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400 metres Freestyle, Women

Date	28 July 1992
Status	Olympic
Location	Piscinas Bernat Picornell, Barcelona
Participants	33 from 24 countries

Janet Evans was the defending champion and had not lost at the distance in six years. She was the world record holder with 4:03.85 set winning the 1988 Olympics. German Dagmar Hase was a backstroker who elected to swim the 400 free at the German Trials as a training race and because it would not interfere with her backstroke events. In Barcelona Evans qualified first and Hase second, and Hase said, “I figured the gold would be taken by Evans, but I thought I could get silver or bronze.” Or maybe even better.

In the final, Evans set a fast pace, hoping to bury the other swimmers, but she never fully dropped Hase, who was only a body length behind at 300 metres. Hase then started gaining on the final two laps and caught Evans 10 metres from the wall, outtouching her in 4:07.18, Evans won silver in 4:07.37, only the ninth fastest time of her career, although she had been slowing each year in this race since 1989.

In her specialty, the backstroke, Hase did not do as well in Barcelona, winning silver in the 200 back and missing the A final in the 100. By Atlanta in 1996, she was a freestyler, winning bronze in the 200 free, and silvers in the 400 and 800 freestyles. Evans would come back a few days later and defend her Olympic gold medal in the 800 freestyle.

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	R1	B Final	Final
1	272	Dagmar Hase	GER	4:10.92 (2 h5)	–	4:07.18 (1)	Gold
2	607	Janet Evans	USA	4:09.38 (1 h5)	–	4:07.37 (2)	Silver
3	22	Hayley Lewis	AUS	4:12.95 (1 h3)	–	4:11.22 (3)	Bronze
4	611	Erika Hansen	USA	4:12.08 (3 h5)	–	4:11.50 (4)
5	279	Kerstin Kielgaß	GER	4:12.50 (1 h4)	–	4:11.52 (5)
6	47	Isabelle Arnould	BEL	4:13.81 (2 h3)	–	4:13.75 (6)
7	569	Malin Nilsson	SWE	4:13.16 (4 h5)	–	4:14.10 (7)
8	379	Suzu Chiba	JPN	4:13.85 (5 h5)	–	4:15.71 (8)
9	462	Phillippa Langrell	NZL	4:14.00 (3 h3)	4:12.96 (1)	–
10	49	Sandra Cam	BEL	4:17.87 (5 h3)	4:14.11 (2)	–
11	453	Irene Dalby	NOR	4:16.05 (3 h4)	4:14.46 (3)	–
12	509	Beatrice Coadă	ROU	4:16.23 (4 h3)	4:14.90 (4)	–
13	513	Carla-Creola Negrea	ROU	4:17.00 (6 h5)	4:14.92 (5)	–
14	584	Olga Šplíchalová	TCH	4:15.43 (2 h4)	4:16.41 (6)	–
15	367	Manuela Melchiorri	ITA	4:19.18 (5 h4)	4:20.75 (7)	–
16	581	Hana Černá	TCH	4:19.87 (7 h5)	4:21.50 (8)	–
17	130	Mette Jacobsen	DEN	4:16.80 (4 h4)	–	–		1
18	25	Julie M. McDonald	AUS	4:20.16 (6 h4)	–	–
19	244	Samantha Foggo	GBR	4:22.26 (7 h4)	–	–
20	146	Itziar Esparza	ESP	4:22.27 (8 h5)	–	–
21	527	Jeanine Steenkamp	RSA	4:23.33 (6 h3)	–	–
22	120	Yan Ming	CHN	4:23.69 (7 h3)	–	–
23	428	Laura Sánchez	MEX	4:23.87 (8 h3)	–	–
24	334	Judit Kiss	HUN	4:24.01 (1 h2)	–	–
25	237	Elizabeth Arnold	GBR	4:25.55 (8 h4)	–	–
26	141	María José Marenco	ESA	4:29.32 (2 h2)	–	–
27	589	Tanya Sridama	THA	4:29.64 (1 h1)	–	–
28	538	Joscelin Yeo	SGP	4:29.76 (2 h1)	–	–
29	424	Erika González	MEX	4:32.06 (3 h2)	–	–
30	315	Robyn Lamsam	HKG	4:32.23 (3 h1)	–	–
31	324	Claudia Fortín	HON	4:37.58 (4 h2)	–	–
32	536	May Ooi	SGP	4:37.77 (4 h1)	–	–
33	436	Corinne Leclair	MRI	4:43.53 (5 h2)	–	–

Round One

Date	28 July 1992 — 10:00
Format	Fastest eight advanced to the final. Places 9-16 advanced to the B Final.

