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Swimming at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's 400 metre individual medley

Swimming at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's 400 metre individual medley

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The men's 400 metre individual medley event at the 2004 Olympic Games was contested at the Olympic Aquatic Centre of the Athens Olympic Sports Complex in Athens, Greece on August 14.[1]

U.S. swimmer Michael Phelps broke a new world record of 4:08.26 to claim his first ever Olympic gold medal. Phelps' teammate Erik Vendt added a second silver to the one he earned behind Tom Dolan in Sydney four years earlier, finishing with a time of 4:11.81. Hungary's László Cseh, silver medalist at the 2003 FINA World Championships, held on for bronze in 4:12.15.[2][3]

Records

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

World record Michael Phelps (USA)4:08.41 Long Beach, United States7 July 2004
Olympic record Tom Dolan (USA)4:11.76 Sydney, Australia17 September 2000

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

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Results

Heats

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Final

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References

  1. "Swimming schedule". BBC Sport. 5 August 2004. Retrieved 17 June 2007.
  2. Dillman, Lisa (15 August 2004). "So Far, So Gold". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 16 March 2013.

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