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400 metres Individual Medley, Women

Date	16 September 2000
Status	Olympic
Location	Sydney International Aquatic Centre, Olympic Park, Sydney, New South Wales
Participants	28 from 24 countries

Yana Klochkova came to prominence as a 16-year-old when finishing second to China’s Chen Yen in the 1998 World Championships. Two years later Yen was not swimming to the same standard and the Ukrainian was emerging as one of the world’s best.

Klochkova led the race in its’ entirety and was never seriously threatened as she took over a second out of Chen’s world record and, in the process, also removed the name of Petra Schneider from the ranks of Olympic record holders. Yasuko Tajima was clear in second place and Beatrice Coadă-Căşlaru of Romania won her first ever Olympic medal, in her third Games, by placing third. Klochkova would continue to dominate the event until after the Athens Olympics, and repeat her IM double in Athens.

Pos	Swimmer	NOC	R1	Final
1	Yana Klochkova	UKR	4:37.64 (1 h4)	4:33.59 (1)	Gold
2	Yasuko Tajima	JPN	4:40.35 (1 h2)	4:35.96 (2)	Silver
3	Beatrice Căşlaru	ROU	4:41.04 (1 h3)	4:37.18 (3)	Bronze
4	Kaitlin Sandeno	USA	4:40.89 (2 h4)	4:41.03 (4)
5	Nicole Hetzer	GER	4:43.23 (2 h2)	4:43.56 (5)
6	Maddy Crippen	USA	4:44.00 (4 h4)	4:44.63 (6)
7	Joanne Malar	CAN	4:42.65 (2 h3)	4:45.17 (7)
8	Jennifer Reilly	AUS	4:41.51 (3 h4)	4:45.99 (8)
9	Hana Černá	CZE	4:44.11 (3 h3)	–
10	Oksana Verevka	RUS	4:45.07 (3 h2)	–
11	Chen Yan	CHN	4:45.65 (4 h2)	–
12	Rachel Harris	AUS	4:46.02 (5 h2)	–
13	Helen Norfolk	NZL	4:46.42 (6 h2)	–
14	Lourdes Becerra	ESP	4:47.50 (4 h3)	–
15	Federica Biscia	ITA	4:47.56 (5 h4)	–
16	Sabine Klenz	GER	4:47.79 (5 h3)	–
17	Mirjana Boševska	MKD	4:48.08 (7 h2)	–
18	Yseult Gervy	BEL	4:48.31 (6 h4)	–
19	Liu Yin	CHN	4:50.33 (6 h3)	–
20	Artemis Dafni	GRE	4:53.52 (8 h2)	–
21	Georgina Bardach	ARG	4:54.31 (1 h1)	–
22	Carolyn Adel	SUR	4:57.90 (7 h3)	–
23	Lee Ji-Hyeon	KOR	4:58.94 (7 h4)	–
24	Jana Korbasová	SVK	4:59.05 (2 h1)	–
25	Sia Wai Yen	MAS	4:59.18 (8 h4)	–
26	Adi Bichman	ISR	5:06.72 (8 h3)	–
27	Aleksandra Zertsalova	KGZ	5:09.03 (3 h1)	–
28	Nguyễn Thị Hương	VIE	5:26.56 (4 h1)	–

Round One (16 September 2000)

Fastest eight advanced to the final.

Heat One (10:02)

Pos	Lane	Swimmer	NOC	50 m	100 m	150 m	200 m	250 m	300 m	350 m	Time	Reaction
1	4	Georgina Bardach	ARG	31.45 (1) 35.46 (1)	1:06.91 (1) 38.59 (2)	1:45.50 (1) 37.91 (2)	2:23.41 (2) 41.05 (1)	3:04.46 (1) 42.07 (1)	3:46.53 (1) 34.61 (1)	4:21.14 (1) 33.17 (1)	4:54.31	0.92
2	5	Jana Korbasová	SVK	31.94 (3) 36.31 (2)	1:08.25 (2) 37.58 (1)	1:45.83 (2) 37.15 (1)	2:22.98 (1) 43.00 (2)	3:05.98 (2) 43.58 (2)	3:49.56 (2) 35.16 (2)	4:24.72 (2) 34.33 (2)	4:59.05	0.85
3	3	Aleksandra Zertsalova	KGZ	31.78 (2) 36.95 (3)	1:08.73 (3) 39.01 (3)	1:47.74 (3) 39.54 (3)	2:27.28 (3) 43.62 (3)	3:10.90 (3) 45.26 (3)	3:56.16 (3) 36.74 (3)	4:32.90 (3) 36.13 (4)	5:09.03	0.94
4	6	Nguyễn Thị Hương	VIE	34.21 (4) 39.08 (4)	1:13.29 (4) 43.82 (4)	1:57.11 (4) 42.06 (4)	2:39.17 (4) 47.24 (4)	3:26.41 (4) 46.19 (4)	4:12.60 (4) 38.57 (4)	4:51.17 (4) 35.39 (3)	5:26.56	0.85