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	4	Janet Evans	USA	4:09.38	Q
2	3	Dagmar Hase	GER	4:10.92	Q
3	5	Erika Hansen	USA	4:12.08	Q
4	3	Kerstin Kielgaß	GER	4:12.50	Q
5	4	Hayley Lewis	AUS	4:12.95	Q
6	7	Malin Nilsson	SWE	4:13.16	Q
7	3	Isabelle Arnould	BEL	4:13.81	Q
8	6	Suzu Chiba	JPN	4:13.85	Q
9	6	Phillippa Langrell	NZL	4:14.00	q
10	7	Olga Šplíchalová	TCH	4:15.43	q
11	5	Irene Dalby	NOR	4:16.05	q
12	5	Beatrice Coadă	ROU	4:16.23	q
13	2	Mette Jacobsen	DEN	4:16.80	q
14	2	Carla-Creola Negrea	ROU	4:17.00	q
15	2	Sandra Cam	BEL	4:17.87	q
16	6	Manuela Melchiorri	ITA	4:19.18	q
17	1	Hana Černá	TCH	4:19.87
18	4	Julie M. McDonald	AUS	4:20.16
19	1	Samantha Foggo	GBR	4:22.26
20	8	Itziar Esparza	ESP	4:22.27
21	1	Jeanine Steenkamp	RSA	4:23.33
22	7	Yan Ming	CHN	4:23.69
23	8	Laura Sánchez	MEX	4:23.87
24	5	Judit Kiss	HUN	4:24.01
25	8	Elizabeth Arnold	GBR	4:25.55
26	3	María José Marenco	ESA	4:29.32
27	6	Tanya Sridama	THA	4:29.64
28	4	Joscelin Yeo	SGP	4:29.76
29	4	Erika González	MEX	4:32.06
30	5	Robyn Lamsam	HKG	4:32.23
31	6	Claudia Fortín	HON	4:37.58
32	3	May Ooi	SGP	4:37.77
33	2	Corinne Leclair	MRI	4:43.53

Heat #1

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	100 m	200 m	300 m	100-200 m	200-300 m	300-400 m
1	6	Tanya Sridama	THA	4:29.64	1:04.77 (1)	2:13.17 (1)	3:22.39 (1)	1:08.40 (1)	1:09.22 (3)	1:07.25 (2)
2	4	Joscelin Yeo	SGP	4:29.76	1:07.08 (4)	2:16.50 (3)	3:25.25 (3)	1:09.42 (2)	1:08.75 (1)	1:04.51 (1)
3	5	Robyn Lamsam	HKG	4:32.23	1:05.61 (2)	2:15.60 (2)	3:24.74 (2)	1:09.99 (3)	1:09.14 (2)	1:07.49 (3)
4	3	May Ooi	SGP	4:37.77	1:07.04 (3)	2:17.39 (4)	3:27.70 (4)	1:10.35 (4)	1:10.31 (4)	1:10.07 (4)

Heat #2

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	100 m	200 m	300 m	100-200 m	200-300 m	300-400 m
1	5	Judit Kiss	HUN	4:24.01	1:02.83 (1)	2:10.21 (1)	3:18.29 (1)	1:07.38 (1)	1:08.08 (1)	1:05.72 (1)
2	3	María José Marenco	ESA	4:29.32	1:04.20 (3)	2:12.64 (3)	3:21.01 (2)	1:08.44 (2)	1:08.37 (2)	1:08.31 (2)
3	4	Erika González	MEX	4:32.06	1:03.24 (2)	2:11.93 (2)	3:22.11 (3)	1:08.69 (3)	1:10.18 (3)	1:09.95 (4)
4	6	Claudia Fortín	HON	4:37.58	1:07.10 (4)	2:17.46 (4)	3:28.00 (4)	1:10.36 (4)	1:10.54 (4)	1:09.58 (3)
5	2	Corinne Leclair	MRI	4:43.53	1:09.00 (5)	2:20.84 (5)	3:33.13 (5)	1:11.84 (5)	1:12.29 (5)	1:10.40 (5)

