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400 metres Freestyle, Women

Date15 August 2004
StatusOlympic
LocationOlympiako Kentro Ugrou Stivou, Olympiako Athletiko Kentro Athinon Spiros Loues, Athina (Main Pool)
Participants38 from 31 countries

Laure Manaudou, at 17-years-old, announced herself as a new force in international swimming by winning the European title in May 2004 and then brought that form into the Olympic arena. After posting the fastest time in the heats, Manaudou led from the gun and, although she was closed down slightly on the final length of the pool, held on to win the championship and set the third fastest time ever recorded over the distance. This was the first time a French competitor had won an Olympic title in a swimming event since the 1952 Helsinki Games and the first time ever that a French female swimmer had become Olympic champion. Behind Manaudou, Otylia Jędrzejczak of Poland held off a late charge from American Kaitlin Sandeno to win silver.

PosCompetitorNOCR1Final
1Laure ManaudouFRA4:06.76 (1 h5)4:05.34 (1)Gold
2Otylia JędrzejczakPOL4:07.11 (1 h4)4:05.84 (2)Silver
3Kaitlin SandenoUSA4:08.22 (3 h4)4:06.19 (3)Bronze
4Camelia PotecROU4:07.39 (1 h3)4:06.34 (4)
5Ai ShibataJPN4:07.63 (2 h3)4:07.51 (5)
6Sachiko YamadaJPN4:09.10 (2 h5)4:10.91 (6)
7Linda MacKenzieAUS4:08.46 (3 h3)4:10.92 (7)
8Rebecca CookeGBR4:08.18 (2 h4)4:11.35 (8)
9Claudia PollCRC4:09.75 (4 h3)
10Kalyn KellerUSA4:09.83 (4 h4)
11Simona PăduraruROU4:10.39 (3 h5)
12Hannah StockbauerGER4:10.46 (4 h5)
13Elka GrahamAUS4:11.67 (5 h5)
14Pang JiayingCHN4:11.81 (6 h5)
15Éva RisztovHUN4:12.08 (5 h4)
16Brittany ReimerCAN4:12.33 (7 h5)
17Chen HuaCHN4:12.67 (6 h4)
18Erika VillaécijaESP4:13.03 (7 h4)
19Monique FerreiraBRA4:13.75 (8 h5)
20Zoi DimoschakiGRE4:13.96 (5 h3)
21Jo JacksonGBR4:14.89 (6 h3)
22Cecilia BiagioliARG4:16.42 (1 h2)
23Arantxa RamosESP4:16.52 (7 h3)
24Anja ČarmanSLO4:17.79 (2 h2)
25Darya ParshinaRUS4:18.24 (8 h4)
26Kristel KöbrichCHI4:18.68 (3 h2)
27Vesna StojanovskaMKD4:19.39 (4 h2)
28Janelle AtkinsonJAM4:20.00 (5 h2)
29Paola DuguetCOL4:20.69 (1 h1)
30Kristýna KyněrováCZE4:21.12 (8 h3)
31Rebecca LintonNZL4:21.58 (6 h2)
32Ha Eun-JuKOR4:21.65 (7 h2)
33Golda MarcusESA4:22.27 (2 h1)
34Pilin TachakittirananTHA4:23.62 (3 h1)
35Yasemin Özlem TaşkınTUR4:24.08 (4 h1)
36Ivanka MoralievaBUL4:25.92 (5 h1)
37Anita GalićCRO4:26.09 (6 h1)
38Olha BeresnievaUKR4:26.30 (8 h2)

Round One

Date15 August 2004
FormatFastest eight advanced to the final.
PosLaneCompetitorNOCTime
1Laure ManaudouFRA4:06.76Q
2Otylia JędrzejczakPOL4:07.11Q
3Camelia PotecROU4:07.39Q
4Ai ShibataJPN4:07.63Q
5Rebecca CookeGBR4:08.18Q
6Kaitlin SandenoUSA4:08.22Q
7Linda MacKenzieAUS4:08.46Q
8Sachiko YamadaJPN4:09.10Q
9Claudia PollCRC4:09.75
10Kalyn KellerUSA4:09.83
11Simona PăduraruROU4:10.39
12Hannah StockbauerGER4:10.46
13Elka GrahamAUS4:11.67
14Pang JiayingCHN4:11.81
15Éva RisztovHUN4:12.08
16Brittany ReimerCAN4:12.33
17Chen HuaCHN4:12.67
18Erika VillaécijaESP4:13.03
19Monique FerreiraBRA4:13.75
20Zoi DimoschakiGRE4:13.96
21Jo JacksonGBR4:14.89
22Cecilia BiagioliARG4:16.42
23Arantxa RamosESP4:16.52
24Anja ČarmanSLO4:17.79
25Darya ParshinaRUS4:18.24
26Kristel KöbrichCHI4:18.68
27Vesna StojanovskaMKD4:19.39
28Janelle AtkinsonJAM4:20.00
29Paola DuguetCOL4:20.69
30Kristýna KyněrováCZE4:21.12
31Rebecca LintonNZL4:21.58
32Ha Eun-JuKOR4:21.65
33Golda MarcusESA4:22.27
34Pilin TachakittirananTHA4:23.62
35Yasemin Özlem TaşkınTUR4:24.08
36Ivanka MoralievaBUL4:25.92
37Anita GalićCRO4:26.09
38Olha BeresnievaUKR4:26.30

