Swimming at the 2019 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 400 metre freestyle
Appearance
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 | |||||||||
Medalists | ||||||||||
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2019 FINA World Championships | ||
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Artistic swimming | ||
Solo | ||
Technical | women | |
Free | women | |
Duet | ||
Technical | women | |
Technical | mixed | |
Free | women | |
Free | mixed | |
Team | ||
Technical | women | |
Free | women | |
Combination | women | |
Highlight | women | |
Diving | ||
Individual | ||
1 m | men | women |
3 m | men | women |
10 m | men | women |
3 m & 10 m | mixed team | |
Synchronised | ||
3 m | men | women |
3 m | mixed | |
10 m | men | women |
10 m | mixed | |
High diving | ||
20 m | women | |
27 m | men | |
Open water swimming | ||
Single | ||
5 km | men | women |
10 km | men | women |
25 km | men | women |
Relay | ||
4×1.25 km | mixed | |
Swimming | ||
Freestyle | ||
50 m | men | women |
100 m | men | women |
200 m | men | women |
400 m | men | women |
800 m | men | women |
1500 m | men | women |
Backstroke | ||
50 m | men | women |
100 m | men | women |
200 m | men | women |
Breaststroke | ||
50 m | men | women |
100 m | men | women |
200 m | men | women |
Butterfly | ||
50 m | men | women |
100 m | men | women |
200 m | men | women |
Individual medley | ||
200 m | men | women |
400 m | men | women |
Freestyle relay | ||
4×100 m | men | women |
mixed | ||
4×200 m | men | women |
Medley relay | ||
4×100 m | men | women |
mixed | ||
Water polo | ||
Tournament | men | women |
Rosters | men | women |
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
[edit]Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.
World record | Katie Ledecky (USA) | 3:56.46 | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | 7 August 2016 |
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Competition record | Katie Ledecky (USA) | 3:58.34 | Budapest, Hungary | 23 July 2017 |
Results
[edit]Heats
[edit]The heats were held at 11:22.[4]
Final
[edit]The final was held at 20:33.[5]
Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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5 | Ariarne Titmus | Australia | 3:58.76 | OC | |
4 | Katie Ledecky | United States | 3:59.97 | ||
2 | Leah Smith | United States | 4:01.29 | ||
4 | 3 | Ajna Késely | Hungary | 4:01.31 | NR |
5 | 6 | Wang Jianjiahe | China | 4:03.67 | |
6 | 1 | Boglárka Kapás | Hungary | 4:05.36 | |
7 | 8 | Anna Egorova | Russia | 4:06.16 | |
8 | 7 | Veronika Andrusenko | Russia | 4:08.60 |