Swimming at the 2023 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 400 metre freestyle

The women's 400 metre freestyle competition at the 2023 World Aquatics Championships was held on 23 July 2023.[1][2][3]

Women's 400 metre freestyle
at the 2023 World Aquatics Championships
VenueMarine Messe Fukuoka
LocationFukuoka, Japan
Dates23 July (heats and final)
Competitors41 from 31 nations
Winning time3:55.38 WR
Medalists
gold medal    Australia
silver medal    United States
bronze medal    New Zealand
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Records

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Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.[4]

World record   Summer McIntosh (CAN) 3:56.08 Toronto, Canada 28 March 2023
Competition record   Katie Ledecky (USA) 3:58.15 Budapest, Hungary 18 June 2022

The following new records were set during this competition.

Date Event Name Nationality Time Record
23 July Final Ariarne Titmus   Australia 3:55.38 WR

Results

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Heats

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The heats were started at 11:56.[5]

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 5 5 Katie Ledecky   United States 4:00.80 Q
2 4 4 Ariarne Titmus   Australia 4:01.39 Q
3 5 4 Summer McIntosh   Canada 4:01.72 Q
4 4 6 Isabel Gose   Germany 4:03.02 Q, NR
5 4 5 Erika Fairweather   New Zealand 4:03.07 Q
6 4 3 Lani Pallister   Australia 4:03.49 Q
7 5 6 Bella Sims   United States 4:04.25 Q
8 5 3 Li Bingjie   China 4:04.98 Q
9 5 1 Ajna Késely   Hungary 4:07.08
10 4 1 Waka Kobori   Japan 4:07.48
11 4 7 Gabrielle Roncatto   Brazil 4:07.99
12 4 8 Maria Fernanda Costa   Brazil 4:08.67
13 5 8 Freya Colbert   Great Britain 4:09.02
14 4 9 Anastasiya Kirpichnikova   France 4:09.43
15 3 5 Valentine Dumont   Belgium 4:10.09
16 5 2 Miyu Namba   Japan 4:10.23
17 4 2 Ma Yonghui   China 4:10.64
18 3 1 Han Da-kyung   South Korea 4:11.08
19 3 3 Deniz Ertan   Turkey 4:11.29
20 5 7 Eve Thomas   New Zealand 4:11.33
21 3 2 Imani de Jong   Netherlands 4:12.03
22 5 0 Ella Jansen   Canada 4:12.77
23 5 9 Bettina Fábián   Hungary 4:12.83
24 3 9 Gan Ching Hwee   Singapore 4:13.10
25 3 0 Marlene Kahler   Austria 4:13.13
26 4 0 Merve Tuncel   Turkey 4:13.34
27 3 8 Daria Golovaty   Israel 4:14.33
28 3 7 Paula Otero   Spain 4:14.63
29 2 4 María Yegres   Venezuela 4:15.79
30 3 6 Cyrielle Duhamel   France 4:16.97
31 3 4 Katja Fain   Slovenia 4:18.05
32 2 6 Iman Avdić   Bosnia and Herzegovina 4:20.04
33 2 5 Batbayaryn Enkhkhüslen   Mongolia 4:21.39
34 2 3 Võ Thị Mỹ Tiên   Vietnam 4:23.21
35 2 2 Eva Petrovska   North Macedonia 4:24.92
36 2 1 Harper Barrowman   Cayman Islands 4:26.88
37 2 8 Danielle Treasure   Barbados 4:32.39
38 2 7 Sasha Gatt   Malta 4:35.45
39 1 3 Anna Nikishkina   Kyrgyzstan 4:36.12
40 1 4 Natalia Kuipers   U.S. Virgin Islands 4:38.00
41 1 5 Amaya Bollinger   Guam 5:16.50

Final

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The final was started at 20:32.[6]

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
  5 Ariarne Titmus   Australia 3:55.38 WR
  4 Katie Ledecky   United States 3:58.73
  2 Erika Fairweather   New Zealand 3:59.59 NR
4 3 Summer McIntosh   Canada 3:59.94
5 8 Li Bingjie   China 4:01.65
6 7 Lani Pallister   Australia 4:05.17
7 6 Isabel Gose   Germany 4:05.27
8 1 Bella Sims   United States 4:05.37

References

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  1. ^ "Schedule" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 18 January 2024. Retrieved 17 January 2023.
  2. ^ Sutherland, James (13 January 2023). "World Aquatics Announces Competition Schedule For 2023 World Championships In Fukuoka". SwimSwam. Archived from the original on 18 January 2024. Retrieved 13 January 2023.
  3. ^ "Start list" (PDF). omegatiming.com. 21 July 2023. Archived (PDF) from the original on 23 July 2023.
  4. ^ "Records book" (PDF). omegatiming.com. 21 July 2023. Archived (PDF) from the original on 18 January 2024.
  5. ^ "Heats results" (PDF). omegatiming.com. 23 July 2023. Archived (PDF) from the original on 20 November 2023.
  6. ^ "Final results" (PDF). omegatiming.com. 23 July 2023. Archived (PDF) from the original on 23 July 2023.