Heat #3

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	100 m	200 m	300 m	100-200 m	200-300 m	300-400 m
1	4	Hayley Lewis	AUS	4:12.95	1:00.98 (1)	2:04.89 (2)	3:09.25 (=1)	1:03.91 (3)	1:04.36 (1)	1:03.70 (2)	Q
2	3	Isabelle Arnould	BEL	4:13.81	1:01.26 (2)	2:04.71 (1)	3:09.25 (=1)	1:03.45 (1)	1:04.54 (3)	1:04.56 (3)	Q
3	6	Phillippa Langrell	NZL	4:14.00	1:02.23 (5)	2:06.07 (4)	3:10.57 (3)	1:03.84 (2)	1:04.50 (2)	1:03.43 (1)	q
4	5	Beatrice Coadă	ROU	4:16.23	1:01.32 (3)	2:05.94 (3)	3:11.52 (4)	1:04.62 (4)	1:05.58 (=4)	1:04.71 (4)	q
5	2	Sandra Cam	BEL	4:17.87	1:02.48 (6)	2:07.54 (5)	3:13.12 (5)	1:05.06 (5)	1:05.58 (=4)	1:04.75 (5)	q
6	1	Jeanine Steenkamp	RSA	4:23.33	1:02.15 (4)	2:08.40 (6)	3:15.86 (6)	1:06.25 (6)	1:07.46 (8)	1:07.47 (8)
7	7	Yan Ming	CHN	4:23.69	1:04.18 (7)	2:11.18 (7)	3:18.51 (7)	1:07.00 (7)	1:07.33 (6)	1:05.18 (7)
8	8	Laura Sánchez	MEX	4:23.87	1:04.26 (8)	2:11.37 (8)	3:18.82 (8)	1:07.11 (8)	1:07.45 (7)	1:05.05 (6)

Heat #4

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	100 m	200 m	300 m	100-200 m	200-300 m	300-400 m
1	3	Kerstin Kielgaß	GER	4:12.50	1:00.91 (1)	2:05.01 (1)	3:09.28 (1)	1:04.10 (1)	1:04.27 (1)	1:03.22 (1)	Q
2	7	Olga Šplíchalová	TCH	4:15.43	1:01.57 (2)	2:05.89 (2)	3:10.82 (2)	1:04.32 (2)	1:04.93 (2)	1:04.61 (4)	q
3	5	Irene Dalby	NOR	4:16.05	1:02.19 (3)	2:06.85 (3)	3:12.22 (3)	1:04.66 (=3)	1:05.37 (4)	1:03.83 (2)	q
4	2	Mette Jacobsen	DEN	4:16.80	1:02.37 (4)	2:07.03 (4)	3:12.68 (4)	1:04.66 (=3)	1:05.65 (5)	1:04.12 (3)	q
5	6	Manuela Melchiorri	ITA	4:19.18	1:03.19 (5)	2:08.19 (5)	3:13.43 (5)	1:05.00 (5)	1:05.24 (3)	1:05.75 (6)	q
6	4	Julie M. McDonald	AUS	4:20.16	1:03.38 (6)	2:09.15 (6)	3:15.11 (6)	1:05.77 (6)	1:05.96 (7)	1:05.05 (5)
7	1	Samantha Foggo	GBR	4:22.26	1:04.47 (8)	2:10.61 (7)	3:16.34 (7)	1:06.14 (7)	1:05.73 (6)	1:05.92 (7)
8	8	Elizabeth Arnold	GBR	4:25.55	1:04.17 (7)	2:11.61 (8)	3:18.92 (8)	1:07.44 (8)	1:07.31 (8)	1:06.63 (8)

Heat #5

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	100 m	200 m	300 m	100-200 m	200-300 m	300-400 m
1	4	Janet Evans	USA	4:09.38	1:00.59 (1)	2:03.30 (1)	3:06.41 (1)	1:02.71 (1)	1:03.11 (1)	1:02.97 (2)	Q
2	3	Dagmar Hase	GER	4:10.92	1:00.82 (2)	2:04.13 (2)	3:07.53 (2)	1:03.31 (2)	1:03.40 (2)	1:03.39 (4)	Q
3	5	Erika Hansen	USA	4:12.08	1:01.55 (5)	2:05.06 (3)	3:09.10 (3)	1:03.51 (3)	1:04.04 (4)	1:02.98 (3)	Q
4	7	Malin Nilsson	SWE	4:13.16	1:01.40 (4)	2:05.56 (4)	3:09.36 (4)	1:04.16 (4)	1:03.80 (3)	1:03.80 (5)	Q
5	6	Suzu Chiba	JPN	4:13.85	1:00.95 (3)	2:05.83 (5)	3:10.99 (5)	1:04.88 (6)	1:05.16 (6)	1:02.86 (1)	Q
6	2	Carla-Creola Negrea	ROU	4:17.00	1:02.55 (6)	2:06.89 (6)	3:11.46 (6)	1:04.34 (5)	1:04.57 (5)	1:05.54 (7)	q
7	1	Hana Černá	TCH	4:19.87	1:03.21 (7)	2:08.74 (7)	3:14.45 (7)	1:05.53 (7)	1:05.71 (7)	1:05.42 (6)
8	8	Itziar Esparza	ESP	4:22.27	1:03.80 (8)	2:09.48 (8)	3:15.96 (8)	1:05.68 (8)	1:06.48 (8)	1:06.31 (8)

