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

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Women's 400m Individual Medley
at the 2012 Short Course Worlds
Dates12 December (heats and final)
Winning time4:23.14
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg   Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
Silver medal icon.svg   Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
Bronze medal icon.svg   Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary
  2010
2014  

The women's 400 metre individual medley event at the 11th FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) took place 12 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 Julia Smit Flag of the United States.svg  United States 4:21.04 Manchester 18 December 2009
Championship record Mireia Belmonte Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 4:24.21 Dubai 15 December 2010

The following records were established during the competition:

DateEventNameNationTimeRecord
12 DecemberFinal Hannah Miley Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 4:23.14CR

Results

Heats

25 swimmers participated in 3 heats. [1]

RankHeatLaneNameTimeNotes
134Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Hannah Miley  (GBR)4:28.91Q
224Flag of Hungary.svg  Katinka Hosszú  (HUN)4:29.22Q
335Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Ye Shiwen  (CHN)4:29.98Q
414Flag of Hungary.svg  Zsuzsanna Jakabos  (HUN)4:30.88Q
525Flag of Japan.svg  Miho Takahashi  (JPN)4:31.71Q
633Flag of Japan.svg  Emu Higuchi  (JPN)4:32.49Q
712Flag of the United States.svg  Madeline Dirado  (USA)4:33.01Q
815Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Barbora Závadová  (CZE)4:34.67Q
916Flag of the United States.svg  Rebecca Mann  (USA)4:34.70
1023Flag of South Africa.svg  Jessica Pengelly  (RSA)4:37.66
1136Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Ellen Fullerton  (AUS)4:37.84
1210Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Qiao Qiao  (CHN)4:38.93
1337Flag of Italy.svg  Stefania Pirozzi  (ITA)4:40.04
1426Flag of Russia.svg  Kristina Krasyukova  (RUS)4:40.19
1427Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Wendy van der Zanden  (NED)4:40.19
1631Flag of South Africa.svg  Rene Warnes  (RSA)4:40.45
1713Flag of Austria.svg  Jördis Steinegger  (AUT)4:42.14
1828Flag of Ecuador.svg  Samantha Arevalo  (ECU)4:42.22 NR
1932Flag of Poland.svg  Karolina Szczepaniak  (POL)4:45.45
2017Flag of Sweden.svg  Céline Bertrand  (SWE)4:45.66
2111Flag of Argentina.svg  Virginia Bardach  (ARG)4:50.85
2220Flag of Spain.svg  Marina García Urzainqui  (ESP)4:52.29
2338Flag of Indonesia.svg  Monalisa Arieswati Lorenza  (INA)5:00.97
2430Flag of Pakistan.svg  Anum Bandey  (PAK)5:24.51
21Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Chan Kin Lok  (HKG)DSQ
18Flag of Mauritius.svg  Elodie Poo Cheong  (MRI)DNS
22Flag of Slovenia.svg  Anja Klinar  (SLO)DNS

Final

The final was held at 20:16. [2]

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg4 Hannah Miley Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 4:23.14 CR , ER
Silver medal icon.svg3 Ye Shiwen Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 4:23.33
Bronze medal icon.svg5 Katinka Hosszú Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 4:25.95
46 Zsuzsanna Jakabos Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 4:26.99
51 Madeline Dirado Flag of the United States.svg  United States 4:28.55
62 Miho Takahashi Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 4:31.55
77 Emu Higuchi Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 4:35.59
88 Barbora Závadová Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 4:37.30

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References

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