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

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]

Women's 400 metre freestyle
at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships
Victory Ceremony
Dates2 August (heats and final)
Competitors49 from 43 nations
Winning time3:59.13
Medalists
    United States
    Netherlands
    Australia

Records

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

World record  Katie Ledecky (USA)3:58.37Gold Coast, Australia23 August 2014
Competition record  Federica Pellegrini (ITA)3:59.15Rome, Italy26 July 2009

The following new records were set during this competition.

DateEventNameNationalityTimeRecord
2 AugustFinalKatie Ledecky United States3:59.13CR

Results

Heats

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

RankHeatLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
154Katie Ledecky United States4:01.73Q
256Jessica Ashwood Australia4:04.47Q
355Sharon van Rouwendaal Netherlands4:05.02Q
445Lauren Boyle New Zealand4:05.53Q
557Boglárka Kapás Hungary4:06.21Q
644Jazmin Carlin Great Britain4:07.15Q
646Diletta Carli Italy4:07.15Q
851Melania Costa Spain4:07.58Q
953Cierra Runge United States4:07.97
1049Anja Klinar Slovenia4:08.57
1158Shao Yiwen China4:08.93
1241Sarah Köhler Germany4:09.21
1352Cao Yue China4:09.60
1443Coralie Balmy France4:09.68
1548Andreina Pinto Venezuela4:09.75
1635Manuella Lyrio Brazil4:10.57NR
1742Alice Mizzau Italy4:10.92
1834Arina Openysheva Russia4:11.71
1959Johanna Friedrich Germany4:12.09
2040Chihiro Igarashi Japan4:13.43
2147Leah Neale Australia4:13.98
2250Emily Overholt Canada4:14.45
2337Julia Hassler Liechtenstein4:14.51
2421Maria Alvárez Colombia4:14.60
2538Monique Olivier Luxembourg4:15.24
2632Jo Hyun-ju South Korea4:15.39
2726Martina van Berkel  Switzerland4:15.83
2833Emma Robinson New Zealand4:16.43
2931Claudia Hufnagl Austria4:17.14
3027Martina Elhenická Czech Republic4:18.57
3122Khoo Cai Lin Malaysia4:18.75
3224Andrea Cedrón Peru4:18.96
3323Rachel Tseng Singapore4:19.97
3436Samantha Arévalo Ecuador4:20.47
3520Katarina Simonović Serbia4:20.94
3625Elisbet Gámez Cuba4:21.36
3728Merve Eroğlu Turkey4:24.77
3815Daniella van den Berg Aruba4:24.79
3930Gabriela Santis Guatemala4:25.92
4012Helena Moreno Costa Rica4:26.87
4114Lani Cabrera Barbados4:28.31
4213Elena Giovannini San Marino4:29.40
4316Sara Pastrana Honduras4:32.58
4429Talita Te Flan Ivory Coast4:32.72
4517Gabriella Doueihy Lebanon4:35.09
4639Benjaporn Sriphanomthorn Thailand4:36.55
4711Arianna Sanna Dominican Republic4:39.87
4810Victoria Chentsova Northern Mariana Islands4:44.15
4918Makaela Holowchak Antigua and Barbuda4:47.77

Final

Katie Ledecky after the final heat

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

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
4Katie Ledecky United States3:59.13CR
3Sharon van Rouwendaal Netherlands4:03.02NR
5Jessica Ashwood Australia4:03.34OC
47Jazmin Carlin Great Britain4:03.74
56Lauren Boyle New Zealand4:04.38
68Melania Costa Spain4:06.50
71Diletta Carli Italy4:07.30
82Boglárka Kapás Hungary4:08.22

References

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