| | Event type
400 metres Individual Medley, Men
| Date | 27 July 1992 |
|---|---|
| Status | Olympic |
| Location | Piscinas Bernat Picornell, Barcelona |
| Participants | 32 from 25 countries |
Hungary’s Tamás Darnyi was the defending champion and not lost an individual medley race since 1984, including winning both events at the 1985, 1987, and 1989 Europeans and the 1986 and 1991 World Championships. He had also set the last three world records in the event, and was named World Swimmer of the Year in 1987 and 1991. The early leader in the final was American Dave Wharton, silver medalist in the event in Seoul, who had two seconds on Darnyi after butterfly, but he would drop back and place fourth. The leader after backstroke was the other American, Eric Namesnik, but Darnyi took the lead early in the breaststroke, and kept opening up, winning easily in 4:14.23, with Namesnik second, 1.34 seconds behind.
A few days later, Darnyi would again win the 200 IM, completing a double-double in the individual medleys, a rare occurrence at the Olympics. It had only been done before in a single stroke or specialty in the 100/200 back by East German Roland Matthes in 1968-72, although Ukrainian Yana Klochkova would repeat Darnyi’s double-double in the women’s IMs in 2000-04.
| Pos | Number | Competitor | NOC | R1 | B Final | Final | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 329 | Tamás Darnyi |  HUN | 4:18.34 (1 h5) | – | 4:14.23 (1) | Gold | ||
| 2 | 625 | Eric Namesnik |  USA | 4:17.75 (1 h4) | – | 4:15.57 (2) | Silver | ||
| 3 | 372 | Luca Sacchi |  ITA | 4:19.42 (1 h3) | – | 4:16.34 (3) | Bronze | ||
| 4 | 639 | Dave Wharton | USA | 4:20.73 (2 h5) | – | 4:17.26 (4) | |||
| 5 | 269 | Christian Geßner |  GER | 4:19.92 (2 h3) | – | 4:17.88 (5) | |||
| 6 | 280 | Patrick Kühl | GER | 4:18.68 (2 h4) | – | 4:19.66 (6) | |||
| 7 | 182 | Serghei Mariniuc |  EUN | 4:19.05 (3 h4) | – | 4:22.93 (7) | |||
| 8 | 380 | Takahiro Fujimoto |  JPN | 4:20.07 (4 h4) | – | 4:23.86 (8) | 1 | ||
| 9 | 328 | Attila Czene | HUN | 4:26.31 (5 h3) | 4:21.28 (1) | – | |||
| 10 | 97 | Curtis Myden |  CAN | 4:22.41 (5 h5) | 4:21.91 (2) | – | |||
| 11 | 156 | Jorge Pérez |  ESP | 4:21.33 (3 h5) | 4:22.06 (3) | – | |||
| 12 | 204 | Petteri Lehtinen |  FIN | 4:22.10 (4 h5) | 4:22.10 (4) | – | |||
| 13 | 12 | Philip Bryant |  AUS | 4:21.45 (3 h3) | 4:22.36 (5) | – | |||
| 14 | 486 | Marcin Maliński |  POL | 4:24.72 (5 h4) | 4:22.59 (6) | – | |||
| 15 | 558 | Jan Bidrman |  SWE | 4:22.96 (6 h5) | 4:23.52 (7) | – | |||
| 16 | 79 | Robert Baird | CAN | 4:24.31 (4 h3) | 4:25.06 (8) | – | |||
| 17 | 516 | Marian Satnoianu |  ROU | 4:26.33 (6 h4) | – | – | |||
| 18 | 14 | Matt Dunn | AUS | 4:27.65 (7 h4) | – | – | |||
| 19 | 450 | Marcel Wouda |  NED | 4:28.51 (7 h5) | – | – | |||
| 20 | 485 | Igor Łuczak | POL | 4:28.60 (1 h2) | – | – | |||
| 21 | 535 | Desmond Koh |  SGP | 4:28.95 (1 h1) | – | – | |||
| 22 | 68 | Renato Ramalho |  BRA | 4:29.28 (2 h2) | – | – | |||
