Swimming at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 400 metre freestyle

The Women's 400 metre freestyle competition of the swimming events at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships was held on 2 August with the heats and the final.[1]

Women's 400 metre freestyle
at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships
Victory Ceremony
Dates2 August (heats and final)
Competitors49 from 43 nations
Winning time3:59.13
Medalists
gold medal    United States
silver medal    Netherlands
bronze medal    Australia
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Records

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

World record   Katie Ledecky (USA) 3:58.37 Gold Coast, Australia 23 August 2014
Competition record   Federica Pellegrini (ITA) 3:59.15 Rome, Italy 26 July 2009

The following new records were set during this competition.

Date Event Name Nationality Time Record
2 August Final Katie Ledecky   United States 3:59.13 CR

Results

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Heats

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The heats were held at 11:03.[2]

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 5 4 Katie Ledecky   United States 4:01.73 Q
2 5 6 Jessica Ashwood   Australia 4:04.47 Q
3 5 5 Sharon van Rouwendaal   Netherlands 4:05.02 Q
4 4 5 Lauren Boyle   New Zealand 4:05.53 Q
5 5 7 Boglárka Kapás   Hungary 4:06.21 Q
6 4 4 Jazmin Carlin   Great Britain 4:07.15 Q
6 4 6 Diletta Carli   Italy 4:07.15 Q
8 5 1 Melania Costa   Spain 4:07.58 Q
9 5 3 Cierra Runge   United States 4:07.97
10 4 9 Anja Klinar   Slovenia 4:08.57
11 5 8 Shao Yiwen   China 4:08.93
12 4 1 Sarah Köhler   Germany 4:09.21
13 5 2 Cao Yue   China 4:09.60
14 4 3 Coralie Balmy   France 4:09.68
15 4 8 Andreina Pinto   Venezuela 4:09.75
16 3 5 Manuella Lyrio   Brazil 4:10.57 NR
17 4 2 Alice Mizzau   Italy 4:10.92
18 3 4 Arina Openysheva   Russia 4:11.71
19 5 9 Johanna Friedrich   Germany 4:12.09
20 4 0 Chihiro Igarashi   Japan 4:13.43
21 4 7 Leah Neale   Australia 4:13.98
22 5 0 Emily Overholt   Canada 4:14.45
23 3 7 Julia Hassler   Liechtenstein 4:14.51
24 2 1 María Álvarez   Colombia 4:14.60 NR
25 3 8 Monique Olivier   Luxembourg 4:15.24
26 3 2 Jo Hyun-ju   South Korea 4:15.39
27 2 6 Martina van Berkel    Switzerland 4:15.83
28 3 3 Emma Robinson   New Zealand 4:16.43
29 3 1 Claudia Hufnagl   Austria 4:17.14
30 2 7 Martina Elhenická   Czech Republic 4:18.57
31 2 2 Khoo Cai Lin   Malaysia 4:18.75
32 2 4 Andrea Cedrón   Peru 4:18.96
33 2 3 Rachel Tseng   Singapore 4:19.97
34 3 6 Samantha Arévalo   Ecuador 4:20.47
35 2 0 Katarina Simonović   Serbia 4:20.94
36 2 5 Elisbet Gámez   Cuba 4:21.36
37 2 8 Merve Eroğlu   Turkey 4:24.77
38 1 5 Daniella van den Berg   Aruba 4:24.79
39 3 0 Gabriela Santis   Guatemala 4:25.92
40 1 2 Helena Moreno   Costa Rica 4:26.87
41 1 4 Lani Cabrera   Barbados 4:28.31
42 1 3 Elena Giovannini   San Marino 4:29.40
43 1 6 Sara Pastrana   Honduras 4:32.58
44 2 9 Talita Te Flan   Ivory Coast 4:32.72
45 1 7 Gabriella Doueihy   Lebanon 4:35.09
46 3 9 Benjaporn Sriphanomthorn   Thailand 4:36.55
47 1 1 Arianna Sanna   Dominican Republic 4:39.87
48 1 0 Victoria Chentsova   Northern Mariana Islands 4:44.15
49 1 8 Makaela Holowchak   Antigua and Barbuda 4:47.77

Final

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Katie Ledecky after the final heat

The final was held at 18:23.[3]

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
  4 Katie Ledecky   United States 3:59.13 CR
  3 Sharon van Rouwendaal   Netherlands 4:03.02 NR
  5 Jessica Ashwood   Australia 4:03.34 OC
4 7 Jazmin Carlin   Great Britain 4:03.74
5 6 Lauren Boyle   New Zealand 4:04.38
6 8 Melania Costa   Spain 4:06.50
7 1 Diletta Carli   Italy 4:07.30
8 2 Boglárka Kapás   Hungary 4:08.22

References

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