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

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 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. The first eight qualified for the final, the next eight for the B-final.

Finals

RANK	FINAL	TIME
	Tracy Caulkins (USA)	4:39.24
	Suzie Landells (AUS)	4:48.30
	Petra Zindler (FRG)	4:48.57
4.	Sue Heon (USA)	4:49.41
5.	Nathalie Gingras (CAN)	4:50.55
6.	Donna McGinnis (CAN)	4:50.65
7.	Gaynor Stanley (GBR)	4:52.83
8.	Katrine Bomstad (NOR)	4:53.28

RANK	B-FINAL	TIME
9.	Sarah Hardcastle (GBR)	4:51.55
10.	Sofia Kraft (SWE)	4:53.25
11.	Karen Phillips (AUS)	4:53.37
12.	Roberta Felotti (ITA)	4:57.74
13.	Sonja Hausladen (AUT)	4:57.78
14.	Hideka Koshimizu (JPN)	4:58.02
15.	Gail Jonson (NZL)	4:58.40
16.	Anca Patrascoiu (ROU)	5:05.53

Non-Qualifiers

RANK	B-FINAL	TIME
17.	Monika Bayer (AUT)	5:05.61
18.	Karin Brandes (PER)	5:11.92
–	Beda Leirvaag (NOR)	DNS
–	Faten Ghattas (TUN)	DNS

References

• Official Report
• USA Swimming