2016 Summer Olympics / Swimming - 400m Freestyle (Women)

sport	swim
discipline	400 meters freestyle
gender	Women
place	Estádio Aquático Olímpico
Attendees	32 athletes from 25 countries
Competition phase	7th August 2016

The women's 400 meter freestyle competition at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro was held on August 7, 2016 in the Estádio Aquático Olímpico . 32 athletes from 25 countries took part.

There were four preliminary runs. The eight fastest starters qualified for the final, which was held on the same day (CEST the next 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

leader

Forward 1

7th August 2016

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	Chihiro Igarashi	Japan	4: 07.52 min
2	Joanna Evans	Bahamas	4: 07.60 min	NO
3	Katarina Simonović	Serbia	4: 15.57 min
4th	Kristel Kobbrich	Chile	4: 16.07 min
5	Valerie Gruest Slowing	Guatemala	4: 19.58 min
6th	Lani Cabrera	Barbados	4: 28.95 min
7th	Gabriella Doueihy	Lebanon	4: 31.21 min
8th	Rebeca Quinteros Ortiz	El Salvador	4: 52.11 min

Forward 2

7th August 2016

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	Yuhan Zhang	People's Republic of China	4: 6.30 min
2	Sarah Koehler	Germany	4: 06.55 min
3	Lotte Friis	Denmark	4: 07.30 min
4th	Andreina Pinto	Venezuela	4: 08.34 min
5	Arina Opyonyschewa	Russia	4: 11.83 min
6th	Ajna Késely	Hungary	4: 12.40 min
7th	Emily Overholt	Canada	4: 16.24 min
8th	Nguyễn Thị Ánh Viên	Vietnam	4: 16.32 min

Forward 3

7th August 2016

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	Jazmin Carlin	United Kingdom	4: 02.83 min
2	Leah Smith	United States	4: 03.39 min
3	Brittany MacLean	Canada	4: 03.43 min	NO
4th	Jessica Ashwood	Australia	4: 03.58 min
5	Mireia Belmonte García	Spain	4: 08.12 min
6th	Melania Costa	Spain	4: 08.96 min
7th	Alice Mizzau	Italy	4: 14.20 min
8th	Yue Cao	People's Republic of China	4: 19.57 min

Forward 4

7th August 2016

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	Katie Ledecky	United States	3: 58.71 min	OR
2	Coralie Balmy	France	4: 03.40 min
3	Boglárka Kapás	Hungary	4: 04.11 min
4th	Tamsin Cook	Australia	4: 04.36 min
5	Lauren Boyle	New Zealand	4: 07.90 min
6th	Anja Klinar	Slovenia	4: 09.07 min
7th	Sharon van Rouwendaal	Netherlands	4: 11.44 min
8th	Diletta Carli	Italy	4: 17.15 min

final

August 8, 2016, 3:01 am CEST

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	Katie Ledecky	United States	3: 56.46 min	WR
2	Jazmin Carlin	United Kingdom	4: 01.23 min
3	Leah Smith	United States	4: 01.92 min
4th	Boglárka Kapás	Hungary	4: 02.37 min	NO
5	Brittany MacLean	Canada	4: 04.69 min
6th	Tamsin Cook	Australia	4: 05.30 min
7th	Jessica Ashwood	Australia	4: 05.68 min
8th	Coralie Balmy	France	4: 06.98 min

Web links

• Results of the preliminary runs
• Result of the final