Women's 400 metre individual medley at the 2013 World Aquatics Championships | ||||||||||
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Venue | Palau Sant Jordi | |||||||||
Date | August 4, 2013 (heats & final) | |||||||||
Competitors | 30 from 23 nations | |||||||||
Winning time | 4:30.41 | |||||||||
Medalists | ||||||||||
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2013 FINA World Championships | ||
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Diving | ||
Individual | ||
1 m | men | women |
3 m | men | women |
10 m | men | women |
Synchronised | ||
3 m | men | women |
10 m | men | women |
High diving | ||
20 m | women | |
27 m | men | |
Open water swimming | ||
Single | ||
5 km | men | women |
10 km | men | women |
25 km | men | women |
Team | ||
5 km | mixed | |
Swimming | ||
Freestyle | ||
50 m | men | women |
100 m | men | women |
200 m | men | women |
400 m | men | women |
800 m | men | women |
1500 m | men | women |
Backstroke | ||
50 m | men | women |
100 m | men | women |
200 m | men | women |
Breaststroke | ||
50 m | men | women |
100 m | men | women |
200 m | men | women |
Butterfly | ||
50 m | men | women |
100 m | men | women |
200 m | men | women |
Individual medley | ||
200 m | men | women |
400 m | men | women |
Freestyle relay | ||
4×100 m | men | women |
4×200 m | men | women |
Medley relay | ||
4×100 m | men | women |
Synchronised swimming | ||
Solo | ||
Technical | women | |
Free | women | |
Duet | ||
Technical | women | |
Free | women | |
Team | ||
Technical | women | |
Free | women | |
Combination | women | |
Water polo | ||
Tournament | men | women |
The women's 400 metre individual medley event in swimming at the 2013 World Aquatics Championships took place on 4 August at the Palau Sant Jordi in Barcelona, Spain. [1] [2]
Prior to this competition, the existing world and championship records were:
World record | Ye Shiwen (CHN) | 4:28.43 | London, Great Britain | 28 July 2012 | [3] [4] |
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Competition record | Katinka Hosszú (HUN) | 4:30.31 | Rome, Italy | 2 August 2009 | [5] |
The heats were held at 10:24. [6]
The final was held at 19:14. [7]
Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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4 | Katinka Hosszú | Hungary | 4:30.41 | ||
5 | Mireia Belmonte | Spain | 4:31.21 | ||
7 | Elizabeth Beisel | United States | 4:31.69 | ||
4 | 1 | Madeline Dirado | United States | 4:32.70 | |
5 | 2 | Hannah Miley | Great Britain | 4:34.16 | |
6 | 6 | Zsuzsanna Jakabos | Hungary | 4:34.50 | |
7 | 3 | Ye Shiwen | China | 4:38.51 | |
8 | 8 | Miyu Otsuka | Japan | 4:39.21 |
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