2022 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Women's 400 metre freestyle

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Women's 400 metre freestyle
at the 2022 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m)
Venue Melbourne Sports and Aquatic Centre
Location Melbourne, Australia
Dates13 December (heats and final)
Competitors28 from 24 nations
Winning time3:55.04
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg   Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
Silver medal icon.svg   Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand
Bronze medal icon.svg   Flag of the United States.svg  United States
  2021
2024  

The Women's 400 metre freestyle competition of the 2022 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) was held on 13 December 2022. [1]

Contents

Records

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

World record Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Li Bingjie  (CHN)3:51.30 Beijing, China 27 October 2022
Competition recordFlag of Australia (converted).svg  Ariarne Titmus  (AUS)3:53.92 Hangzhou, China 14 December 2018

Results

Heats

The heats were started at 11:05. [2]

RankHeatLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
142 Erika Fairweather Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 3:58.27Q
234 Lani Pallister Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 3:59.50Q
343 Erin Gemmell Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 4:00.49Q
436 Leah Smith Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 4:00.71Q
545 Miyu Namba Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 4:00.97Q
647 Waka Kobori Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 4:02.05Q
737 Katja Fain Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia 4:02.13Q
833 Leah Neale Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 4:02.30Q
935 Liu Yaxin Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 4:02.36
1031 Helena Rosendahl Bach Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 4:03.59
1148 Imani de Jong Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 4:04.65
1246 Valentine Dumont Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 4:07.37
1341 Gabrielle Roncatto Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 4:08.39
1424 Alexa Reyna Flag of France.svg  France 4:08.44
1526 Anja Crevar Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia 4:08.62
1638 Silke Holkenborg Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 4:08.75
1732 Merve Tuncel Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 4:10.60
1822 Elisbet Gámez Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba 4:11.66
1914 Stephanie Houtman Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 4:13.16
2023 Paula Otero Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 4:14.08
2121 Ho Nam Wai Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong 4:14.15
2228 Vár Erlingsdóttir Eidesgaard Flag of the Faroe Islands.svg  Faroe Islands 4:16.97
2315 Martina Cibulková Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia 4:19.76
2427 Iman Avdić Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg  Bosnia and Herzegovina 4:21.65
2516 Jehanara Nabi Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan 4:25.36
2613 Natalia Kuipers Flag of the United States Virgin Islands.svg  United States Virgin Islands 4:26.11
2712 Kaltra Meca Flag of Albania.svg  Albania 4:31.99
2817 Amaya Bollinger Flag of Guam.svg  Guam 5:04.88
11 Maha Al-Shehhi Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg  United Arab Emirates Did not start
25 Gan Ching Hwee Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore
44 Li Bingjie Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China

Final

The final was held at 19:35. [3]

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg5 Lani Pallister Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 3:55.04
Silver medal icon.svg4 Erika Fairweather Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 3:56.00
Bronze medal icon.svg6 Leah Smith Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 3:59.78
42 Miyu Namba Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 4:01.13
51 Katja Fain Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia 4:01.46 NR
63 Erin Gemmell Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 4:01.82
77 Waka Kobori Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 4:02.14
88 Leah Neale Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 4:03.45

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References

  1. "Competition Schedule" (PDF). Omega Timing. 5 December 2022. Retrieved 8 December 2022.
  2. "Women's 400m Freestyle – Heats – Results Summary" (PDF). Omega Timing. 13 December 2022. Retrieved 13 December 2022.
  3. "Women's 400m Freestyle – Final – Results" (PDF). Omega Timing. 13 December 2022. Retrieved 13 December 2022.