2022 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Women's 400 metre freestyle

Women's 400 metre freestyle
at the 2022 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m)
Women's 400 metre freestyle ; at the 2022 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m)
Venue	Melbourne Sports and Aquatic Centre
Location	Melbourne, Australia
Dates	13 December (heats and final)
Competitors	28 from 24 nations
Winning time	3:55.04
Medalists
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The Women's 400 metre freestyle competition of the 2022 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) was held on 13 December 2022.^[1]

Records

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

World record	Li Bingjie (CHN)	3:51.30	Beijing, China	27 October 2022
Competition record	Ariarne Titmus (AUS)	3:53.92	Hangzhou, China	14 December 2018

The heats were started at 11:05.^[2]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	4	2	Erika Fairweather	New Zealand	3:58.27	Q
2	3	4	Lani Pallister	Australia	3:59.50	Q
3	4	3	Erin Gemmell	United States	4:00.49	Q
4	3	6	Leah Smith	United States	4:00.71	Q
5	4	5	Miyu Namba	Japan	4:00.97	Q
6	4	7	Waka Kobori	Japan	4:02.05	Q
7	3	7	Katja Fain	Slovenia	4:02.13	Q
8	3	3	Leah Neale	Australia	4:02.30	Q
9	3	5	Liu Yaxin	China	4:02.36
10	3	1	Helena Rosendahl Bach	Denmark	4:03.59
11	4	8	Imani de Jong	Netherlands	4:04.65
12	4	6	Valentine Dumont	Belgium	4:07.37
13	4	1	Gabrielle Roncatto	Brazil	4:08.39
14	2	4	Alexa Reyna	France	4:08.44
15	2	6	Anja Crevar	Serbia	4:08.62
16	3	8	Silke Holkenborg	Netherlands	4:08.75
17	3	2	Merve Tuncel	Turkey	4:10.60
18	2	2	Elisbet Gámez	Cuba	4:11.66
19	1	4	Stephanie Houtman	South Africa	4:13.16
20	2	3	Paula Otero	Spain	4:14.08
21	2	1	Ho Nam Wai	Hong Kong	4:14.15
22	2	8	Vár Erlingsdóttir Eidesgaard	Faroe Islands	4:16.97
23	1	5	Martina Cibulková	Slovakia	4:19.76
24	2	7	Iman Avdić	Bosnia and Herzegovina	4:21.65
25	1	6	Jehanara Nabi	Pakistan	4:25.36
26	1	3	Natalia Kuipers	United States Virgin Islands	4:26.11
27	1	2	Kaltra Meca	Albania	4:31.99
28	1	7	Amaya Bollinger	Guam	5:04.88
	1	1	Maha Al-Shehhi	United Arab Emirates	Did not start
	2	5	Gan Ching Hwee	Singapore
	4	4	Li Bingjie	China

The final was held at 19:35.^[3]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	5	Lani Pallister	Australia	3:55.04
	4	Erika Fairweather	New Zealand	3:56.00
	6	Leah Smith	United States	3:59.78
4	2	Miyu Namba	Japan	4:01.13
5	1	Katja Fain	Slovenia	4:01.46	NR
6	3	Erin Gemmell	United States	4:01.82
7	7	Waka Kobori	Japan	4:02.14
8	8	Leah Neale	Australia	4:03.45

^ "Competition Schedule" (PDF). Omega Timing. 5 December 2022. Retrieved 8 December 2022.
^ "Women's 400m Freestyle – Heats – Results Summary" (PDF). Omega Timing. 13 December 2022. Retrieved 13 December 2022.
^ "Women's 400m Freestyle – Final – Results" (PDF). Omega Timing. 13 December 2022. Retrieved 13 December 2022.

2022 FINA World Swimming Championships

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