Swimming at the 2022 European Aquatics Championships – Women's 400 metre freestyle explained

Event:	Women's 400 metre freestyle
Competition:	2022 European Aquatics Championships
Venue:	Foro Italico
Dates:	17 August
Competitors:	33
Nations:	18
Win Value:	4:04.13
Gold:	Isabel Marie Gose
Gold Nation:	GER
Silver:	Simona Quadarella
Silver Nation:	ITA
Bronze:	Ajna Késely
Bronze Nation:	HUN
Prev:	2020
Next:	2024

The Women's 400 metre freestyle competition of the 2022 European Aquatics Championships was held on 17 August 2022.^{[1] [2]}

Records

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

	Name	Nation	Time	Location	Date
World record			3:56.40		22 May 2022
European record			3:59.15		26 July 2009
Championship record			4:01.53		24 March 2008

Results

Heats

The heats were started at 09:00.^[3]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	4	4			4:06.10	Q
2	3	4			4:08.80	Q
3	3	5			4:10.46	Q
4	4	6			4:10.67	Q
5	3	6			4:11.03	Q
6	3	7			4:11.27	Q
7	4	5			4:11.81	Q
8	4	2			4:12.35	Q
9	2	8			4:13.76
10	4	1			4:13.87
11	3	8			4:14.19
12	4	7			4:15.72
13	4	8			4:16.30
14	2	1			4:16.84
15	1	4			4:16.89
16	2	0			4:17.98
17	3	1			4:18.33
18	3	9			4:18.75
19	3	3			4:18.92
20	2	5			4:19.28
21	2	4			4:19.84
22	1	5			4:20.72
23	2	2			4:20.74
24	2	7			4:22.47
25	2	6			4:22.58
26	1	3			4:22.69
27	1	6			4:22.73
28	2	3			4:22.94
29	3	0			4:23.29
30	2	9			4:25.05
31	1	2			4:25.81
32	1	7			4:28.63
33	1	1			4:46.23
	3	2
	4	0
	4	3
	4	9

Final

The final was held at 18:44.^[4]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	4			4:04.13
	5			4:04.77
	1			4:08.00
4	3			4:08.63
5	6			4:08.70
6	8			4:10.19
7	7			4:10.51
8	2			4:11.32

Notes and References

1. https://www.roma2022.eu/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Timing-SWIMMING-elite-1.5.pdf Schedule
2. https://roma2022.microplustimingservices.com/export/NU_ROMA2022/NU/pdf/SWMW400MFR------------HEAT--------_51A1%201.0.pdf Start list
3. https://roma2022.microplustimingservices.com/export/NU_ROMA2022/NU/pdf/SWMW400MFR------------HEAT--------_74A%201.0.pdf Heats results
4. https://roma2022.microplustimingservices.com/export/NU_ROMA2022/NU/pdf/SWMW400MFR------------FNL---------_73A2%201.0.pdf Final results