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

Women's 400 metre individual medley at the 2013 World Aquatics Championships
Venue	Palau Sant Jordi
Date	August 4, 2013 (heats & final)
Competitors	30 from 23 nations
Winning time	4:30.41
Medalists
Katinka Hosszú    Hungary   Mireia Belmonte    Spain   Elizabeth Beisel    United States
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Barcelona Palau San Jordi

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]}

Records

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]
Competition record	Katinka Hosszú  (HUN)	4:30.31	Rome, Italy	2 August 2009	[5]

Results

Heats

The heats were held at 10:24. ^[6]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2	4	Katinka Hosszú	Hungary	4:32.72	Q
2	2	5	Mireia Belmonte	Spain	4:34.64	Q
3	4	4	Ye Shiwen	China	4:34.93	Q
3	4	3	Zsuzsanna Jakabos	Hungary	4:34.93	Q
5	4	5	Hannah Miley	Great Britain	4:34.94	Q
6	3	4	Elizabeth Beisel	United States	4:35.17	Q
7	3	5	Madeline Dirado	United States	4:37.39	Q
8	3	3	Miyu Otsuka	Japan	4:37.77	Q
9	2	3	Aimee Willmott	Great Britain	4:38.43
10	3	7	Chen Xinyi	China	4:39.54
11	3	2	Alexa Komarnycky	Canada	4:39.94
12	4	7	Barbora Závadová	Czech Republic	4:41.88
13	4	6	Stefania Pirozzi	Italy	4:42.33
14	3	6	Beatriz Gómez Cortés	Spain	4:42.78
15	4	2	Yana Martynova	Russia	4:44.03
16	2	2	Stina Gardell	Sweden	4:44.50
17	4	1	Joanna Melo	Brazil	4:44.55
18	2	6	Miho Takahashi	Japan	4:45.70
19	2	7	Erika Seltenreich-Hodgson	Canada	4:46.11
20	4	0	Susana Escobar	Mexico	4:47.18	NR
21	2	8	Nguyen Thi Anh Vien	Vietnam	4:47.60
22	3	0	Rene Warnes	South Africa	4:48.11
23	4	9	Samantha Lucie-Smith	New Zealand	4:49.73
24	4	8	Samantha Arevalo	Ecuador	4:50.03
25	3	8	Victoria Kaminskaya	Portugal	4:52.12
26	2	1	Hanna Dzerkal	Ukraine	4:53.34
27	1	5	Zara Bailey	Jamaica	4:54.14
28	1	4	Siow Yi Ting	Malaysia	4:54.84
29	2	0	Tanja Kylliainen	Finland	4:55.54
30	1	3	Maria Far Núñez	Panama	5:14.48
	3	1	Ranohon Amanova	Uzbekistan		DNS

Final

The final was held at 19:14. ^[7]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	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

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. "Ye Shiwen wins gold in record time". ESPN. 28 July 2012. Retrieved 7 July 2013.
4. Newberry, Paul (28 July 2012). "Lochte wins 400m IM in blowout; Phelps finishes 4th". London 2012 . NBC Olympics. Archived from the original on 7 July 2013. Retrieved 7 July 2013.
5. "FINA World Championships, Swimming: Hungary's Katinka Hosszu Slays Giants, Wins Women's 400 IM". Swimming World Magazine. 2 August 2009. Archived from the original on 2 May 2012. Retrieved 21 July 2013.
6. Heats Results
7. Final Results

External links

• Barcelona 2013 Swimming Coverage