| Event: | Women's 400 metre freestyle |
| Competition: | 2024 European Aquatics Championships |
| Venue: | Sports Centre Milan Gale Muškatirović |
| Dates: | 23 June (heats and final) |
| Competitors: | 25 |
| Nations: | 18 |
| Win Value: | 4:06.56 |
| Gold: | Ajna Késely |
| Gold Nation: | HUN |
| Silver: | Barbora Seemanová |
| Silver Nation: | CZE |
| Bronze: | Francisca Martins |
| Bronze Nation: | POR |
| Prev: | 2022 |
| Next: | 2026 |
The Women's 400 metre freestyle competition of the 2024 European Aquatics Championships was held on 23 June 2024.[1] [2]
Prior to the competition, the existing world, European and championship records were as follows.
| Name | Nation | Time | Location | Date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| World record | 3:55.38 | 23 July 2023 | |||
| European record | 3:59.15 | 26 July 2009 | |||
| Championship record | 4:01.53 | 24 March 2008 |
The heats were started at 09:30.
Qualification Rules: The 8 fastest from the heats qualify to the final.[3]
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 5 | 4:14.77 | Q | ||
| 2 | 2 | 4 | 4:14.93 | Q | ||
| 3 | 2 | 6 | 4:15.50 | Q | ||
| 4 | 3 | 6 | 4:15.74 | Q | ||
| 5 | 2 | 2 | 4:16.49 | Q | ||
| 6 | 3 | 4 | 4:16.55 | Q | ||
| 7 | 2 | 8 | 4:17.12 | Q | ||
| 8 | 3 | 9 | 4:17.46 | Q | ||
| 9 | 3 | 2 | 4:18.02 | |||
| 10 | 3 | 3 | 4:18.53 | |||
| 11 | 2 | 7 | 4:18.78 | |||
| 12 | 3 | 1 | 4:18.93 | |||
| 13 | 2 | 3 | 4:19.43 | |||
| 14 | 3 | 7 | 4:19.65 | |||
| 15 | 3 | 8 | 4:20.36 | |||
| 16 | 2 | 1 | 4:20.71 | |||
| 17 | 2 | 0 | 4:21.23 | |||
| 18 | 1 | 2 | 4:24.33 | |||
| 19 | 3 | 0 | 4:25.40 | |||
| 20 | 1 | 1 | 4:26.29 | |||
| 21 | 1 | 8 | 4:28.28 | |||
| 22 | 1 | 6 | 4:29.56 | |||
| 23 | 1 | 7 | 4:34.11 | |||
| 24 | 1 | 0 | 4:35.78 | |||
| 25 | 1 | 9 | 4:41.53 | |||
| 1 | 3 | |||||
| 1 | 4 | |||||
| 1 | 5 | |||||
| 2 | 9 | |||||
| 3 | 5 |
The final was held at 19:14.[4]
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | 4:06.56 | |||||
| 7 | 4:06.72 | |||||
| 4 | 4:10.94 | |||||
| 4 | 2 | 4:13.16 | ||||
| 5 | 6 | 4:14.24 | ||||
| 6 | 8 | 4:15.32 | ||||
| 7 | 3 | 4:17.92 | ||||
| 8 | 1 | 4:21.95 |