The women's 400 metre freestyle competition of the swimming events

Swimming at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships

The Swimming portion of the 2011 FINA World Championships was held July 24–31 at the Shanghai Oriental Sports Center in Shanghai, China. Swimming is one of five aquatic disciplines at the championships.-Qualifying criteria:...

 at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships took place July 24. The heats and the final took place on July 24.

Records

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

	Name	Nation	Time	Location	Date
World record Championship record	Federica Pellegrini Federica Pellegrini Federica Pellegrini is an Italian swimmer. A native of Mirano, in the province of Venice, she is currently the women's 200 m freestyle and 400 m freestyle world record holder...		3:59.15	Rome Rome Rome is the capital of Italy and the country's largest and most populated city and comune, with over 2.7 million residents in . The city is located in the central-western portion of the Italian Peninsula, on the Tiber River within the Lazio region of Italy.Rome's history spans two and a half...	July 26, 2009

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

Heats

38 swimmers participated in 5 heats, qualified swimmers are listed:

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	4	4	Federica Pellegrini Federica Pellegrini Federica Pellegrini is an Italian swimmer. A native of Mirano, in the province of Venice, she is currently the women's 200 m freestyle and 400 m freestyle world record holder...		4:04.76	Q
2	3	4	Camille Muffat Camille Muffat Camille Muffat is an Olympic and National Record holding swimmer from France. She swam for France at the 2008 Olympics....		4:05.62	Q
3	5	2	Lauren Boyle Lauren Boyle Lauren Marie Boyle is a New Zealand swimming competitor. She won a bronze medal with Helen Norfolk, Alison Fitch and Melissa Ingram in the 4x200m freestyle relay at the 2006 Commonwealth Games....		4:05.86	Q, NR
4	3	6	Lotte Friis Lotte Friis Lotte Friis is a Danish swimmer from Allerød.Finishing third in the 1500 metre freestyle competition at the European Championships 2008 in Eindhoven she won her first major long course medal. At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, she won bronze in the 800 metre freestyle competition...		4:06.31	Q
5	5	5	Kylie Palmer Kylie Palmer Kylie Jayne Palmer OAM , is an Australian distance freestyle swimmer.She attended Grace Lutheran College, Rothwell...		4:06.38	Q
6	4	6	Melania Costa Schmid		4:07.02	Q, NR
7	5	4	Rebecca Adlington Rebecca Adlington Rebecca "Becky" Adlington, OBE, is an English and British freestyle swimmer. She won two gold medals at the 2008 Olympic Games in the 400 m and 800 m, breaking the 19 year-old world record of Janet Evans in the 800 m final...		4:07.38	Q
8	5	3	Katie Hoff Katie Hoff Kathryn "Katie" Elise Hoff is an American swimmer. Hoff is strongest in the 200 and 400 meter individual medley, though she is a very capable swimmer in many events, ranging from the four 200 meter events to the 800 meter freestyle...		4:07.93	Q
9	3	5	Chloe Sutton Chloe Sutton Chloe Sutton is an American swimmer who competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics.Sutton has won a total of five medals in major international competition, three gold, one silver, and one bronze spanning the Open Water Championships, the Pan Pacific Championships, and the Pan American...		4:08.22
10	3	3	Shao Yiwen		4:08.42
11	4	5	Bronte Barratt Bronte Barratt Bronte Amelia Arnold Barratt OAM is a competitive swimmer from Australia. At the World Short Course Championships held in Shanghai in 2006, Barratt won the gold medal in women's 4x200m freestyle relay and an individual silver medal in the 400m freestyle.In 2007, she broke the oldest record in...		4:08.62
12	5	1	Andreina Pinto Andreina Pinto Andreina Pinto is an Olympic and National Record holding swimmer from Venezuela. She swam for Venezuela at the 2008 Olympics.She also swam at the:*2007 World Championships*2007 Pan American Games...		4:08.80	NR
13	4	7	Barbara Jardin		4:08.81
14	3	2	Boglarka Kapas Boglárka Kapás Boglárka Kapás is a female freestyle swimmer from Hungary. She was the youngest member of the Hungarian Olympic Squad at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, PR China....		4:09.15
15	4	3	Jazmin Carlin Jazmin Carlin Jazmin Roxy Carlin is a Welsh freestyle swimmer.-Career:Carlin was born in Swindon, Wiltshire. Carlin returned 'home' to Swansea, Wales, with her parents in 2006, where she trains at the Wales National Pool...		4:09.64
16	5	7	Samantha Cheverton		4:09.81
17	4	2	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:* *...		4:10.36
18	3	7	Wendy Trott		4:10.57
19	2	4	Nina Rangelova		4:12.38	NR
20	4	1	Charetzeni Escobar		4:13.38
21	4	8	Anna Stylianou		4:15.46
22	2	5	Daryna Zevina Daryna Zevina Daryna Zevina is a Ukrainian swimmer, who has won several international juniors medals in her career, a gold medal at the 100 meter Backstroke and a bronze medal at the 200 meter Backstroke during the 2010 European Short Course Swimming Championships...		4:15.65
23	5	6	Song Wenyan		4:16.26
24	2	2	Sycerika McMahon		4:16.44
25	2	6	Julia Hassler		4:17.61	NR
26	2	3	Virginia Bardach		4:18.57
27	3	1	Cecilie Johannessen		4:18.84
28	2	8	Katarina Filova		4:21.14
29	1	7	Samantha Arevalo		4:21.84	NR
30	3	8	Alexia Benitez		4:22.59
31	1	5	Daniela Kaori Miyahara		4:23.33
32	5	8	Kim Ga-Eul		4:23.94
33	1	4	Andrea Cedron		4:25.06
34	2	1	Shahd Osman		4:26.35
35	2	7	Benjaporn Sriphanomthorn		4:29.65
36	1	6	Victoria Chentsova		5:18.67
37	1	2	Jennet Saryyeva		5:41.09
	1	3	Victoria Ho		DNS

