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400 metres Freestyle, Women

Date	17 – 18 October 1964
Status	Olympic
Location	Kokuritsu Yoyogi Kyogijo, Shibuya, Tokyo
Participants	31 from 16 countries

Marilyn Ramenofsky of the United States had set three world records in this event earlier in 1964 and came to Tokyo as the favorite. In fact it was thought that the Americans could sweep the event, with Ginny Duenkel, already a bronze medalist in Tokyo in the 100 back, and Terri Lee Stickles. Ramenofsky led the final through 175 metres, when she was caught by Duenkel who gradually pulled away from her teammate. Duenkel held on to upset Ramenofsky and win the gold medal, with Stickles completing the American sweep by outlasting Australia’s Dawn Fraser. Duenkel posted 4:43.3, a personal best for her by 3/10ths of a second, but well off Ramenofsky’s world record of 4:39.5.

Pos	Competitor	NOC	R1	Final
1	Ginny Duenkel	USA	4:48.6 (1 h1)	4:43.3 (1)	Gold
2	Marilyn Ramenofsky	USA	4:47.7 (1 h4)	4:44.6 (2)	Silver
3	Terri Lee Stickles	USA	4:49.3 (1 h5)	4:47.2 (3)	Bronze
4	Dawn Fraser	AUS	4:52.2 (2 h4)	4:47.6 (4)
5	Jane Hughes	CAN	4:54.8 (3 h4)	4:50.9 (5)
6	Liz Long	GBR	4:54.5 (1 h3)	4:52.0 (6)
7	Kim Herford	AUS	4:49.8 (1 h2)	4:52.9 (7)
8	Ann-Charlotte Lilja	SWE	4:52.3 (2 h2)	4:53.0 (8)
9	Nanette Duncan	AUS	4:55.2 (2 h5)	–
10	Daniela Beneck	ITA	4:56.2 (2 h3)	–
11	Kazue Hayakawa	JPN	4:56.5 (3 h5)	–
12	Elisabeth Ljunggren	SWE	4:57.0 (3 h3)	–
13	Martina Grunert	GER	4:57.7 (2 h1)	–
14	Heidi Pechstein	GER	5:01.4 (4 h5)	–
15	Jutta Wanke	GER	5:01.7 (4 h3)	–
16	Ineke Tigelaar	NED	5:01.8 (3 h1)	–
17	Ann Lallande	PUR	5:04.3 (5 h3)	–
18	Barbara Hounsell	CAN	5:04.9 (4 h1)	–
19	Nataliya Bystrova	URS	5:05.0 (4 h4)	–
20	María Luisa Souza	MEX	5:05.2 (5 h4)	–
21	Rita Pulido	ESP	5:06.2 (6 h3)	–
22	Tazuko Kikutani	JPN	5:06.3 (5 h1)	–
23	Patty Thompson	CAN	5:06.7 (3 h2)	–
24	Majvor Welander	SWE	5:07.7 (6 h4)	–
25	Nataliya Mikhaylova	URS	5:08.0 (5 h5)	–
26	Marilyn Sidelsky	ZIM	5:08.9 (7 h3)	–
27	Pauline Sillett	GBR	5:12.2 (4 h2)	–
28	Bep Weeteling	NED	5:13.0 (5 h2)	–
29	Olga Belmar	MEX	5:14.0 (7 h4)	–
30	Im Geum-Ja	KOR	5:38.7 (6 h5)	–
31	Jovina Tseng	MAS	5:46.0 (8 h4)	–
DNS	Mária Frank	HUN	– (DNS h1)	–
DNS	Maria Cristina Pacifici	ITA	– (DNS h1)	–
DNS	Paola Saini	ITA	– (DNS h2)	–
DNS	Nataliya Ustinova	URS	– (DNS h2)	–
DNS	Rosario de Vivanco	PER	– (DNS h3)	–
DNS	Monique Piétri	FRA	– (DNS h5)	–
DNS	Anita Lonsbrough	GBR	– (DNS h5)	–

Round One

Date	17 October 1964 — 11:55
Format	Fastest eight advanced to the final.

