Swimming at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Women's 400 metre individual medley
Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows. The following new world and Olympic records were set during this competition.

Swimming at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Women's 400 metre individual medley

Section Title: Records
Table Section Text: Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows. The following new world and Olympic records were set during this competition.

World record	Chen Yan (CHN)	4:34.79	Shanghai, China	13 October 1997

Olympic record	Petra Schneider (GDR)	4:36.29	Moscow, Soviet Union	26 July 1980

Sentence(s)

The global standard of 4:34.79 was set in Shanghai by China's Chen Yan in 1997 and the 1980 Olympic record by Petra Schneider.

final_sentence: The global standard of 4:34.79 was set in Shanghai by China's Chen Yan in 1997 and the 1980 Olympic record by Petra Schneider.