Swimming at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's 400 metre freestyle

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Women's 400 metre freestyle
at the Games of the XXX Olympiad
Venue London Aquatics Centre
DateJuly 29, 2012 (heats & final)
Competitors35 from 27 nations
Winning time4:01.45 OR
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Camille Muffat Flag of France.svg  France
Silver medal icon.svg Allison Schmitt Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Bronze medal icon.svg Rebecca Adlington Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain
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The women's 400 metre freestyle event at the 2012 Summer Olympics took place on 29 July at the London Aquatics Centre in London, United Kingdom. [1]

France's Camille Muffat held off a sprint duel from a hard-charging American Allison Schmitt with every stroke on the final stretch to capture the event's second Olympic title for her nation, since Laure Manaudou topped the podium in 2004. She maintained her powerful lead from the start to edge out Schmitt by 0.32 seconds for the gold medal and a new Olympic record in 4:01.45. [2] [3] Meanwhile, Schmitt could not catch Muffat on a head-to-head duel to finish with an American record of 4:01.77 in the process of winning silver. [4] Great Britain's Rebecca Adlington struggled through the race in her Olympic title defense, but brought out a raucous cheer from the home crowd to earn the bronze in 4:03.01. [5] [6] [7]

Denmark's Lotte Friis finished off the podium with a fourth-place time and a national record in 4:03.98, while Italy's Federica Pellegrini, the reigning world record holder, faded to fifth in 4:04.50. [8] Muffat's teammate Coralie Balmy (4:05.95), Canada's Brittany MacLean (4:06.24) and New Zealand's Lauren Boyle (4:06.25) rounded out the field. [7]

Records

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

World recordFlag of Italy.svg  Federica Pellegrini  (ITA)3:59.15 Rome, Italy 26 July 2009 [9]
Olympic recordFlag of Italy.svg  Federica Pellegrini  (ITA)4:02.19 Beijing, China 10 August 2008 [10]

The following records were established during the competition:

DateEventNameNationalityTimeRecord
July 29Final Camille Muffat Flag of France.svg  France 4:01.45 OR

Results

Heats

[11]

RankHeatLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
154 Camille Muffat Flag of France.svg  France 4:03.29Q
255 Allison Schmitt Flag of the United States.svg  United States 4:03.31Q
346 Coralie Balmy Flag of France.svg  France 4:03.56Q
452 Lauren Boyle Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 4:03.63Q, NR
556 Lotte Friis Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 4:04.22Q, NR
642 Brittany MacLean Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 4:05.06Q, NR
744 Federica Pellegrini Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 4:05.30Q
834 Rebecca Adlington Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain 4:05.75Q
957 Melania Costa Schmid Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 4:06.75
1035 Chloe Sutton Flag of the United States.svg  United States 4:07.07
1145 Kylie Palmer Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 4:07.27
1253 Bronte Barratt Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 4:07.99
1336 Mireia Belmonte García Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 4:08.23
1443 Shao Yiwen Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 4:08.41
1541 Andreina Pinto Flag of Venezuela.svg  Venezuela 4:08.45 NR
1637 Éva Risztov Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 4:09.08
1751 Boglárka Kapás Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 4:10.01
1847 Savannah King Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 4:10.93
1933 Li Xuanxu Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 4:10.95
2031 Camelia Potec Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 4:11.43
2132 Joanne Jackson Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain 4:11.50
2238 Wendy Trott Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 4:11.63
2323 Nina Rangelova Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria 4:11.71 NR
2425 Kristel Kobrich Flag of Chile.svg  Chile 4:12.02
2558 Yelena Sokolova Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 4:12.19
2624 Aya Takano Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 4:12.33
2722 Julia Hassler Flag of Liechtenstein.svg  Liechtenstein 4:12.99 NR
2826 Susana Escobar Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 4:14.78
2928 Natthanan Junkrajang Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand 4:16.45
3021 Lynette Lim Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore 4:18.64
3148 Grainne Murphy Flag of Ireland (3-2).svg  Ireland 4:19.07
3214 Mojca Sagmeister Civil Ensign of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia 4:21.55
3315 Andrea Cedron Flag of Peru.svg  Peru 4:24.18
3427 Kim Ga-eul Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 4:43.46
3513 Jennet Sariyeva Flag of Turkmenistan.svg  Turkmenistan 5:40.29 NR

Final

Podium for the 400m freestyle. L-R: Allison Schmitt (silver), Camille Muffat (gold) and Rebecca Adlington (bronze). Medallistas de los 400m libre femenino en Londres 2012.jpg
Podium for the 400m freestyle. L-R: Allison Schmitt (silver), Camille Muffat (gold) and Rebecca Adlington (bronze).
RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg4 Camille Muffat Flag of France.svg  France 4:01.45 OR
Silver medal icon.svg5 Allison Schmitt Flag of the United States.svg  United States 4:01.77 AM
Bronze medal icon.svg8 Rebecca Adlington Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain 4:03.01
42 Lotte Friis Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 4:03.98 NR
51 Federica Pellegrini Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 4:04.50
63 Coralie Balmy Flag of France.svg  France 4:05.95
77 Brittany MacLean Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 4:06.24
86 Lauren Boyle Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 4:06.25

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