Swimming at the 2013 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 400 metre freestyle

Women's 400 metre freestyle at the 2013 World Aquatics Championships
Venue	Palau Sant Jordi
Date	July 28, 2013 (heats & final)
Competitors	37 from 30 nations
Winning time	3:59.82 AM
Medalists
Katie Ledecky    United States   Melanie Costa    Spain   Lauren Boyle    New Zealand
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Barcelona Palau San Jordi

The women's 400 meter freestyle event in swimming at the 2013 World Aquatics Championships took place on 28 July at the Palau Sant Jordi in Barcelona, Spain. ^{[1] [2]}

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and championship records were:

World record	Federica Pellegrini  (ITA)	3:59.15	Rome, Italy	26 July 2009	[3]
Competition record	Federica Pellegrini  (ITA)	3:59.15	Rome, Italy	26 July 2009	[3]

Results

Heats

The heats were held at 11:22. ^[4]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	3	5	Katie Ledecky	United States	4:03.05	Q
2	4	6	Melanie Costa	Spain	4:04.20	Q
3	2	5	Jazmin Carlin	Great Britain	4:04.85	Q
4	3	3	Lauren Boyle	New Zealand	4:04.96	Q
5	2	3	Kylie Palmer	Australia	4:05.01	Q
6	4	4	Camille Muffat	France	4:05.53	Q
7	2	6	Boglárka Kapás	Hungary	4:05.61	Q, NR
8	3	2	Andreina Pinto	Venezuela	4:06.02	Q, NR
9	4	3	Mireia Belmonte García	Spain	4:06.76
10	4	2	Chloe Sutton	United States	4:07.16
11	3	7	Martina de Memme	Italy	4:08.42
12	3	6	Shao Yiwen	China	4:09.16
13	3	4	Bronte Barratt	Australia	4:09.65
14	2	4	Coralie Balmy	France	4:10.70
15	3	1	Chihiro Igarashi	Japan	4:12.44
16	4	1	Savannah King	Canada	4:12.47
17	4	7	Ellie Faulkner	Great Britain	4:13.18
18	4	0	Susana Escobar	Mexico	4:13.37
19	2	7	Diletta Carli	Italy	4:13.89
20	2	2	Zhang Wenqing	China	4:14.66
21	3	8	Julia Hassler	Liechtenstein	4:14.68
22	2	9	Lynette Lim	Singapore	4:14.76
23	2	1	Sarah Köhler	Germany	4:16.13
24	4	8	Nina Rangelova	Bulgaria	4:18.94
25	4	9	Kyna Pereira	South Africa	4:19.66
26	2	8	Natthanan Junkrajang	Thailand	4:19.77
27	1	5	Katya Bachrouche	Lebanon	4:20.46
28	2	0	Tjasa Oder	Slovenia	4:20.82
29	3	0	Carolina Bilich	Brazil	4:21.40
30	3	9	Khoo Cai Lin	Malaysia	4:23.67
31	1	3	Andrea Cedrón	Peru	4:28.78
32	1	4	Raina Ramdhani	Indonesia	4:29.61
33	1	6	Daniela Benavides	Cuba	4:35.85
34	1	2	Alexis Clarke	Barbados	4:42.82
35	1	1	San Khant Khant Su	Myanmar	4:54.89
36	1	7	Monica Saili	Samoa	4:55.49
37	1	8	Victoria Chentsova	Northern Mariana Islands	4:59.78
	4	5	Lotte Friis	Denmark		DNS

Final

The final was held at 18:57. ^[5]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	4	Katie Ledecky	United States	3:59.82	AM
	5	Melanie Costa	Spain	4:02.47	NR
	6	Lauren Boyle	New Zealand	4:03.89
4	3	Jazmin Carlin	Great Britain	4:04.03
5	1	Boglárka Kapás	Hungary	4:05.90
6	8	Andreina Pinto	Venezuela	4:07.14
7	7	Camille Muffat	France	4:07.67
8	2	Kylie Palmer	Australia	4:08.13

References

1. "BCN 2013 – Swimming: Schedule". FINA. 8 July 2013. Archived from the original on 23 December 2013. Retrieved 21 July 2013.
2. Start list
3. "Torres Can't Lift Relay Team To Medal Stand". Sun-Sentinel. 27 July 2009. Archived from the original on December 6, 2015. Retrieved 8 July 2013.
4. Heats Results
5. Final Results

External links

• Barcelona 2013 Swimming Coverage ^{[ usurped ]}