Tags: Olympic Event, Olympics.
The women’s 400 metre individual medley event at the 2008 Olympic Games took place on 9–10 August at the Beijing National Aquatics Center in Beijing China.Australia’s Stephanie Rice pulled away to a strong finish on the freestyle leg as she claimed an Olympic gold medal in the event. She established a sterling time of 4:29.45 to slash 1.67 seconds off the world record set by Katie Hoff from the U.S. Olympic Trials.
