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

The Women's 400 metre freestyle competition at the 2019 World Championships was held on 21 July 2019.[1][2] Defending champion Katie Ledecky lost after holding a 0.62 second lead over Ariarne Titmus entering the final 50 meters. This was Ledecky's first loss in a major international 400 meter freestyle competition.[3]

Women's 400 metre freestyle
at the 2019 World Aquatics Championships
VenueNambu University Municipal Aquatics Center
LocationGwangju, South Korea
Dates21 July (heats and final)
Competitors43 from 37 nations
Winning time3:58.76
Medalists
    Australia
    United States
    United States

Records

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

World record  Katie Ledecky (USA)3:56.46Rio de Janeiro, Brazil7 August 2016
Competition record  Katie Ledecky (USA)3:58.34Budapest, Hungary23 July 2017

Results

Heats

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

RankHeatLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
154Katie Ledecky United States4:01.84Q
244Ariarne Titmus Australia4:02.42Q
343Ajna Késely Hungary4:03.51Q
445Wang Jianjiahe China4:03.97Q
555Leah Smith United States4:04.53Q
642Veronika Andrusenko Russia4:06.28Q
752Boglárka Kapás Hungary4:07.05Q
857Anna Egorova Russia4:07.10Q
953Li Bingjie China4:07.88
1056Holly Hibbott Great Britain4:07.92
1146Kiah Melverton Australia4:09.56
1248Emma O'Croinin Canada4:09.68
1334Barbora Seemanová Czech Republic4:09.73NR
1433Marlene Kahler Austria4:10.49
1547Mireia Belmonte Spain4:10.82
1658Joanna Evans Bahamas4:11.06
1750Erika Fairweather New Zealand4:12.30
1859Valentine Dumont Belgium4:12.92
1936Nguyễn Thị Ánh Viên Vietnam4:13.35
2051Chihiro Igarashi Japan4:13.81
2140Julia Hassler Liechtenstein4:13.91
2224Monique Olivier Luxembourg4:14.29NR
2337Duné Coetzee South Africa4:14.39
2441Mackenzie Padington Canada4:16.06
2526Laura Lahtinen Finland4:16.43NR
2635Katja Fain Slovenia4:17.57
2749Diana Durães Portugal4:17.87
2830Gan Ching Hwee Singapore4:17.89
2931Elisbet Gámez Cuba4:18.19
3025Natthanan Junkrajang Thailand4:19.00
3138Nicole Oliva Philippines4:20.03
3232Ryu Ji-won South Korea4:21.70
3323María Álvarez Colombia4:22.46
3422Sara Pastrana Honduras4:27.65
3521Amanda Alfaro Costa Rica4:29.91
3613Talita Te Flan Ivory Coast4:34.04
3727Daila Ismatul Guatemala4:34.75
3839Diana Zlobina Kazakhstan4:35.38
3929Tiana Rabarijaona Madagascar4:36.73
4020Danielle Treasure Barbados4:37.22
4128Raya Embury-Brown Cayman Islands4:38.17
4214Natalia Kuipers Virgin Islands4:41.69
4315Tinatin Kevlishvili Georgia4:49.73

Final

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

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
5Ariarne Titmus Australia3:58.76OC
4Katie Ledecky United States3:59.97
2Leah Smith United States4:01.29
43Ajna Késely Hungary4:01.31NR
56Wang Jianjiahe China4:03.67
61Boglárka Kapás Hungary4:05.36
78Anna Egorova Russia4:06.16
87Veronika Andrusenko Russia4:08.60

References

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