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.[2][3] 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.[4][5]
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.[4]
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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 1 Women s 400 metre individual medleyat the Games of the XXIX OlympiadVenueBeijing National Aquatics CenterDateAugust 9 2008 heats August 10 2008 final Competitors38 from 28 nationsWinning time4 29 45 WRMedalistsStephanie Rice AustraliaKirsty Coventry ZimbabweKatie Hoff United States 20042012 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 2 3 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 4 5 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 4 Contents 1 Records 2 Results 2 1 Heats 2 2 Final 3 References 4 External linksRecords editPrior to this competition the existing world and Olympic records were as follows World record nbsp Katie Hoff USA 4 31 12 Omaha United States 29 June 2008 6 Olympic record nbsp Yana Klochkova UKR 4 33 59 Sydney Australia 16 September 2000 The following new world and Olympic records were set during this competition Date Event Name Nationality Time RecordAugust 10 Final Stephanie Rice nbsp Australia 4 29 45 WRResults editHeats edit Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes1 3 4 Elizabeth Beisel nbsp United States 4 34 55 Q2 5 4 Katie Hoff nbsp United States 4 34 63 Q3 3 5 Alessia Filippi nbsp Italy 4 35 11 Q4 4 Stephanie Rice nbsp Australia Q5 3 3 Yana Martynova nbsp Russia 4 36 25 Q NR6 4 3 Li Xuanxu nbsp China 4 36 35 Q7 4 5 Kirsty Coventry nbsp Zimbabwe 4 36 43 Q8 5 5 Hannah Miley nbsp Great Britain 4 36 56 Q9 4 7 Katarzyna Baranowska nbsp Poland 4 36 95 NR10 4 1 Kathryn Meaklim nbsp South Africa 4 37 11 NR11 3 7 Maiko Fujino nbsp Japan 4 37 3512 5 3 Katinka Hosszu nbsp Hungary 4 37 5513 5 2 Zsuzsanna Jakabos nbsp Hungary 4 37 8614 5 7 Mireia Belmonte Garcia nbsp Spain 4 37 9115 3 6 Keri Anne Payne nbsp Great Britain 4 38 6916 5 8 Anja Klinar nbsp Slovenia 4 38 9017 2 3 Joanna Melo nbsp Brazil 4 40 1818 2 7 Sara Nordenstam nbsp Norway 4 40 28 NR19 4 6 Camille Muffat nbsp France 4 40 2920 3 8 Tanya Hunks nbsp Canada 4 40 6321 5 1 Jessica Pengelly nbsp South Africa 4 41 0422 3 1 Samantha Hamill nbsp Australia 4 41 8923 5 6 Joanne Andraca nbsp France 4 43 8824 3 2 Helen Norfolk nbsp New Zealand 4 44 2225 2 5 Liu Jing nbsp China 4 44 9626 2 1 Jordis Steinegger nbsp Austria 4 45 1527 4 2 Saori Haruguchi nbsp Japan 4 45 2228 1 3 Nam Yoo sun nbsp South Korea 4 46 7429 4 8 Alexa Komarnycky nbsp Canada 4 46 9830 2 8 Susana Escobar nbsp Mexico 4 47 32 NR31 2 6 Svetlana Karpeeva nbsp Russia 4 50 2232 1 6 Quah Ting Wen nbsp Singapore 4 51 25 NR33 2 2 Katharina Schiller nbsp Germany 4 51 5234 1 4 Lew Yih Wey nbsp Malaysia 4 55 8335 1 5 Anna Liisa Pold nbsp Estonia 4 58 2136 2 4 Georgina Bardach nbsp Argentina 5 00 8737 1 7 Nimitta Thaveesupsoonthorn nbsp Thailand 5 02 181 2 Maroua Mathlouthi nbsp Tunisia DNSFinal edit Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes nbsp 6 Stephanie Rice nbsp Australia 4 29 45 WR nbsp 1 Kirsty Coventry nbsp Zimbabwe 4 29 89 AF nbsp 5 Katie Hoff nbsp United States 4 31 714 4 Elizabeth Beisel nbsp United States 4 34 245 3 Alessia Filippi nbsp Italy 4 34 34 NR6 8 Hannah Miley nbsp Great Britain 4 39 447 2 Yana Martynova nbsp Russia 4 40 048 7 Li Xuanxu nbsp China 4 42 13References edit Olympic Swimming Schedule USA Today 9 August 2008 Retrieved 14 May 2013 Rice claims first Aussie gold ABC News 10 August 2008 Retrieved 20 May 2013 Stephanie Rice wins Australia s first medal of the Beijing Games in 400m individual medley The Daily Telegraph Sydney 10 August 2008 Retrieved 20 May 2013 a b Lohn John 10 August 2008 Return to Sender Stephanie Rice Blasts Women s 400 IM World Record Swimming World Magazine Archived from the original on 5 June 2013 Retrieved 17 May 2013 Hoff loses world record finishes 3rd in 400 IM NBC News 10 August 2008 Retrieved 20 May 2013 Crouse Karen 30 June 2008 Rival s fast finish propels Phelps to another record The New York Times Retrieved 6 August 2008 External links editOfficial Olympic Report Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics Women 27s 400 metre individual medley amp oldid 1120332135, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
