Swimming at the 2005 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 400 metre freestyle

The women's 400 metre freestyle event at the 2005 World Aquatics Championships took place 24 July. The heats and final were held on 24 July.

Records

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

	Name	Nationality	Time	Location	Date
World record	Janet Evans Janet Evans Janet Beth Evans is a American competitive swimmer who specializes in distance freestyle. She recently announced her comeback to the sport with intentions to swim in the 2012 Olympic Trials.-Biography:...	United States United States The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...	4:03.85	Seoul Seoul Seoul , officially the Seoul Special City, is the capital and largest metropolis of South Korea. A megacity with a population of over 10 million, it is the largest city proper in the OECD developed world...	22 September 1988
Championship record	Tracey Wickham Tracey Wickham Tracey Lee Wickham MBE OAM is an Australian former middle distance world champion swimmer. Despite her success in the pool, Wickham has battled financial hardship and personal tragedy throughout her life....	Australia Australia Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...	4:06.28	Berlin Berlin Berlin is the capital city of Germany and is one of the 16 states of Germany. With a population of 3.45 million people, Berlin is Germany's largest city. It is the second most populous city proper and the seventh most populous urban area in the European Union...	24 August 1978

No new world or competition records were set during this competition.

Final

Rank	Name	Time
	Laure Manaudou Laure Manaudou Laure Manaudou \|Rhône]]) is a French Olympic, world and European champion swimmer. She is the daughter of a French father and a Dutch mother.- 2004 Olympics :...	4:06.44
	Ai Shibata Ai Shibata is a Japanese swimmer. At the 2004 Summer Olympics, she won the gold medal in the 800 meter freestyle race and became the first ever female gold medalist for Japan in a freestyle event....	4:06.74
	Caitlin McClatchey Caitlin McClatchey Caitlin McClatchey is a Scottish swimmer. To date her greatest sporting achievement was winning two gold medals at the 2006 Commonwealth Games....	4:07.25
4	Brittany Reimer Brittany Reimer Brittany Reimer is a former Canadian long-distance swimmer. She is a two-time medallist at the World Aquatics Championships and competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics.-Career:...	4:07.32
5	Camelia Potec Camelia Potec Camelia Potec is a female Romanian swimmer, who won the gold medal in the women's 200 m freestyle final at the 2004 Summer Olympics.She won the Mare Nostrum in 2004.-References:* *...	4:08.06
6	Linda Mackenzie Linda Mackenzie Linda June Mackenzie OAM is an Australian freestyle swimmer. She tends to prefer the longer 200m/400m/800m events and has won the Australian 400m national title five years in a row...	4:08.75
7	Joanne Jackson Joanne Jackson (swimmer) Joanne Amy Jackson is a British freestyle swimmer. She is the sister of retired Olympic swimmer Nicola Jackson. She went to Richmond School, North Yorkshire....	4:08.88
8	Claudia Poll Claudia Poll Claudia Maria Poll Ahrens is an Olympic gold-medalist and National Record holding swimmer from Costa Rica. To date , she is Costa Rica's only gold-medalist, having won the country first gold Olympic medal at the 1996 Olympics in the 200 meter freestyle. Her sister, Silvia, won Costa Rica's first...	4:10.02

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