2012 Summer Olympics / Swimming - 400m Freestyle (Women)
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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
Picture gallery
Web links
- Olympic Summer Games 2012 / Swimming - 400 m freestyle in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )
Individual evidence
- ↑ swam in advance