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400 metres Freestyle, Women

Date	15 August 2004
Status	Olympic
Location	Olympiako Kentro Ugrou Stivou, Olympiako Athletiko Kentro Athinon Spiros Loues, Athina (Main Pool)
Participants	38 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.

Pos	Swimmer	NOC	R1	Final
1	Laure Manaudou	FRA	4:06.76 (1 h5)	4:05.34 (1)	Gold
2	Otylia Jędrzejczak	POL	4:07.11 (1 h4)	4:05.84 (2)	Silver
3	Kaitlin Sandeno	USA	4:08.22 (3 h4)	4:06.19 (3)	Bronze
4	Camelia Potec	ROU	4:07.39 (1 h3)	4:06.34 (4)
5	Ai Shibata	JPN	4:07.63 (2 h3)	4:07.51 (5)
6	Sachiko Yamada	JPN	4:09.10 (2 h5)	4:10.91 (6)
7	Linda MacKenzie	AUS	4:08.46 (3 h3)	4:10.92 (7)
8	Rebecca Cooke	GBR	4:08.18 (2 h4)	4:11.35 (8)
9	Claudia Poll	CRC	4:09.75 (4 h3)	–
10	Kalyn Keller	USA	4:09.83 (4 h4)	–
11	Simona Păduraru	ROU	4:10.39 (3 h5)	–
12	Hannah Stockbauer	GER	4:10.46 (4 h5)	–
13	Elka Graham	AUS	4:11.67 (5 h5)	–
14	Pang Jiaying	CHN	4:11.81 (6 h5)	–
15	Éva Risztov	HUN	4:12.08 (5 h4)	–
16	Brittany Reimer	CAN	4:12.33 (7 h5)	–
17	Chen Hua	CHN	4:12.67 (6 h4)	–
18	Erika Villaécija	ESP	4:13.03 (7 h4)	–
19	Monique Ferreira	BRA	4:13.75 (8 h5)	–
20	Zoi Dimoschaki	GRE	4:13.96 (5 h3)	–
21	Jo Jackson	GBR	4:14.89 (6 h3)	–
22	Cecilia Biagioli	ARG	4:16.42 (1 h2)	–
23	Arantxa Ramos	ESP	4:16.52 (7 h3)	–
24	Anja Čarman	SLO	4:17.79 (2 h2)	–
25	Darya Parshina	RUS	4:18.24 (8 h4)	–
26	Kristel Köbrich	CHI	4:18.68 (3 h2)	–
27	Vesna Stojanovska	MKD	4:19.39 (4 h2)	–
28	Janelle Atkinson	JAM	4:20.00 (5 h2)	–
29	Paola Duguet	COL	4:20.69 (1 h1)	–
30	Kristýna Kyněrová	CZE	4:21.12 (8 h3)	–
31	Rebecca Linton	NZL	4:21.58 (6 h2)	–
32	Ha Eun-Ju	KOR	4:21.65 (7 h2)	–
33	Golda Marcus	ESA	4:22.27 (2 h1)	–
34	Pilin Tachakittiranan	THA	4:23.62 (3 h1)	–
35	Yasemin Özlem Taşkın	TUR	4:24.08 (4 h1)	–
36	Ivanka Moralieva	BUL	4:25.92 (5 h1)	–
37	Anita Galić	CRO	4:26.09 (6 h1)	–
38	Olha Beresnieva	UKR	4:26.30 (8 h2)	–

Round One (15 August 2004)

Fastest eight advanced to the final.

Heat One (11:30)