| 23 | 73 | Denislav Kalchev |  BUL | 4:31.49 (8 h4) | – | – | |||
| 24 | 526 | Clifford Lyne |  RSA | 4:32.64 (3 h2) | – | – | |||
| 25 | 260 | Andy Rolley |  GBR | 4:32.82 (8 h5) | – | – | |||
| 26 | 7 | Andrés Minelli |  ARG | 4:33.41 (6 h3) | – | – | |||
| 27 | 124 | Alejandro Bermúdez |  COL | 4:33.87 (4 h2) | – | – | |||
| 28 | 507 | David Monasterio |  PUR | 4:36.39 (7 h3) | – | – | |||
| 29 | 588 | Ratapong Sirisanont |  THA | 4:37.95 (5 h2) | – | – | |||
| 30 | 319 | Duncan Todd |  HKG | 4:41.84 (2 h1) | – | – | |||
| 31 | 302 | Roberto Bonilla |  GUA | 4:43.54 (3 h1) | – | – | |||
| 394 | Toshiaki Kurasawa | JPN | – (DQ h3) | – | – |
Round One
| Date | 27 July 1992 — 11:00 |
|---|---|
| Format | Fastest eight advanced to the final. Places 9-16 advanced to the B Final. |
| Pos | Lane | Competitor | NOC | Time | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | – | Eric Namesnik | USA | 4:17.75 | ||
| 2 | – | Tamás Darnyi | HUN | 4:18.34 | ||
| 3 | – | Patrick Kühl | GER | 4:18.68 | ||
| 4 | – | Serghei Mariniuc | EUN | 4:19.05 | ||
| 5 | – | Luca Sacchi | ITA | 4:19.42 | ||
| 6 | – | Christian Geßner | GER | 4:19.92 | ||
| 7 | – | Takahiro Fujimoto | JPN | 4:20.07 | ||
| 8 | – | Dave Wharton | USA | 4:20.73 | ||
| 9 | – | Jorge Pérez | ESP | 4:21.33 | ||
| 10 | – | Philip Bryant | AUS | 4:21.45 | ||
| 11 | – | Petteri Lehtinen | FIN | 4:22.10 | ||
| 12 | – | Curtis Myden | CAN | 4:22.41 | ||
| 13 | – | Jan Bidrman | SWE | 4:22.96 | ||
| 14 | – | Robert Baird | CAN | 4:24.31 | ||
| 15 | – | Marcin Maliński | POL | 4:24.72 | ||
| 16 | – | Attila Czene | HUN | 4:26.31 | ||
| 17 | – | Marian Satnoianu | ROU | 4:26.33 | ||
| 18 | – | Matt Dunn | AUS | 4:27.65 | ||
| 19 | – | Marcel Wouda | NED | 4:28.51 | ||
| 20 | – | Igor Łuczak | POL | 4:28.60 | ||
| 21 | – | Desmond Koh | SGP | 4:28.95 | ||
| 22 | – | Renato Ramalho | BRA | 4:29.28 | ||
| 23 | – | Denislav Kalchev | BUL | 4:31.49 | ||
| 24 | – | Clifford Lyne | RSA | 4:32.64 | ||
| 25 | – | Andy Rolley | GBR | 4:32.82 | ||
| 26 | – | Andrés Minelli | ARG | 4:33.41 | ||
| 27 | – | Alejandro Bermúdez | COL | 4:33.87 | ||
| 28 | – | David Monasterio | PUR | 4:36.39 | ||
| 29 | – | Ratapong Sirisanont | THA | 4:37.95 | ||
| 30 | – | Duncan Todd | HKG | 4:41.84 | ||
| 31 | – | Roberto Bonilla | GUA | 4:43.54 | ||
| – | Toshiaki Kurasawa | JPN | – |
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 | – | Desmond Koh | SGP | 4:28.95 | 1:00.80 (1) | 2:10.61 (1) | 3:25.71 (1) | 1:09.81 (1) | 1:15.10 (1) | 1:03.24 (1) | ||
| 2 | – | Duncan Todd | HKG | 4:41.84 | 1:02.48 (2) | 2:16.98 (3) | 3:38.18 (3) | 1:14.50 (3) | 81.20 (3) | 1:03.66 (2) | ||
| 3 | – | Roberto Bonilla | GUA | 4:43.54 | 1:02.69 (3) | 2:16.90 (2) | 3:37.96 (2) | 1:14.21 (2) | 81.06 (2) | 1:05.58 (3) |
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 | – | Igor Łuczak | POL | 4:28.60 | 59.69 (1) | 2:07.40 (1) | 3:23.87 (1) | 1:07.71 (2) | 1:16.47 (1) | 1:04.73 (4) | ||
