| Event: | Women's 400 metre freestyle |
| Competition: | 2014 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) |
| Dates: | 5 December |
| Competitors: | 53 |
| Nations: | 40 |
| Win Value: | 3:55.76 |
| Gold: | Mireia Belmonte |
| Goldnoc: | ESP |
| Silver: | Sharon van Rouwendaal |
| Silvernoc: | NED |
| Bronze: | Zhang Yufei |
| Bronzenoc: | CHN |
| Prev: | 2012 |
| Next: | 2016 |
The Women's 400 metre freestyle competition of the 2014 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) was held on 5 December.[1]
Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.
| Name | Nation | Time | Location | Date | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| World record | Mireia Belmonte | 3:54.52 | Berlin | 11 August 2013 | ||
| Championship record | Katie Hoff | 3:57.07 | Dubai | 17 December 2010 |
The following records were established during the competition:
The heats were held at 12:32.[2]
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 6 | 4 | 4:00.29 | Q | |||
| 2 | 5 | 4 | 4:00.60 | Q | |||
| 3 | 5 | 8 | 4:00.86 | Q | |||
| 4 | 6 | 6 | 4:01.33 | Q | |||
| 5 | 5 | 3 | 4:01.37 | Q | |||
| 6 | 5 | 5 | 4:01.72 | Q | |||
| 7 | 5 | 6 | 4:02.03 | Q | |||
| 8 | 6 | 9 | 4:02.30 | Q | |||
| 9 | 4 | 3 | 4:02.63 | ||||
| 10 | 5 | 1 | 4:02.86 | ||||
| 11 | 6 | 2 | 4:03.59 | ||||
| 12 | 6 | 7 | 4:03.82 | ||||
| 13 | 4 | 5 | 4:04.24 | ||||
| 14 | 5 | 0 | 4:04.88 | ||||
| 15 | 4 | 4 | 4:05.01 | ||||
| 16 | 4 | 1 | 4:06.44 | ||||
| 17 | 6 | 3 | 4:06.88 | ||||
| 18 | 4 | 2 | 4:07.19 | ||||
| 19 | 4 | 7 | 4:07.68 | ||||
| 20 | 4 | 6 | 4:07.70 | ||||
| 21 | 5 | 7 | 4:08.15 | ||||
| 22 | 6 | 1 | 4:08.69 | ||||
| 23 | 4 | 8 | 4:08.73 | ||||
| 24 | 3 | 6 | 4:09.76 | ||||
| 25 | 2 | 7 | 4:09.80 | ||||
| 26 | 3 | 4 | 4:11.07 | ||||
| 27 | 3 | 3 | 4:11.61 | ||||
| 28 | 3 | 5 | 4:11.96 | ||||
| 29 | 4 | 0 | 4:12.35 | ||||
| 29 | 4 | 9 | 4:12.35 | ||||
| 31 | 5 | 9 | 4:13.83 | ||||
| 32 | 6 | 0 | 4:14.17 | ||||
| 33 | 2 | 2 | 4:14.75 | ||||
| 34 | 3 | 2 | 4:15.49 | ||||
| 35 | 3 | 1 | 4:17.51 | ||||
| 36 | 3 | 8 | 4:19.88 | ||||
| 37 | 2 | 3 | 4:20.92 | ||||
| 38 | 2 | 5 | 4:22.39 | ||||
| 39 | 2 | 1 | 4:23.22 | ||||
| 40 | 3 | 0 | 4:23.44 | ||||
| 41 | 2 | 6 | 4:24.19 | ||||
| 42 | 3 | 7 | 4:26.15 | ||||
| 43 | 2 | 4 | 4:27.03 | ||||
| 44 | 3 | 9 | 4:28.84 | ||||
| 45 | 2 | 8 | 4:29.13 | ||||
| 46 | 1 | 4 | 4:33.79 | ||||
| 47 | 2 | 0 | 4:35.47 | ||||
| 48 | 1 | 5 | 4:43.19 | ||||
| 49 | 1 | 3 | 4:44.50 | ||||
| 50 | 1 | 6 | 4:47.05 | ||||
| 51 | 1 | 7 | 4:47.52 | ||||
| 52 | 1 | 2 | 4:59.52 | ||||
| 53 | 1 | 1 | 5:01.43 | ||||
| — | 2 | 9 | DNS | ||||
| — | 5 | 2 | DNS | ||||
| — | 6 | 5 | DNS | ||||
| — | 6 | 8 | DNS |
The final was held at 19:45.[3]
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | 3:55.76 | CR | ||||
| 5 | 3:57.76 | |||||
| 3 | 3:59.51 | |||||
| 4 | 7 | 3:59.59 | ||||
| 5 | 8 | 4:00.27 | ||||
| 6 | 2 | 4:02.32 | ||||
| 7 | 6 | 4:03.83 | ||||
| 8 | 1 | 4:06.45 |