Swimming at the 2024 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 400 metre freestyle explained

Event:	Women's 400 metre freestyle
Championship:	2024 World Aquatics Championships
Dates:	11 February (heats and final)
Venue:	Aspire Dome
Location:	Doha, Qatar
Competitors:	34
Nations:	31
Win Value:	3:59.44
Gold:	Erika Fairweather
Gold Nation:	NZL
Silver:	Li Bingjie
Silver Nation:	CHN
Bronze:	Isabel Gose
Bronze Nation:	GER
Prev:	2023
Next:	2025

The women's 400 metre freestyle competition at the 2024 World Aquatics Championships was held on 11 February 2024.^{[1] [2]}

Records

Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.^[3]

Results

Heats

The heats were started at 10:46.^[4]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	4	5			4:04.65	Q
2	4	4			4:04.70	Q
3	3	4			4:05.48	Q
4	4	2			4:05.52	Q, SA
5	4	3			4:06.12	Q
6	4	6			4:06.13	Q
7	3	3			4:06.82	Q
8	4	8			4:08.86	Q
9	4	7			4:09.21
10	4	0			4:09.65
11	3	1			4:09.67
12	3	5			4:10.61
13	3	6			4:10.96
14	4	9			4:12.03
15	3	7			4:13.95
16	3	8			4:14.20
17	2	4			4:14.42
18	3	0			4:14.47
19	2	5			4:14.54
20	4	1			4:15.04
21	3	2			4:17.01
22	2	2			4:17.65
23	2	3			4:18.15
24	3	9			4:18.38
25	2	6			4:19.91
26	2	1			4:22.61
27	2	8			4:25.21
28	2	0			4:27.30
29	2	7			4:27.52
30	1	5			4:36.32
31	2	9			4:40.47
32	1	4			4:45.85
33	1	6			4:56.42
–	1	3			Disqualified

Final

The final was held at 19:32.^[5]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	5			3:59.44	NR
	4			4:01.62
	3			4:02.39	NR
4	6			4:02.86	SA
5	7			4:04.18
6	1			4:05.73
7	2			4:05.87
8	8			4:10.33

Notes and References

1. Web site: Schedule. 1 November 2023. 1 November 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20231101033353/https://resources.fina.org/fina/document/2023/10/02/ad5051df-a960-47a9-8eef-0beccae7c822/DOHA_2024_SCHEDULES_06.pdf. live.
2. Web site: Start list. 9 February 2024. 13 February 2024. https://web.archive.org/web/20240213070551/https://www.omegatiming.com/File/00011800000201EF0101FFFFFFFFFF00.pdf. live.
3. Web site: Records book. omegatiming.com. 9 February 2024. 10 February 2024. 3 February 2024. https://web.archive.org/web/20240203115839/https://www.omegatiming.com/File/0001180000FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF1F.pdf. live.
4. Web site: Heats results. omegatiming.com. 11 February 2024. 11 February 2024. 12 February 2024. https://web.archive.org/web/20240212232420/https://www.omegatiming.com/File/00011800000201EF0101FFFFFFFFFF01.pdf. live.
5. Web site: Final results. omegatiming.com. 11 February 2024. 11 February 2024. 13 February 2024. https://web.archive.org/web/20240213143639/https://www.omegatiming.com/File/00011800000201EF0104FFFFFFFFFF01.pdf. live.