<page_title> Swimming at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Women's 400 metre individual medley </page_title> <section_title> Records </section_title> <table> <cell> World record </cell> <cell> Chen Yan (CHN) </cell> <cell> 4:34.79 </cell> <cell> Shanghai, China </cell> <cell> 13 October 1997 </cell> <cell> Olympic record </cell> <cell> Petra Schneider (GDR) </cell> <cell> 26 July 1980 </cell> </table>
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.