The women's 400 metre
freestyle
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event at the
2004 Olympic Games
The 2004 Summer Olympics ( el, Θερινοί Ολυμπιακοί Αγώνες 2004, ), officially the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad ( el, Αγώνες της 28ης Ολυμπιάδας, ) and also known as Athens 2004 ( el, Αθήνα 2004), ...
was contested at the
Olympic Aquatic Centre of the
Athens Olympic Sports Complex in
Athens,
Greece on August 15.
France's
Laure Manaudou
Laure Manaudou (; born 9 October 1986) is a retired French Olympic, world and European champion swimmer. She has held the world record in freestyle events between 200 and 1500 meter. She is the daughter of a French father and a Dutch mother, and s ...
won the gold medal in this event, with a European record time of 4:05.34. The silver medal was awarded to Poland's
Otylia Jędrzejczak
Otylia Jędrzejczak (; born 13 December 1983) is a Polish swimmer. She was the Olympic champion from 2004 Athens in the 200 metre butterfly. She finished 4th in this event in the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, and also swam at the 2000 Summ ...
, who finished behind Manaudou by half a second (0.50), in an outstanding time of 4:05.84. U.S. swimmer
Kaitlin Sandeno
Kaitlin Shea Sandeno (born March 13, 1983) is an American former competition swimmer who is an Olympic gold medalist, world champion and former world record-holder. Sandeno was a member of the American team that set a new world record in the 4 ...
, who earned a silver in the
400 m individual medley on the previous day, fought off a challenge from Romania's
Camelia Potec
Camelia Potec (; born 19 February 1982, in Brăila) is a female Romanian swimmer, who won the gold medal in the women's 200 m freestyle at the 2004 Summer Olympics.
She won the Mare Nostrum
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in the final lap to take a bronze by two tenths of a second (0.20), clocking at 4:06.19.
Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.
Results
Heats
Final
References
External links
Official Olympic Report
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2004 in women's swimming
Women's events at the 2004 Summer Olympics