Pos	Lane	Swimmer	NOC	50 m	100 m	150 m	200 m	250 m	300 m	350 m	Time	Reaction
1	6	Paola Duguet	COL	31.05 (4) 32.13 (2)	1:03.18 (2) 32.63 (2)	1:35.81 (2) 32.86 (1)	2:08.67 (2) 32.77 (1)	2:41.44 (2) 32.97 (1)	3:14.41 (1) 33.25 (2)	3:47.66 (1) 33.03 (4)	4:20.69	0.84
2	4	Golda Marcus	ESA	31.48 (6) 32.57 (3)	1:04.05 (4) 33.40 (5)	1:37.45 (4) 33.03 (2)	2:10.48 (3) 33.67 (4)	2:44.15 (4) 33.50 (3)	3:17.65 (4) 32.62 (1)	3:50.27 (3) 32.00 (1)	4:22.27	0.78
3	5	Pilin Tachakittiranan	THA	30.90 (3) 32.99 (5)	1:03.89 (3) 33.21 (3)	1:37.10 (3) 33.56 (4)	2:10.66 (4) 33.21 (2)	2:43.87 (3) 33.45 (2)	3:17.32 (3) 33.60 (3)	3:50.92 (4) 32.70 (2)	4:23.62	0.89
4	7	Yasemin Özlem Taşkın	TUR	29.98 (1) 31.31 (1)	1:01.29 (1) 32.24 (1)	1:33.53 (1) 33.16 (3)	2:06.69 (1) 34.16 (6)	2:40.85 (1) 34.54 (6)	3:15.39 (2) 34.61 (6)	3:50.00 (2) 34.08 (6)	4:24.08	0.82
5	3	Ivanka Moralieva	BUL	31.43 (5) 32.96 (4)	1:04.39 (6) 33.45 (6)	1:37.84 (6) 33.63 (5)	2:11.47 (5) 33.68 (5)	2:45.15 (5) 33.67 (4)	3:18.82 (5) 33.97 (5)	3:52.79 (5) 33.13 (5)	4:25.92	0.96
6	2	Anita Galić	CRO	30.74 (2) 33.39 (6)	1:04.13 (5) 33.36 (4)	1:37.49 (5) 34.14 (6)	2:11.63 (6) 33.65 (3)	2:45.28 (6) 33.98 (5)	3:19.26 (6) 33.94 (4)	3:53.20 (6) 32.89 (3)	4:26.09	0.95

Heat Two (11:36)

Pos	Lane	Swimmer	NOC	50 m	100 m	150 m	200 m	250 m	300 m	350 m	Time	Reaction
1	6	Cecilia Biagioli	ARG	30.35 (5) 32.00 (4)	1:02.35 (4) 32.11 (1)	1:34.46 (3) 32.37 (2)	2:06.83 (2) 31.91 (1)	2:38.74 (2) 32.21 (1)	3:10.95 (1) 32.67 (1)	3:43.62 (1) 32.80 (4)	4:16.42	0.83
2	3	Anja Čarman	SLO	30.00 (2) 31.43 (1)	1:01.43 (2) 32.18 (2)	1:33.61 (1) 32.32 (1)	2:05.93 (1) 32.75 (3)	2:38.68 (1) 33.16 (3)	3:11.84 (2) 33.38 (4)	3:45.22 (2) 32.57 (3)	4:17.79	0.88
3	7	Kristel Köbrich	CHI	30.22 (3) 31.99 (3)	1:02.21 (3) 32.42 (3)	1:34.63 (4) 32.70 (4)	2:07.33 (4) 32.82 (4)	2:40.15 (3) 32.87 (2)	3:13.02 (3) 33.24 (3)	3:46.26 (3) 32.42 (2)	4:18.68	0.93
4	2	Vesna Stojanovska	MKD	30.44 (=6) 32.26 (5)	1:02.70 (6) 32.66 (=4)	1:35.36 (6) 33.16 (6)	2:08.52 (6) 33.05 (6)	2:41.57 (6) 33.68 (6)	3:15.25 (7) 33.43 (5)	3:48.68 (7) 30.71 (1)	4:19.39	0.77
5	5	Janelle Atkinson	JAM	30.34 (4) 32.28 (6)	1:02.62 (5) 32.67 (6)	1:35.29 (5) 32.65 (3)	2:07.94 (5) 32.66 (2)	2:40.60 (5) 33.17 (4)	3:13.77 (4) 33.18 (2)	3:46.95 (4) 33.05 (6)	4:20.00	0.71
6	1	Rebecca Linton	NZL	30.44 (=6) 32.61 (7)	1:03.05 (7) 32.66 (=4)	1:35.71 (7) 32.87 (5)	2:08.58 (7) 33.03 (5)	2:41.61 (7) 33.41 (5)	3:15.02 (6) 33.50 (6)	3:48.52 (=5) 33.06 (7)	4:21.58	0.91
7	8	Ha Eun-Ju	KOR	29.41 (1) 31.61 (2)	1:01.02 (1) 32.68 (7)	1:33.70 (2) 33.20 (7)	2:06.90 (3) 33.55 (7)	2:40.45 (4) 33.75 (7)	3:14.20 (5) 34.32 (7)	3:48.52 (=5) 33.13 (8)	4:21.65	0.92
8	4	Olha Beresnieva	UKR	31.35 (8) 32.62 (8)	1:03.97 (8) 33.27 (8)	1:37.24 (8) 33.53 (8)	2:10.77 (8) 34.13 (8)	2:44.90 (8) 34.01 (8)	3:18.91 (8) 34.50 (8)	3:53.41 (8) 32.89 (5)	4:26.30	1.05