Heat #1

Time11:30
PosLaneCompetitorNOCTimeReaction Time50 m100 m150 m200 m250 m300 m350 m50-100 m Time (Rank)100-150 m Time (Rank)150-200 m Time (Rank)200-250 m Time (Rank)250-300 m Time (Rank)300-350 m Time (Rank)350-400 m Time (Rank)
1Paola DuguetCOL4:20.690.8431.05 (4)1:03.18 (2)1:35.81 (2)2:08.67 (2)2:41.44 (2)3:14.41 (1)3:47.66 (1)32.13 (2)32.63 (2)32.86 (1)32.77 (1)32.97 (1)33.25 (2)33.03 (4)
2Golda MarcusESA4:22.270.7831.48 (6)1:04.05 (4)1:37.45 (4)2:10.48 (3)2:44.15 (4)3:17.65 (4)3:50.27 (3)32.57 (3)33.40 (5)33.03 (2)33.67 (4)33.50 (3)32.62 (1)32.00 (1)
3Pilin TachakittirananTHA4:23.620.8930.90 (3)1:03.89 (3)1:37.10 (3)2:10.66 (4)2:43.87 (3)3:17.32 (3)3:50.92 (4)32.99 (5)33.21 (3)33.56 (4)33.21 (2)33.45 (2)33.60 (3)32.70 (2)
4Yasemin Özlem TaşkınTUR4:24.080.8229.98 (1)1:01.29 (1)1:33.53 (1)2:06.69 (1)2:40.85 (1)3:15.39 (2)3:50.00 (2)31.31 (1)32.24 (1)33.16 (3)34.16 (6)34.54 (6)34.61 (6)34.08 (6)
5Ivanka MoralievaBUL4:25.920.9631.43 (5)1:04.39 (6)1:37.84 (6)2:11.47 (5)2:45.15 (5)3:18.82 (5)3:52.79 (5)32.96 (4)33.45 (6)33.63 (5)33.68 (5)33.67 (4)33.97 (5)33.13 (5)
6Anita GalićCRO4:26.090.9530.74 (2)1:04.13 (5)1:37.49 (5)2:11.63 (6)2:45.28 (6)3:19.26 (6)3:53.20 (6)33.39 (6)33.36 (4)34.14 (6)33.65 (3)33.98 (5)33.94 (4)32.89 (3)

