Swimming - Women's 400 m Free-style

Honour Rating : 4

Distance:

• 1920: 300m
• 1924-2000: 400m

Formula

• Final:
  • 1920: seven finalists
  • 1924-32: six finalists
  • 1936-2000: eight finalists
• B-final:
  • 1984-96: eight B-finalists
• Semi-Finals:
  • 1920: three semi-finals, top two qualified, plus one fastest loser
  • 1924: two semi-finals of four or five competitors, top two qualified plus one fastest loser
  • 1928: two semi-finals of six or seven competitors, three qualified
  • 1932: two semi-finals of four or five competitors, three qualified
  • 1936: two semi-finals of eight competitors, four qualified
  • 1948: two semi-finals of eight competitors, three qualified plus two fastest losers
  • 1952: two semi-finals of eight competitors, eight fastest times qualified
  • 1956-2000: none
• Round one:
  • 1920: none needed
  • 1924-32: four heats, two qualified, plus one fastest loser
  • 1936: five heats, three qualified, plus one fastest loser
  • 1948: four heats, three qualified, plus four fastest losers
  • 1952: 16 fastest times qualified
  • 1956-80: 8 fastest times qualified
  • 1984-96: 8 fastest times qualified for final, next 8 for B-final
  • 2000: 8 fastest times qualified

Participants

Top Competitors

1. (12800) Martha Norelius (USA/1924-28)
2. (10406) Janet Evans (USA/1988-96)
3. (10400) Dagmar Hase (GER/1992-96)
4. (7260) Dawn Fraser (AUS/1956-64)
5. (6656) Gyenge Valéria (HUN/1952-56)
6. (6560) Lenore Kight (USA/1932-36)
7. (6400) Ethelda Bleibtrey (USA/1920)
8. (6400) Helene Madison (USA/1932)
9. (6400) Rie Mastenbroek (NED/1936)
10. (6400) Ann Curtis (USA/1948)
11. (6400) Lorraine Crapp (AUS/1956)
12. (6400) Chris von Saltza (USA/1960)
13. (6400) Ginny Duenkel (USA/1964)
14. (6400) Debbie Meyer (USA/1968)
15. (6400) Shane Gould (AUS/1972)
16. (6400) Petra Thümer (GDR/1976)
17. (6400) Ines Diers (GDR/1980)
18. (6400) Tiffany Cohen (USA/1984)
19. (6400) Michelle Smith (IRL/1996)
20. (6400) Brooke Bennett (USA/2000)
21. (6400) Laure Manaudou (FRA/2004)
22. (5600) Shirley Babashoff (USA/1972-76)
23. (5500) Ragnhild Hveger (DEN/1936;48)
24. (4160) Sarah Hardcastle (GBR/1984;96)
25. (4010) Novella Calligaris (ITA/1968-72)
26. (4000) Margaret Woodbridge (USA/1920)
27. (4000) Helen Wainwright (USA/1924)
28. (4000) Maria "Zus" Braun (NED/1928)
29. (4000) Karen Margrethe Harup (DEN/1948)
30. (4000) Novák Éva (HUN/1952)
31. (4000) Jane Cederqvist (SWE/1960)
32. (4000) Marilyn Ramenofsky (USA/1964)
33. (4000) Linda Gustavson (USA/1968)
34. (4000) Petra Schneider (GDR/1980)
35. (4000) Heike Friedrich (GDR/1988)
36. (4000) Diana Munz (USA/2000)
37. (4000) Otylia Jedrzejczak (POL/2004)
38. (3720) Claudia Poll (CRC/1996-2004)
39. (2660) Kirsten Vlieghuis (NED/1996-2000)
40. (2624) Karen Moras (AUS/1968-72)
41. (2610) Kerstin Kielgaß (GER/1992-2000)
42. (2570) Hayley Lewis (AUS/1992-96)
43. (2560) Frances Schroth (USA/1920)
44. (2560) Gertrude Ederle (USA/1924)
45. (2560) Josephine McKim (USA/1928)
46. (2560) Jenny Maakal (RSA/1932)
47. (2560) Catherine Gibson (GBR/1948)
48. (2560) Evelyn Kawamoto (USA/1952)
49. (2560) Sylvia Ruuska (USA/1956)
50. (2560) Tineke Lagerberg (NED/1960)
51. (2560) Terri Lee Stickles (USA/1964)
52. (2560) Gudrun Wegner (GDR/1972)
53. (2560) Shannon Smith (CAN/1976)
54. (2560) Carmela Schmidt (GDR/1980)
55. (2560) June Croft (GBR/1984-88)
56. (2560) Anke Möhring (GDR/1988)
57. (2560) Kaitlin Sandeno (USA/2004)

This page is part of the site "Full Olympians" by Herman De Wael. See here for a full Introduction.