| 2 | – | Renato Ramalho | BRA | 4:29.28 | 1:01.25 (4) | 2:08.76 (2) | 3:28.01 (2) | 1:07.51 (1) | 1:19.25 (4) | 1:01.27 (1) | ||
| 3 | – | Clifford Lyne | RSA | 4:32.64 | 1:00.73 (2) | 2:10.57 (4) | 3:29.12 (3) | 1:09.84 (4) | 1:18.55 (2) | 1:03.52 (3) | ||
| 4 | – | Alejandro Bermúdez | COL | 4:33.87 | 1:00.94 (3) | 2:09.06 (3) | 3:32.35 (5) | 1:08.12 (3) | 83.29 (5) | 1:01.52 (2) | ||
| 5 | – | Ratapong Sirisanont | THA | 4:37.95 | 1:01.80 (5) | 2:12.43 (5) | 3:31.29 (4) | 1:10.63 (5) | 1:18.86 (3) | 1:06.66 (5) |
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 | – | Luca Sacchi | ITA | 4:19.42 | 59.40 (3) | 2:05.78 (2) | 3:19.36 (1) | 1:06.38 (2) | 1:13.58 (1) | 1:00.06 (2) | ||
| 2 | – | Christian Geßner | GER | 4:19.92 | 59.46 (4) | 2:06.14 (3) | 3:21.05 (3) | 1:06.68 (3) | 1:14.91 (4) | 58.87 (1) | ||
| 3 | – | Philip Bryant | AUS | 4:21.45 | 59.23 (2) | 2:06.49 (4) | 3:20.58 (2) | 1:07.26 (4) | 1:14.09 (2) | 1:00.87 (4) | ||
| 4 | – | Robert Baird | CAN | 4:24.31 | 1:00.71 (6) | 2:09.08 (6) | 3:23.66 (5) | 1:08.37 (7) | 1:14.58 (3) | 1:00.65 (3) | ||
| 5 | – | Attila Czene | HUN | 4:26.31 | 58.99 (1) | 2:04.41 (1) | 3:21.52 (4) | 1:05.42 (1) | 1:17.11 (5) | 1:04.79 (7) | ||
| 6 | – | Andrés Minelli | ARG | 4:33.41 | 1:02.26 (7) | 2:10.46 (7) | 3:30.70 (6) | 1:08.20 (6) | 80.24 (6) | 1:02.71 (5) | ||
| 7 | – | David Monasterio | PUR | 4:36.39 | 1:00.35 (5) | 2:08.28 (5) | 3:31.89 (7) | 1:07.93 (5) | 83.61 (7) | 1:04.50 (6) | ||
| – | Toshiaki Kurasawa | JPN | – | – (–) | – (–) | – (–) | – | – | – |
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 | – | Eric Namesnik | USA | 4:17.75 | 59.00 (2) | 2:03.47 (1) | 3:17.60 (1) | 1:04.47 (1) | 1:14.13 (4) | 1:00.15 (=2) | ||
| 2 | – | Patrick Kühl | GER | 4:18.68 | 59.24 (3) | 2:04.73 (3) | 3:18.53 (3) | 1:05.49 (3) | 1:13.80 (2) | 1:00.15 (=2) | ||
| 3 | – | Serghei Mariniuc | EUN | 4:19.05 | 59.37 (4) | 2:04.30 (2) | 3:17.96 (2) | 1:04.93 (2) | 1:13.66 (1) | 1:01.09 (6) | ||
| 4 | – | Takahiro Fujimoto | JPN | 4:20.07 | 1:00.22 (8) | 2:06.33 (4) | 3:20.28 (4) | 1:06.11 (4) | 1:13.95 (3) | 59.79 (1) | ||
| 5 | – | Marcin Maliński | POL | 4:24.72 | 59.86 (7) | 2:08.73 (7) | 3:23.76 (5) | 1:08.87 (=5) | 1:15.03 (5) | 1:00.96 (5) | ||
| 6 | – | Marian Satnoianu | ROU | 4:26.33 | 59.66 (6) | 2:08.53 (6) | 3:25.57 (7) | 1:08.87 (=5) | 1:17.04 (7) | 1:00.76 (4) | ||
| 7 | – | Matt Dunn | AUS | 4:27.65 | 59.59 (5) | 2:09.81 (8) | 3:25.21 (6) | 1:10.22 (8) | 1:15.40 (6) | 1:02.44 (7) | ||
| 8 | – | Denislav Kalchev | BUL | 4:31.49 | 58.55 (1) | 2:07.49 (5) | 3:27.58 (8) | 1:08.94 (7) | 80.09 (8) | 1:03.91 (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 | – | Tamás Darnyi | HUN | 4:18.34 | 58.95 (4) | 2:04.38 (2) | 3:18.78 (1) | 1:05.43 (2) | 1:14.40 (2) | 59.56 (2) | ||
| 2 | – | Dave Wharton | USA | 4:20.73 | 58.15 (1) | 2:06.03 (3) | 3:21.19 (3) | 1:07.88 (6) | 1:15.16 (5) | 59.54 (1) | ||
| 3 | – | Jorge Pérez | ESP | 4:21.33 | 58.69 (2) | 2:03.81 (1) | 3:21.00 (2) | 1:05.12 (1) | 1:17.19 (6) | 1:00.33 (4) | ||