Heat #2

Time11:36
PosLaneCompetitorNOCTimeReaction Time50 m100 m150 m200 m250 m300 m350 m50-100 m Time (Rank)100-150 m Time (Rank)150-200 m Time (Rank)200-250 m Time (Rank)250-300 m Time (Rank)300-350 m Time (Rank)350-400 m Time (Rank)
1Cecilia BiagioliARG4:16.420.8330.35 (5)1:02.35 (4)1:34.46 (3)2:06.83 (2)2:38.74 (2)3:10.95 (1)3:43.62 (1)32.00 (4)32.11 (1)32.37 (2)31.91 (1)32.21 (1)32.67 (1)32.80 (4)
2Anja ČarmanSLO4:17.790.8830.00 (2)1:01.43 (2)1:33.61 (1)2:05.93 (1)2:38.68 (1)3:11.84 (2)3:45.22 (2)31.43 (1)32.18 (2)32.32 (1)32.75 (3)33.16 (3)33.38 (4)32.57 (3)
3Kristel KöbrichCHI4:18.680.9330.22 (3)1:02.21 (3)1:34.63 (4)2:07.33 (4)2:40.15 (3)3:13.02 (3)3:46.26 (3)31.99 (3)32.42 (3)32.70 (4)32.82 (4)32.87 (2)33.24 (3)32.42 (2)
4Vesna StojanovskaMKD4:19.390.7730.44 (=6)1:02.70 (6)1:35.36 (6)2:08.52 (6)2:41.57 (6)3:15.25 (7)3:48.68 (7)32.26 (5)32.66 (=4)33.16 (6)33.05 (6)33.68 (6)33.43 (5)30.71 (1)
5Janelle AtkinsonJAM4:20.000.7130.34 (4)1:02.62 (5)1:35.29 (5)2:07.94 (5)2:40.60 (5)3:13.77 (4)3:46.95 (4)32.28 (6)32.67 (6)32.65 (3)32.66 (2)33.17 (4)33.18 (2)33.05 (6)
6Rebecca LintonNZL4:21.580.9130.44 (=6)1:03.05 (7)1:35.71 (7)2:08.58 (7)2:41.61 (7)3:15.02 (6)3:48.52 (=5)32.61 (7)32.66 (=4)32.87 (5)33.03 (5)33.41 (5)33.50 (6)33.06 (7)
7Ha Eun-JuKOR4:21.650.9229.41 (1)1:01.02 (1)1:33.70 (2)2:06.90 (3)2:40.45 (4)3:14.20 (5)3:48.52 (=5)31.61 (2)32.68 (7)33.20 (7)33.55 (7)33.75 (7)34.32 (7)33.13 (8)
8Olha BeresnievaUKR4:26.301.0531.35 (8)1:03.97 (8)1:37.24 (8)2:10.77 (8)2:44.90 (8)3:18.91 (8)3:53.41 (8)32.62 (8)33.27 (8)33.53 (8)34.13 (8)34.01 (8)34.50 (8)32.89 (5)

Heat #3

Time11:42
PosLaneCompetitorNOCTimeReaction Time50 m100 m150 m200 m250 m300 m350 m50-100 m Time (Rank)100-150 m Time (Rank)150-200 m Time (Rank)200-250 m Time (Rank)250-300 m Time (Rank)300-350 m Time (Rank)350-400 m Time (Rank)
1Camelia PotecROU4:07.390.9129.52 (4)1:00.41 (4)1:31.75 (4)2:03.21 (4)2:34.26 (4)3:05.67 (2)3:36.70 (1)30.89 (4)31.34 (4)31.46 (2)31.05 (1)31.41 (1)31.03 (1)30.69 (2)Q
2Ai ShibataJPN4:07.630.8928.78 (1)59.22 (1)1:30.42 (1)2:01.97 (1)2:33.44 (1)3:05.44 (1)3:36.97 (2)30.44 (1)31.20 (3)31.55 (3)31.47 (3)32.00 (4)31.53 (2)30.66 (1)Q
3Linda MacKenzieAUS4:08.460.7729.24 (2)1:00.00 (2)1:31.14 (2)2:02.82 (3)2:34.25 (3)3:05.91 (4)3:37.65 (3)30.76 (=2)31.14 (2)31.68 (4)31.43 (2)31.66 (2)31.74 (3)30.81 (3)Q
4Claudia PollCRC4:09.750.9329.36 (3)1:00.12 (3)1:31.21 (3)2:02.51 (2)2:34.03 (2)3:05.77 (3)3:37.71 (4)30.76 (=2)31.09 (1)31.30 (1)31.52 (4)31.74 (3)31.94 (4)32.04 (5)
5Zoi DimoschakiGRE4:13.960.8229.88 (8)1:01.09 (6)1:32.90 (6)2:05.00 (6)2:37.04 (6)3:09.80 (6)3:42.33 (5)31.21 (5)31.81 (6)32.10 (5)32.04 (5)32.76 (6)32.53 (5)31.63 (4)
6Jo JacksonGBR4:14.890.8229.79 (7)1:01.02 (5)1:32.61 (5)2:04.73 (5)2:36.80 (5)3:09.27 (5)3:42.35 (6)31.23 (6)31.59 (5)32.12 (6)32.07 (6)32.47 (5)33.08 (7)32.54 (7)
7Arantxa RamosESP4:16.520.8629.77 (6)1:01.17 (7)1:33.42 (7)2:05.60 (7)2:38.11 (7)3:11.08 (7)3:44.07 (7)31.40 (7)32.25 (7)32.18 (7)32.51 (7)32.97 (7)32.99 (6)32.45 (6)
8Kristýna KyněrováCZE4:21.120.8329.68 (5)1:01.82 (8)1:34.65 (8)2:07.91 (8)2:41.20 (8)3:14.67 (8)3:48.37 (8)32.14 (8)32.83 (8)33.26 (8)33.29 (8)33.47 (8)33.70 (8)32.75 (8)

