Swimming at the 2013 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 400 metre individual medley explained

Event:	Women's 400 metre individual medley
Competition:	2013 World Aquatics Championships
Venue:	Palau Sant Jordi
Date:	August 4, 2013 (heats & final)
Competitors:	30
Nations:	23
Win Value:	4:30.41
Gold:	Katinka Hosszú
Goldnoc:	HUN
Silver:	Mireia Belmonte
Silvernoc:	ESP
Bronze:	Elizabeth Beisel
Bronzenoc:	USA
Prev:	2011
Next:	2015

The women's 400 metre individual medley event in swimming at the 2013 World Aquatics Championships took place on 4 August at the Palau Sant Jordi in Barcelona, Spain.^[1] ^[2]

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and championship records were:

The heats were held at 10:24.^[3]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Time	Notes
1	2	4	4:32.72	Q
2	2	5	4:34.64	Q
3	4	4	4:34.93	Q
3	4	3	4:34.93	Q
5	4	5	4:34.94	Q
6	3	4	4:35.17	Q
7	3	5	4:37.39	Q
8	3	3	4:37.77	Q
9	2	3	4:38.43
10	3	7	4:39.54
11	3	2	4:39.94
12	4	7	4:41.88
13	4	6	4:42.33
14	3	6	4:42.78
15	4	2	4:44.03
16	2	2	4:44.50
17	4	1	4:44.55
18	2	6	4:45.70
19	2	7	4:46.11
20	4	0	4:47.18	NR
21	2	8	4:47.60
22	3	0	4:48.11
23	4	9	4:49.73
24	4	8	4:50.03
25	3	8	4:52.12
26	2	1	4:53.34
27	1	5	4:54.14
28	1	4	4:54.84
29	2	0	4:55.54
30	1	3	5:14.48
	3	1

The final was held at 19:14.^[4]