Swimming at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's 400 metre freestyle

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Women's 400 metre freestyle
at the Games of the XXX Olympiad
Venue London Aquatics Centre
Date 29 July 2012 (heats & final)
Competitors 35 from 27 nations
Winning time 4:01.45 OR
Medalists
Gold medal  Camille Muffat   France
Silver medal  Allison Schmitt   United States
Bronze medal  Rebecca Adlington   Great Britain
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Swimming at the
2012 Summer Olympics
Sample picture of the event (unofficial)
Freestyle
50 m   men   women
100 m men women
200 m men women
400 m men women
800 m women
1500 m men
Backstroke
100 m men women
200 m men women
Breaststroke
100 m men women
200 m men women
Butterfly
100 m men women
200 m men women
Individual medley
200 m men women
400 m men women
Freestyle relay
4×100 m men women
4×200 m men women
Medley relay
4×100 m men women
Marathon
10 km men women

The women's 400 metre freestyle event at the 2012 Summer Olympics took place on 29 July at the London Aquatics Centre.[1]

Contents

Records[edit]

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

World record  Federica Pellegrini (ITA) 3:59.15 Rome, Italy 26 July 2009 [2][3]
Olympic record  Federica Pellegrini (ITA) 4:02.19 Beijing, China 10 August 2008 [4]

The following records were established during the competition:

Date Event Name Nationality Time Record
29 July Final Camille Muffat France 4:01.45 OR

Results[edit]

Heats[edit]

[5]

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 5 4 Camille Muffat France 4:03.29 Q
2 5 5 Allison Schmitt United States 4:03.31 Q
3 4 6 Coralie Balmy France 4:03.56 Q
4 5 2 Lauren Boyle New Zealand 4:03.63 Q, NR
5 5 6 Lotte Friis Denmark 4:04.22 Q, NR
6 4 2 Brittany MacLean Canada 4:05.06 Q, NR
7 4 4 Federica Pellegrini Italy 4:05.30 Q
8 3 4 Rebecca Adlington Great Britain 4:05.75 Q
9 5 7 Melania Costa Schmid Spain 4:06.75
10 3 5 Chloe Sutton United States 4:07.07
11 4 5 Kylie Palmer Australia 4:07.27
12 5 3 Bronte Barratt Australia 4:07.99
13 3 6 Mireia Belmonte Garcia Spain 4:08.23
14 4 3 Shao Yiwen China 4:08.41
15 4 1 Andreina Pinto Venezuela 4:08.45 NR
16 3 7 Éva Risztov Hungary 4:09.08
17 5 1 Boglárka Kapás Hungary 4:10.01
18 4 7 Savannah King Canada 4:10.93
19 3 3 Li Xuanxu China 4:10.95
20 3 1 Camelia Potec Romania 4:11.43
21 3 2 Joanne Jackson Great Britain 4:11.50
22 3 8 Wendy Trott South Africa 4:11.63
23 2 3 Nina Rangelova Bulgaria 4:11.71 NR
24 2 5 Kristel Kobrich Chile 4:12.02
25 5 8 Elena Sokolova Russia 4:12.19
26 2 4 Aya Takano Japan 4:12.33
27 2 2 Julia Hassler Liechtenstein 4:12.99 NR
28 2 6 Susana Escobar Mexico 4:14.78
29 2 8 Natthanan Junkrajang Thailand 4:16.45
30 2 1 Lynette Lim Singapore 4:18.64
31 4 8 Grainne Murphy Ireland 4:19.07
32 1 4 Mojca Sagmeister Slovenia 4:21.55
33 1 5 Andrea Cedron Peru 4:24.18
34 2 7 Kim Ga-Eul South Korea 4:43.46
35 1 3 Jennet Saryyeva Turkmenistan 5:40.29 NR

Final[edit]

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 4 Camille Muffat France 4:01.45 OR
2 5 Allison Schmitt United States 4:01.77 AM
3 8 Rebecca Adlington Great Britain 4:03.01
4 2 Lotte Friis Denmark 4:03.98 NR
5 1 Federica Pellegrini Italy 4:04.50
6 3 Coralie Balmy France 4:05.95
7 7 Brittany MacLean Canada 4:06.24
8 6 Lauren Boyle New Zealand 4:06.25

References[edit]

  1. ^ Discipline at london2012.com
  2. ^ "Women's 400 m freestyle final results". Omega Timing. 26 July 2009. Retrieved 18 November 2011. 
  3. ^ Lord, Craig (26 July 2009). "WR: Pellegrini 3:59.15 400m Free". swimnews.com. Retrieved 18 November 2011. 
  4. ^ "Pellegrini in finale col primo tempo" (in Italian). corrieredellosport.it. Retrieved 2008-09-07. 
  5. ^ "Women's 400m Freestyle – Heats". london2012.com. Retrieved 27 July 2012. 
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