Heat #4

Time11:48
PosLaneCompetitorNOCTimeReaction Time50 m100 m150 m200 m250 m300 m350 m50-100 m Time (Rank)100-150 m Time (Rank)150-200 m Time (Rank)200-250 m Time (Rank)250-300 m Time (Rank)300-350 m Time (Rank)350-400 m Time (Rank)
1Otylia JędrzejczakPOL4:07.110.8328.70 (1)1:00.11 (2)1:32.00 (2)2:03.33 (2)2:33.96 (1)3:04.92 (1)3:36.32 (1)31.41 (4)31.89 (4)31.33 (1)30.63 (1)30.96 (2)31.40 (2)30.79 (3)Q
2Rebecca CookeGBR4:08.180.9229.17 (2)59.86 (1)1:31.16 (1)2:02.80 (1)2:34.21 (2)3:06.01 (2)3:37.42 (2)30.69 (1)31.30 (1)31.64 (4)31.41 (4)31.80 (4)31.41 (3)30.76 (2)Q
3Kaitlin SandenoUSA4:08.220.7329.51 (4)1:00.95 (5)1:32.68 (4)2:04.31 (3)2:35.47 (3)3:06.32 (3)3:37.60 (3)31.44 (6)31.73 (3)31.63 (3)31.16 (2)30.85 (1)31.28 (1)30.62 (1)Q
4Kalyn KellerUSA4:09.830.7429.76 (8)1:01.23 (8)1:32.71 (5)2:04.38 (4)2:35.56 (4)3:06.98 (4)3:38.65 (4)31.47 (=7)31.48 (2)31.67 (5)31.18 (3)31.42 (3)31.67 (4)31.18 (6)
5Éva RisztovHUN4:12.080.8529.30 (3)1:00.61 (3)1:32.66 (3)2:04.66 (6)2:36.70 (5)3:08.82 (5)3:40.98 (5)31.31 (3)32.05 (6)32.00 (6)32.04 (5)32.12 (5)32.16 (6)31.10 (5)
6Chen HuaCHN4:12.670.8129.52 (5)1:00.99 (=6)1:32.92 (=6)2:04.54 (5)2:36.80 (6)3:08.97 (6)3:41.18 (6)31.47 (=7)31.93 (5)31.62 (2)32.26 (7)32.17 (6)32.21 (7)31.49 (7)
7Erika VillaécijaESP4:13.030.8829.57 (=6)1:00.84 (4)1:32.92 (=6)2:05.26 (7)2:37.51 (7)3:09.95 (7)3:42.00 (7)31.27 (2)32.08 (7)32.34 (7)32.25 (6)32.44 (7)32.05 (5)31.03 (4)
8Darya ParshinaRUS4:18.241.0729.57 (=6)1:00.99 (=6)1:33.38 (8)2:06.31 (8)2:39.41 (8)3:12.80 (8)3:45.78 (8)31.42 (5)32.39 (8)32.93 (8)33.10 (8)33.39 (8)32.98 (8)32.46 (8)

