Swimming at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 400 metre individual medley

The women's 400 metre individual medley competition of the swimming events at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships was held on July 31 with the heats the final.

Records Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows. Name Nation Time Location DateWorld recordStephanie Rice 4:29.45 BeijingAugust 10, 2008Championship recordKatinka Hosszú 4:30.31 RomeAugust 2, 2009

Results

Heats 36 swimmers participated in 5 heats.

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 3 4 Elizabeth Beisel 4:34.95 Q 2 4 5 Mireia Belmonte García 4:36.36 Q 3 3 5 Caitlin Leverenz 4:36.78 Q 4 5 8 Barbora Závadová 4:36.96 Q, NR 5 5 2 Stephanie Rice 4:37.32 Q 6 5 4 Hannah Miley 4:37.39 Q 7 5 3 Li Xuanxu 4:37.61 Q 8 4 4 Ye Shiwen 4:38.18 Q 9 4 7 Alexa Komarnycky 4:38.82 10 5 6 Zsuzsanna Jakabos 4:38.84 11 3 1 Kathryn Meaklim 4:41.07 12 4 6 Anja Klinar 4:41.23 13 4 8 Jördis Steinegger 4:41.33 NR 14 4 3 Kirsty Coventry 4:42.52 15 5 5 Katinka Hosszú 4:42.96 16 5 1 Stina Gardell 4:44.53 17 3 8 Stephanie Horner 4:44.85 18 4 1 Alessia Polieri 4:45.26 19 3 3 Samantha Hamill 4:45.32 20 5 7 Yana Martynova 4:45.53 21 3 6 Lara Grangeon 4:47.41 22 2 4 Georgina Bardach 4:48.09 23 2 5 Ganna Dzerkal 4:48.17 24 3 2 Stephanie Proud 4:48.31 25 4 2 Stefania Pirozzi 4:48.40 26 2 2 Kim Hye-Rim 4:48.97 27 2 6 Charetzeni Escobar 4:49.95 =NR 28 2 7 Nadia Vieira 4:51.65 29 2 1 Sarra Lajnef 4:51.89 30 2 3 Marina Ribi 4:52.49 31 2 8 Samantha Arevalo 4:58.87 32 1 4 Natthanan Junkrajang 5:03.07 33 1 5 Maria Coy 5:11.28 34 1 3 Ana Maria Castellanos 5:16.41 35 1 6 Daniella van den Berg 5:18.27 36 1 2 Anum Bandey 5:37.11 NR – 3 7 Gráinne Murphy DNS

Final The final was held at 19:19.

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 4 Elizabeth Beisel 4:31.78 7 Hannah Miley 4:34.22 2 Stephanie Rice 4:34.23 4 5 Mireia Belmonte García 4:34.94 5 8 Ye Shiwen 4:35.15 6 1 Li Xuanxu 4:35.78 7 6 Barbora Závadová 4:38.04 8 3 Caitlin Leverenz 4:38.80

References

External links 2011 World Aquatics Championships: Women's 400 metre individual medley start list, from OmegaTiming.com; retrieved 2011-07-23.