Swimming at the 2019 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 400 metre freestyle
Women's 400-metre freestyle at the 2019 World Aquatics Championships | ||||||||||
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Venue | Nambu University Municipal Aquatics Center | |||||||||
Location | Gwangju, South Korea | |||||||||
Dates | 21 July (heats and final) | |||||||||
Competitors | 43 from 37 nations | |||||||||
Winning time | 3:58.76 | |||||||||
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The women's 400-metre freestyle competition at the 2019 World Championships was held on 21 July 2019.[1][2] Ariarne Titmus overcame a .62-second deficit in the last 50 metres to defeat defending champion Katie Ledecky. This was Ledecky's first loss in a major international 400 metre freestyle competition.[3]
Records
Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.
World record | ![]() | 3:56.46 | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | 7 August 2016 |
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Competition record | ![]() | 3:58.34 | Budapest, Hungary | 23 July 2017 |
Results
Heats
The heats were held at 11:22.[4]
Final
The final was held at 20:33.[5]
Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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![]() | 5 | Ariarne Titmus | ![]() | 3:58.76 | OC |
![]() | 4 | Katie Ledecky | ![]() | 3:59.97 | |
![]() | 2 | Leah Smith | ![]() | 4:01.29 | |
4 | 3 | Ajna Késely | ![]() | 4:01.31 | NR |
5 | 6 | Wang Jianjiahe | ![]() | 4:03.67 | |
6 | 1 | Boglárka Kapás | ![]() | 4:05.36 | |
7 | 8 | Anna Egorova | ![]() | 4:06.16 | |
8 | 7 | Veronika Andrusenko | ![]() | 4:08.60 |