2010 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Women's 400 metre individual medley

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Women's 400m I.M.
at the 2010 Short Course Worlds
Dates15 December 2010
Competitors28
Winning time4:24.21
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg   Flag of Spain.svg  Spain
Silver medal icon.svg   Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
Bronze medal icon.svg   Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
  2008
2012  

The Women's 400 Individual Medley (or "I.M.") at the 10th FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) was swum on 15 December 2010 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. 28 swimmers swam in the morning preliminary heats, [1] from which the top-8 advanced to the final that evening. [2]

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Records

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

NameNationTimeLocationDate
World record Julia Smit Flag of the United States.svg United States4:21.04 Manchester 18 December 2009
Championship record Kirsty Coventry Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe 4:26.52Manchester9 April 2008

The following records were established during the competition:

DateRoundNameNationTimeWRCR
15 December 2010Final Mireia Belmonte Flag of Spain.svg Spain4:24.21CR

Results

Heats

RankHeatLaneNameTimeNotes
145Flag of Hungary.svg  Zsuzsanna Jakabos  (HUN)4:30.92Q
244Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Hannah Miley  (GBR)4:31.04Q
324Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Ye Shiwen  (CHN)4:31.90Q
416Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Li Xuanxu  (CHN)4:32.16Q
534Flag of Spain.svg  Mireia Belmonte  (ESP)4:32.37Q
625Flag of the United States.svg  Ariana Kukors  (USA)4:33.64Q
743Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Barbora Závadová  (CZE)4:33.74Q
833Flag of Japan.svg  Maiko Fujino  (JPN)4:35.60Q
926Flag of the United States.svg  Dagny Knutson  (USA)4:35.91
1037Flag of South Africa.svg  Katheryn Meaklim  (RSA)4:36.93
1123Flag of Sweden.svg  Stina Gardell  (SWE)4:37.68
1246Flag of South Africa.svg  Jessica Pengelly  (RSA)4:39.08
1336Flag of Sweden.svg  Sara Thydén  (SWE)4:39.58
1432Flag of Norway.svg  Sara Nordenstam  (NOR)4:39.84
1522Flag of Russia.svg  Ekaterina Andreeva  (RUS)4:42.22
1627Flag of Tunisia.svg  Sarra Lajnef  (TUN)4:45.40
1742Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Cheng Wan-Jung  (TPE)4:47.55
1838Flag of Morocco.svg  Sara El Bekri  (MAR)4:48.22
1947Flag of Argentina.svg  Georgina Bardach  (ARG)4:50.12
2021Flag of Thailand.svg  Patarawadee Kittiya  (THA)4:53.05
2141Flag of Uzbekistan.svg  Ranohon Amanova  (UZB)4:54.87
2231Flag of Ecuador.svg  Samantha Arevalo Salinas  (ECU)4:55.06
2314Flag of Peru.svg  Patricia Quevedo  (PER)4:58.88
2448Flag of Singapore.svg  Meagan Lim  (SIN)5:01.08
2528Flag of the Cayman Islands.svg  Lara Butler  (CAY)5:08.33
2615Flag of Mauritius.svg  Elodie Poo Cheong  (MRI)5:10.77
2713Flag of Pakistan.svg  Anum Bandey  (PAK)5:33.05
35Flag of Slovenia.svg  Anja Klinar  (SLO)DSQ

Final

RankLaneNameTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg2Flag of Spain.svg  Mireia Belmonte  (ESP)4:24.21CR
Silver medal icon.svg3Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Ye Shiwen  (CHN)4:24.55
Bronze medal icon.svg6Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Li Xuanxu  (CHN)4:29.05
45Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Hannah Miley  (GBR)4:29.77
54Flag of Hungary.svg  Zsuzsanna Jakabos  (HUN)4:30.44
67Flag of the United States.svg  Ariana Kukors  (USA)4:31.01
71Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Barbora Závadová  (CZE)4:35.01
88Flag of Japan.svg  Maiko Fujino  (JPN)4:36.16

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References

  1. "2010 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Women's 400 metre individual medley (heats)" (PDF). Omega Timing. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 January 2011. Retrieved 15 December 2010.
  2. "2010 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Women's 400 metre individual medley (final)" (PDF). Omega Timing. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 January 2011. Retrieved 15 December 2010.