| Event: | Women's 400m Individual Medley |
| Competition: | 2005 FINA World Aquatics Championships |
| Dates: | 31 July 2005 (prelims and final) |
| Competitors: | 34 |
| Nations: | 24 |
| Win Value: | 4 minutes 36.07 seconds |
| Gold: | Katie Hoff |
| Goldnoc: | USA |
| Silver: | Kirsty Coventry |
| Silvernoc: | ZIM |
| Bronze: | Kaitlin Sandeno |
| Bronzenoc: | USA |
| Prev: | 2003 |
| Next: | 2007 |
See main article: article and Swimming at the 2005 World Aquatics Championships.
The Women's 400m Individual Medley event at the 11th FINA World Aquatics Championships swam on 31 July 2005 in Montreal, Canada.[1] [2]
At the start of the event, the existing World (WR) and Championships (CR) records were:
| Place | Swimmer | Nation | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4:36.07 | CR | ||
| 2 | 4:39.72 | |||
| 3 | 4:40.85 | |||
| 4 | 4:42.25 | |||
| 5 | 4:42.68 | |||
| 6 | 4:43.60 | |||
| 7 | 4:43.68 | |||
| 8 | 4:44.65 | |||
| Rank | Heat + Lane | Swimmer | Nation | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | H3 L4 | 4:40.91 | q | ||
| 2 | H5 L3 | 4:42.74 | q | ||
| 3 | H5 L5 | 4:42.86 | q | ||
| 4 | H5 L4 | 4:43.15 | q | ||
| 5 | H3 L6 | 4:43.25 | q | ||
| 6 | H4 L4 | 4:44.20 | q | ||
| 7 | H4 L3 | 4:45.02 | q | ||
| 8 | H5 L6 | 4:45.95 | q | ||
| 9 | H3 L2 | 4:46.74 | |||
| 10 | H5 L2 | 4:47.14 | |||
| 11 | H3 L3 | 4:47.25 | |||
| 12 | H3 L5 | 4:47.32 | |||
| 13 | H5 L1 | 4:48.81 | |||
| 14 | H3 L7 | 4:48.99 | |||
| 15 | H4 L7 | 4:51.41 | |||
| 16 | H4 L2 | 4:51.60 | |||
| 17 | H4 L6 | 4:51.61 | |||
| 18 | H5 L8 | 4:51.94 | |||
| 19 | H5 L7 | 4:53.21 | |||
| 20 | H2 L3 | 4:53.35 | |||
| 21 | H4 L5 | 4:53.41 | |||
| 22 | H2 L5 | 4:55.99 | |||
| 23 | H2 L4 | 4:56.18 | |||
| 24 | H4 L8 | 4:57.90 | |||
| 25 | H3 L8 | 4:58.30 | |||
| 26 | H3 L1 | 4:59.37 | |||
| 27 | H4 L1 | 5:02.36 | |||
| 28 | H2 L6 | 5:03.24 | |||
| 29 | H1 L3 | 5:08.17 | |||
| 30 | H2 L7 | 5:09.37 | |||
| 31 | H1 L4 | 5:09.72 | |||
| 32 | H2 L2 | 5:09.87 | |||
| 33 | H2 L1 | 5:15.12 | |||
| 34 | H1 L5 | 5:21.56 | |||