2018 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Women's 400 metre freestyle

Women's 400 metre freestyle
at the 2018 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m)
Women's 400 metre freestyle ; at the 2018 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m)
Venue	Hangzhou Sports Park Stadium
Dates	14 December (heats and final)
Competitors	41 from 34 nations
Winning time	3:53.92 WR
Medalists
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The women's 400 metre freestyle competition of the 2018 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) was held on 14 December 2018.^[1]

Records edit

Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.

	Name	Nation	Time	Location	Date
World record	Wang Jianjiahe	China	3:53.97	Budapest	4 October 2018
Championship record	Mireia Belmonte	Spain	3:55.76	Doha	5 December 2014

The following new records were set during this competition:

Date	Event	Name	Nation	Time	Record
14 December	Final	Ariarne Titmus	Australia	3:53.92	WR, CR

The heats were started at 10:15.^[2]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	4	3	Ariarne Titmus	Australia	3:58.58	Q
2	4	5	Leah Smith	United States	4:00.46	Q
3	5	4	Wang Jianjiahe	China	4:00.73	Q
4	5	6	Li Bingjie	China	4:01.82	Q
5	5	5	Anna Egorova	Russia	4:02.31	Q
6	5	3	Sarah Köhler	Germany	4:02.79	Q
7	4	6	Erica Musso	Italy	4:03.37	Q
8	4	0	Valeriya Salamatina	Russia	4:04.51	Q
9	5	7	Simona Quadarella	Italy	4:04.94
10	4	2	Carla Buchanan	Australia	4:05.00
11	4	1	Diana Durães	Portugal	4:05.65
12	4	9	Haley Anderson	United States	4:05.89
13	4	8	Katja Fain	Slovenia	4:06.05
14	5	2	Chihiro Igarashi	Japan	4:06.21
15	4	7	Mayuko Goto	Japan	4:06.81
16	5	1	Marlene Kahler	Austria	4:06.95
17	5	9	Reva Foos	Germany	4:09.55
18	3	6	Beril Böcekler	Turkey	4:09.90	NR
19	3	3	Elisbet Gámez Matos	Cuba	4:09.94
20	3	5	Hanna Eriksson	Sweden	4:10.70
21	3	8	Rachel Tseng	Singapore	4:11.11	NR
22	5	0	Catalina Corro	Spain	4:11.40
23	3	4	Hayley McIntosh	New Zealand	4:12.50
24	5	8	Ho Nam Wai	Hong Kong	4:13.69
25	3	1	Sabína Kupčová	Slovakia	4:14.78
26	3	2	Jessica Cattaneo	Peru	4:15.61
27	1	5	Chen Szu-an	Chinese Taipei	4:16.49
28	2	5	Kristina Miletić	Croatia	4:17.93
29	2	4	Rosalee Santa Ana	Philippines	4:18.03	NR
30	3	7	Delfina Dini	Argentina	4:18.20
31	3	0	Souad Cherouati	Algeria	4:20.12
32	2	6	Gabriella Doueihy	Lebanon	4:26.56
33	2	2	Michell Ramirez	Honduras	4:28.23	NR
34	2	0	Nàdia Tudó Cubells	Andorra	4:32.85
35	2	3	Daila Ismatul	Guatemala	4:34.70
36	2	7	Matalia Kuipers	United States Virgin Islands	4:35.11	NR
37	1	4	Lorna Doorman	Zimbabwe	4:39.58
38	2	1	Tinatin Kevlishvili	Georgia	4:40.44
39	1	3	Tiana Rabarijaona	Madagascar	4:46.08
40	2	9	Sonja Kapedani	Albania	4:55.92
41	2	8	Osisang Chilton	Palau	4:56.24
	3	9	Talita Te Flan	Ivory Coast		DNS
	4	4	Boglárka Kapás	Hungary		DNS

The final was held at 19:48.^[3]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	4	Ariarne Titmus	Australia	3:53.92	WR
	3	Wang Jianjiahe	China	3:54.56
	6	Li Bingjie	China	3:57.99
4	5	Leah Smith	United States	3:58.58
5	2	Anna Egorova	Russia	4:01.52
6	8	Valeriya Salamatina	Russia	4:02.87
7	7	Sarah Köhler	Germany	4:03.28
8	1	Erica Musso	Italy	4:03.61

^ "Competition Schedule". Omega Timing. 9 December 2018. Retrieved 19 December 2018.
^ "Heats results". Archived from the original on 2018-12-14. Retrieved 2018-12-19.
^ "Final results". Archived from the original on 2018-12-14. Retrieved 2018-12-19.