| Venue: | Akita Prefectural Pool, Akita, Japan |
| Date: | 25 August 2001 |
| Competitors: | 15 |
| Nations: | 9 |
| Gold: |  Elena Gracheva |
| Silver: | Anastassia Glukhikh |
| Bronze: | Bettina Müller |
| Prev: | 1997 |
| Next: | 2005 |
The women's 400 m surface competition in finswimming at the 2001 World Games took place on 25 August 2001 at the Akita Prefectural Pool in Akita, Japan.[1]
A total of 15 athletes entered the competition. The best eight athletes from the preliminary round qualifies to the final.
| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Note | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wang Yan |  China | 3:34.22 | Q | |
| 2 | Elena Gracheva | 3:34.34 | Q | ||
| 3 | Hana Vykoukalová | 3:37.83 | Q | ||
| 4 | Bettina Müller | Germany | 3:37.95 | Q | |
| 5 | Anastassia Glukhikh | Russia | 3:37.96 | Q | |
| 6 | Michaela Simaicová |  Czech Republic | 3:38.35 | Q | |
| 7 | Christine Müller | Germany | 3:38.60 | Q | |
| 8 | Chun Sung-sun |  South Korea | 3:38.72 | Q | |
| 9 | Wu Xiaohui | China | 3:42.59 | ||
| 10 | Cho Ju-hee | South Korea | 3:45.40 | ||
| 11 | Hajnalka Debreczeni |  Hungary | 3:45.42 | ||
| 12 | Maria Hernandez |  Colombia | 3:49.02 | ||
| 13 | Marina Nagy | Hungary | 3:53.17 | ||
| 14 | Nicole Voet | Netherlands | 3:57.19 | ||
| Azusa Kamio |  Japan | DNS |
| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elena Gracheva | Russia | 3:27.27 | ||
| Anastassia Glukhikh | 3:33.81 | |||
| Bettina Müller | 3:35.21 | |||
| 4 | Hana Vykoukalová | Czech Republic | 3:35.74 | |
| 5 | Christine Müller | Germany | 3:38.70 | |
| 6 | Chun Sung-sun | South Korea | 3:40.56 | |
| 7 | Michaela Simaicová | Czech Republic | 3:43.10 | |
| 8 | Wang Yan | China | 3:44.73 |