The final of the women's 400 metre freestyle event at the 1984 Summer Olympics was held in the McDonald's Olympic Swim Stadium in Los Angeles, California, on July 31, 1984.
Records Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.
The following records were established during the competition:
Date Round Name Nation Time Record31 July Final A Tiffany Cohen 4:07.10
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 4 4 Tiffany Cohen 4:11.49 Q 2 4 5 Sarah Hardcastle 4:11.55 Q, NR 3 3 4 Kim Linehan 4:15.08 Q 4 3 3 Anna McVann 4:15.21 Q 5 2 4 June Croft 4:15.51 Q 6 2 3 Julie Daigneault 4:16.60 Q 7 2 5 Jolande van der Meer 4:16.65 Q 8 4 3 Birgit Kowalczik 4:17.92 Q 9 3 6 Ann Linder 4:18.28 q 10 1 6 Monica Olmi 4:18.70 q 11 1 5 Carla Lasi 4:18.90 q 12 1 4 Ina Beyermann 4:18.94 q, 13 4 6 Donna McGinnis 4:19.48 q 14 4 2 Chikako Nakamori 4:20.13 q, NR 15 3 5 Susie Baumer 4:20.69 q 16 3 7 Lisa Ann Wen 4:23.30 q 17 2 2 Irma Huerta 4:25.13 q 18 3 2 Nadia Krüger 4:28.20 19 2 6 Junko Sakurai 4:28.68 20 1 3 Sofia Dara 4:31.76 21 1 2 Hadar Rubinstein 4:34.95 22 4 1 Carol Ann Heavey 4:36.07 23 3 1 Karen Slowing-Aceituno 4:36.87 24 1 7 Chang Hui-chien 4:42.47 25 4 7 Fenella Ng 4:43.41 2 7 Faten Ghattas
Finals
Final B Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 9 7 Susie Baumer 4:15.46 10 6 Donna McGinnis 4:15.59 11 4 Ann Linder 4:17.55 12 3 Carla Lasi 4:18.57 13 5 Monica Olmi 4:19.22 14 2 Chikako Nakamori 4:20.18 15 1 Lisa Ann Wen 4:21.61 16 8 Irma Huerta 4:23.34
Final A Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 4 Tiffany Cohen 4:07.10 5 Sarah Hardcastle 4:10.27 NR 2 June Croft 4:11.49 4 3 Kim Linehan 4:12.26 5 6 Anna McVann 4:13.95 6 1 Jolande van der Meer 4:16.05 7 8 Birgit Kowalczik 4:16.33 8 7 Julie Daigneault 4:16.41
References
External links Official Report USA Swimming