Heat Two (10:09)

Pos	Lane	Swimmer	NOC	50 m	100 m	150 m	200 m	250 m	300 m	350 m	Time	Reaction
1	4	Yasuko Tajima	JPN	30.43 (1) 33.50 (1)	1:03.93 (1) 34.87 (1)	1:38.80 (1) 34.20 (1)	2:13.00 (1) 42.21 (7)	2:55.21 (1) 42.01 (6)	3:37.22 (1) 32.39 (2)	4:09.61 (1) 30.74 (1)	4:40.35	0.76	Q
2	5	Nicole Hetzer	GER	31.01 (=4) 34.26 (4)	1:05.27 (5) 35.78 (3)	1:41.05 (3) 34.37 (2)	2:15.42 (2) 41.57 (5)	2:56.99 (=2) 41.69 (5)	3:38.68 (2) 32.36 (1)	4:11.04 (2) 32.19 (4)	4:43.23	0.90	Q
3	7	Oksana Verevka	RUS	31.28 (8) 34.88 (7)	1:06.16 (7) 36.03 (4)	1:42.19 (5) 35.39 (4)	2:17.58 (4) 40.26 (2)	2:57.84 (4) 41.01 (2)	3:38.85 (3) 33.45 (6)	4:12.30 (3) 32.77 (5)	4:45.07	0.88
4	3	Chen Yan	CHN	31.01 (=4) 34.02 (=2)	1:05.03 (3) 36.31 (5)	1:41.34 (4) 36.40 (6)	2:17.74 (5) 40.33 (3)	2:58.07 (5) 41.30 (4)	3:39.37 (5) 33.18 (4)	4:12.55 (4) 33.10 (7)	4:45.65	0.81
5	6	Rachel Harris	AUS	30.74 (2) 34.02 (=2)	1:04.76 (2) 38.30 (8)	1:43.06 (6) 37.71 (8)	2:20.77 (8) 39.72 (1)	3:00.49 (6) 40.26 (1)	3:40.75 (6) 33.42 (5)	4:14.17 (6) 31.85 (3)	4:46.02	0.82
6	2	Helen Norfolk	NZL	30.82 (3) 34.36 (5)	1:05.18 (4) 35.49 (2)	1:40.67 (2) 34.84 (3)	2:15.51 (3) 41.48 (4)	2:56.99 (=2) 42.31 (7)	3:39.30 (4) 34.15 (8)	4:13.45 (5) 32.97 (6)	4:46.42	0.80
7	8	Mirjana Boševska	MKD	31.12 (6) 34.85 (6)	1:05.97 (6) 38.13 (7)	1:44.10 (8) 36.29 (5)	2:20.39 (6) 41.69 (6)	3:02.08 (7) 41.23 (3)	3:43.31 (7) 33.08 (3)	4:16.39 (7) 31.69 (2)	4:48.08	0.81
8	1	Artemis Dafni	GRE	31.18 (7) 34.99 (8)	1:06.17 (8) 37.22 (6)	1:43.39 (7) 37.28 (7)	2:20.67 (7) 42.54 (8)	3:03.21 (8) 42.99 (8)	3:46.20 (8) 33.75 (7)	4:19.95 (8) 33.57 (8)	4:53.52	0.78

Heat Three (10:17)

