Swimming at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 400 metre freestyle

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Women's 400 metre freestyle
at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships
Kazan 2015 - Victory Ceremony 400m freestyle W.JPG
Victory Ceremony
Dates2 August (heats and final)
Competitors49 from 43 nations
Winning time3:59.13
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg   Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Silver medal icon.svg   Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
Bronze medal icon.svg   Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
  2013
2017  

The Women's 400 metre freestyle competition of the swimming events at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships was held on 2 August with the heats and the final. [1]

Contents

Records

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

World record Flag of the United States.svg  Katie Ledecky  (USA)3:58.37 Gold Coast, Australia 23 August 2014
Competition recordFlag of Italy.svg  Federica Pellegrini  (ITA)3:59.15 Rome, Italy 26 July 2009

The following new records were set during this competition.

DateEventNameNationalityTimeRecord
2 August Final Katie Ledecky Flag of the United States.svg  United States 3:59.13 CR

Results

Heats

The heats were held at 11:03. [2]

RankHeatLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
154 Katie Ledecky Flag of the United States.svg  United States 4:01.73Q
256 Jessica Ashwood Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 4:04.47Q
355 Sharon van Rouwendaal Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 4:05.02Q
445 Lauren Boyle Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 4:05.53Q
557 Boglárka Kapás Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 4:06.21Q
644 Jazmin Carlin Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 4:07.15Q
646 Diletta Carli Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 4:07.15Q
851 Melania Costa Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 4:07.58Q
953 Cierra Runge Flag of the United States.svg  United States 4:07.97
1049 Anja Klinar Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia 4:08.57
1158 Shao Yiwen Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 4:08.93
1241 Sarah Köhler Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 4:09.21
1352 Cao Yue Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 4:09.60
1443 Coralie Balmy Flag of France.svg  France 4:09.68
1548 Andreina Pinto Flag of Venezuela.svg  Venezuela 4:09.75
1635 Manuella Lyrio Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 4:10.57 NR
1742 Alice Mizzau Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 4:10.92
1834 Arina Openysheva Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 4:11.71
1959 Johanna Friedrich Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 4:12.09
2040 Chihiro Igarashi Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 4:13.43
2147 Leah Neale Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 4:13.98
2250 Emily Overholt Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 4:14.45
2337 Julia Hassler Flag of Liechtenstein.svg  Liechtenstein 4:14.51
2421 Maria Alvárez Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia 4:14.60
2538 Monique Olivier Flag of Luxembourg.svg  Luxembourg 4:15.24
2632 Jo Hyun-ju Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 4:15.39
2726 Martina van Berkel Flag of Switzerland.svg   Switzerland 4:15.83
2833 Emma Robinson Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 4:16.43
2931 Claudia Hufnagl Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 4:17.14
3027 Martina Elhenická Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 4:18.57
3122 Khoo Cai Lin Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia 4:18.75
3224 Andrea Cedrón Flag of Peru.svg  Peru 4:18.96
3323 Rachel Tseng Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore 4:19.97
3436 Samantha Arévalo Flag of Ecuador.svg  Ecuador 4:20.47
3520 Katarina Simonović Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia 4:20.94
3625 Elisbet Gámez Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba 4:21.36
3728 Merve Eroğlu Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 4:24.77
3815 Daniella van den Berg Flag of Aruba.svg  Aruba 4:24.79
3930 Gabriela Santis Flag of Guatemala.svg  Guatemala 4:25.92
4012 Helena Moreno Flag of Costa Rica.svg  Costa Rica 4:26.87
4114 Lani Cabrera Flag of Barbados.svg  Barbados 4:28.31
4213 Elena Giovannini Flag of San Marino.svg  San Marino 4:29.40
4316 Sara Pastrana Flag of Honduras.svg  Honduras 4:32.58
4429 Talita Te Flan Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg  Ivory Coast 4:32.72
4517 Gabriella Doueihy Flag of Lebanon.svg  Lebanon 4:35.09
4639 Benjaporn Sriphanomthorn Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand 4:36.55
4711 Arianna Sanna Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg  Dominican Republic 4:39.87
4810 Victoria Chentsova Flag of the Northern Mariana Islands.svg  Northern Mariana Islands 4:44.15
4918 Makaela Holowchak Flag of Antigua and Barbuda.svg  Antigua and Barbuda 4:47.77

Final

Katie Ledecky after the final heat Kazan 2015 - Katie Ledecky wins 400m freestyle.JPG
Katie Ledecky after the final heat

The final was held at 18:23. [3]

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg4 Katie Ledecky Flag of the United States.svg  United States 3:59.13 CR
Silver medal icon.svg3 Sharon van Rouwendaal Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 4:03.02 NR
Bronze medal icon.svg5 Jessica Ashwood Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 4:03.34 OC
47 Jazmin Carlin Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 4:03.74
56 Lauren Boyle Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 4:04.38
68 Melania Costa Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 4:06.50
71 Diletta Carli Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 4:07.30
82 Boglárka Kapás Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 4:08.22

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