Final

The final was held at 18:50.

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	4	Federica Pellegrini Federica Pellegrini Federica Pellegrini is an Italian swimmer. A native of Mirano, in the province of Venice, she is currently the women's 200 m freestyle and 400 m freestyle world record holder...		4:01.97
	1	Rebecca Adlington Rebecca Adlington Rebecca "Becky" Adlington, OBE, is an English and British freestyle swimmer. She won two gold medals at the 2008 Olympic Games in the 400 m and 800 m, breaking the 19 year-old world record of Janet Evans in the 800 m final...		4:04.01
	5	Camille Muffat Camille Muffat Camille Muffat is an Olympic and National Record holding swimmer from France. She swam for France at the 2008 Olympics....		4:04.06
4	2	Kylie Palmer Kylie Palmer Kylie Jayne Palmer OAM , is an Australian distance freestyle swimmer.She attended Grace Lutheran College, Rothwell...		4:04.62
5	6	Lotte Friis Lotte Friis Lotte Friis is a Danish swimmer from Allerød.Finishing third in the 1500 metre freestyle competition at the European Championships 2008 in Eindhoven she won her first major long course medal. At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, she won bronze in the 800 metre freestyle competition...		4:04.68	NR
6	3	Lauren Boyle Lauren Boyle Lauren Marie Boyle is a New Zealand swimming competitor. She won a bronze medal with Helen Norfolk, Alison Fitch and Melissa Ingram in the 4x200m freestyle relay at the 2006 Commonwealth Games....		4:06.11
7	8	Katie Hoff Katie Hoff Kathryn "Katie" Elise Hoff is an American swimmer. Hoff is strongest in the 200 and 400 meter individual medley, though she is a very capable swimmer in many events, ranging from the four 200 meter events to the 800 meter freestyle...		4:08.22
8	7	Melania Costa Schmid		4:09.66

External links

• 2011 World Aquatics Championships: Women's 400 metre freestyle entry list, from OmegaTiming.com; retrieved 2011-07-23.