Olympic Record 400m Individual Medley 2008 Beijing Olympics Michael Phelps (USA) August 9, 2008 Time: 4:03.84
World Record 400m Individual Medley Michael Phelps (USA) August 9, 2008 Time: 4:03.84
Stephanie Rice
The Olympic 400m men freestyle record is 3:40.59 by Ian Thrope.
It stands for individual medley because it has all four strokes. There for its a medley
Men's 400m Individual Medley
2004 Athens: 4×200m freestyle relay - gold (1) 200m individual medley - silver (2) 2008 Beijing: 400m individual medley - bronze (3) 4×200m freestyle relay - gold (4) 200m backstroke - gold (5) 200m individual medley - bronze (6) 2012 London: 400m individual medley - gold (7) 4x100m freestyle - silver (8) 4X200m freestyle - gold (9) 200m backstroke ? 200m individual medley ? So far he has a total of 9 Olympic medals however I am posting this during the 2012 Olympics so there are potentially more to come for 2012.
Individual Medley (abbreviated to Medley or IM) is when a swimmmer swims butterfly, backstroke, breaststroke and freestyle (in that order) in the same race. So 100m medley in a 25m pool would be one length on each stroke. Official medley events incllude 100m (25m on each storke) 200m (50m on each stroke) , and 400m (100m on each stroke)individual medley (200m and 400m olympic events). 600 medley is not an event that officially exists but it would comprise of: 150m butterfly, 150m backstroke, 150m breaststroke and 150m freestly (in that order) continuosly.
2004 Athens: 4×200m freestyle relay - gold (1) 200m individual medley - silver (2) 2008 Beijing: 400m individual medley - bronze (3) 4×200m freestyle relay - gold (4) 200m backstroke - gold (5) 200m individual medley - bronze (6) 2012 London: 400m individual medley - gold (7) 4x100m freestyle - silver (8) 4X200m freestyle - gold (9) 200m backstroke ? 200m individual medley ? So far he has a total of 9 Olympic medals however I am posting this during the 2012 Olympics so there are potentially more to come for 2012.
Michael Phelps won the men's 400 meter individual medley gold medal in the 2008 Summer Olympics.
Ye ShiwenChina (CHN)
Li XuanxuChina (CHN)
Thiago PereiraBrazil (BRA)