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

Women's 400 metre freestyle at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships
Victory Ceremony
Dates	2 August (heats and final)
Competitors	49 from 43 nations
Winning time	3:59.13
Medalists
Katie Ledecky    United States   Sharon van Rouwendaal    Netherlands   Jessica Ashwood    Australia
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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]

Records

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

World record	Katie Ledecky  (USA)	3:58.37	Gold Coast, Australia	23 August 2014
Competition record	Federica Pellegrini  (ITA)	3:59.15	Rome, Italy	26 July 2009

The following new records were set during this competition.

Date	Event	Name	Nationality	Time	Record
2 August	Final	Katie Ledecky	United States	3:59.13	CR

Results

Heats

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

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	5	4	Katie Ledecky	United States	4:01.73	Q
2	5	6	Jessica Ashwood	Australia	4:04.47	Q
3	5	5	Sharon van Rouwendaal	Netherlands	4:05.02	Q
4	4	5	Lauren Boyle	New Zealand	4:05.53	Q
5	5	7	Boglárka Kapás	Hungary	4:06.21	Q
6	4	4	Jazmin Carlin	Great Britain	4:07.15	Q
6	4	6	Diletta Carli	Italy	4:07.15	Q
8	5	1	Melania Costa	Spain	4:07.58	Q
9	5	3	Cierra Runge	United States	4:07.97
10	4	9	Anja Klinar	Slovenia	4:08.57
11	5	8	Shao Yiwen	China	4:08.93
12	4	1	Sarah Köhler	Germany	4:09.21
13	5	2	Cao Yue	China	4:09.60
14	4	3	Coralie Balmy	France	4:09.68
15	4	8	Andreina Pinto	Venezuela	4:09.75
16	3	5	Manuella Lyrio	Brazil	4:10.57	NR
17	4	2	Alice Mizzau	Italy	4:10.92
18	3	4	Arina Openysheva	Russia	4:11.71
19	5	9	Johanna Friedrich	Germany	4:12.09
20	4	0	Chihiro Igarashi	Japan	4:13.43
21	4	7	Leah Neale	Australia	4:13.98
22	5	0	Emily Overholt	Canada	4:14.45
23	3	7	Julia Hassler	Liechtenstein	4:14.51
24	2	1	María Álvarez	Colombia	4:14.60	NR
25	3	8	Monique Olivier	Luxembourg	4:15.24
26	3	2	Jo Hyun-ju	South Korea	4:15.39
27	2	6	Martina van Berkel	Switzerland	4:15.83
28	3	3	Emma Robinson	New Zealand	4:16.43
29	3	1	Claudia Hufnagl	Austria	4:17.14
30	2	7	Martina Elhenická	Czech Republic	4:18.57
31	2	2	Khoo Cai Lin	Malaysia	4:18.75
32	2	4	Andrea Cedrón	Peru	4:18.96
33	2	3	Rachel Tseng	Singapore	4:19.97
34	3	6	Samantha Arévalo	Ecuador	4:20.47
35	2	0	Katarina Simonović	Serbia	4:20.94
36	2	5	Elisbet Gámez	Cuba	4:21.36
37	2	8	Merve Eroğlu	Turkey	4:24.77
38	1	5	Daniella van den Berg	Aruba	4:24.79
39	3	0	Gabriela Santis	Guatemala	4:25.92
40	1	2	Helena Moreno	Costa Rica	4:26.87
41	1	4	Lani Cabrera	Barbados	4:28.31
42	1	3	Elena Giovannini	San Marino	4:29.40
43	1	6	Sara Pastrana	Honduras	4:32.58
44	2	9	Talita Te Flan	Ivory Coast	4:32.72
45	1	7	Gabriella Doueihy	Lebanon	4:35.09
46	3	9	Benjaporn Sriphanomthorn	Thailand	4:36.55
47	1	1	Arianna Sanna	Dominican Republic	4:39.87
48	1	0	Victoria Chentsova	Northern Mariana Islands	4:44.15
49	1	8	Makaela Holowchak	Antigua and Barbuda	4:47.77

Final

Katie Ledecky after the final heat

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

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	4	Katie Ledecky	United States	3:59.13	CR
	3	Sharon van Rouwendaal	Netherlands	4:03.02	NR
	5	Jessica Ashwood	Australia	4:03.34	OC
4	7	Jazmin Carlin	Great Britain	4:03.74
5	6	Lauren Boyle	New Zealand	4:04.38
6	8	Melania Costa	Spain	4:06.50
7	1	Diletta Carli	Italy	4:07.30
8	2	Boglárka Kapás	Hungary	4:08.22

References

1. Start list
2. Heats results
3. Final results