Heat Three (11:42)

Pos	Lane	Swimmer	NOC	50 m	100 m	150 m	200 m	250 m	300 m	350 m	Time	Reaction
1	4	Camelia Potec	ROU	29.52 (4) 30.89 (4)	1:00.41 (4) 31.34 (4)	1:31.75 (4) 31.46 (2)	2:03.21 (4) 31.05 (1)	2:34.26 (4) 31.41 (1)	3:05.67 (2) 31.03 (1)	3:36.70 (1) 30.69 (2)	4:07.39	0.91	Q
2	5	Ai Shibata	JPN	28.78 (1) 30.44 (1)	59.22 (1) 31.20 (3)	1:30.42 (1) 31.55 (3)	2:01.97 (1) 31.47 (3)	2:33.44 (1) 32.00 (4)	3:05.44 (1) 31.53 (2)	3:36.97 (2) 30.66 (1)	4:07.63	0.89	Q
3	6	Linda MacKenzie	AUS	29.24 (2) 30.76 (=2)	1:00.00 (2) 31.14 (2)	1:31.14 (2) 31.68 (4)	2:02.82 (3) 31.43 (2)	2:34.25 (3) 31.66 (2)	3:05.91 (4) 31.74 (3)	3:37.65 (3) 30.81 (3)	4:08.46	0.77	Q
4	2	Claudia Poll	CRC	29.36 (3) 30.76 (=2)	1:00.12 (3) 31.09 (1)	1:31.21 (3) 31.30 (1)	2:02.51 (2) 31.52 (4)	2:34.03 (2) 31.74 (3)	3:05.77 (3) 31.94 (4)	3:37.71 (4) 32.04 (5)	4:09.75	0.93
5	1	Zoi Dimoschaki	GRE	29.88 (8) 31.21 (5)	1:01.09 (6) 31.81 (6)	1:32.90 (6) 32.10 (5)	2:05.00 (6) 32.04 (5)	2:37.04 (6) 32.76 (6)	3:09.80 (6) 32.53 (5)	3:42.33 (5) 31.63 (4)	4:13.96	0.82
6	3	Jo Jackson	GBR	29.79 (7) 31.23 (6)	1:01.02 (5) 31.59 (5)	1:32.61 (5) 32.12 (6)	2:04.73 (5) 32.07 (6)	2:36.80 (5) 32.47 (5)	3:09.27 (5) 33.08 (7)	3:42.35 (6) 32.54 (7)	4:14.89	0.82
7	7	Arantxa Ramos	ESP	29.77 (6) 31.40 (7)	1:01.17 (7) 32.25 (7)	1:33.42 (7) 32.18 (7)	2:05.60 (7) 32.51 (7)	2:38.11 (7) 32.97 (7)	3:11.08 (7) 32.99 (6)	3:44.07 (7) 32.45 (6)	4:16.52	0.86
8	8	Kristýna Kyněrová	CZE	29.68 (5) 32.14 (8)	1:01.82 (8) 32.83 (8)	1:34.65 (8) 33.26 (8)	2:07.91 (8) 33.29 (8)	2:41.20 (8) 33.47 (8)	3:14.67 (8) 33.70 (8)	3:48.37 (8) 32.75 (8)	4:21.12	0.83

Heat Four (11:48)

