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Women's 400 metre individual medley
at the Games of the XXIII Olympiad
Women's 400 metre individual medley; at the Games of the XXIII Olympiad
Venue	McDonald's Olympic Swim Stadium
Date	29 July 1984 (heats & final)
Competitors	20 from 14 nations
Winning time	4:39.24 AM
Medalists
	← 1980 1988 →

The final of the women's 400 metre individual medley event at the 1984 Summer Olympics was held in the McDonald's Olympic Swim Stadium in Los Angeles, California, on July 29, 1984.^[1] 20 athletes competed in the heats, with the eight fastest qualifying for the final.

Records

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

World record	Petra Schneider (GDR)	4:36.10	Guayaquil, Ecuador	1 August 1982
Olympic record	Petra Schneider (GDR)	4:36.29	Moscow, Soviet Union	26 July 1980

Rule: The eight fastest swimmers advance to final A (Q), while the next eight to final B (q).^[2]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	3	4	Tracy Caulkins	United States	4:44.42	Q
2	2	4	Sue Heon	United States	4:51.32	Q
3	2	3	Nathalie Gingras	Canada	4:51.77	Q
4	1	4	Petra Zindler	West Germany	4:52.49	Q
5	2	5	Kathrine Bomstad	Norway	4:52.74	Q
6	1	5	Donna McGinnis	Canada	4:53.30	Q
7	1	3	Gaynor Stanley	Great Britain	4:53.70	Q
8	3	5	Suzie Landells	Australia	4:54.13	Q
9	3	6	Roberta Felotti	Italy	4:54.14	q
10	3	7	Karen Phillips	Australia	4:54.28	q
11	1	6	Sofia Kraft	Sweden	4:55.10	q
12	3	3	Sarah Hardcastle	Great Britain	4:55.78	q
13	2	2	Sonja Hausladen	Austria	4:58.68	q
14	1	2	Hideka Koshimizu	Japan	4:59.18	q
15	3	2	Gail Jonson	New Zealand	4:59.92	q
16	2	6	Anca Pătrășcoiu	Romania	5:03.97	q, NR
17	2	7	Monika Bayer	Austria	5:05.61
18	2	1	Karin Brandes	Peru	5:11.92
	1	7	Beda Leirvaag	Norway	DNS
	4	1	Faten Ghattas	Tunisia	DNS

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
9	6	Sarah Hardcastle	Great Britain	4:51.55
10	3	Sofia Kraft	Sweden	4:53.25	NR
11	5	Karen Phillips	Australia	4:53.37
12	4	Roberta Felotti	Italy	4:57.74
13	2	Sonja Hausladen	Austria	4:57.78	NR
14	7	Hideka Koshimizu	Japan	4:58.02	NR
15	1	Gail Jonson	New Zealand	4:58.40
16	8	Anca Pătrășcoiu	Romania	5:05.53

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	4	Tracy Caulkins	United States	4:39.24	AM
	8	Suzie Landells	Australia	4:48.30	OC
	6	Petra Zindler	West Germany	4:48.57
4	5	Sue Heon	United States	4:49.41
5	3	Nathalie Gingras	Canada	4:50.55
6	7	Donna McGinnis	Canada	4:50.65
7	1	Gaynor Stanley	Great Britain	4:52.83
8	2	Kathrine Bomstad	Norway	4:53.28