| Event: | Women's 400 metre individual medley |
| Competition: | 2020 European Aquatics Championships |
| Venue: | Danube Arena |
| Dates: | 17 May 2021 |
| Competitors: | 15 |
| Nations: | 7 |
| Win Value: | 4:34.76 |
| Gold: | Katinka Hosszú |
| Gold Nation: | HUN |
| Silver: | Viktória Mihályvári-Farkas |
| Silver Nation: | HUN |
| Silver2: | Aimee Willmott |
| Silver2 Nation: | GBR |
| Prev: | 2018 |
| Next: | 2022 |
The Women's 400 metre individual medley competition of the 2020 European Aquatics Championships was held on 17 May 2021.[1] [2]
Before the competition, the existing world, European and championship records were as follows.
| Name | Nationality | Time | Location | Date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| World record European record | 4:26.36 | 6 August 2016 | |||
| Championship record | 4:30.90 | 16 May 2016 |
The heats were started at 10:00.[3]
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 4 | 4:37.42 | Q | |||
| 2 | 2 | 2 | 4:38.07 | Q | |||
| 3 | 1 | 6 | 4:40.03 | ||||
| 4 | 1 | 4 | 4:40.19 | Q | |||
| 5 | 2 | 6 | 4:40.50 | ||||
| 6 | 1 | 5 | 4:40.82 | Q | |||
| 7 | 2 | 3 | 4:41.14 | Q | |||
| 8 | 2 | 7 | 4:43.49 | Q | |||
| 9 | 1 | 1 | 4:43.51 | Q | |||
| 10 | 2 | 5 | 4:44.65 | Q | |||
| 11 | 1 | 3 | 4:45.26 | ||||
| 12 | 1 | 2 | 4:46.86 | ||||
| 13 | 2 | 1 | 4:47.28 | ||||
| 14 | 1 | 7 | 4:48.36 | ||||
| 15 | 2 | 8 | 5:06.88 |
The final was held at 18:00.[4]
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | 4:34.76 | |||||
| 5 | 4:36.81 | |||||
| 3 | 4:36.81 | |||||
| 4 | 6 | 4:38.08 | ||||
| 5 | 8 | 4:40.74 | ||||
| 6 | 2 | 4:40.84 | ||||
| 7 | 1 | 4:45.61 | ||||
| 8 | 7 | 4:46.03 |