See main article: 2023 World Para Swimming Championships. The women's 400m freestyle events at the 2023 World Para Swimming Championships will be held at the Manchester Aquatics Centre between 31 July and 6 August.
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Five swimmers entered this event. A straight final was held on the evening of 1 August.[1]
Entering the event, the applicable records were the following
| Record | Swimmer | Time | |
|---|---|---|---|
| World record | 4:59.02 | ||
| Championship record | 5:04.87 |
| Rank | Name | Nation | Result | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4:54.28 | WR CR | ||||
| 5:22.27 | |||||
| 5:31.17 | |||||
| 4 | 6:03.69 | ||||
| 5 | 6:17.26 |
11 swimmers entered the event. Heats and final were both held in Monday 31 July.[2]
Entering the event, the applicable records were the following
| Record | Swimmer | Time | |
|---|---|---|---|
| World record | 4:40.33 | ||
| Championship record | 4:43.76 |
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nation | Result | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 4 | Nahia Zudaire | 5:10.90 | Q | ||
| 2 | 1 | 5 | Ella Jones | 5:12.55 | Q | ||
| 3 | 2 | 6 | Vendula Duskova | 5:16.48 | Q | ||
| 4 | 2 | 5 | Cecilia Jeronimo de Araujo | 5:16.59 | Q | ||
| 5 | 1 | 4 | Xenia Palazzo | 5:19.68 | Q | ||
| 6 | 2 | 3 | Paola Ruvalcaba | 5:24.81 | Q | ||
| 7 | 1 | 3 | Abi Tripp | 5:29.80 | Q | ||
| 8 | 1 | 6 | Paula Novina | 5:31.12 | Q | ||
| 9 | 1 | 2 | Hui Zhu | 5:33.49 | |||
| 10 | 2 | 2 | 5:47.08 | ||||
| 11 | 2 | 7 | 5:53.14 |
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nation | Result | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Xenia Palazzo | 5:01.46 | ||||
| 4 | Nahia Zudaire | 5:05.91 | ||||
| 6 | Cecilia Jeronimo de Araujo | 5:08.94 | ||||
| 4 | 5 | Ella Jones | 5:12.76 | |||
| 5 | 3 | Vendula Duskova | 5:16.54 | |||
| 6 | 7 | Paola Ruvalcaba | 5:18.88 | |||
| 8 | 8 | Paula Novina | 5:25.98 | |||
| 7 | 1 | Abi Tripp | 5.29.99 |
14 swimmers entered the event. Heats and final were both held in 2 August.[4]
Entering the event, the applicable records were the following
| Record | Swimmer | Time | |
|---|---|---|---|
| World record | 4:24.08 | ||
| Championship record | 4:29.65 |
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Athlete ! | Nation | Result | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 5 | 4:39.77 | Q | |||
| 2 | 2 | 4 | 4:41.32 | Q | |||
| 3 | 1 | 4 | 4:44.58 | Q | |||
| 4 | 1 | 5 | 4:46.77 | Q | |||
| 5 | 2 | 3 | 4:48.11 | Q | |||
| 6 | 2 | 6 | 4:48.57 | Q | |||
| 7 | 1 | 3 | 4:54.94 | Q | |||
| 8 | 2 | 2 | 4:56.06 | Q | |||
| 9 | 1 | 2 | Gabriella Smith | 4:58.24 | R1 | ||
| 10 | 1 | 6 | 4:58.27 | ||||
| 11 | 2 | 7 | 5:00.42 | ||||
| 12 | 1 | 1 | 5:03.10 | ||||
| 13 | 1 | 7 | 5:10.01 | ||||
| 14 | 2 | 1 | 5:19.61 |
| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Result | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4:33.43 | |||||
| 4:38.57 | |||||
| 4:41.06 | |||||
| 4 | 4:45.03 | ||||
| 5 | 4:50.61 | ||||
| 6 | 4:53.42 | ||||
| 7 | 4:54.67 | ||||
| 8 | Gabriella Smith | 5:01.00 |