Swimming at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Women's 400 metre freestyle

Women's 400 metre freestyle at the Games of the XXIII Olympiad
Medalists
Tiffany Cohen   United States   Sarah Hardcastle   Great Britain   June Croft   Great Britain

Swimming events at the 1984 Summer Olympics
Freestyle
100 m		men		women
200 m		men		women
400 m		men		women
800 m				women
1500 m		men
Backstroke
100 m		men		women
200 m		men		women
Breaststroke
100 m		men		women
200 m		men		women
Butterfly
100 m		men		women
200 m		men		women
Individual medley
200 m		men		women
400 m		men		women
Freestyle relay
4×100 m		men		women
4×200 m		men
Medley relay
4×100 m		men		women

The final of the Women's 400 metres Freestyle event at the 1984 Summer Olympics was held in the McDonald's Olympic Swim Stadium in Los Angeles, California, on July 31, 1984. The fastest eight qualified for the final, the next eight for the B-final.

Final

RANK	FINAL	TIME
	Tiffany Cohen (USA)	4:07.10 OR
	Sarah Hardcastle (GBR)	4:10.27
	June Croft (GBR)	4:11.49
4.	Kim Linehan (USA)	4:12.26
5.	Anna McVann (AUS)	4:13.95
6.	Jolande van der Meer (NED)	4:16.05
7.	Birgit Kowalczik (FRG)	4:16.33
8.	Julie Daigneault (CAN)	4:16.41

B-Final

RANK	B-FINAL	TIME
9.	Susie Baumer (AUS)	4:15.46
10.	Donna McGinnis (CAN)	4:15.59
11.	Ann Linder (SWE)	4:17.55
12.	Carla Lasi (ITA)	4:18.57
13.	Monica Olmi (ITA)	4:19.22
14.	Chikako Nakamori (JPN)	4:20.18
15.	Wen San (TPE)	4:21.61
16.	Irma Huerta (MEX)	4:23.34

Non-Qualifiers

RANK	NON-QUALIFIERS	TIME
17.	Ina Beyermann (FRG)	4:18.94
18.	Nadia Krüger (SUI)	4:28.20
19.	Junko Sakurai (JPN)	4:28.68
20.	Sofia Dara (GRE)	4:31.76
21.	Hadar Rubinstein (ISR)	4:34.95
22.	Carolann Heavey (IRL)	4:36.07
23.	Karen Slowing-Aceituno (GUA)	4:36.87
24.	Chang Hui-Chien (TPE)	4:42.47
25.	Fenella Ng (HKG)	4:43.41
–	Faten Ghattas (TUN)	DNS

References

• Official Report
• USA Swimming