| 4 | – | Petteri Lehtinen | FIN | 4:22.10 | 1:00.31 (7) | 2:07.76 (6) | 3:22.48 (6) | 1:07.45 (3) | 1:14.72 (3) | 59.62 (3) | ||
| 5 | – | Curtis Myden | CAN | 4:22.41 | 58.81 (3) | 2:06.56 (4) | 3:21.31 (4) | 1:07.75 (5) | 1:14.75 (4) | 1:01.10 (6) | ||
| 6 | – | Jan Bidrman | SWE | 4:22.96 | 1:00.01 (6) | 2:07.90 (7) | 3:22.00 (5) | 1:07.89 (7) | 1:14.10 (1) | 1:00.96 (5) | ||
| 7 | – | Marcel Wouda | NED | 4:28.51 | 59.31 (5) | 2:06.83 (5) | 3:24.68 (7) | 1:07.52 (4) | 1:17.85 (7) | 1:03.83 (8) | ||
| 8 | – | Andy Rolley | GBR | 4:32.82 | 1:03.05 (8) | 2:11.45 (8) | 3:30.26 (8) | 1:08.40 (8) | 1:18.81 (8) | 1:02.56 (7) |
B Final
| Date | 27 July 1992 — 18:30 |
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| 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 | – | Attila Czene | HUN | 4:21.28 | 59.26 (2) | 2:06.01 (2) | 3:21.99 (3) | 1:06.75 (2) | 1:15.98 (7) | 59.29 (3) | ||
| 2 | – | Curtis Myden | CAN | 4:21.91 | 1:01.16 (7) | 2:08.48 (4) | 3:22.69 (6) | 1:07.32 (4) | 1:14.21 (3) | 59.22 (2) | ||
| 3 | – | Jorge Pérez | ESP | 4:22.06 | 59.14 (1) | 2:04.13 (1) | 3:21.58 (1) | 1:04.99 (1) | 1:17.45 (8) | 1:00.48 (6) | ||
| 4 | – | Petteri Lehtinen | FIN | 4:22.10 | 1:01.22 (8) | 2:09.85 (7) | 3:24.51 (7) | 1:08.63 (7) | 1:14.66 (4) | 57.59 (1) | ||
| 5 | – | Philip Bryant | AUS | 4:22.36 | 59.35 (3) | 2:06.34 (3) | 3:21.85 (2) | 1:06.99 (3) | 1:15.51 (6) | 1:00.51 (7) | ||
| 6 | – | Marcin Maliński | POL | 4:22.59 | 1:00.20 (4) | 2:08.82 (5) | 3:22.54 (5) | 1:08.62 (6) | 1:13.72 (2) | 1:00.05 (4) | ||
| 7 | – | Jan Bidrman | SWE | 4:23.52 | 1:00.90 (6) | 2:09.03 (6) | 3:22.21 (4) | 1:08.13 (5) | 1:13.18 (1) | 1:01.31 (8) | ||
| 8 | – | Robert Baird | CAN | 4:25.06 | 1:00.63 (5) | 2:09.93 (8) | 3:24.67 (8) | 1:09.30 (8) | 1:14.74 (5) | 1:00.39 (5) |
Final Round
| Date | 27 July 1992 — 18:30 |
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| 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 | – | Tamás Darnyi | HUN | 4:14.23 | 59.82 (4) | 2:04.15 (2) | 3:16.63 (1) | 1:04.33 (2) | 1:12.48 (2) | 57.60 (2) | ||
| 2 | – | Eric Namesnik | USA | 4:15.57 | 59.86 (5) | 2:04.06 (1) | 3:16.85 (2) | 1:04.20 (1) | 1:12.79 (3) | 58.72 (5) | ||
| 3 | – | Luca Sacchi | ITA | 4:16.34 | 59.90 (6) | 2:06.44 (=4) | 3:17.74 (3) | 1:06.54 (3) | 1:11.30 (1) | 58.60 (4) | ||
| 4 | – | Dave Wharton | USA | 4:17.26 | 57.62 (1) | 2:05.11 (3) | 3:18.99 (4) | 1:07.49 (7) | 1:13.88 (4) | 58.27 (3) | ||
| 5 | – | Christian Geßner | GER | 4:17.88 | 59.62 (2) | 2:06.75 (6) | 3:20.69 (6) | 1:07.13 (5) | 1:13.94 (5) | 57.19 (1) | ||
| 6 | – | Patrick Kühl | GER | 4:19.66 | 59.68 (3) | 2:06.44 (=4) | 3:20.55 (5) | 1:06.76 (4) | 1:14.11 (6) | 59.11 (7) | ||
| 7 | – | Serghei Mariniuc | EUN | 4:22.93 | 1:00.25 (7) | 2:07.60 (7) | 3:21.84 (7) | 1:07.35 (6) | 1:14.24 (7) | 1:01.09 (8) | ||
| 8 | – | Takahiro Fujimoto | JPN | 4:23.86 | 1:00.37 (8) | 2:08.33 (8) | 3:24.76 (8) | 1:07.96 (8) | 1:16.43 (8) | 59.10 (6) | 2 |