Swimming at the 2019 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 400 metre freestyle

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Women's 400-metre freestyle
at the 2019 World Aquatics Championships
VenueNambu University Municipal Aquatics Center
Location Gwangju, South Korea
Dates21 July (heats and final)
Competitors43 from 37 nations
Winning time3:58.76
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg   Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
Silver medal icon.svg   Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Bronze medal icon.svg   Flag of the United States.svg  United States
  2017
2022  

The women's 400-metre freestyle competition at the 2019 World Championships was held on 21 July 2019. [1] [2] Ariarne Titmus overcame a .62-second deficit in the last 50 metres to defeat defending champion Katie Ledecky. This was Ledecky's first loss in a major international 400 metre freestyle competition. [3]

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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)3:56.46 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 7 August 2016
Competition recordFlag of the United States.svg  Katie Ledecky  (USA)3:58.34 Budapest, Hungary 23 July 2017

Results

Heats

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

RankHeatLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
154 Katie Ledecky Flag of the United States.svg  United States 4:01.84Q
244 Ariarne Titmus Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 4:02.42Q
343 Ajna Késely Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 4:03.51Q
445 Wang Jianjiahe Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 4:03.97Q
555 Leah Smith Flag of the United States.svg  United States 4:04.53Q
642 Veronika Andrusenko Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 4:06.28Q
752 Boglárka Kapás Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 4:07.05Q
857 Anna Egorova Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 4:07.10Q
953 Li Bingjie Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 4:07.88
1056 Holly Hibbott Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 4:07.92
1146 Kiah Melverton Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 4:09.56
1248 Emma O'Croinin Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 4:09.68
1334 Barbora Seemanová Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 4:09.73 NR
1433 Marlene Kahler Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 4:10.49
1547 Mireia Belmonte Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 4:10.82
1658 Joanna Evans Flag of the Bahamas.svg  Bahamas 4:11.06
1750 Erika Fairweather Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 4:12.30
1859 Valentine Dumont Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 4:12.92
1936 Nguyễn Thị Ánh Viên Flag of Vietnam.svg  Vietnam 4:13.35
2051 Chihiro Igarashi Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 4:13.81
2140 Julia Hassler Flag of Liechtenstein.svg  Liechtenstein 4:13.91
2224 Monique Olivier Flag of Luxembourg.svg  Luxembourg 4:14.29 NR
2337 Duné Coetzee Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 4:14.39
2441 Mackenzie Padington Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 4:16.06
2526 Laura Lahtinen Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 4:16.43 NR
2635 Katja Fain Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia 4:17.57
2749 Diana Durães Flag of Portugal (official).svg  Portugal 4:17.87
2830 Gan Ching Hwee Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore 4:17.89
2931 Elisbet Gámez Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba 4:18.19
3025 Natthanan Junkrajang Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand 4:19.00
3138 Nicole Oliva Flag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines 4:20.03
3232 Ryu Ji-won Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 4:21.70
3323 María Álvarez Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia 4:22.46
3422 Sara Pastrana Flag of Honduras (2022-).svg  Honduras 4:27.65
3521 Amanda Alfaro Flag of Costa Rica.svg  Costa Rica 4:29.91
3613 Talita Te Flan Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg  Ivory Coast 4:34.04
3727 Daila Ismatul Flag of Guatemala.svg  Guatemala 4:34.75
3839 Diana Zlobina Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan 4:35.38
3929 Tiana Rabarijaona Flag of Madagascar.svg  Madagascar 4:36.73
4020 Danielle Treasure Flag of Barbados.svg  Barbados 4:37.22
4128 Raya Embury-Brown Flag of the Cayman Islands.svg  Cayman Islands 4:38.17
4214 Natalia Kuipers Flag of the United States Virgin Islands.svg  Virgin Islands 4:41.69
4315 Tinatin Kevlishvili Flag of Georgia.svg  Georgia 4:49.73

Final

The final was held at 20:33. [5]

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg5 Ariarne Titmus Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 3:58.76 OC
Silver medal icon.svg4 Katie Ledecky Flag of the United States.svg  United States 3:59.97
Bronze medal icon.svg2 Leah Smith Flag of the United States.svg  United States 4:01.29
43 Ajna Késely Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 4:01.31 NR
56 Wang Jianjiahe Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 4:03.67
61 Boglárka Kapás Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 4:05.36
78 Anna Egorova Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 4:06.16
87 Veronika Andrusenko Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 4:08.60

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