2012 Summer Olympics / Swimming - 400m Freestyle (Women)

sport	swim
discipline	400 meters freestyle
gender	Women
place	London Aquatics Center
Attendees	35 athletes from 27 countries
Competition phase	July 29, 2012

The contest over 400 meters freestyle of women in the 2012 Olympic Games in London on 29 July 2012 at the London Aquatics Center held. 35 athletes took part.

There were five preliminary runs. The eight fastest swimmers of all heats qualified for the final, which was held on the same day.

Abbreviations:
WR = world record, OR = Olympic record, NR = national record
ER = European record , NAR = North American record , SAR = South American record, ASR = Asian record, AFR = African record, OZR = Oceania record
PB = personal best, JWB = annual world record

Existing records

World record	Federica Pellegrini ( Italy )	3: 59.15 min	Rome , Italy	July 26, 2009
Olympic record		4: 02.19 min	Beijing , People's Republic of China	August 10, 2008

Title holder

Olympic Champion	Rebecca Adlington ( United Kingdom )	4: 03.22 min	Beijing 2008
world champion	Federica Pellegrini ( Italy )	4: 01.97 min	Shanghai 2011
European champion	Coralie Balmy ( France )	4: 05.31 min	Debrecen 2012

leader

Forward 1

July 29, 2012

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	Mojca Sagmeister	Slovenia	4: 21.55 min
2	Andrea Cedrón	Peru	4: 24.18 min
3	Jennet Sarijewa	Turkmenistan	5: 40.29 min	NO

Forward 2

July 29, 2012

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	Nina Rangelova	Bulgaria	4: 11.71 min	NO
2	Kristel Köbrich	Chile	4: 12.02 min
3	Aya Takano	Japan	4: 12.33 min
4th	Julia Hassler	Liechtenstein	4: 12.99 min	NO
5	Susana Escobar	Mexico	4: 14.78 min
6th	Natthanan Junkrajang	Thailand	4: 16.45 min
7th	Lynette Lim	Singapore	4: 18.64 min
8th	Kim Ga-eul	South Korea	4: 43.46 min

Forward 3

July 29, 2012

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	Rebecca Adlington	United Kingdom	4: 05.75 min
2	Chloe Sutton	United States	4: 07.07 min
3	Mireia Belmonte	Spain	4: 08.23 min
4th	Éva Risztov	Hungary	4: 09.08 min
5	Li Xuanxu	People's Republic of China	4: 10.95 min
6th	Camelia Potec	Romania	4: 11.43 min
7th	Joanne Jackson	United Kingdom	4: 11.50 min
8th	Wendy Trott	South Africa	4: 11.63 min

Forward 4

July 29, 2012

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	Coralie Balmy	France	4: 03.56 min
2	Brittany MacLean	Canada	4: 05.06 min	NO
3	Federica Pellegrini	Italy	4: 05.30 min
4th	Kylie Palmer	Australia	4: 07.27 min
5	Shao Yiwen	People's Republic of China	4: 08.41 min
6th	Andreina Pinto	Venezuela	4: 08.45 min	NO
7th	Savannah King	Canada	4: 10.93 min
8th	Gráinne Murphy	Ireland	4: 19.07 min

Forward 5

July 29, 2012

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	Camille Muffat	France	4: 03.29 min
2	Allison Schmitt	United States	4: 03.31 min
3	Lauren Boyle	New Zealand	4: 03.63 min	NO
4th	Lotte Friis	Denmark	4: 04.22 min	NO
5	Melanie Costa	Spain	4: 06.75 min
6th	Bronte Barratt	Australia	4: 07.99 min
7th	Boglárka Kapás	Hungary	4: 10.01 min
8th	Elena Sokolova	Russia	4: 12.19 min

final

The final is the fastest Olympic final over this distance. For the first time, all the finalists hit under 4:07 minutes.

July 29, 2012, 8:18 p.m. CET

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	Camille Muffat	France	4: 01.45 min	OR
2	Allison Schmitt	United States	4: 01.77 min	NAR , NO
3	Rebecca Adlington	United Kingdom	4: 03.01 min
4th	Lotte Friis	Denmark	4: 03.98 min	NO
5	Federica Pellegrini	Italy	4.04.50 min
6th	Coralie Balmy	France	4: 05.95 min
7th	Brittany MacLean	Canada	4: 06.24 min
8th	Lauren Boyle	New Zealand	4: 06.25 min

Video recordings

• Prelims
• final

Picture gallery

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  Olympic champion Camille Muffat (FRA)

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  Defending champion Rebecca Adlington (GBR) wins bronze

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  Award ceremony

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  Lotte Friis (DEN), 4th place, swims the Danish record in the preliminary run

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  Brittany MacLean (CAN), 7th, with a Canadian record in the lead

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  Federica Pellegrini (ITA), world champion and world record holder, achieved 5th place

Web links

• Olympic Summer Games 2012 / Swimming - 400 m freestyle in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )

Individual evidence

1. ↑ swam in advance