Swimming at the 2014 European Aquatics Championships – Women's 400 metre freestyle explained

Event:	Women's 400 metre freestyle
Competition:	Swimming at the 2014 European Aquatics Championships
Dates:	24 August
Competitors:	25
Nations:	16
Win Value:	4:03.24
Gold:	Jazmin Carlin
Goldnoc:	GBR
Silver:	Sharon van Rouwendaal
Silvernoc:	NED
Bronze:	Mireia Belmonte
Bronzenoc:	ESP

The Women's 400 metre freestyle competition of the 2014 European Aquatics Championships was held on 24 August.^[1]

Records

Prior to the competition, the existing world, European and championship records were as follows.

	Name	Time	Location	Date
World record	Katie Ledecky	3:58.86	Irvine	9 August 2014
European record	Federica Pellegrini	3:59.15	Rome	26 July 2009
Championship record	Federica Pellegrini	4:01.53	Eindhoven	24 March 2008

The heats were held at 09:30.^[2]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Time	Notes
1	2	5	4:07.09	Q
2	2	4	4:07.12	Q
3	3	7	4:07.59	Q
4	3	5	4:08.17	Q
5	3	6	4:09.17	Q
6	3	4	4:09.59	Q
7	3	3	4:09.75	Q
8	3	1	4:09.84	Q
9	2	1	4:10.37
10	2	6	4:10.48
11	3	2	4:11.21
12	1	4	4:13.18
13	1	5	4:13.26
14	2	7	4:15.04
15	3	0	4:15.44
16	2	0	4:15.98
17	3	8	4:16.19
18	2	8	4:17.04
19	3	9	4:17.69
20	1	6	4:20.09
21	1	1	4:21.01
22	2	9	4:21.09
23	1	2	4:23.40
24	1	7	4:28.56
25	1	3	4:29.11
—	2	2		DNS
—	2	3		DNS

The final was held at 16:47.^[3]