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--- Results, Rankings, and Records ---
ALL-TIME WORLD PERFORMERS-PERFORMANCES RANKINGS
Compiled by Bill Bell, The Write Stuff
 
KEY
** World Record
# 2nd-Performance All-Time
*' European Record
*+ Commonwealth Record
*" Latin-South American Record
 ' U.S. Open Record
* National Record
r Relay Split
p Preliminary Time
 + Olympic Record
^ World Championship Record
a Asian Record
h Hand time
WOMEN'S EVENT
 
400 METER IND. MEDLEY
Top 150 Performances
4:34.79** Chen Yan, CHN CHN National Games Shanghai 10-13-97
4:36.10*# Petra Schneider, GDR World Championships Guayaquil 08-01-82
4:36.28 Yanyan Wu, CHN CHN National Games Shanghai 10-13-97
4:36.29+ Schneider Olympics Moscow 07-26-80
4:36.54* Krisztina Egerszegi, HUN Olympics Barcelona 07-26-92
4:36.66 Chen World Championships Perth 01-12-98
4:36.73 Lin Li, CHN Olympics Seoul 07-26-92
4:37.18 Dai Guohong, CHN CHN National Games Beijing 09-09-93
4:37.58* Summer Sanders, USA Olympics Barcelona 07-26-92
4:37.76 Janet Evans, USA Olympics Seoul 09-19-88
4:37.89 Schneider GDR Nationals Erfurt 05-27-82
4:38.14* Yana Klochkova, UKR European Championships Istanbul 07-26-99
4:38.30 Egerszegi HUN Olympic Trials Budapest 05-23-92
4:38.44 Schneider GDR Olympic Trials Magdeburg 05-27-80
4:38.46*+ Joanne Malar, CAN Pan-Ams Winnipeg 08-03-99
4:38.58 Evans U.S. Olympic Trials Austin 08-08-88
4:38.59 Li CHN National Games Beijing 09-09-93
4:38.60 Klochkova World Championships Perth 01-12-98
4:39.01* Noemi Lung, ROM ROM Nationals Bucharest 06-12-87
4:39.13* Yasuko Tajima, JPN JPN Nationals/Olympic Trials Tokyo 04-18-00
4:39.14 Guohong World Championships Rome 09-05-94
4:39.18* Michelle Smith, IRL Olympics Atlanta 07-20-96
4:39.22 Sanders Goodwill Games Federal Way 07-21-90
4:39.24 Tracy Caulkins, USA Olympics Los Angeles 07-29-84
4:39.25 Kristine Quance, USA Pan-Pacific Championships Kobe 08-13-93
4:39.30 Schneider European Championships Split 09-07-81
4:39.36 Evans U.S. Nationals Los Angeles 08-01-89
4:39.38 Evans Pan-Pacific Championships Tokyo 08-18-89
4:39.45* Yasuko Tajima, JPN World Championships Perth 01-12-98
4:39.46 Lung Olympics Seoul 09-19-88
4:39.54 Schneider GDR Nationals Gera 06-15-83
4:39.55 Egerszegi European Championships Sheffield 08-03-93
4:39.60 Bo Ning, CHN CHN National Games Shanghai 10-13-97
4:39.61 Quance Pan-Pacific Championships Fukuoka 08-11-97
4:39.67 Quance U.S. Nationals/WCTs Nashville 07-26-97
4:39.75 Evans U.S. Open Orlando 12-21-87
4:39.76 Daniela Hunger, GDR Olympics Seoul 09-19-88
4:39.78 Egerszegi European Championships Athens 08-20-91
4:39.86 Evans U.S. Nationals Orlando 03-24-88
4:39.88 Li Asian Games Beijing 09-23-90
4:39.92 Tajima Asian Games Bangkok 12-07-98
4:39.95 Kathleen Nord, GDR European Championships Rome 08-22-83
4:39.96 Schneider URS Dual Leningrad 03-09-80
4:39.98 Allison Wagner, USA World Championships Rome 09-05-94
4:39.99 Evans Goodwill Games Federal Way 07-21-90
4:40.16 Yanyan Wu, CHN World Championships Perth 01-12-98
4:40.21 Lung European Championships Strasbourg 08-18-87
4:40.23 Malar Pan-Pacific Championships Sydney 08-22-99
4:40.27 Wagner U.S. Nationals/WCTs Indianapolis 08-14-94
4:40.33 Egerszegi European Championships Vienna 08-22-95
4:40.34 Schneider European Championships Rome 08-22-83