Pos	Lane	Swimmer	NOC	50 m	100 m	150 m	200 m	250 m	300 m	350 m	Time	Reaction
1	5	Otylia Jędrzejczak	POL	28.70 (1) 31.41 (4)	1:00.11 (2) 31.89 (4)	1:32.00 (2) 31.33 (1)	2:03.33 (2) 30.63 (1)	2:33.96 (1) 30.96 (2)	3:04.92 (1) 31.40 (2)	3:36.32 (1) 30.79 (3)	4:07.11	0.83	Q
2	1	Rebecca Cooke	GBR	29.17 (2) 30.69 (1)	59.86 (1) 31.30 (1)	1:31.16 (1) 31.64 (4)	2:02.80 (1) 31.41 (4)	2:34.21 (2) 31.80 (4)	3:06.01 (2) 31.41 (3)	3:37.42 (2) 30.76 (2)	4:08.18	0.92	Q
3	3	Kaitlin Sandeno	USA	29.51 (4) 31.44 (6)	1:00.95 (5) 31.73 (3)	1:32.68 (4) 31.63 (3)	2:04.31 (3) 31.16 (2)	2:35.47 (3) 30.85 (1)	3:06.32 (3) 31.28 (1)	3:37.60 (3) 30.62 (1)	4:08.22	0.73	Q
4	2	Kalyn Keller	USA	29.76 (8) 31.47 (=7)	1:01.23 (8) 31.48 (2)	1:32.71 (5) 31.67 (5)	2:04.38 (4) 31.18 (3)	2:35.56 (4) 31.42 (3)	3:06.98 (4) 31.67 (4)	3:38.65 (4) 31.18 (6)	4:09.83	0.74
5	4	Éva Risztov	HUN	29.30 (3) 31.31 (3)	1:00.61 (3) 32.05 (6)	1:32.66 (3) 32.00 (6)	2:04.66 (6) 32.04 (5)	2:36.70 (5) 32.12 (5)	3:08.82 (5) 32.16 (6)	3:40.98 (5) 31.10 (5)	4:12.08	0.85
6	6	Chen Hua	CHN	29.52 (5) 31.47 (=7)	1:00.99 (=6) 31.93 (5)	1:32.92 (=6) 31.62 (2)	2:04.54 (5) 32.26 (7)	2:36.80 (6) 32.17 (6)	3:08.97 (6) 32.21 (7)	3:41.18 (6) 31.49 (7)	4:12.67	0.81
7	7	Erika Villaécija	ESP	29.57 (=6) 31.27 (2)	1:00.84 (4) 32.08 (7)	1:32.92 (=6) 32.34 (7)	2:05.26 (7) 32.25 (6)	2:37.51 (7) 32.44 (7)	3:09.95 (7) 32.05 (5)	3:42.00 (7) 31.03 (4)	4:13.03	0.88
8	8	Darya Parshina	RUS	29.57 (=6) 31.42 (5)	1:00.99 (=6) 32.39 (8)	1:33.38 (8) 32.93 (8)	2:06.31 (8) 33.10 (8)	2:39.41 (8) 33.39 (8)	3:12.80 (8) 32.98 (8)	3:45.78 (8) 32.46 (8)	4:18.24	1.07

Heat Five (11:54)

Pos	Lane	Swimmer	NOC	50 m	100 m	150 m	200 m	250 m	300 m	350 m	Time	Reaction
1	3	Laure Manaudou	FRA	28.81 (1) 30.78 (1)	59.59 (1) 31.22 (2)	1:30.81 (1) 31.40 (2)	2:02.21 (1) 31.44 (1)	2:33.65 (1) 31.25 (1)	3:04.90 (1) 31.31 (1)	3:36.21 (1) 30.55 (2)	4:06.76	0.90	Q
2	5	Sachiko Yamada	JPN	29.67 (=6) 30.93 (4)	1:00.60 (5) 31.52 (3)	1:32.12 (5) 31.04 (1)	2:03.16 (3) 31.51 (2)	2:34.67 (3) 31.67 (2)	3:06.34 (2) 31.72 (2)	3:38.06 (2) 31.04 (6)	4:09.10	0.79	Q
3	7	Simona Păduraru	ROU	29.14 (4) 30.84 (2)	59.98 (3) 31.57 (4)	1:31.55 (3) 31.62 (4)	2:03.17 (4) 32.05 (7)	2:35.22 (4) 32.24 (=5)	3:07.46 (4) 32.06 (=4)	3:39.52 (3) 30.87 (4)	4:10.39	0.83
4	4	Hannah Stockbauer	GER	29.69 (8) 31.02 (5)	1:00.71 (6) 31.88 (6)	1:32.59 (6) 31.41 (3)	2:04.00 (6) 32.04 (6)	2:36.04 (5) 32.09 (4)	3:08.13 (5) 32.05 (3)	3:40.18 (5) 30.28 (1)	4:10.46	0.88
5	6	Elka Graham	AUS	29.66 (5) 31.19 (7)	1:00.85 (7) 31.89 (7)	1:32.74 (7) 32.09 (6)	2:04.83 (7) 31.85 (3)	2:36.68 (7) 31.85 (3)	3:08.53 (6) 32.24 (6)	3:40.77 (6) 30.90 (5)	4:11.67	0.85
6	1	Pang Jiaying	CHN	29.02 (3) 30.92 (3)	59.94 (2) 31.15 (1)	1:31.09 (2) 31.65 (5)	2:02.74 (2) 31.92 (4)	2:34.66 (2) 32.45 (7)	3:07.11 (3) 32.70 (8)	3:39.81 (4) 32.00 (8)	4:11.81	0.80
7	2	Brittany Reimer	CAN	29.00 (2) 31.05 (6)	1:00.05 (4) 31.76 (5)	1:31.81 (4) 32.17 (7)	2:03.98 (5) 32.59 (8)	2:36.57 (6) 32.56 (8)	3:09.13 (7) 32.51 (7)	3:41.64 (7) 30.69 (3)	4:12.33	0.86
8	8	Monique Ferreira	BRA	29.67 (=6) 31.71 (8)	1:01.38 (8) 31.96 (8)	1:33.34 (8) 32.37 (8)	2:05.71 (8) 31.96 (5)	2:37.67 (8) 32.24 (=5)	3:09.91 (8) 32.06 (=4)	3:41.97 (8) 31.78 (7)	4:13.75	0.77