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	–	Marilyn Ramenofsky	USA	4:47.7	QOR
2	–	Ginny Duenkel	USA	4:48.6	QOR
3	–	Terri Lee Stickles	USA	4:49.3	Q
4	–	Kim Herford	AUS	4:49.8	Q
5	–	Dawn Fraser	AUS	4:52.2	Q
6	–	Ann-Charlotte Lilja	SWE	4:52.3	Q
7	–	Liz Long	GBR	4:54.5	Q
8	–	Jane Hughes	CAN	4:54.8	Q
9	–	Nanette Duncan	AUS	4:55.2
10	–	Daniela Beneck	ITA	4:56.2
11	–	Kazue Hayakawa	JPN	4:56.5
12	–	Elisabeth Ljunggren	SWE	4:57.0
13	–	Martina Grunert	GER	4:57.7
14	–	Heidi Pechstein	GER	5:01.4
15	–	Jutta Wanke	GER	5:01.7
16	–	Ineke Tigelaar	NED	5:01.8
17	–	Ann Lallande	PUR	5:04.3
18	–	Barbara Hounsell	CAN	5:04.9
19	–	Nataliya Bystrova	URS	5:05.0
20	–	María Luisa Souza	MEX	5:05.2
21	–	Rita Pulido	ESP	5:06.2
22	–	Tazuko Kikutani	JPN	5:06.3
23	–	Patty Thompson	CAN	5:06.7
24	–	Majvor Welander	SWE	5:07.7
25	–	Nataliya Mikhaylova	URS	5:08.0
26	–	Marilyn Sidelsky	ZIM	5:08.9
27	–	Pauline Sillett	GBR	5:12.2
28	–	Bep Weeteling	NED	5:13.0
29	–	Olga Belmar	MEX	5:14.0
30	–	Im Geum-Ja	KOR	5:38.7
31	–	Jovina Tseng	MAS	5:46.0
DNS	–	Mária Frank	HUN	–
DNS	–	Maria Cristina Pacifici	ITA	–
DNS	–	Paola Saini	ITA	–
DNS	–	Nataliya Ustinova	URS	–
DNS	–	Rosario de Vivanco	PER	–
DNS	–	Monique Piétri	FRA	–
DNS	–	Anita Lonsbrough	GBR	–

Heat #1

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	100 m	200 m	300 m	100-200 m Time (Rank)	200-300 m Time (Rank)	300-400 m Time (Rank)
1	–	Ginny Duenkel	USA	4:48.6	1:06.3 (1)	2:19.7 (1)	3:34.5 (1)	1:13.4 (1)	1:14.8 (1)	1:14.1 (1)	QOR
2	–	Martina Grunert	GER	4:57.7	1:07.3 (2)	2:24.4 (2)	3:42.2 (2)	1:17.1 (4)	1:17.8 (3)	1:15.5 (2)
3	–	Ineke Tigelaar	NED	5:01.8	1:09.4 (3)	2:25.8 (3)	3:43.5 (3)	1:16.4 (2)	1:17.7 (2)	1:18.3 (4)
4	–	Barbara Hounsell	CAN	5:04.9	1:11.4 (5)	2:30.8 (5)	3:48.7 (5)	1:19.4 (5)	1:17.9 (4)	1:16.2 (3)
5	–	Tazuko Kikutani	JPN	5:06.3	1:10.2 (4)	2:27.0 (4)	3:46.4 (4)	1:16.8 (3)	1:19.4 (5)	1:19.9 (5)
DNS	–	Mária Frank	HUN	–	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	–	–	–
DNS	–	Maria Cristina Pacifici	ITA	–	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	–	–	–

