Women's 400 metre individual medley
at the Games of the XXXII Olympiad
VenueTokyo Aquatics Centre
Dates24 July 2021 (heats)
25 July 2021 (final)
Competitors17 from 13 nations
Winning time4:32.08
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Yui Ohashi  Japan
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Emma Weyant  United States
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Hali Flickinger  United States

The women's 400 metre individual medley event at the 2020 Summer Olympics was held on 24 and 25 July 2021 at the Tokyo Aquatics Centre.[1] It will be the event's fifteenth consecutive appearance, having been held at every edition since 1964.

Records

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

World record Katinka Hosszú (HUN)4:26.36 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil6 August 2016[2]
Olympic record Katinka Hosszú (HUN)4:26.36 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil6 August 2016[2]

No new records were set during the competition.

Qualification

The Olympic Qualifying Time for the event is 4:38.53. Up to two swimmers per National Olympic Committee (NOC) can automatically qualify by swimming that time at an approved qualification event. The Olympic Selection Time is 4:46.89. Up to one swimmer per NOC meeting that time is eligible for selection, allocated by world ranking until the maximum quota for all swimming events is reached. NOCs without a female swimmer qualified in any event can also use their universality place.[3]

Competition format

The competition consists of two rounds: heats and a final. The swimmers with the best 8 times in the heats advance to the final. Swim-offs are used as necessary to break ties for advancement to the next round.[4]

Schedule

All times are Japan Standard Time (UTC+9)[1]

Date Time Round
24 July20:05Heats
25 July11:12Final

Results

Heats

The swimmers with the top 8 times, regardless of heat, advance to the final.[5]

RankHeatLaneSwimmerNationTimeNotes
135Emma Weyant United States4:33.55Q
236Aimee Willmott Great Britain4:35.28Q
324Yui Ohashi Japan4:35.71Q
433Mireia Belmonte Spain4:35.88Q
525Hali Flickinger United States4:35.98Q
626Viktória Mihályvári-Farkas Hungary4:35.99Q
734Katinka Hosszú Hungary4:36.01Q
827Ilaria Cusinato Italy4:37.37Q
932Sara Franceschi Italy4:39.93
1031Anja Crevar Serbia4:40.50
1121Yu Yiting China4:41.64
1238Ageha Tanigawa Japan4:41.76
1337Fantine Lesaffre France4:41.98
1422Tessa Cieplucha Canada4:44.54
1515Katja Fain Slovenia4:44.66
1613Azzahra Permatahani Indonesia4:54.54
1714Virginia Bardach Argentina5:01.98
—23Sydney Pickrem CanadaDNS

Final

[6]

RankLaneSwimmerNationTimeNotes
1st place, gold medalist(s)3Yui Ohashi Japan4:32.08
2nd place, silver medalist(s)4Emma Weyant United States4:32.76
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)2Hali Flickinger United States4:34.90
46Mireia Belmonte Spain4:35.13
51Katinka Hosszú Hungary4:35.98
67Viktória Mihályvári-Farkas Hungary4:37.75
75Aimee Willmott Great Britain4:38.30
88Ilaria Cusinato Italy4:40.65

References

  1. 1 2 "Tokyo 2020: Swimming Schedule". Tokyo 2020. Retrieved 30 January 2020.
  2. 1 2 Wolken, Dan (6 August 2016). "Katinka Hosszu shatters world record in 400 IM; Maya DiRado wins silver". USA Today. Retrieved 27 August 2016.
  3. ↑ "Tokyo 2020 – FINA Swimming Qualification System" (pdf). Tokyo 2020. FINA. Retrieved 29 January 2020.
  4. ↑ "FINA Swimming Rulebook, 2017–21" (PDF). FINA. Retrieved 29 January 2020.
  5. ↑ "Heats results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 July 2021. Retrieved 24 July 2021.
  6. ↑ "Final results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 August 2021. Retrieved 25 July 2021.
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