4:40.44* Elena Dendeberova, URS Olympics Seoul 09-19-88
4:40.47 Li Asian Games Hiroshima 10-04-94
4:40.50 Lung ROM Winter Nationals Arad 12-21-86
4:40.56 Tajima Pan-Pacific Championships Sydney 08-22-99
4:40.61 Caulkins U.S. "Olympic Trials" Irvine 07-30-80
4:40.72p Chen World Championships Perth 01-12-98
4:40.79 Sanders U.S. Olympic Trials Indianapolis 03-01-92
4:40.80 Maddy Crippen, USA U.S. Nationals/WCTs Nashville 07-26-97
4:40.82 Lung ROM Olympic Trials Bucharest 08-29-88
4:40.83 Caulkins World Championships West Berlin 08-23-78
4:40.84 Erika Hansen, USA U.S. Nationals/WCTs Austin 07-29-90
4:40.85 Schneider GDR Nationals East Berlin 07-01-81
4:40.85 Yan CHN Nationals/OTs Tianjin 04-03-96
4:40.91p Ning CHN National Games Shanghai 10-13-97
4:40.97 Lung NOK Invitational East Berlin 02-03-87
4:41.06 Hansen U.S. Olympic Trials Indianapolis 03-01-92
4:40.98 Beatrice Coada-Caslaru, ROM European Championships Istanbul 07-26-99
4:41.07 Evans U.S. Nationals/WCTs Austin 07-29-90
4:41.20 Wu CHN Nationals/OTs Tianjin 04-02-96
4:41.20 Malar CAN Nationals/Pan-Pacific Trials Victoria 03-20-99
4:41.21 Cristina Teuscher, USA Pan-Pacific Championships Sydney 08-22-99
4:41.22 Wagner Pan-Pacific Championships Kobe 08-13-93
4:41.23 Evans URS Dual Atlanta 08-26-89
4:41.30 Crippen Pan-Pacific Championships Sydney 08-22-99
4:41.45 Li World Championships Perth 01-07-91
4:41.45p Tajima World Championships Perth 01-12-98
4:41.46* Hayley Lewis, AUS World Championships Perth 01-07-91
4:41.46 Sanders Pan-Pacific Championships Edmonton 08-23-91
4:41.50 Lung Golden Cup Strasbourg 01-23-87
4:41.60 Egerszegi HUN Nationals/OTs Budapest 06-15-96
4:41.61 Wagner U.S. Olympic Trials Indianapolis 03-06-96
4:41.64 Nord Olympics Seoul 09-19-88
4:41.72 Caulkins U.S. Olympic Trials Indianapolis 06-25-84
4:41.74 Evans U.S. Nationals Clovis 07-29-87
4:41.79 Lung Elektro-Impex Invitational Budapest 04-02-87
4:41.82 Hunger European Championships Bonn 08-15-89
4:41.86p Evans U.S. Nationals Los Angeles 08-01-89
4:41.87p Crippen U.S. Nationals/WCTs Nashville 07-26-97
4:41.93 Wagner U.S. Nationals Austin 07-28-93
4:41.96p Lung Olympics Seoul 09-18-88
4:41.96p Chen CHN National Games Shanghai 10-13-97
4;42.01 Quance World Championships Perth 01-12-98
4:42.02 Li CHN Nationals/OTs Tokyo 04-02-96
4:42.03 Wagner Olympics Atlanta 07-20-96
4:42.08 Quance U.S. Nationals Nashville 04-02-93
4:42.08 Smith-deBruin European Championships Seville 08-19-97
4:42.09 Lung ROM Spring Nationals Baia Mare 03-20-87
4:42.13p Crippen World Championships Perth 01-12-98
4:42.21 Quance World Championships Rome 09-05-94
4:42.37 Hansen U.S. Olympic Trials Austin 08-08-88
4:42.39p Ning Hu, CHN CHN National Games Shanghai 10-13-97
4:42.42 Grit Muller, GDR GDR Nationals Magdeburg 06-13-89
4:42.42p Wagner U.S. Nationals/WCTs Indianapolis 08-14-94
4:42.53 Egerszegi Olympics Atlanta 07-20-96
4:42.56p Evans U.S. Olympic Trials Austin 08-08-88
4:42.56p Quance Pan-Pacific Championships Fukuoka 08-11-97
4:42.58 Li World University Games Sheffield 07-15-91
4:42.61 Crippen U.S. Nationals Clovis 08-13-98
4:42.62 Dendeberova European Championships Strasbourg 08-18-87
4:42.63 Malar Janet Evans Invitational Los Angeles 07-16-99
4:42.65 Lewis Commonwealth Games Auckland 01-25-90
4:42.67 Hunger GDR Olympic Trials Potsdam 07-19-88
