Women 400m Medley Swimming XVIII Olympic Games 1964 Tokyo, Japan - Saturday, 17th October - Gold Medal: Donna de Verona, United States

Women 400m Medley Swimming XVIII Olympic Games 1964 Tokyo, Japan - Saturday, 17th October - Gold Medal: Donna de Verona, United States

Final		time		gap	L	Y	Butte	Back	Breast
1. Donna De Varona	United States	5:18.7	OR		4	17	1:09.9	2:28.3	4:05.9
2. Sharon Finneran	United States	5:24.1		+5.4s	7	18	1:11.8	2:35.7	4:12.0
3. Martha Randall	United States	5:24.2		+5.5s	3	16	1:12.6	2:34.2	4:12.9
4. Veronika Holletz	UT Germany	5:25.6		+6.9s	5	19	1:13.5	2:36.8	4:12.3
5. Linda Mcgill	Australia	5:28.4		+9.7s	8	18	1:13.8	2:40.2	4:13.0
6. Betty Heukels	Netherlands	5:30.3		+11.6s	2	22	1:15.2	2:42.6	4:13.7
7. Anita Lonsbrough	Great Britain	5:30.5		+11.8s	6	23	1:14.8	2:42.5	4:14.5
8. Marta Egervari	Hungary	5:38.4		+19.7s	1	21	1:14.9	2:42.5	4:18.3

26 Competitors from 15 Nations. Yoyogi National Gymansium.
1968 Women 400m Medley	Women 400m Medley History	1968 Women 400m Medley

World Record: Donna de Varona, United States 5:14.9 New York, United States 30th August 1964

New Event

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index Tokyo 1964	index Swimming Tokyo 1964


Men 100m Freestyle	Women 100m Freestyle
Men 400m Freestyle	Women 400m Freestyle
Men 1500m Freestyle
Men 200m Backstroke	Women 100m Backstroke
Men 200m Breaststroke	Women 200m Breaststroke
Men 200m Butterfly	Women 100m Butterfly
Men 400m Medley	Women 400m Medley
Men 4x100m Freestyle Relay	Women 4x100m Freestyle Relay
Men 4x200m Freestyle Relay
Men 4x100m Medley Relay	Women 4x100m Medley Relay

Donna de Varona had competed at the 1960 Olympics when she was only 13-years-old. But even at that age she held the world record in the 400 individual medley, which was not an Olympic event in 1960. Over the next four years she became the best swimmer in the world, and set five more world records in this event, and eight in the 200 IM, as well as one 100 backstroke world record in 1963. She came to Tokyo as a clear favorite in this new Olympic event, and did not disappoint. In the final she took the lead at 100 metres, and kept pouring it on. Sharon Finneran had twice interrupted de Varona's world record streak in the 400 IM, setting world records in Osaka, Japan on 26 and 28 July 1962. But she was no match in Tokyo for de Varona, although she won the silver medal, but Finneran was almost six seconds back. Martha Randall came up for third to complete an American sweep.

Heats - Thursday, 15th October

Best 8 times advanced to Final.

Heat 4		time		gap	L	Y	Rk	Butte	Back	Breast
1. Donna De Varona	United States	5:24.2	OR		5	17	1.	1:10.9	2:31.3	4:10.4
2. Marianne Heemskerk	Netherlands	5:38.6		+14.4s	3	20	10.	1:13.4	2:41.3	4:18.6
3. Helen Louise Kennedy	Canada	5:49.9		+25.7s	1	15	17.	1:18.5	2:46.9	4:34.9
4. Natsuko Matsuda	Japan	5:51.5		+27.3s	7	17	19.	1:14.8	2:49.6	4:30.3
5. Silvia Belmar Bohigas	Mexico	6:00.7		+36.5s	6	19	20.	1:17.1	2:51.8	4:39.5
-. Elisabeth Ljunggren-Morris	Sweden	DNS			4	16	-.
-. Janice Murphy	Australia	DNS			2	21	-.

Heat 3		time		gap	L	Y	Rk	Butte	Back	Breast
1. Veronika Holletz	UT Germany	5:26.8	OR	+2.6s	5	19	2.	1:13.6	2:34.7	4:11.2
2. Betty Heukels	Netherlands	5:32.4		+8.2s	6	22	5.	1:15.6	2:41.6	4:12.9
3. Linda Mcgill	Australia	5:38.3		+14.1s	4	18	8.	1:13.9	2:43.6	4:20.0
4. Kimiko Ezaka	Japan	5:42.1		+17.9s	2	20	13.	1:15.6	2:45.7	4:24.7
5. Kirsten Strange-Campbell	Denmark	5:44.4		+20.2s	7	20	16.	1:17.6	2:48.5	4:23.8
6. Pamela Johnson	Great Britain	6:11.9		+47.7s	3	16	22.	1:22.8	2:54.4	4:44.4
-. Maria Rosario De Vivanco Roca	Peru	DNS			1	15	3.

