2012 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Women's 400 metre freestyle

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Women's 400m Freestyle
at the 2012 Short Course Worlds
Dates14 December (heats and final)
Winning time4:01.18
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg   Melanie Costa  Flag of Spain.svg  Spain
Silver medal icon.svg   Chloe Sutton  Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Bronze medal icon.svg   Lauren Boyle  Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand
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The women's 400 metre freestyle event at the 11th FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) took place 14 December 2012 at the Sinan Erdem Dome.

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Records

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

NameNationTimeLocationDate
World record Camille Muffat Flag of France.svg  France 3:54.85 Chartres 24 November 2012
Championship record Katie Hoff Flag of the United States.svg  United States 3:57.07 Dubai 17 December 2010

No new records were set during this competition.

Results

Heats

[1]

RankHeatLaneNameTimeNotes
135Flag of Hungary.svg  Katinka Hosszú  (HUN)4:03.49Q
244Flag of the United States.svg  Chloe Sutton  (USA)4:04.16Q
345Flag of Russia.svg  Elena Sokolova  (RUS)4:04.37Q
434Flag of Spain.svg  Melanie Costa  (ESP)4:04.68Q
553Flag of New Zealand.svg  Lauren Boyle  (NZL)4:04.83Q
633Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Angie Bainbridge  (AUS)4:04.94Q
743Flag of Spain.svg  Erika Villaécija García  (ESP)4:05.04Q
813Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Zhou Lili  (CHN)4:05.11Q
914Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Jazmin Carlin  (GBR)4:05.13
1036Flag of Italy.svg  Alice Nesti  (ITA)4:05.55
1154Flag of Denmark.svg  Lotte Friis  (DEN)4:05.67
1255Flag of the United States.svg  Allison Schmitt  (USA)4:05.98
1356Flag of Italy.svg  Diletta Carli  (ITA)4:06.38
1415Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Xu Danlu  (CHN)4:06.83
1550Flag of Japan.svg  Emu Higuchi  (JPN)4:07.46
1632Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Ellie Faulkner  (GBR)4:07.72
1748Flag of Ecuador.svg  Samantha Arevalo  (ECU)4:08.64 NR
1841Flag of Russia.svg  Ksenia Yuskova  (RUS)4:09.53
1937Flag of Liechtenstein.svg  Julia Hassler  (LIE)4:10.08
2031Flag of Japan.svg  Asami Chida  (JPN)4:10.78
2142Flag of Slovenia.svg  Urša Bežan  (SLO)4:11.21
2257Flag of Slovenia.svg  Mojca Sagmeister  (SLO)4:12.74
2347Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Heather MacLean  (CAN)4:12.99
2446Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Nina Rangelova  (BUL)4:13.49
2558Flag of South Africa.svg  Kyna Pereira  (RSA)4:15.37
2638Flag of Argentina.svg  Virginia Bardach  (ARG)4:16.78
2728Flag of Barbados.svg  Lani Cabrera  (BAR)4:20.78 NR
2840Flag of Peru.svg  Andrea Cedrón  (PER)4:23.87
2930Flag of Peru.svg  Daniela Miyahara  (PER)4:25.30
3023Bandera de Bolivia (Estado).svg  Karen Torrez  (BOL)4:25.70 NR
3159Flag of Paraguay.svg  Maria Lopez Nery Huerta  (PAR)4:29.51 NR
3249Flag of El Salvador.svg  Fatima Eugenia Flores  (ESA)4:31.34
3339Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Machiko Suharmee Raheem  (SRI)4:36.10
3425Flag of Samoa.svg  Monica Saili  (SAM)4:37.32
3524Flag of Barbados.svg  Sariyah Sherry  (BAR)4:37.33
3622Flag of Fiji.svg  Tieri Erasito  (FIJ)4:45.17
3726Flag of Syria.svg  Yusra Mardini  (SYR)4:56.66
3827Flag of Tonga.svg  Charissa Sofia Panuve  (TGA)5:15.87
3921Flag of Pakistan.svg  Mahnoor Maqsood  (PAK)5:33.66
51Flag of Sweden.svg  Céline Bertrand  (SWE)DNS
52Flag of South Africa.svg  Jessica Pengelly  (RSA)DNS

Final

The final was held at 20:25. [2]

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg3 Melanie Costa Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 4:01.18
Silver medal icon.svg4 Chloe Sutton Flag of the United States.svg  United States 4:01.20
Bronze medal icon.svg6 Lauren Boyle Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 4:01.24 NR
45 Elena Sokolova Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 4:01.49 NR
58 Jazmin Carlin Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 4:02.45
62 Angie Bainbridge Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 4:04.07
71 Zhou Lili Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 4:04.87
87 Erika Villaécija García Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 4:05.78

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References

  1. ↑ "2012 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Women's 400 metre freestyle (heats)". Omega Timing. Archived from the original on 2012-12-18. Retrieved 2012-12-14.
  2. ↑ "2012 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Women's 400 metre freestyle (final)". Omega Timing. Archived from the original on 2012-12-17. Retrieved 2012-12-14.
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