Swimming at the 2019 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 400 metre individual medley explained

Event:	Women's 400 metre individual medley
Championship:	2019 World Aquatics Championships
Dates:	28 July (heats and final)
Venue:	Nambu University Municipal Aquatics Center
Location:	Gwangju, South Korea
Competitors:	26
Nations:	21
Win Value:	4:30.39
Gold:	Katinka Hosszú
Gold Nation:	HUN
Silver:	Ye Shiwen
Silver Nation:	CHN
Bronze:	Yui Ohashi
Bronze Nation:	JPN
Prev:	2017
Next:	2022

The Women's 400 metre individual medley competition at the 2019 World Championships was held on 28 July 2019.^{[1] [2]}

Records

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

Results

Heats

The heats were held on 28 July at 10:30.^[3]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	3	4			4:35.40	Q
2	2	4			4:37.23	Q
3	3	7			4:37.66	Q
4	3	1			4:37.90	Q
5	3	3			4:38.32	Q
6	3	5			4:38.40	Q
7	2	6			4:38.59	Q
8	2	1			4:38.93	Q
9	3	6			4:39.74
10	2	2			4:40.55
11	2	3			4:41.24
12	2	7			4:41.59
13	3	2			4:42.16
14	2	0			4:42.52
15	3	0			4:43.03
16	2	5			4:43.27
17	2	8			4:46.01
18	3	9			4:47.51
19	3	8			4:47.96
20	1	2			4:48.24
21	2	9			4:48.93
22	1	5			4:53.99
23	1	6			4:58.19
24	1	7			4:58.62
25	1	4			5:00.77
26	1	3			5:01.11

Final

The final was held on 28 July at 21:19.^[4]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	4			4:30.39
	3			4:32.07
	5			4:32.33
4	1			4:36.72
5	6			4:37.42
6	2			4:38.34
7	8			4:39.15
8	7			4:39.68

Notes and References

1. https://www.fina.org/sites/default/files/general/fina_wch_gwangju_2019_-_comeptition_schedule_-_rev.18.06.2019.pdf Schedule
2. http://omegatiming.com/File/00011301070205EF01FFFFFFFFFFFF00.pdf Start list
3. http://omegatiming.com/File/00011301070205EF01FFFFFFFFFFFF01.pdf Heats results
4. http://omegatiming.com/File/00011301070205EF04FFFFFFFFFFFF01.pdf Final results