Heat 2		time		gap	L	Y	Rk	Butte	Back	Breast
1. Martha Randall	United States	5:27.8	OR	+3.6s	2	16	3.	1:13.9	2:35.2	4:14.8
2. Barbara Hounsell	Canada	5:38.4		+14.2s	7	13	9.	1:18.4	2:44.2	4:22.9
3. Adrie Lasterie	Netherlands	5:41.3		+17.1s	6	20	12.	1:14.6	2:44.0	4:23.6
4. Harriet Blank	UT Germany	5:42.4		+18.2s	5	19	14.	1:15.8	2:45.2	4:22.6
5. Isabel Castane Lopez	Spain	5:50.7		+26.5s	4	18	18.	1:20.0	2:50.2	4:24.3
6. Margaret Harding	Puerto Rico	6:10.7		+46.5s	3	16	21.	1:19.3	2:55.9	4:44.3

Heat 1		time		gap	L	Y	Rk	Butte	Back	Breast
1. Anita Lonsbrough	Great Britain	5:30.6	OR	+6.4s	3	23	4.	1:14.3	2:40.6	4:14.4
2. Sharon Finneran	United States	5:32.7		+8.5s	4	18	6.	1:13.4	2:40.0	4:19.4
3. Marta Egervari	Hungary	5:35.8		+11.6s	5	21	7.	1:15.7	2:41.6	4:16.7
4. Helga Zimmermann	UT Germany	5:38.9		+14.7s	2	21	11.	1:15.5	2:45.1	4:24.9
5. Jane Cortis	Australia	5:43.6		+19.4s	6	16	15.	1:16.9	2:40.7	4:23.5
-. Marilyn Sidelsky	Rhodesia	DNS			1	16	-.

Final		time		gap	L	Y	Rk	Butte	Back	Breast
1. Donna De Varona	United States	5:18.7	OR		4	17	1.	1:09.9	2:28.3	4:05.9
2. Sharon Finneran	United States	5:24.1		+5.4s	7	18	2.	1:11.8	2:35.7	4:12.0
3. Martha Randall	United States	5:24.2		+5.5s	3	16	3.	1:12.6	2:34.2	4:12.9
4. Veronika Holletz	UT Germany	5:25.6		+6.9s	5	19	4.	1:13.5	2:36.8	4:12.3
5. Linda Mcgill	Australia	5:28.4		+9.7s	8	18	5.	1:13.8	2:40.2	4:13.0
6. Betty Heukels	Netherlands	5:30.3		+11.6s	2	22	6.	1:15.2	2:42.6	4:13.7
7. Anita Lonsbrough	Great Britain	5:30.5		+11.8s	6	23	7.	1:14.8	2:42.5	4:14.5
8. Marta Egervari	Hungary	5:38.4		+19.7s	1	21	8.	1:14.9	2:42.5	4:18.3
Heats		time		gap	L	Y	Rk	Butte	Back	Breast
Heat 1		time		gap	L	Y	Rk	Butte	Back	Breast
Heat 2		time		gap	L	Y	Rk	Butte	Back	Breast
Heat 3		time		gap	L	Y	Rk	Butte	Back	Breast
Heat 4		time		gap	L	Y	Rk	Butte	Back	Breast
1. Donna De Varona	United States	5:24.2	OR		5	17	1.	1:10.9	2:31.3	4:10.4
1. Veronika Holletz	UT Germany	5:26.8	OR	+2.6s	5	19	2.	1:13.6	2:34.7	4:11.2
1. Martha Randall	United States	5:27.8	OR	+3.6s	2	16	3.	1:13.9	2:35.2	4:14.8
1. Anita Lonsbrough	Great Britain	5:30.6	OR	+6.4s	3	23	4.	1:14.3	2:40.6	4:14.4
2. Betty Heukels	Netherlands	5:32.4		+8.2s	6	22	5.	1:15.6	2:41.6	4:12.9
2. Sharon Finneran	United States	5:32.7		+8.5s	4	18	6.	1:13.4	2:40.0	4:19.4
3. Marta Egervari	Hungary	5:35.8		+11.6s	5	21	7.	1:15.7	2:41.6	4:16.7
3. Linda Mcgill	Australia	5:38.3		+14.1s	4	18	8.	1:13.9	2:43.6	4:20.0
2. Barbara Hounsell	Canada	5:38.4		+14.2s	7	13	9.	1:18.4	2:44.2	4:22.9
2. Marianne Heemskerk	Netherlands	5:38.6		+14.4s	3	20	10.	1:13.4	2:41.3	4:18.6
4. Helga Zimmermann	UT Germany	5:38.9		+14.7s	2	21	11.	1:15.5	2:45.1	4:24.9
3. Adrie Lasterie	Netherlands	5:41.3		+17.1s	6	20	12.	1:14.6	2:44.0	4:23.6
4. Kimiko Ezaka	Japan	5:42.1		+17.9s	2	20	13.	1:15.6	2:45.7	4:24.7
4. Harriet Blank	UT Germany	5:42.4		+18.2s	5	19	14.	1:15.8	2:45.2	4:22.6
5. Jane Cortis	Australia	5:43.6		+19.4s	6	16	15.	1:16.9	2:40.7	4:23.5
5. Kirsten Strange-Campbell	Denmark	5:44.4		+20.2s	7	20	16.	1:17.6	2:48.5	4:23.8
3. Helen Louise Kennedy	Canada	5:49.9		+25.7s	1	15	17.	1:18.5	2:46.9	4:34.9
5. Isabel Castane Lopez	Spain	5:50.7		+26.5s	4	18	18.	1:20.0	2:50.2	4:24.3
4. Natsuko Matsuda	Japan	5:51.5		+27.3s	7	17	19.	1:14.8	2:49.6	4:30.3
5. Silvia Belmar Bohigas	Mexico	6:00.7		+36.5s	6	19	20.	1:17.1	2:51.8	4:39.5
6. Margaret Harding	Puerto Rico	6:10.7		+46.5s	3	16	21.	1:19.3	2:55.9	4:44.3
6. Pamela Johnson	Great Britain	6:11.9		+47.7s	3	16	22.	1:22.8	2:54.4	4:44.4
-. Maria Rosario De Vivanco Roca	Peru	DNS			1	15	3.
-. Elisabeth Ljunggren-Morris	Sweden	DNS			4	16	-.
-. Janice Murphy	Australia	DNS			2	21	-.
-. Marilyn Sidelsky	Rhodesia	DNS			1	16	-.

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