Swimming at the 2014 Commonwealth Games – Women's 400 metre freestyle

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Women's 400 metre freestyle
at the 2014 Commonwealth Games
Venue Tollcross International Swimming Centre
Dates29 July 2014 (2014-07-29)
Competitors22 from 11 nations
Winning time4:04.47 GR
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg   Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand
Silver medal icon.svg   Flag of Wales 2.svg  Wales
Bronze medal icon.svg   Flag of Australia.svg  Australia
  2010
2018  

The women's 400 metre freestyle event at the 2014 Commonwealth Games as part of the swimming programme took place on 29 July at the Tollcross International Swimming Centre in Glasgow, Scotland.

Contents

The medals were presented by Maureen Campbell, Director of Commonwealth Games Scotland and Chair of Scottish Swimming and the quaichs were presented by Paul Bush, Director of Commonwealth Games Scotland and former chief executive officer of Scottish Swimming.

Records

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

World recordFlag of Italy.svg  Federica Pellegrini  (ITA)3:59.15 Rome, Italy26 July 2009
Commonwealth recordFlag of England.svg  Joanne Jackson  (ENG)4:00.60 Rome, Italy26 July 2009
Games recordFlag of England.svg  Rebecca Adlington  (ENG)4:05.68 Delhi, India8 October 2010 [1]

The following records were established during the competition:

DateEventNameNationalityTimeRecord
29 JulyFinal Lauren Boyle Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 4:04.47GR

Results

Heats

RankHeatLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
134 Lauren Boyle Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 4:07.06Q
233 Remy Fairweather Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 4:07.35Q
335 Bronte Barratt Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 4:08.81Q
423 Brittany MacLean Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 4:08.84Q
522 Hannah Miley Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland 4:09.30Q
624 Jazmin Carlin Flag of Wales 2.svg  Wales 4:09.76Q
731 Samantha Cheverton Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 4:09.88Q
832 Ellie Faulkner Flag of England.svg  England 4:10.94Q
925 Jessica Ashwood Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 4:11.23
1038 Ellena Jones Flag of Wales 2.svg  Wales 4:12.06
1126 Aimee Willmott Flag of England.svg  England 4:12.28
1236 Caitlin McClatchey Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland 4:15.36
1337 Tabitha Baumann Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 4:16.02
1414 Sycerika McMahon Ulster banner.svg  Northern Ireland 4:16.21
1527 Samantha Lucie-Smith Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 4:16.48
1615 Joanna Evans Flag of the Bahamas.svg  Bahamas 4:17.81
1728 Khoo Cai Lin Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia 4:19.47
1821 Rebecca Turner Flag of England.svg  England 4:20.55
1913 Lynette Lim Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore 4:22.92
2012 Lani Cabrera Flag of Barbados.svg  Barbados 4:26.74
2116 Rachel Bethel Ulster banner.svg  Northern Ireland 4:34.30
2217 Alexis Clarke Flag of Barbados.svg  Barbados 4:43.90

Final

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg4 Lauren Boyle Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 4:04.47 GR
Silver medal icon.svg7 Jazmin Carlin Flag of Wales 2.svg  Wales 4:05.16
Bronze medal icon.svg3 Bronte Barratt Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 4:06.02
42 Hannah Miley Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland 4:06.21
56 Brittany MacLean Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 4:06.53
65 Remy Fairweather Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 4:07.65
78 Ellie Faulkner Flag of England.svg  England 4:08.92
81 Samantha Cheverton Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 4:09.85

References

  1. "Commonwealth Games: Rebecca Adlington Breaks 24-Year-Old Record; Geoff Huegill, Leisel Jones and Yolane Kukla Make History". Swimming World Magazine. 8 October 2010. Retrieved 8 October 2010.