Swimming at the 2022 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 400 metre freestyle
Women's 400 metre freestyle at the 2022 World Aquatics Championships | ||||||||||
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Venue | Danube Arena | |||||||||
Location | Budapest, Hungary | |||||||||
Dates | 18 June (heats and final) | |||||||||
Competitors | 34 from 27 nations | |||||||||
Winning time | 3:58.15 | |||||||||
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The Women's 400 metre freestyle competition at the 2022 World Aquatics Championships was held on 18 June 2022.[1][2]
Records
Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.
World record | Ariarne Titmus (AUS) | 3:56.40 | Adelaide, Australia | 22 May 2022 |
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Competition record | Katie Ledecky (USA) | 3:58.34 | Budapest, Hungary | 23 July 2017 |
The following new records were set during this competition.
Date | Event | Name | Nationality | Time | Record |
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18 June | Final | Katie Ledecky | United States | 3:58.15 | CR |
Results
Heats
The heats were started at 10:11.[3]
Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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1 | 4 | 4 | Katie Ledecky | United States | 3:59.79 | Q |
2 | 4 | 5 | Summer McIntosh | Canada | 4:03.19 | Q |
3 | 4 | 3 | Lani Pallister | Australia | 4:03.71 | Q |
4 | 4 | 2 | Kiah Melverton | Australia | 4:03.74 | Q |
5 | 4 | 6 | Leah Smith | United States | 4:04.43 | Q |
6 | 3 | 3 | Erika Fairweather | New Zealand | 4:06.00 | Q |
7 | 3 | 5 | Tang Muhan | China | 4:06.29 | Q |
8 | 3 | 6 | Isabel Marie Gose | Germany | 4:06.44 | Q |
9 | 3 | 2 | Miyu Namba | Japan | 4:08.07 | |
10 | 3 | 4 | Li Bingjie | China | 4:08.25 | |
11 | 3 | 7 | Waka Kobori | Japan | 4:08.55 | |
12 | 4 | 7 | Ajna Késely | Hungary | 4:09.09 | |
13 | 3 | 1 | Eve Thomas | New Zealand | 4:09.49 | |
14 | 3 | 8 | Freya Anderson | Great Britain | 4:11.82 | |
15 | 3 | 9 | Katja Fain | Slovenia | 4:12.05 | |
16 | 4 | 0 | Gabrielle Roncatto | Brazil | 4:12.09 | |
17 | 4 | 8 | Marlene Kahler | Austria | 4:12.55 | |
18 | 3 | 0 | Freya Colbert | Great Britain | 4:12.82 | |
19 | 2 | 4 | Han Da-kyung | South Korea | 4:13.29 | |
20 | 4 | 9 | Valentine Dumont | Belgium | 4:13.33 | |
21 | 2 | 5 | Helena Rosendahl Bach | Denmark | 4:13.36 | |
22 | 4 | 1 | Bettina Fábián | Hungary | 4:14.06 | |
23 | 2 | 6 | Gan Ching Hwee | Singapore | 4:15.19 | |
24 | 2 | 3 | Paula Otero | Spain | 4:18.90 | |
25 | 2 | 2 | Zhanet Angelova | Bulgaria | 4:20.55 | |
26 | 2 | 7 | Kamonchanok Kwanmuang | Thailand | 4:27.01 | |
27 | 2 | 1 | Võ Thị Mỹ Tiên | Vietnam | 4:28.99 | |
28 | 2 | 8 | Jamila Boulakbech | Tunisia | 4:32.54 | |
29 | 2 | 9 | Natalia Kuipers | U.S. Virgin Islands | 4:33.54 | |
30 | 1 | 4 | Jehanara Nabi | Pakistan | 4:37.93 | |
31 | 1 | 2 | Bianca Mitchell | Antigua and Barbuda | 4:45.89 | |
32 | 1 | 5 | Therese Soukup | Seychelles | 4:46.09 | |
33 | 1 | 3 | Arianna Lont | Sint Maarten | 5:19.07 | |
34 | 1 | 6 | Keana Santos | Guam | 5:28.52 | |
— | 2 | 0 | Talita Te Flan | Ivory Coast | DNS |
Final
The final was held at 18:41.[4]
Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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4 | Katie Ledecky | United States | 3:58.15 | CR | |
5 | Summer McIntosh | Canada | 3:59.39 | NR | |
2 | Leah Smith | United States | 4:02.08 | ||
4 | 3 | Lani Pallister | Australia | 4:02.16 | |
5 | 8 | Isabel Marie Gose | Germany | 4:03.47 | |
6 | 7 | Erika Fairweather | New Zealand | 4:04.73 | |
7 | 6 | Kiah Melverton | Australia | 4:05.62 | |
8 | 1 | Tang Muhan | China | 4:10.70 |