Swimming at the 2023 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 400 metre freestyle explained

Event:Women's 400 metre freestyle
Championship:2023 World Aquatics Championships
Dates:23 July (heats and final)
Venue:Marine Messe Fukuoka
Location:Fukuoka, Japan
Competitors:41
Nations:31
Win Value:3:55.38
Gold:Ariarne Titmus
Gold Nation:AUS
Silver:Katie Ledecky
Silver Nation:USA
Bronze:Erika Fairweather
Bronze Nation:NZL
Prev:2022
Next:2024

The women's 400 metre freestyle competition at the 2023 World Aquatics Championships was held on 23 July 2023.[1] [2] [3]

Records

Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.[4]

The following new records were set during this competition.

Results

Heats

The heats were started at 11:56.[5]

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 5 5 4:00.80 Q
2 4 4 4:01.39 Q
3 5 4 4:01.72 Q
4 4 6 4:03.02 Q, NR
5 4 5 4:03.07 Q
6 4 3 4:03.49 Q
7 5 6 4:04.25 Q
8 5 3 4:04.98 Q
9 5 1 4:07.08
10 4 1 4:07.48
11 4 7 4:07.99
12 4 8 4:08.67
13 5 8 4:09.02
14 4 9 4:09.43
15 3 5 4:10.09
16 5 2 4:10.23
17 4 2 4:10.64
18 3 1 4:11.08
19 3 3 4:11.29
20 5 7 4:11.33
21 3 2 4:12.03
22 5 0 4:12.77
23 5 9 4:12.83
24 3 9 4:13.10
25 3 0 4:13.13
26 4 0 4:13.34
27 3 8 4:14.33
28 3 7 4:14.63
29 2 4 4:15.79
30 3 6 4:16.97
31 3 4 4:18.05
32 2 6 4:20.04
33 2 5 4:21.39
34 2 3 4:23.21
35 2 2 4:24.92
36 2 1 4:26.88
37 2 8 4:32.39
38 2 7 4:35.45
39 1 3 4:36.12
40 1 4 4:38.00
41 1 5 5:16.50

Final

The final was started at 20:32.[6]

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
5 3:55.38 WR
4 3:58.73
2 3:59.59 NR
4 3 3:59.94
5 8 4:01.65
6 7 4:05.17
7 6 4:05.27
8 1 4:05.37

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Schedule . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20240118125431/https://resources.fina.org/fina/document/2023/01/16/8d440e7e-1f63-4fe8-af1c-a96ba1af40bf/20th-FINA-WORLD-CHAMPIONSHIPS-Fukuoka-2023-Schedule-12.01.23.pdf . 18 January 2024 . 17 January 2023.
  2. Web site: Sutherland . James . 13 January 2023 . World Aquatics Announces Competition Schedule For 2023 World Championships In Fukuoka . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20240118152954/https://swimswam.com/world-aquatics-announces-competition-schedule-for-2023-world-championships-in-fukuoka/ . 18 January 2024 . 13 January 2023 . SwimSwam.
  3. Web site: 21 July 2023 . Start list . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20230723152514/https://www.omegatiming.com/File/00011600010201EF0101FFFFFFFFFF00.pdf . 23 July 2023 . omegatiming.com.
  4. Web site: 21 July 2023 . Records book . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20240118153205/https://www.omegatiming.com/File/0001160001FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF1F.pdf . 18 January 2024 . omegatiming.com.
  5. Web site: 23 July 2023 . Heats results . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20231120110749/https://www.omegatiming.com/File/00011600010201EF0101FFFFFFFFFF01.pdf . 20 November 2023 . omegatiming.com.
  6. Web site: 23 July 2023 . Final results . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20230723152456/https://www.omegatiming.com/File/00011600010201EF0104FFFFFFFFFF01.pdf . 23 July 2023 . omegatiming.com.