4:42.70 Lung TCH Dual Bratislava 06-04-87
4:42.72 Ming Yan, CHN CHN National Games Beijing 09-09-93
4:42.73 Wagner Santa Clara Invitational Santa Clara 07-11-94
4:42.74 Kaitlin Sandeno, USA U.S. Nationals Federal Way 03-30-00
4:42.75 Nord World Championships Madrid 08-17-86
4:42.77 Ulrike Tauber, GDR Olympics Montreal 07-26-76
4:42.79 Lewis AUS Nationals Brisbane 03-15-94
4:42.81 Smith European Championships Vienna 08-22-95
4:42.84 Hitomi Maehara, JPN East Asian Games Shanghai 05-10-93
4:42.92p Nord Olympics Seoul 09-18-88
4:42.92 Coada-Caslaru ROM Nationals Bucarest 03-20-99
4:42.92 Kaitlin Sandeno, USA U.S. Nationals Minneapolis 08-08-99
4:42.94 Nord GDR Nationals East Berlin 06-17-86
4:42.95 Lung World University Games Zagreb 07-11-87
4:42.96 Schneider Women's Cup Austin 01-06-80
4:42.98 Sanders U.S. Open Indianapolis 12-01-90
4:43.00 Caulkins Women's Cup Austin 01-06-80
4:43.04p Evans Olympics Seoul 09-18-88
4;43.07 Klochkova European Championships Seville 08-19-97
4:43.08 Wagner U.S. Nationals Federal Way 04-01-94
4:43.09 Nord GDR Olympic Trials Potsdam 07-19-88
4:43.09p Egerszegi Olympics Atlanta 07-20-96
4:43.13p Crippen Pan-Pacific Championships Sydney 08-22-99
4:43.15p Schneider World Championships Guayaquil 08-01-82
4:43.17 Lung Goodwill Games Moscow 07-04-86
4:43.19 Egerszegi Elektro-Impex Invitational Budapest 04-02-94
4:43.20p Evans Pan-Pacific Championships Tokyo 08-18-89
4:43.20 Crippen Pan-Pacific Championships Fukuoka 08-11-97
4:43.22p Egerszegi European Championships Athens 08-20-91
4:43.25 Lung Wroclaw Invitational Wroclaw 06-26-88
4:43.30 Crippen Pan-Pacific Championships Fukuoka 08-11-97
4:43.32 Nord GDR Nationals Magdeburg 05-22-84
4:43.32 Quance U.S. Nationals Mission Viejo 08-19-92
4:43.37p Teuscher U.S. Nationals/WCTs Nashville 07-26-97
4:43.39 Malar CAN Nationals/OTs Montreal 03-30-96
4:43.41 Sanders World Championships Perth 01-07-91
4:43.45 Emma Johnson, AUS Olympics Atlanta 07-20-96
4:43.45 Crippen World Championships Perth 01-12-98
4:43.46 Leung Balkan Games Sofia 08-04-86
4:43.47 Caulkins Region 1V Championships Tuscaloosa 07-23-81
Remaining Top 100 Performers
4:43.48 Jennifer Parmenter, USA U.S. Nationals Ft. Lauderdale 08-14-96
4:43.51 Crippen U.S. Nationals Federal Way 03-30-00
4:43.60 Sha Sha, CHN CHN National Games Shanghai 10-13-97
4:43.78* Sabine Herbst, GER Olympics Atlanta 07-20-96
4:44.01 Elli Overton, AUS Commonwealth Games Victoria 08-19-94
4:44.05* Hana Cerna, CZE European Championships Seville 08-19-97
4:44.07 Michelle Griglione, USA World Championships Madrid 08-17-86
4:44.22 Fumie Kurotori, JPN Pan-Pacific Championships Atlanta 08-11-95
4:44.26p Jodie Clatworthy, AUS Olympics Seoul 09-18-88
4:44.74p Whitney Metzler, USA Olympics Atlanta 07-20-96
4:44.83 Lixia Ceng, CHN CHN National Games Shanghai 10-13-97
4:44.85p Jamie Cail, USA Pan-Pacific Championships Fukuoka 08-11-97
4:44.88 Donna Procter, AUS AUS Winter Nationals Perth 08-03-89
4:44.91* Daria Shmeleva, RUS European Championships Sheffield 08-03-93
4:45.17* Lourdes Becerra, ESP Olympics Atlanta 07-20-96
4:45.25p Julie Majer, AUS Pan-Pacific Championships Kobe 08-13-93
4:45.43 Ute Geweniger, GDR European Championships Split 09-07-81
4:45.53 Cornelia Seithe, GDR European Championships Strasbourg 08-18-87
4:45.58 Nancy Sweetnam, CAN CAN Olympic Trials Montreal 05-13-92
