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Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's 400 metre individual medley

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Field	Value
event	Women's 400 metre individual medley
games	2008 Summer
venue	Beijing National Aquatics Center
date	August 9, 2008 (heats)
August 10, 2008 (final)
competitors	38
nations	28
win_value	4:29.45
gold	Stephanie Rice
goldNOC	AUS
silver	Kirsty Coventry
silverNOC	ZIM
bronze	Katie Hoff
bronzeNOC	USA
prev	2004
next	2012

August 10, 2008 (final)

The women's 400 metre individual medley event at the 2008 Olympic Games took place on 9–10 August at the Beijing National Aquatics Center in Beijing, China.

Australia's Stephanie Rice pulled away to a strong finish on the freestyle leg, as she claimed an Olympic gold medal in the event. She established a sterling time of 4:29.45 to slash 1.67 seconds off the world record, set by Katie Hoff from the U.S. Olympic Trials. Zimbabwe's Kirsty Coventry also went under a world record, but earned her first silver at these Games, in an African record of 4:29.89. Meanwhile, Hoff did not match her stellar performance from the trials, as she settled only for the bronze in 4:31.71.

Rising American teenager Elizabeth Beisel finished outside the medals in fourth place at 4:34.24, holding off Italy's Alessia Filippi (4:34.34) to fifth by exactly a tenth of a second (0.10). Great Britain's Hannah Miley (4:39.44), Russia's Yana Martynova (4:40.04), and China's Li Xuanxu (4:42.13) rounded out the finale.

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.

The following new world and Olympic records were set during this competition.

Date	Event	Name	Nationality	Time	Record
August 10	Final	Stephanie Rice	AUS	4:29.45

Results

Heats

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	3	4	Elizabeth Beisel	USA	4:34.55	Q
2	5	4	Katie Hoff	USA	4:34.63	Q
3	3	5	Alessia Filippi	ITA	4:35.11	Q
4	4	Stephanie Rice	AUS	Q
5	3	3	Yana Martynova	RUS	4:36.25	Q, NR
6	4	3	Li Xuanxu	CHN	4:36.35	Q
7	4	5	Kirsty Coventry	ZIM	4:36.43	Q
8	5	5	Hannah Miley	GBR	4:36.56	Q
9	4	7	Katarzyna Baranowska	POL	4:36.95	NR
10	4	1	Kathryn Meaklim	RSA	4:37.11	NR
11	3	7	Maiko Fujino	JPN	4:37.35
12	5	3	Katinka Hosszú	HUN	4:37.55
13	5	2	Zsuzsanna Jakabos	HUN	4:37.86
14	5	7	Mireia Belmonte García	ESP	4:37.91
15	3	6	Keri-Anne Payne	GBR	4:38.69
16	5	8	Anja Klinar	SLO	4:38.90
17	2	3	Joanna Melo	BRA	4:40.18
18	2	7	Sara Nordenstam	NOR	4:40.28	NR
19	4	6	Camille Muffat	FRA	4:40.29
20	3	8	Tanya Hunks	CAN	4:40.63
21	5	1	Jessica Pengelly	RSA	4:41.04
22	3	1	Samantha Hamill	AUS	4:41.89
23	5	6	Joanne Andraca	FRA	4:43.88
24	3	2	Helen Norfolk	NZL	4:44.22
25	2	5	Liu Jing	CHN	4:44.96
26	2	1	Jördis Steinegger	AUT	4:45.15
27	4	2	Saori Haruguchi	JPN	4:45.22
28	1	3	Nam Yoo-sun	KOR	4:46.74
29	4	8	Alexa Komarnycky	CAN	4:46.98
30	2	8	Susana Escobar	MEX	4:47.32	NR
31	2	6	Svetlana Karpeeva	RUS	4:50.22
32	1	6	Quah Ting Wen	SIN	4:51.25	NR
33	2	2	Katharina Schiller	GER	4:51.52
34	1	4	Lew Yih Wey	MAS	4:55.83
35	1	5	Anna-Liisa Põld	EST	4:58.21
36	2	4	Georgina Bardach	ARG	5:00.87
37	1	7	Nimitta Thaveesupsoonthorn	THA	5:02.18
	1	2	Maroua Mathlouthi	TUN	DNS

Final

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	6	Stephanie Rice	AUS	4:29.45
	1	Kirsty Coventry	ZIM	4:29.89	AF
	5	Katie Hoff	USA	4:31.71
4	4	Elizabeth Beisel	USA	4:34.24
5	3	Alessia Filippi	ITA	4:34.34	NR
6	8	Hannah Miley	GBR	4:39.44
7	2	Yana Martynova	RUS	4:40.04
8	7	Li Xuanxu	CHN	4:42.13

References

(9 August 2008). "Olympic Swimming Schedule". [[USA Today]].
(10 August 2008). "Rice claims first Aussie gold". [[ABC News (Australia).
(10 August 2008). "Stephanie Rice wins Australia's first medal of the Beijing Games in 400m individual medley". [[The Daily Telegraph (Sydney)]].
Lohn, John. (10 August 2008). "Return to Sender…Stephanie Rice Blasts Women's 400 IM World Record". [[Swimming World Magazine]].
(10 August 2008). "Hoff loses world record, finishes 3rd in 400 IM". [[NBC News]].
Crouse, Karen. (30 June 2008). "Rival's fast finish propels Phelps to another record". [[The New York Times]].
(29 September 2000). "2000 Olympic Games Results". [[Omega SA.

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