| Event: | Women's 400 metre freestyle |
| Competition: | 2020 European Aquatics Championships |
| Venue: | Danube Arena |
| Dates: | 23 May 2021 |
| Competitors: | 43 |
| Nations: | 23 |
| Win Value: | 4:04.66 |
| Gold: | Simona Quadarella |
| Gold Nation: | ITA |
| Silver: | Anna Egorova |
| Silver Nation: | RUS |
| Bronze: | Boglárka Kapás |
| Bronze Nation: | HUN |
| Prev: | 2018 |
| Next: | 2022 |
The Women's 400 metre freestyle competition of the 2020 European Aquatics Championships was held on 23 May 2021.[1] [2]
Prior to the competition, the existing world, European and championship records were as follows.
| Name | Nation | Time | Location | Date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| World record | 3:56.46 | 7 August 2016 | |||
| European record | 3:59.15 | 26 July 2009 | |||
| Championship record | 4:01.53 | 24 March 2008 |
The heats were started at 10:24.[3]
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | 4 | 4:08.87 | Q | ||
| 2 | 5 | 5 | 4:09.02 | Q | ||
| 3 | 4 | 5 | 4:09.04 | Q | ||
| 4 | 5 | 4 | 4:09.14 | Q | ||
| 5 | 5 | 6 | 4:09.37 | Q | ||
| 6 | 4 | 3 | 4:09.53 | Q | ||
| 7 | 4 | 6 | 4:10.11 | Q | ||
| 8 | 5 | 1 | 4:10.74 | Q | ||
| 9 | 3 | 5 | 4:11.79 | |||
| 10 | 3 | 7 | 4:12.76 | |||
| 11 | 4 | 1 | 4:13.83 | |||
| 12 | 3 | 3 | 4:14.06 | |||
| 13 | 4 | 8 | 4:14.23 | |||
| 14 | 5 | 3 | 4:14.55 | |||
| 15 | 3 | 4 | 4:14.70 | |||
| 16 | 2 | 4 | 4:15.20 | |||
| 17 | 4 | 0 | 4:15.45 | |||
| 18 | 5 | 9 | 4:15.52 | |||
| 19 | 3 | 9 | 4:15.60 | |||
| 20 | 3 | 6 | 4:15.65 | |||
| 21 | 5 | 2 | 4:15.67 | |||
| 22 | 5 | 7 | 4:15.75 | |||
| 23 | 4 | 9 | 4:15.94 | |||
| 24 | 4 | 2 | 4:16.49 | |||
| 25 | 3 | 0 | 4:16.85 | |||
| 26 | 2 | 6 | 4:17.11 | |||
| 27 | 3 | 8 | 4:17.67 | |||
| 28 | 5 | 8 | 4:18.41 | |||
| 29 | 2 | 2 | 4:18.61 | |||
| 30 | 1 | 5 | 4:21.05 | |||
| 31 | 2 | 9 | 4:22.95 | |||
| 32 | 2 | 1 | 4:23.44 | |||
| 33 | 2 | 0 | 4:23.45 | |||
| 34 | 1 | 3 | 4:24.89 | |||
| 35 | 2 | 5 | 4:25.33 | |||
| 36 | 1 | 6 | 4:25.44 | |||
| 37 | 3 | 1 | 4:26.71 | |||
| 38 | 1 | 2 | 4:28.77 | |||
| 39 | 2 | 8 | 4:28.98 | |||
| 40 | 1 | 4 | 4:32.94 | |||
| 41 | 1 | 7 | 4:40.13 | |||
| 42 | 1 | 8 | 4:40.79 | |||
| 43 | 1 | 1 | 4:53.37 | |||
| 3 | 2 | Did not start | ||||
| 5 | 0 | |||||
| 4 | 7 | |||||
| 2 | 7 | |||||
| 2 | 3 |
The final was held at 19:05.[4]
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 4:04.66 | |||||
| 4 | 4:06.05 | |||||
| 5 | 4:06.90 | |||||
| 4 | 6 | 4:07.42 | ||||
| 5 | 7 | 4:08.18 | ||||
| 6 | 8 | 4:08.23 | NR | |||
| 7 | 2 | 4:10.97 | ||||
| 8 | 1 | 4:11.54 |