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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
LocationGwangju, South Korea
Dates21 July (heats and final)
Competitors43 from 37 nations
Winning time3:58.76
Medalists
gold medal    Australia
silver medal    United States
bronze medal    United States
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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]

Records

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

World record  Katie Ledecky (USA) 3:56.46 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 7 August 2016
Competition record  Katie Ledecky (USA) 3:58.34 Budapest, Hungary 23 July 2017

Results

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Heats

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

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 5 4 Katie Ledecky  United States 4:01.84 Q
2 4 4 Ariarne Titmus  Australia 4:02.42 Q
3 4 3 Ajna Késely  Hungary 4:03.51 Q
4 4 5 Wang Jianjiahe  China 4:03.97 Q
5 5 5 Leah Smith  United States 4:04.53 Q
6 4 2 Veronika Andrusenko  Russia 4:06.28 Q
7 5 2 Boglárka Kapás  Hungary 4:07.05 Q
8 5 7 Anna Egorova  Russia 4:07.10 Q
9 5 3 Li Bingjie  China 4:07.88
10 5 6 Holly Hibbott  Great Britain 4:07.92
11 4 6 Kiah Melverton  Australia 4:09.56
12 4 8 Emma O'Croinin  Canada 4:09.68
13 3 4 Barbora Seemanová  Czech Republic 4:09.73 NR
14 3 3 Marlene Kahler  Austria 4:10.49
15 4 7 Mireia Belmonte  Spain 4:10.82
16 5 8 Joanna Evans  Bahamas 4:11.06
17 5 0 Erika Fairweather  New Zealand 4:12.30
18 5 9 Valentine Dumont  Belgium 4:12.92
19 3 6 Nguyễn Thị Ánh Viên  Vietnam 4:13.35
20 5 1 Chihiro Igarashi  Japan 4:13.81
21 4 0 Julia Hassler  Liechtenstein 4:13.91
22 2 4 Monique Olivier  Luxembourg 4:14.29 NR
23 3 7 Duné Coetzee  South Africa 4:14.39
24 4 1 Mackenzie Padington  Canada 4:16.06
25 2 6 Laura Lahtinen  Finland 4:16.43 NR
26 3 5 Katja Fain  Slovenia 4:17.57
27 4 9 Diana Durães  Portugal 4:17.87
28 3 0 Gan Ching Hwee  Singapore 4:17.89
29 3 1 Elisbet Gámez  Cuba 4:18.19
30 2 5 Natthanan Junkrajang  Thailand 4:19.00
31 3 8 Nicole Oliva  Philippines 4:20.03
32 3 2 Ryu Ji-won  South Korea 4:21.70
33 2 3 María Álvarez  Colombia 4:22.46
34 2 2 Sara Pastrana  Honduras 4:27.65
35 2 1 Amanda Alfaro  Costa Rica 4:29.91
36 1 3 Talita Te Flan  Ivory Coast 4:34.04
37 2 7 Daila Ismatul  Guatemala 4:34.75
38 3 9 Diana Zlobina  Kazakhstan 4:35.38
39 2 9 Tiana Rabarijaona  Madagascar 4:36.73
40 2 0 Danielle Treasure  Barbados 4:37.22
41 2 8 Raya Embury-Brown  Cayman Islands 4:38.17
42 1 4 Natalia Kuipers  Virgin Islands 4:41.69
43 1 5 Tinatin Kevlishvili  Georgia 4:49.73

Final

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

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 5 Ariarne Titmus  Australia 3:58.76 OC
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 4 Katie Ledecky  United States 3:59.97
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 2 Leah Smith  United States 4:01.29
4 3 Ajna Késely  Hungary 4:01.31 NR
5 6 Wang Jianjiahe  China 4:03.67
6 1 Boglárka Kapás  Hungary 4:05.36
7 8 Anna Egorova  Russia 4:06.16
8 7 Veronika Andrusenko  Russia 4:08.60

References

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