The Women's 400 metre freestyle competition at the 2022 World Aquatics Championships was held on 18 June 2022.
Records Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.
The following new records were set during this competition. Date Event Name Nationality Time Record 18 June Final Katie Ledecky 3:58.15 CR
Results Heats The heats were started at 10:11.
Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 4 4 Katie Ledecky 3:59.79 Q 2 4 5 Summer McIntosh 4:03.19 Q 3 4 3 Lani Pallister 4:03.71 Q 4 4 2 Kiah Melverton 4:03.74 Q 5 4 6 Leah Smith 4:04.43 Q 6 3 3 Erika Fairweather 4:06.00 Q 7 3 5 Tang Muhan 4:06.29 Q 8 3 6 Isabel Marie Gose 4:06.44 Q 9 3 2 Miyu Namba 4:08.07 10 3 4 Li Bingjie 4:08.25 11 3 7 Waka Kobori 4:08.55 12 4 7 Ajna Késely 4:09.09 13 3 1 Eve Thomas 4:09.49 14 3 8 Freya Anderson 4:11.82 15 3 9 Katja Fain 4:12.05 16 4 0 Gabrielle Roncatto 4:12.09 17 4 8 Marlene Kahler 4:12.55 18 3 0 Freya Colbert 4:12.82 19 2 4 Han Da-kyung 4:13.29 20 4 9 Valentine Dumont 4:13.33 21 2 5 Helena Rosendahl Bach 4:13.36 22 4 1 Bettina Fábián 4:14.06 23 2 6 Gan Ching Hwee 4:15.19 24 2 3 Paula Otero 4:18.90 25 2 2 Zhanet Angelova 4:20.55 26 2 7 Kamonchanok Kwanmuang 4:27.01 27 2 1 Võ Thị Mỹ Tiên 4:28.99 28 2 8 Jamila Boulakbech 4:32.54 29 2 9 Natalia Kuipers 4:33.54 30 1 4 Jehanara Nabi 4:37.93 31 1 2 Bianca Mitchell 4:45.89 32 1 5 Therese Soukup 4:46.09 33 1 3 Arianna Lont 5:19.07 34 1 6 Keana Santos 5:28.52 2 0 Talita Te Flan
Final The final was held at 18:41.
Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 4 Katie Ledecky 3:58.15 CR 5 Summer McIntosh 3:59.39 NR 2 Leah Smith 4:02.08 4 3 Lani Pallister 4:02.16 5 8 Isabel Marie Gose 4:03.47 6 7 Erika Fairweather 4:04.73 7 6 Kiah Melverton 4:05.62 8 1 Tang Muhan 4:10.70
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