The women's 400-metre freestyle event at the 2001 World Aquatic Championships took place 29 July. Both the heats and final were held on 29 July.
Records Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows: World record 4:03.85 Seoul, South Korea 22 September 1988Championship record 4:06.28 West Berlin, Federal Republic of Germany 24 August 1978
Results
Heats Rank Swimmer Nation Time Notes 1 Hannah Stockbauer 4:11.30 Q 2 Yana Klochkova 4:11.83 Q 3 Irina Oufimtseva 4:11.92 Q 4 Claudia Poll 4:12.17 Q 5 Chen Hua 4:12.19 Q 6 Carla Geurts 4:12.49 Q 7 Alicia Bozon 4:12.66 Q 8 Camelia Potec 4:12.79 Q 9 Kaitlin Sandeno 4:12.82 10 Simona Păduraru 4:13.15 11 Giaan Rooney 4:13.58 12 Sofie Goffin 4:14.80 13 Ashley Chandler 4:14.83 14 Sachiko Yamada 4:15.14 15 Nadezhda Chemezova 4:15.24 16 Éva Risztov 4:15.25 17 Jessica Deglau 4:15.93 18 Yang Yu 4:16.17 19 Lidia Elizalde 4:16.47 20 Laura Roca 4:17.16 21 Elizabeth Van Welie 4:17.97 22 Monique Ferreira 4:18.00 23 Sarah-Jane D'Arcy 4:18.04 24 Hana Netrefová 4:18.76 25 Patricia Villareal 4:19.00 26 Sophie Simard 4:19.87 27 Helen Nolfolk 4:20.20 28 Jana Pechanová 4:20.43 29 Zoi Dimoschaki 4:20.80 30 Marianna Lymperta 4:20.90 31 Ivanka Moralieva 4:21.79 32 Eri Yamanoi 4:22.53 33 Chantal Strasser 4:22.87 34 Cecilia Biagioli 4:25.47 35 Fabiana Susini 4:25.95 36 Lin Chi-Chan 4:26.26 37 U-Nice Chan 4:35.44 38 Christel Bouvron 4:37.38 39 Xenavee Pangelinan 4:45.21 40 Lee Huei-Yun 4:47.13 41 Shun Kwan Andrea Chum 4:47.20 – Flavia Rigamonti DNS
Final Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Yana Klochkova 4:07.30 Claudia Poll 4:09.15 Hannah Stockbauer 4:09.36 4 Irina Oufimtseva 4:10.17 5 Chen Hua 4:10.37 6 Camelia Potec 4:11.67 7 Carla Geurts 4:13.04 8 Alicia Bozon 4:15.21
Key: WR = World record
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