See main article: Swimming at the 2017 Summer Universiade.
| Event: | Women's 400 metre freestyle |
| Games: | 2017 Summer Universiade |
| Dates: | 26 August (heats and final) |
| Venue: | National Taiwan Sport University Arena |
| Location: | Taipei, Taiwan |
| Competitors: | 38 |
| Nations: | 27 |
| Win Value: | 4:03.96 |
| Gold: | Sarah Köhler |
| Gold Nation: | GER |
| Silver: | Joanna Evans |
| Silver Nation: | BAH |
| Bronze: | Sierra Schmidt |
| Bronze Nation: | USA |
| Prev: | 2015 |
| Next: | 2019 |
The Women's 400 metre freestyle competition at the 2017 Summer Universiade was held on 26 August 2017.[1]
Prior to the competition, the existing world and Universiade records were as follows.The following new records were set during this competition.
The heats were held at 09:00.[2]
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 | 4 | Sarah Köhler | 4:11.28 | Q | |
| 2 | 5 | 5 | Sierra Schmidt | 4:11.30 | Q | |
| 3 | 5 | 6 | Simona Quadarella | 4:11.48 | Q | |
| 4 | 5 | 6 | Kaersten Meitz | 4:11.78 | Q | |
| 5 | 4 | 5 | Kiah Melverton | 4:12.33 | Q | |
| 6 | 4 | 4 | Joanna Evans | 4:12.52 | Q | |
| 7 | 5 | 2 | Kennedy Goss | 4:13.08 | Q | |
| 8 | 4 | 1 | Julia Hassler | 4:13.13 | Q | |
| 9 | 4 | 2 | Danica Ludlow | 4:13.32 | ||
| 10 | 4 | 3 | Chihiro Igarashi | 4:13.32 | ||
| 11 | 4 | 7 | Linda Caponi | 4:14.67 | ||
| 12 | 5 | 1 | Camilla Hattersley | 4:14.89 | ||
| 13 | 4 | 8 | Arina Openysheva | 4:15.36 | ||
| 14 | 4 | 6 | Anna Egorova | 4:15.49 | ||
| 15 | 2 | 4 | Yuliia Krutoholova | 4:16.48 | ||
| 16 | 5 | 7 | Wakaba Tsuyuuchi | 4:16.70 | ||
| 17 | 5 | 8 | Marion Abert | 4:17.94 | ||
| 18 | 3 | 5 | Choi Jung-min | 4:19.70 | ||
| 19 | 3 | 6 | Maria Paula Heitmann | 4:20.61 | ||
| 20 | 3 | 7 | Milena Karpisz | 4:21.14 | ||
| 21 | 3 | 3 | Carina Doyle | 4:21.79 | ||
| 22 | 2 | 5 | Marieke Tienstra | 4:22.41 | ||
| 23 | 3 | 1 | Martina Elhenická | 4:22.94 | ||
| 24 | 3 | 8 | Georgia Marris | 4:23.06 | ||
| 25 | 3 | 2 | Tereza Závadová | 4:23.07 | ||
| 26 | 3 | 4 | Alizée Morel | 4:23.37 | ||
| 27 | 2 | 6 | Chang Fang-yu | 4:23.38 | ||
| 28 | 2 | 1 | Zhu Jingwen | 4:26.44 | ||
| 29 | 2 | 2 | Lee Yen-ni | 4:27.13 | ||
| 30 | 1 | 3 | Viktė Labanauskaitė | 4:32.02 | ||
| 31 | 1 | 6 | Olivia Carrizo | 4:33.79 | ||
| 32 | 1 | 4 | Chrystelle Doueihy | 4:40.18 | ||
| 33 | 1 | 2 | Sara Moualfi | 4:40.35 | ||
| 34 | 2 | 3 | Xu Rui | 4:41.35 | ||
| 35 | 1 | 5 | Sasha-Lee Nordengen-Corris | 4:42.00 | ||
| 36 | 2 | 8 | Karol Camayo Agredo | 4:44.00 | ||
| 37 | 2 | 7 | Laura Abril Lizarazo | 4:44.02 | ||
| 38 | 1 | 1 | Joyce Palete | 5:46.42 | ||
| 1 | 7 | Carmenrose Matabuena | ||||
The final was held at 20:04.[3]
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | Sarah Köhler | 4:03.96 | UR, NR | |||
| 7 | Joanna Evans | 4:08.52 | ||||
| 5 | Sierra Schmidt | 4:09.82 | ||||
| 4 | 3 | Simona Quadarella | 4:10.49 | |||
| 5 | 6 | Kaersten Meitz | 4:10.84 | |||
| 6 | 2 | Kiah Melverton | 4:12.42 | |||
| 7 | 8 | Julia Hassler | 4:13.20 | |||
| 8 | 1 | Kennedy Goss | 4:13.88 |