Pos	Lane	Swimmer	NOC	50 m	100 m	150 m	200 m	250 m	300 m	350 m	Time	Reaction
1	5	Beatrice Căşlaru	ROU	30.08 (2) 33.81 (2)	1:03.89 (3) 36.33 (2)	1:40.22 (1) 36.41 (5)	2:16.63 (3) 38.58 (1)	2:55.21 (1) 39.60 (1)	3:34.81 (1) 33.64 (4)	4:08.45 (1) 32.59 (3)	4:41.04	0.86	Q
2	4	Joanne Malar	CAN	30.18 (4) 33.58 (1)	1:03.76 (2) 36.73 (3)	1:40.49 (2) 35.94 (2)	2:16.43 (1) 40.12 (3)	2:56.55 (2) 41.03 (3)	3:37.58 (2) 33.35 (3)	4:10.93 (2) 31.72 (1)	4:42.65	0.89	Q
3	6	Hana Černá	CZE	31.21 (6) 34.09 (4)	1:05.30 (5) 36.81 (4)	1:42.11 (5) 35.21 (1)	2:17.32 (5) 40.70 (4)	2:58.02 (3) 41.24 (4)	3:39.26 (3) 32.80 (1)	4:12.06 (3) 32.05 (2)	4:44.11	0.93
4	7	Lourdes Becerra	ESP	31.57 (7) 34.41 (5)	1:05.98 (6) 37.75 (6)	1:43.73 (6) 37.09 (6)	2:20.82 (6) 39.56 (2)	3:00.38 (6) 39.95 (2)	3:40.33 (4) 34.56 (7)	4:14.89 (4) 32.61 (4)	4:47.50	0.85
5	2	Sabine Klenz	GER	30.13 (3) 34.57 (6)	1:04.70 (4) 35.89 (1)	1:40.59 (3) 36.03 (3)	2:16.62 (2) 42.50 (5)	2:59.12 (4) 43.01 (5)	3:42.13 (5) 32.87 (2)	4:15.00 (5) 32.79 (5)	4:47.79	0.87
6	3	Liu Yin	CHN	29.81 (1) 33.84 (3)	1:03.65 (1) 37.12 (5)	1:40.77 (4) 36.33 (4)	2:17.10 (4) 42.78 (6)	2:59.88 (5) 43.47 (6)	3:43.35 (6) 33.81 (5)	4:17.16 (6) 33.17 (6)	4:50.33	0.86
7	1	Carolyn Adel	SUR	31.09 (5) 35.18 (7)	1:06.27 (7) 38.17 (7)	1:44.44 (7) 37.53 (7)	2:21.97 (7) 43.42 (7)	3:05.39 (7) 44.88 (8)	3:50.27 (7) 34.31 (6)	4:24.58 (7) 33.32 (8)	4:57.90	0.78
8	8	Adi Bichman	ISR	33.91 (8) 36.79 (8)	1:10.70 (8) 40.15 (8)	1:50.85 (8) 38.70 (8)	2:29.55 (8) 44.67 (8)	3:14.22 (8) 44.69 (7)	3:58.91 (8) 34.57 (8)	4:33.48 (8) 33.24 (7)	5:06.72	0.91

Heat Four (10:25)

Pos	Lane	Swimmer	NOC	50 m	100 m	150 m	200 m	250 m	300 m	350 m	Time	Reaction
1	4	Yana Klochkova	UKR	29.59 (1) 33.18 (1)	1:02.77 (1) 35.26 (1)	1:38.03 (1) 34.40 (1)	2:12.43 (1) 40.08 (2)	2:52.51 (1) 40.86 (=2)	3:33.37 (1) 32.91 (1)	4:06.28 (1) 31.36 (2)	4:37.64	0.82	Q
2	5	Kaitlin Sandeno	USA	30.18 (2) 33.46 (2)	1:03.64 (2) 35.59 (2)	1:39.23 (2) 34.88 (3)	2:14.11 (2) 41.01 (5)	2:55.12 (2) 41.20 (5)	3:36.32 (2) 32.92 (2)	4:09.24 (2) 31.65 (3)	4:40.89	0.76	Q
3	6	Jennifer Reilly	AUS	30.82 (4) 33.79 (3)	1:04.61 (3) 36.47 (5)	1:41.08 (3) 34.81 (2)	2:15.89 (3) 41.33 (6)	2:57.22 (4) 40.88 (4)	3:38.10 (4) 33.30 (4)	4:11.40 (4) 30.11 (1)	4:41.51	0.80	Q
4	3	Maddy Crippen	USA	30.62 (3) 34.12 (4)	1:04.74 (4) 36.38 (4)	1:41.12 (4) 35.80 (5)	2:16.92 (4) 40.19 (3)	2:57.11 (3) 40.86 (=2)	3:37.97 (3) 33.15 (3)	4:11.12 (3) 32.88 (6)	4:44.00	0.85	Q
5	7	Federica Biscia	ITA	32.27 (8) 34.95 (5)	1:07.22 (5) 36.90 (6)	1:44.12 (6) 36.07 (6)	2:20.19 (6) 39.88 (1)	3:00.07 (6) 40.03 (1)	3:40.10 (5) 34.84 (7)	4:14.94 (5) 32.62 (5)	4:47.56	0.89
6	2	Yseult Gervy	BEL	31.77 (6) 35.93 (7)	1:07.70 (7) 36.26 (3)	1:43.96 (5) 35.57 (4)	2:19.53 (5) 40.41 (4)	2:59.94 (5) 42.17 (6)	3:42.11 (6) 33.68 (5)	4:15.79 (6) 32.52 (4)	4:48.31	0.92
7	1	Lee Ji-Hyeon	KOR	31.78 (7) 36.03 (8)	1:07.81 (8) 37.17 (7)	1:44.98 (7) 37.61 (8)	2:22.59 (8) 43.47 (7)	3:06.06 (7) 45.35 (8)	3:51.41 (8) 34.52 (6)	4:25.93 (8) 33.01 (7)	4:58.94	0.91
8	8	Sia Wai Yen	MAS	31.69 (5) 35.88 (6)	1:07.57 (6) 38.38 (8)	1:45.95 (8) 36.55 (7)	2:22.50 (7) 43.80 (8)	3:06.30 (8) 44.44 (7)	3:50.74 (7) 35.04 (8)	4:25.78 (7) 33.40 (8)	4:59.18	0.82