4:45.65 Cornelia Sirch, GDR GDR Nationals East Berlin 06-17-86
4:45.80 Suzanne Landells, AUS Commonwealth Games Edinburgh 07-25-86
4:45.83p Nadine Neumann, AUS World Championships Perth 01-12-98
4:46.00p* Eva Synowska, POL Olympics Barcelona 07-26-92
4:46.06 Jennifer Riley, AUS Pan-Pacific Championships Sydney 08-22-99
4:46.17p Eri Kimura, JPN Olympics Barcelona 07-26-92
4:46.22 Catherine Rund, GER European Championships Vienna 08-22-95
4:46.23 Shannon Cullen, USA U.S. Nationals Clovis 08-13-98
4:46.24 Hideko Hiranaka, JPN Olympics Barcelona 07-26-92
4:46.25 Maggie Bowen, USA U.S. Nationals Minneapolis 04-03-98
4:46.26 Anne Kampfe, USA U.S. Nationals/WCTs Indianapolis 08-14-94
4:46.31 Michaela Kwasny, USA U.S. Nationals Minneapolis 08-08-99
4:46.37 Sue Heon, USA U.S. Olympic Trials Indianapolis 06-25-84
4:46.39* Anne Petrecevic, YUG Sundown Invitational Mission Bay 05-29-88
4:46.43* Petra Haussmann, GER European Championships Sheffield 08-03-93
4:46.49 Katie Yevak, USA U.S. Nationals Minneapolis 08-08-99
4:46.71p Jenna Street, USA U.S. Nationals Clovis 08-13-98
4:46.72 Hua Tian, CHN CHN National Games Beijing 09-09-93
4:46.83* Sharron Davies, GBR Olympics Moscow 07-26-80
4:46.90 Jacqueline McKenzie, AUS AUS Nationals/OTs Canberra 04-05-92
4:46.93 Nicole Hetzer, GER World Championships Perth 01-12-98
4:46.97 Trina Jackson, USA U.S. Nationals Austin 07-28-93
4:47.03p Jin Zhang, CHN CHN National Games Shanghai 10-13-97
4:47.05p Yihan Hu, CHN CHN National Games Shanghai 10-13-97
4:47.08 Patty Gavin, USA U.S. World Championship Trials Mission Viejo 07-19-82
4:47.13 Garland O'Keefe, USA Pan-Pacific Championships Brisbane 08-15-87
4:47.19 Anne Tweedy, USA Pan-Ams San Juan 07-05-79
4:47.21 Silvia Parera, ESP European Championships Sheffield 08-03-93
4:47.46* Helen Norfolk, NZL Pan-Pacific Championships Sydney 08-22-99
4:47.47 Miyuki Ishikawa, JPN Asian Games Bangkok 12-07-98
4:47.53 Anna Wilson, NZL NZL Nationals/OTs Christchurch 03-15-96
4:47.56 Lixia Qin, CHN CHN National Games Shanghai 10-13-97
4:47.56 Helen Norfolk, AUS AUS AG Championships Perth 04-13-00
4:47.59 Oxana Verevkova, RUS European Championships Seville 08-19-97
4:47.62 Grit Slaby, GDR GDR Nationals East Berlin 07-01-81
4:47.69 Elizabeth Warden, CAN Commonwealth Games Kuala Lumpur 09-12-98
4:47.74 Jana Haas, GER Olympics Barcelona 07-26-92
4:47.74 Hee Yeon-Choi, KOR KOR Winter Nationals Pusan 04-04-99
4:47.75 Ayane Sato, JPN JPN Nationals/Olympic Trials Tokyo 04-18-00
4:47.81 Nancy Hogshead, USA U.S. "Olympic Trials" Irvine 07-30-80
4:47.89 Andrea Hayes, USA U.S. Nationals Los Angeles 08-01-89
4:47.90 Petra Zindler, FRG European Championships Rome 08-22-83
4:47.90* Roberta Felotti, ITA European Championships Strasbourg 08-18-87
4:47.90p Simone Padalaru, ROM European Championships Istanbul 07-26-99
4:48.00 Polly Winde, USA U.S. Nationals Clovis 08-04-83
4:48.01 Miyuki Tajima, JPN JPN Nationals//Pan-Pacific Trials Tokyo 06-11-99
4:48.10 Cheryl Gibson, CAN Olympics Montreal 07-24-76
4:48.17 Agnieszka Czopek, POL Olympics Moscow 07-26-80
4:48.23 Feng Jin, CHN CHN National Games Beijing 09-09-93
4:48.31 Alison Fealey, USA Pan-Ams Mar del Plata 03-12-95
4:48.33 Janelle Elford, AUS AUS Nationals Brisbane 02-27-88
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