II - A Legacy of the 1984 Olympic Games

and held a body length lead over O'Neill at the 150 m mark The
crowd of 17 500 urged O'Neill on with shouts of "Susie!", but
the Australian never made a run at Hyman. In winning the gold
medal Hyman swam a lifetime best. She broke out in a huge
grin and screamed, "Oh my God" over and over when she
realised she had won. O'Neill congratulated her. "I swam
as well as I could," she said. "Obviously, I'm disappointed.
Unfortunately I know my best time would have done it."
Men's 200 m Butterfly
Tom Malchow of the USA won the final in a new Olympic
record, ahead of the Russian Federation's Denys Sylant'yev
and Australia's Justin Norris.
Women's 200 m Individual Medley
Yana Klochkova from Ukraine achieved a rare medley double
when she won the 200 m individual medley in Olympic record
time. Beatrice Caslaru of Romania and Cristina Teuscher of the
USA won the silver and bronze medals respectively.
Men's 200 m Individual Medley
Italian Massimiliano Rosolino added a gold medal to his two
freestyle medals when he won the 200 m individual medley.
In the process he relegated Tom Dolan of the USA, the winner
of the 400 m individual medley, to second place. Another
American, Tom Wilkens, was third.
Women's 400 m Individual Medley
Eighteen year-old Yana Klochkova won Ukraine's first ever
swimming medal with a gold in the women's 400 m individual
medley. Her time of 4:33.59 bettered the world record of
China's Yan Chen, who had failed to make the final. Silver
and bronze went to Yasuko Tajimo of Japan and Beatrice
Caslaru of Romania respectively.
Men's 400 m Individual Medley
Defending champion Tom Dolan of the USA dominated the
men's 400 m individual medley, breaking his own world
record to secure the gold. He clocked 4:11.76 to defeat
team-mate Erik Vendt in 4:14.23 and Canada's Curtis Myden
in 4:15.33.
Women's 4 x 100 m Freestyle Relay
The American women's 4 x 100 m team won their relay
comfortably, defeating the Netherlands and Sweden. The
foursome of Amy van Dyken, Dara Torres, Courtney Shealy
and Jenny Thompson posted a new world record of 3:36.61,
previously set by China in 1994 at 3:37.91.
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THE COMPETITION
17. Susie O'Neill gives her
best in her last Olympic
butterfly swim
18. Misty Hyman (left)
cannot believe her victory
in the 200 m butterfly.
Teammate Kaitlin Sandeno
shares in the celebration
19. Tom Dolan yells out
his satisfaction after
setting a new world
record and winning the
gold medal in the 400 m
individual medley
5. The Competition
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