Swimming at the 2018 Asian Games – Women's 400 metre freestyle

The women's 400 metre freestyle event at the 2018 Asian Games took place on 24 August at the Gelora Bung Karno Aquatic Stadium.

Women's 400 metre freestyle at the 2018 Asian Games
Venue	Gelora Bung Karno Aquatic Stadium
Date	24 August 2018
Competitors	16 from 10 nations
Winning time	4:03.18 GR
Medalists
Wang Jianjiahe    China   Li Bingjie    China   Chihiro Igarashi    Japan

Main article: Swimming at the 2018 Asian Games

Schedule

All times are Western Indonesia Time (UTC+07:00)

Date	Time	Event
Friday, 24 August 2018	09:19	Heats
	18:21	Final

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world, Asian and Games records were as follows.

World Record	Katie Ledecky (USA)	3:56.46	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	7 August 2016
Asian Record	Li Bingjie (CHN)	4:01.75	Tianjin, China	1 September 2017
Games Record	Shao Yiwen (CHN)	4:05.58	Guangzhou, China	15 November 2010

Results

Legend

• DNS — Did not start

Heats

Rank	Heat	Athlete	Time	Notes
1	2	Chihiro Igarashi (JPN)	4:15.89
2	1	Wang Jianjiahe (CHN)	4:19.02
3	1	Waka Kobori (JPN)	4:19.62
4	1	Ho Nam Wai (HKG)	4:19.65
5	1	Gan Ching Hwee (SGP)	4:19.70
6	1	Katii Tang (HKG)	4:19.74
7	2	Li Bingjie (CHN)	4:20.53
8	2	Kim Jin-ha (KOR)	4:21.75
9	2	Ammiga Himathongkom (THA)	4:23.76
10	2	Chantal Liew (SGP)	4:29.47
11	2	Adinda Larasati Dewi (INA)	4:29.56
12	1	Sagita Putri Krisdewanti (INA)	4:30.06
13	2	Mai Thị Linh (VIE)	4:31.99
14	2	Erdenegiin Tselmeg (MGL)	5:03.24
—	1	Gabriella Doueihy (LBN)	DNS
—	1	Choi Jung-min (KOR)	DNS

Final

Rank	Athlete	Time	Notes
	Wang Jianjiahe (CHN)	4:03.18	GR
	Li Bingjie (CHN)	4:06.46
	Chihiro Igarashi (JPN)	4:08.48
4	Waka Kobori (JPN)	4:11.69
5	Kim Jin-ha (KOR)	4:16.84
6	Gan Ching Hwee (SGP)	4:17.86
7	Ho Nam Wai (HKG)	4:18.77
8	Katii Tang (HKG)	4:19.91