Final (15 August 2004 — 20:51)

Pos	Lane	Swimmer	NOC	50 m	100 m	150 m	200 m	250 m	300 m	350 m	Time	Reaction
1	4	Laure Manaudou	FRA	28.38 (1) 30.47 (2)	58.85 (1) 31.18 (2)	1:30.03 (1) 31.35 (=1)	2:01.38 (1) 31.12 (3)	2:32.50 (1) 31.24 (2)	3:03.74 (1) 31.23 (4)	3:34.97 (1) 30.37 (5)	4:05.34	0.89
2	5	Otylia Jędrzejczak	POL	28.74 (2) 30.35 (1)	59.09 (2) 31.24 (3)	1:30.33 (2) 31.35 (=1)	2:01.68 (2) 31.32 (4)	2:33.00 (2) 31.52 (4)	3:04.52 (2) 31.44 (5)	3:35.96 (2) 29.88 (1)	4:05.84	0.84
3	7	Kaitlin Sandeno	USA	29.41 (7) 31.13 (5)	1:00.54 (=6) 31.15 (1)	1:31.69 (5) 31.36 (3)	2:03.05 (3) 31.09 (2)	2:34.14 (3) 31.05 (1)	3:05.19 (3) 30.99 (2)	3:36.18 (4) 30.01 (2)	4:06.19	0.80
4	3	Camelia Potec	ROU	29.23 (4) 30.94 (4)	1:00.17 (4) 31.47 (4)	1:31.64 (4) 31.56 (4)	2:03.20 (4) 30.97 (1)	2:34.17 (4) 31.29 (3)	3:05.46 (4) 30.70 (1)	3:36.16 (3) 30.18 (4)	4:06.34	0.94
5	6	Ai Shibata	JPN	29.08 (3) 30.90 (3)	59.98 (3) 31.52 (5)	1:31.50 (3) 31.78 (7)	2:03.28 (5) 31.38 (5)	2:34.66 (5) 31.57 (5)	3:06.23 (5) 31.16 (3)	3:37.39 (5) 30.12 (3)	4:07.51	0.94
6	8	Sachiko Yamada	JPN	29.44 (8) 31.20 (7)	1:00.64 (8) 31.71 (6)	1:32.35 (=6) 31.73 (5)	2:04.08 (6) 31.42 (6)	2:35.50 (6) 31.59 (6)	3:07.09 (6) 31.87 (7)	3:38.96 (6) 31.95 (8)	4:10.91	0.84
7	1	Linda MacKenzie	AUS	29.28 (5) 31.26 (8)	1:00.54 (=6) 31.81 (7)	1:32.35 (=6) 31.77 (6)	2:04.12 (7) 31.59 (7)	2:35.71 (7) 32.02 (7)	3:07.73 (7) 31.76 (6)	3:39.49 (7) 31.43 (7)	4:10.92	0.80
8	2	Rebecca Cooke	GBR	29.36 (6) 31.17 (6)	1:00.53 (5) 31.86 (8)	1:32.39 (8) 31.98 (8)	2:04.37 (8) 31.94 (8)	2:36.31 (8) 32.34 (8)	3:08.65 (8) 31.94 (8)	3:40.59 (8) 30.76 (6)	4:11.35	0.81