Final (16 September 2000 — 19:03)

Pos	Lane	Swimmer	NOC	50 m	100 m	150 m	200 m	250 m	300 m	350 m	Time	Reaction
1	4	Yana Klochkova	UKR	28.95 (1) 32.67 (1)	1:01.62 (1) 35.40 (3)	1:37.02 (1) 34.28 (2)	2:11.30 (1) 39.52 (2)	2:50.82 (1) 39.81 (2)	3:30.63 (1) 31.97 (2)	4:02.60 (1) 30.99 (2)	4:33.59	0.81	OR
2	5	Yasuko Tajima	JPN	30.11 (4) 33.10 (2)	1:03.21 (4) 34.81 (1)	1:38.02 (3) 33.72 (1)	2:11.74 (2) 41.24 (5)	2:52.98 (2) 41.00 (3)	3:33.98 (3) 31.57 (1)	4:05.55 (2) 30.41 (1)	4:35.96	0.80
3	6	Beatrice Căşlaru	ROU	29.81 (3) 33.28 (3)	1:03.09 (3) 36.78 (8)	1:39.87 (4) 36.14 (7)	2:16.01 (5) 38.08 (1)	2:54.09 (3) 38.28 (1)	3:32.37 (2) 33.27 (7)	4:05.64 (3) 31.54 (4)	4:37.18	0.83
4	3	Kaitlin Sandeno	USA	29.39 (2) 33.36 (4)	1:02.75 (2) 35.17 (2)	1:37.92 (2) 35.24 (5)	2:13.16 (3) 41.25 (6)	2:54.41 (4) 41.91 (7)	3:36.32 (4) 32.77 (=4)	4:09.09 (4) 31.94 (6)	4:41.03	0.76
5	1	Nicole Hetzer	GER	30.57 (6) 34.53 (7)	1:05.10 (6) 35.66 (4)	1:40.76 (6) 34.62 (3)	2:15.38 (4) 41.52 (7)	2:56.90 (5) 42.29 (8)	3:39.19 (6) 32.50 (3)	4:11.69 (5) 31.87 (5)	4:43.56	0.94
6	8	Maddy Crippen	USA	31.08 (8) 34.40 (6)	1:05.48 (8) 36.41 (5)	1:41.89 (7) 35.19 (4)	2:17.08 (7) 40.91 (4)	2:57.99 (7) 41.21 (4)	3:39.20 (7) 33.05 (6)	4:12.25 (6) 32.38 (8)	4:44.63	0.86
7	7	Joanne Malar	CAN	30.36 (5) 33.59 (5)	1:03.95 (5) 36.65 (6)	1:40.60 (5) 36.17 (8)	2:16.77 (6) 40.84 (3)	2:57.61 (6) 41.40 (5)	3:39.01 (5) 34.18 (8)	4:13.19 (7) 31.98 (7)	4:45.17	0.89
8	2	Jennifer Reilly	AUS	30.69 (7) 34.72 (8)	1:05.41 (7) 36.77 (7)	1:42.18 (8) 35.88 (6)	2:18.06 (8) 41.96 (8)	3:00.02 (8) 41.71 (6)	3:41.73 (8) 32.77 (=4)	4:14.50 (8) 31.49 (3)	4:45.99	0.83