Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's 400 metre individual medley
Final

Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's 400 metre individual medley

Section Title: Final
Table Section Text: None

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes

6	Stephanie Rice	Australia	4:29.45	WR

1	Kirsty Coventry	Zimbabwe	4:29.89	AF

5	Katie Hoff	United States	4:31.71

4	4	Elizabeth Beisel	United States	4:34.24

5	3	Alessia Filippi	Italy	4:34.34	NR

6	8	Hannah Miley	Great Britain	4:39.44

7	2	Yana Martynova	Russia	4:40.04

8	7	Li Xuanxu	China	4:42.13

Sentence(s)

Zimbabwe's Kirsty Coventry earned her first silver at these Games in an African record of 4:29.89.

final_sentence: Zimbabwe's Kirsty Coventry earned her first silver at these Games in an African record of 4:29.89.