Heat #2

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	100 m	200 m	300 m	100-200 m Time (Rank)	200-300 m Time (Rank)	300-400 m Time (Rank)
1	–	Kim Herford	AUS	4:49.8	1:07.1 (1)	2:20.3 (1)	3:35.1 (1)	1:13.2 (1)	1:14.8 (=1)	1:14.7 (2)	Q
2	–	Ann-Charlotte Lilja	SWE	4:52.3	1:08.6 (2)	2:23.4 (2)	3:38.2 (2)	1:14.8 (2)	1:14.8 (=1)	1:14.1 (1)	Q
3	–	Patty Thompson	CAN	5:06.7	1:09.3 (3)	2:26.1 (3)	3:45.8 (3)	1:16.8 (3)	1:19.7 (3)	1:20.9 (5)
4	–	Pauline Sillett	GBR	5:12.2	1:11.8 (5)	2:32.3 (5)	3:53.3 (4)	1:20.5 (4)	1:21.0 (4)	1:18.9 (4)
5	–	Bep Weeteling	NED	5:13.0	1:10.1 (4)	2:31.0 (4)	3:54.2 (5)	1:20.9 (5)	1:23.2 (5)	1:18.8 (3)
DNS	–	Paola Saini	ITA	–	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	–	–	–
DNS	–	Nataliya Ustinova	URS	–	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	–	–	–

Heat #3

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	100 m	200 m	300 m	100-200 m Time (Rank)	200-300 m Time (Rank)	300-400 m Time (Rank)
1	–	Liz Long	GBR	4:54.5	1:07.5 (1)	2:23.5 (1)	3:38.7 (1)	1:16.0 (2)	1:15.2 (1)	1:15.8 (3)	Q
2	–	Daniela Beneck	ITA	4:56.2	1:09.7 (4)	2:25.3 (2)	3:42.1 (=2)	1:15.6 (1)	1:16.8 (3)	1:14.1 (1)
3	–	Elisabeth Ljunggren	SWE	4:57.0	1:09.8 (5)	2:26.1 (4)	3:42.1 (=2)	1:16.3 (3)	1:16.0 (2)	1:14.9 (2)
4	–	Jutta Wanke	GER	5:01.7	1:10.1 (7)	2:26.9 (6)	3:44.8 (4)	1:16.8 (4)	1:17.9 (4)	1:16.9 (4)
5	–	Ann Lallande	PUR	5:04.3	1:08.9 (3)	2:26.3 (5)	3:46.3 (5)	1:17.4 (5)	1:20.0 (6)	1:18.0 (=5)
6	–	Rita Pulido	ESP	5:06.2	1:10.0 (6)	2:28.5 (7)	3:48.2 (6)	1:18.5 (7)	1:19.7 (5)	1:18.0 (=5)
7	–	Marilyn Sidelsky	ZIM	5:08.9	1:07.9 (2)	2:25.9 (3)	3:48.6 (7)	1:18.0 (6)	1:22.7 (7)	1:20.3 (7)
DNS	–	Rosario de Vivanco	PER	–	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	–	–	–

Heat #4

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	100 m	200 m	300 m	100-200 m Time (Rank)	200-300 m Time (Rank)	300-400 m Time (Rank)
1	–	Marilyn Ramenofsky	USA	4:47.7	1:06.3 (1)	2:20.3 (1)	3:34.3 (1)	1:14.0 (1)	1:14.0 (1)	1:13.4 (1)	QOR
2	–	Dawn Fraser	AUS	4:52.2	1:07.5 (2)	2:21.6 (2)	3:36.9 (2)	1:14.1 (2)	1:15.3 (2)	1:15.3 (3)	Q
3	–	Jane Hughes	CAN	4:54.8	1:08.4 (3)	2:24.2 (3)	3:40.5 (3)	1:15.8 (3)	1:16.3 (3)	1:14.3 (2)	Q
4	–	Nataliya Bystrova	URS	5:05.0	1:10.0 (6)	2:27.9 (5)	3:47.0 (5)	1:17.9 (5)	1:19.1 (4)	1:18.0 (4)
5	–	María Luisa Souza	MEX	5:05.2	1:09.2 (4)	2:26.4 (4)	3:46.3 (4)	1:17.2 (4)	1:19.9 (5)	1:18.9 (6)
6	–	Majvor Welander	SWE	5:07.7	1:10.6 (7)	2:29.5 (6)	3:49.5 (6)	1:18.9 (6)	1:20.0 (6)	1:18.2 (5)
7	–	Olga Belmar	MEX	5:14.0	1:09.4 (5)	2:29.9 (7)	3:52.0 (7)	1:20.5 (7)	1:22.1 (7)	1:22.0 (7)
8	–	Jovina Tseng	MAS	5:46.0	1:16.1 (8)	2:45.0 (8)	4:16.7 (8)	1:28.9 (8)	1:31.7 (8)	1:29.3 (8)