B Final

Date	28 July 1992 — 18:00

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	100 m	200 m	300 m	100-200 m	200-300 m	300-400 m
1	4	Phillippa Langrell	NZL	4:12.96	1:02.09 (4)	2:05.88 (1)	3:09.95 (1)	1:03.79 (1)	1:04.07 (1)	1:03.01 (2)
2	7	Sandra Cam	BEL	4:14.11	1:02.34 (6)	2:06.50 (4)	3:11.24 (4)	1:04.16 (2)	1:04.74 (3)	1:02.87 (1)
3	3	Irene Dalby	NOR	4:14.46	1:01.48 (1)	2:05.97 (2)	3:10.84 (2)	1:04.49 (4)	1:04.87 (5)	1:03.62 (3)
4	6	Beatrice Coadă	ROU	4:14.90	1:01.82 (3)	2:06.45 (3)	3:11.25 (5)	1:04.63 (5)	1:04.80 (4)	1:03.65 (4)
5	2	Carla-Creola Negrea	ROU	4:14.92	1:02.39 (7)	2:06.79 (6)	3:11.18 (3)	1:04.40 (3)	1:04.39 (2)	1:03.74 (5)
6	5	Olga Šplíchalová	TCH	4:16.41	1:01.70 (2)	2:06.72 (5)	3:11.70 (6)	1:05.02 (6)	1:04.98 (6)	1:04.71 (6)
7	1	Manuela Melchiorri	ITA	4:20.75	1:03.31 (8)	2:09.00 (8)	3:15.25 (8)	1:05.69 (8)	1:06.25 (7)	1:05.50 (7)
8	8	Hana Černá	TCH	4:21.50	1:02.32 (5)	2:07.92 (7)	3:14.83 (7)	1:05.60 (7)	1:06.91 (8)	1:06.67 (8)

Final Round

Date	28 July 1992 — 18:00

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	100 m	200 m	300 m	100-200 m	200-300 m	300-400 m
1	5	Dagmar Hase	GER	4:07.18	1:00.39 (2)	2:02.82 (2)	3:05.69 (2)	1:02.43 (2)	1:02.87 (2)	1:01.49 (1)
2	4	Janet Evans	USA	4:07.37	1:00.17 (1)	2:02.21 (1)	3:04.81 (1)	1:02.04 (1)	1:02.60 (1)	1:02.56 (=2)
3	2	Hayley Lewis	AUS	4:11.22	1:01.01 (5)	2:04.58 (3)	3:08.37 (3)	1:03.57 (3)	1:03.79 (3)	1:02.85 (5)
4	3	Erika Hansen	USA	4:11.50	1:01.42 (8)	2:05.09 (=5)	3:08.94 (5)	1:03.67 (4)	1:03.85 (4)	1:02.56 (=2)
5	6	Kerstin Kielgaß	GER	4:11.52	1:00.80 (3)	2:04.72 (4)	3:08.73 (4)	1:03.92 (6)	1:04.01 (5)	1:02.79 (4)
6	1	Isabelle Arnould	BEL	4:13.75	1:01.25 (6)	2:05.09 (=5)	3:09.79 (6)	1:03.84 (5)	1:04.70 (7)	1:03.96 (6)
7	7	Malin Nilsson	SWE	4:14.10	1:01.41 (7)	2:05.39 (7)	3:10.08 (7)	1:03.98 (7)	1:04.69 (6)	1:04.02 (7)
8	8	Suzu Chiba	JPN	4:15.71	1:00.89 (4)	2:05.73 (8)	3:11.31 (8)	1:04.84 (8)	1:05.58 (8)	1:04.40 (8)