Swimming at the 2022 Mediterranean Games – Women's 400 metre individual medley explained

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Event:	Women's 400 metre individual medley
Games:	2022 Mediterranean Games
Dates:	1 July
Location:	Bir El Djir, Algeria
Competitors:	12
Nations:	7
Win Value:	4:40.86
Gold:	Sara Franceschi
Gold Nation:	ITA
Silver:	Deniz Ertan
Silver Nation:	TUR
Bronze:	Alba Vázquez
Bronze Nation:	ESP
Prev:	2018
Next:	2026

The women's 400 metre individual medley competition at the 2022 Mediterranean Games was held on 1 July 2022 at the Aquatic Center of the Olympic Complex in Bir El Djir.

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Mediterranean Games records were as follows:

World record		4:26.36	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	6 August 2016
Mediterranean Games record		4:39.42	Tarragona, Spain	23 June 2018

Results

Heats

The heats were started at 10:20.^[1]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	4			4:46.28	Q
2	2	4			4:46.75	Q
3	2	5			4:49.60	Q
4	2	2			4:50.36	Q
5	2	3			4:50.47	Q,
6	1	6			4:51.67	Q
7	1	5			4:51.99	Q
8	2	6			4:53.58	Q
9	1	3			4:54.84	Q
10	2	7			5:01.05
11	1	7			5:04.81
12	1	2			5:07.27

Final

The final was held at 18:18.^[2]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	5			4:40.86
	4			4:40.97
	3			4:45.63
4	2			4:46.30
5	6			4:48.92
6	1			4:52.16
7	8			4:52.18
8	7			4:54.80

Notes and References

1. Web site: Swimming – 400m Individual Medley Women – Preliminary – Results. Oran 2022. 1 July 2022. 1 July 2022.
2. Web site: Swimming – 400m Individual Medley Women – Final – Results. Oran 2022. 1 July 2022. 1 July 2022.