Swimming at the 2022 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 400 metre freestyle

The Women's 400 metre freestyle competition at the 2022 World Aquatics Championships was held on 18 June 2022.[1][2]

Women's 400 metre freestyle
at the 2022 World Aquatics Championships
VenueDanube Arena
LocationBudapest, Hungary
Dates18 June (heats and final)
Competitors34 from 27 nations
Winning time3:58.15
Medalists
gold medal    United States
silver medal    Canada
bronze medal    United States
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Records edit

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
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
18 June Final Katie Ledecky   United States 3:58.15 CR

Results edit

Heats edit

The heats were started at 10:11.[3]

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
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 edit

The final was held at 18:41.[4]

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
  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

References edit

  1. ^ "Schedule" (PDF). fina.org. 15 June 2022.
  2. ^ "Start list" (PDF). omegatiming.com. 16 June 2022.
  3. ^ "Heats results" (PDF). omegatiming.com. 18 June 2022.
  4. ^ "Final results" (PDF). omegatiming.com. 18 June 2022.