Heat #5

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	100 m	200 m	300 m	100-200 m Time (Rank)	200-300 m Time (Rank)	300-400 m Time (Rank)
1	–	Terri Lee Stickles	USA	4:49.3	1:07.7 (1)	2:22.1 (1)	3:36.4 (1)	1:14.4 (2)	1:14.3 (1)	1:12.9 (1)	Q
2	–	Nanette Duncan	AUS	4:55.2	1:08.7 (3)	2:22.5 (2)	3:38.9 (2)	1:13.8 (1)	1:16.4 (2)	1:16.3 (3)
3	–	Kazue Hayakawa	JPN	4:56.5	1:09.9 (4)	2:24.7 (4)	3:41.2 (3)	1:14.8 (3)	1:16.5 (3)	1:15.3 (2)
4	–	Heidi Pechstein	GER	5:01.4	1:08.1 (2)	2:23.8 (3)	3:41.7 (4)	1:15.7 (4)	1:17.9 (4)	1:19.7 (5)
5	–	Nataliya Mikhaylova	URS	5:08.0	1:11.6 (5)	2:30.4 (5)	3:50.2 (5)	1:18.8 (5)	1:19.8 (5)	1:17.8 (4)
6	–	Im Geum-Ja	KOR	5:38.7	1:18.5 (6)	2:44.9 (6)	4:11.0 (6)	1:26.4 (6)	1:26.1 (6)	1:27.7 (6)
DNS	–	Monique Piétri	FRA	–	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	–	–	–
DNS	–	Anita Lonsbrough	GBR	–	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	–	–	–

Final Round

Date	18 October 1964 — 11:10

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	100 m	200 m	300 m	100-200 m Time (Rank)	200-300 m Time (Rank)	300-400 m Time (Rank)
1	–	Ginny Duenkel	USA	4:43.3	1:06.8 (3)	2:20.0 (1)	3:32.4 (1)	1:13.2 (1)	1:12.4 (1)	1:10.9 (1)	OR
2	–	Marilyn Ramenofsky	USA	4:44.6	1:06.6 (1)	2:20.1 (2)	3:33.0 (2)	1:13.5 (3)	1:12.9 (2)	1:11.6 (3)
3	–	Terri Lee Stickles	USA	4:47.2	1:07.1 (=4)	2:20.8 (3)	3:34.2 (3)	1:13.7 (4)	1:13.4 (3)	1:13.0 (5)
4	–	Dawn Fraser	AUS	4:47.6	1:06.7 (2)	2:21.3 (4)	3:36.1 (4)	1:14.6 (=5)	1:14.8 (5)	1:11.5 (2)
5	–	Jane Hughes	CAN	4:50.9	1:08.8 (7)	2:23.4 (=7)	3:38.5 (7)	1:14.6 (=5)	1:15.1 (6)	1:12.4 (4)
6	–	Liz Long	GBR	4:52.0	1:07.1 (=4)	2:21.9 (5)	3:37.2 (6)	1:14.8 (=7)	1:15.3 (8)	1:14.8 (7)
7	–	Kim Herford	AUS	4:52.9	1:09.4 (8)	2:22.7 (6)	3:37.1 (5)	1:13.3 (2)	1:14.4 (4)	1:15.8 (8)
8	–	Ann-Charlotte Lilja	SWE	4:53.0	1:08.6 (6)	2:23.4 (=7)	3:38.6 (8)	1:14.8 (=7)	1:15.2 (7)	1:14.4 (6)