The women's 400 Metre Freestyle competition of the swimming events at the 2012 European Aquatics Championships took place May 27. The heats and final took place on May 27.2012 European Aquatics Championships: Women's 400 metre freestyle entry list, from OmegaTiming.com; retrieved 2012-05-26.

Records Prior to the competition, the existing World, European and Championship records were as follows. Name Nation Time Location DateWorld recordEuropean recordFederica Pellegrini3:59.15RomeJuly 26, 2009Championship recordFederica Pellegrini4:01.53EindhovenMarch 24, 2008

Results

Heats 30 swimmers participated in 4 heats.2012 European Aquatics Championships: Women's 400 metre freestyle Heats results, from OmegaTiming.com; retrieved 2012-05-27.

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 4 5 Éva Risztov 4:10.25 Q 2 3 6 Martina de Memme 4:10.44 Q 3 3 4 Coralie Balmy 4:11.07 Q 4 3 5 Boglárka Kapás 4:11.15 Q 5 4 3 Camelia Potec 4:11.43 Q 6 2 4 Mireia Belmonte García 4:12.30 Q 7 2 5 Ophélie-Cyrielle Étienne 4:12.86 Q 8 4 6 Alice Nesti 4:13.05 Q 9 3 3 Lydia Morant Varo 4:13.08 10 4 4 Federica Pellegrini 4:14.27 11 2 6 Nina Rangelova 4:14.75 12 3 7 Silke Lippok 4:15.85 13 4 7 Julia Hassler 4:14.95 14 2 3 Ágnes Mutina 4:15.89 15 2 7 Diletta Carli 4:16.72 16 2 2 Cecilie Johannessen 4:17.92 17 2 8 Spela Bohinc 4:12.54 18 4 1 Jördis Steinegger 4:20.07 19 3 1 Anna Stylianou 4:20.21 20 3 8 Iryna Glavnyk 4:20.40 21 4 8 Ursa Bezan 4:21.98 22 1 4 Valeriya Podlesna 4:24.42 23 1 6 Jūratė Ščerbinskaitė 4:24.65 24 2 1 Donata Kilijanska 4:25.36 25 1 3 Sigrún Brá Sverrisdóttir 4:31.65 26 1 2 Cecilia Eysturdal 4:42.88 4 2 Isabelle Härle DNS 3 2 Sycerika McMahon DNS 1 5 Nuala Murphy DNS 1 7 Noora Laukkanen DNS

Final The final was held at 17:47.2012 European Aquatics Championships: Women's 400 metre freestyle Final results, from OmegaTiming.com; retrieved 2012-05-27.

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 3 Coralie Balmy 4:05.31 7 Mireia Belmonte García 4:05.45 NR 1 Ophélie-Cyrielle Étienne 4:07.47 4 4 Éva Risztov 4:07.72 5 6 Boglárka Kapás 4:08.73 6 2 Camelia Potec 4:08.91 7 5 Martina de Memme 4:10.82 8 8 Alice Nesti 4:11.13

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