Heat #5

Time11:54
PosLaneCompetitorNOCTimeReaction Time50 m100 m150 m200 m250 m300 m350 m50-100 m Time (Rank)100-150 m Time (Rank)150-200 m Time (Rank)200-250 m Time (Rank)250-300 m Time (Rank)300-350 m Time (Rank)350-400 m Time (Rank)
1Laure ManaudouFRA4:06.760.9028.81 (1)59.59 (1)1:30.81 (1)2:02.21 (1)2:33.65 (1)3:04.90 (1)3:36.21 (1)30.78 (1)31.22 (2)31.40 (2)31.44 (1)31.25 (1)31.31 (1)30.55 (2)Q
2Sachiko YamadaJPN4:09.100.7929.67 (=6)1:00.60 (5)1:32.12 (5)2:03.16 (3)2:34.67 (3)3:06.34 (2)3:38.06 (2)30.93 (4)31.52 (3)31.04 (1)31.51 (2)31.67 (2)31.72 (2)31.04 (6)Q
3Simona PăduraruROU4:10.390.8329.14 (4)59.98 (3)1:31.55 (3)2:03.17 (4)2:35.22 (4)3:07.46 (4)3:39.52 (3)30.84 (2)31.57 (4)31.62 (4)32.05 (7)32.24 (=5)32.06 (=4)30.87 (4)
4Hannah StockbauerGER4:10.460.8829.69 (8)1:00.71 (6)1:32.59 (6)2:04.00 (6)2:36.04 (5)3:08.13 (5)3:40.18 (5)31.02 (5)31.88 (6)31.41 (3)32.04 (6)32.09 (4)32.05 (3)30.28 (1)
5Elka GrahamAUS4:11.670.8529.66 (5)1:00.85 (7)1:32.74 (7)2:04.83 (7)2:36.68 (7)3:08.53 (6)3:40.77 (6)31.19 (7)31.89 (7)32.09 (6)31.85 (3)31.85 (3)32.24 (6)30.90 (5)
6Pang JiayingCHN4:11.810.8029.02 (3)59.94 (2)1:31.09 (2)2:02.74 (2)2:34.66 (2)3:07.11 (3)3:39.81 (4)30.92 (3)31.15 (1)31.65 (5)31.92 (4)32.45 (7)32.70 (8)32.00 (8)
7Brittany ReimerCAN4:12.330.8629.00 (2)1:00.05 (4)1:31.81 (4)2:03.98 (5)2:36.57 (6)3:09.13 (7)3:41.64 (7)31.05 (6)31.76 (5)32.17 (7)32.59 (8)32.56 (8)32.51 (7)30.69 (3)
8Monique FerreiraBRA4:13.750.7729.67 (=6)1:01.38 (8)1:33.34 (8)2:05.71 (8)2:37.67 (8)3:09.91 (8)3:41.97 (8)31.71 (8)31.96 (8)32.37 (8)31.96 (5)32.24 (=5)32.06 (=4)31.78 (7)

Final Round

Date15 August 2004 — 20:51
PosLaneCompetitorNOCTimeReaction Time50 m100 m150 m200 m250 m300 m350 m50-100 m Time (Rank)100-150 m Time (Rank)150-200 m Time (Rank)200-250 m Time (Rank)250-300 m Time (Rank)300-350 m Time (Rank)350-400 m Time (Rank)
1Laure ManaudouFRA4:05.340.8928.38 (1)58.85 (1)1:30.03 (1)2:01.38 (1)2:32.50 (1)3:03.74 (1)3:34.97 (1)30.47 (2)31.18 (2)31.35 (=1)31.12 (3)31.24 (2)31.23 (4)30.37 (5)
2Otylia JędrzejczakPOL4:05.840.8428.74 (2)59.09 (2)1:30.33 (2)2:01.68 (2)2:33.00 (2)3:04.52 (2)3:35.96 (2)30.35 (1)31.24 (3)31.35 (=1)31.32 (4)31.52 (4)31.44 (5)29.88 (1)
3Kaitlin SandenoUSA4:06.190.8029.41 (7)1:00.54 (=6)1:31.69 (5)2:03.05 (3)2:34.14 (3)3:05.19 (3)3:36.18 (4)31.13 (5)31.15 (1)31.36 (3)31.09 (2)31.05 (1)30.99 (2)30.01 (2)
4Camelia PotecROU4:06.340.9429.23 (4)1:00.17 (4)1:31.64 (4)2:03.20 (4)2:34.17 (4)3:05.46 (4)3:36.16 (3)30.94 (4)31.47 (4)31.56 (4)30.97 (1)31.29 (3)30.70 (1)30.18 (4)
5Ai ShibataJPN4:07.510.9429.08 (3)59.98 (3)1:31.50 (3)2:03.28 (5)2:34.66 (5)3:06.23 (5)3:37.39 (5)30.90 (3)31.52 (5)31.78 (7)31.38 (5)31.57 (5)31.16 (3)30.12 (3)
6Sachiko YamadaJPN4:10.910.8429.44 (8)1:00.64 (8)1:32.35 (=6)2:04.08 (6)2:35.50 (6)3:07.09 (6)3:38.96 (6)31.20 (7)31.71 (6)31.73 (5)31.42 (6)31.59 (6)31.87 (7)31.95 (8)
7Linda MacKenzieAUS4:10.920.8029.28 (5)1:00.54 (=6)1:32.35 (=6)2:04.12 (7)2:35.71 (7)3:07.73 (7)3:39.49 (7)31.26 (8)31.81 (7)31.77 (6)31.59 (7)32.02 (7)31.76 (6)31.43 (7)
8Rebecca CookeGBR4:11.350.8129.36 (6)1:00.53 (5)1:32.39 (8)2:04.37 (8)2:36.31 (8)3:08.65 (8)3:40.59 (8)31.17 (6)31.86 (8)31.98 (8)31.94 (8)32.34 (8)31.94 (8)30.76 (6)