The Women's 400 metre freestyle competition of the 2022 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) was held on 13 December 2022.

Records Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.

Results Heats The heats were started at 11:05.

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 4 2 Erika Fairweather 3:58.27 Q 2 3 4 Lani Pallister 3:59.50 Q 3 4 3 Erin Gemmell 4:00.49 Q 4 3 6 Leah Smith 4:00.71 Q 5 4 5 Miyu Namba 4:00.97 Q 6 4 7 Waka Kobori 4:02.05 Q 7 3 7 Katja Fain 4:02.13 Q 8 3 3 Leah Neale 4:02.30 Q 9 3 5 Liu Yaxin 4:02.36 10 3 1 Helena Rosendahl Bach 4:03.59 11 4 8 Imani de Jong 4:04.65 12 4 6 Valentine Dumont 4:07.37 13 4 1 Gabrielle Roncatto 4:08.39 14 2 4 Alexa Reyna 4:08.44 15 2 6 Anja Crevar 4:08.62 16 3 8 Silke Holkenborg 4:08.75 17 3 2 Merve Tuncel 4:10.60 18 2 2 Elisbet Gámez 4:11.66 19 1 4 Stephanie Houtman 4:13.16 20 2 3 Paula Otero 4:14.08 21 2 1 Ho Nam Wai 4:14.15 22 2 8 Vár Erlingsdóttir Eidesgaard 4:16.97 23 1 5 Martina Cibulková 4:19.76 24 2 7 Iman Avdić 4:21.65 25 1 6 Jehanara Nabi 4:25.36 26 1 3 Natalia Kuipers 4:26.11 27 1 2 Kaltra Meca 4:31.99 28 1 7 Amaya Bollinger 5:04.88 1 1 Maha Al-Shehhi 2 5 Gan Ching Hwee 4 4 Li Bingjie

Final The final was held at 19:35.

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 5 Lani Pallister 3:55.04 4 Erika Fairweather 3:56.00 6 Leah Smith 3:59.78 4 2 Miyu Namba 4:01.13 5 1 Katja Fain 4:01.46 NR 6 3 Erin Gemmell 4:01.82 7 7 Waka Kobori 4:02.14 8 8 Leah Neale 4:03.45

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