Swimming at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's 400 metre freestyle

The competition over 400 meters freestyle of women in the 2012 Olympics in London was held on 29 July 2012 at the London Aquatics Centre. 35 athletes took part.

There were five heats. The eight fastest swimmers of all heats qualified for the final, which was held on the same day.

Abbreviations: WR = World Record, OR = Olympic Record, NR = national record ER = European record, NAR = North America record, SAR = South America record, ASR = Asian record, AFR = Africa record, OZR = Ozeanienrekord PB = personal best, JWB = Jahresweltbestzeit

Existing Records

Title holders

Leader

Flow 1

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Flow 2

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Forward 3

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Forward 4

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Forward 5

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Final

The finale is the fastest Olympic final over this distance. For the first time beat all the finalists in under 4:07 minutes.

July 29, 2012, 20:18 CET Clock

Video recordings

• Heats
• Final

Gallery

Defending champion Rebecca Adlington (GBR ) wins bronze

Presentation ceremony

Brittany MacLean ( CAN), No. 7, with a Canadian record in the run-

Federica Pellegrini (ITA ), world champion and world record holder, reached number 5