desmond Koh 4:36.87 27 1 4 Wan Azlan Abdullah 4:38.95
Finals
Final B Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 9 4 Frederik Hviid 4:22.47 10 3 Toshiaki Kurasawa 4:23.36 11 2 Tatsuya Kinugasa 4:24.25 12 7 Ratapong Sirisanont 4:26.35 NR 13 8 Alejandro Bermúdez 4:26.64 NR 14 6 Josef Horký 4:28.39 15 5 Trent Steed 4:29.35 1 István Batházi
Final A Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 3 Tom Dolan 4:14.90 4 Eric Namesnik 4:15.25 2 Curtis Myden 4:16.28 NR 4 7 Matthew Dunn 4:16.66 OC 5 5 Marcel Wouda 4:17.71 6 1 Luca Sacchi 4:18.31 7 6 Marcin Maliński 4:20.50 8 8 Serghei Mariniuc 4:21.15
References
External links Official Report USA Swimming