Swimming at the 2018 European Aquatics Championships – Women's 400 metre freestyle

Women's 400 metre freestyle
at the 2018 European Aquatics Championships
Women's 400 metre freestyle ; at the 2018 European Aquatics Championships
Venue	Tollcross International Swimming Centre
Dates	9 August
Competitors	32 from 19 nations
Winning time	4:03.35
Medalists
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The Women's 400 metre freestyle competition of the 2018 European Aquatics Championships was held on 9 August 2018.^[1]^[2]

Records

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

	Name	Nation	Time	Location	Date
World record	Katie Ledecky	United States	3:56.46	Rio de Janeiro	7 August 2016
European record	Federica Pellegrini	Italy	3:59.15	Rome	26 July 2009
Championship record	Federica Pellegrini	Italy	4:01.53	Eindhoven	24 March 2008

The heats were started at 09:24.^[3]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	3	5	Ajna Késely	Hungary	4:08.77	Q
2	4	5	Holly Hibbott	Great Britain	4:09.41	Q
3	4	4	Sarah Köhler	Germany	4:09.85	Q
4	4	3	Simona Quadarella	Italy	4:09.97	Q
5	4	6	Anna Egorova	Russia	4:10.77	Q
6	4	7	Julia Hassler	Liechtenstein	4:12.03	Q
7	4	2	Diana Durães	Portugal	4:12.16	Q
8	3	3	Eleanor Faulkner	Great Britain	4:12.85	Q
9	3	6	Stefania Pirozzi	Italy	4:13.94
10	3	4	Boglárka Kapás	Hungary	4:14.23
11	4	8	Barbora Závadová	Czech Republic	4:14.54
12	4	9	Helena Bach	Denmark	4:15.71
13	2	7	Irina Krivonogova	Russia	4:16.06
14	3	7	Valentine Dumont	Belgium	4:16.75
15	2	6	Laura Jensen	Denmark	4:16.92
16	2	4	Beril Böcekler	Turkey	4:17.29
17	2	3	Monique Olivier	Luxembourg	4:18.31
18	3	8	Sara Račnik	Slovenia	4:19.17
19	3	9	Tamila Holub	Portugal	4:19.70
20	3	2	Isabel Gose	Germany	4:20.12
21	2	2	Maria Grandt	Denmark	4:21.02
22	2	8	Aleksandra Polańska	Poland	4:22.02
23	4	1	Katja Fain	Slovenia	4:22.27
24	3	1	Marlene Kahler	Austria	4:23.70
25	2	5	Camille Bouden	Belgium	4:25.26
26	4	0	Hanna Eriksson	Sweden	4:25.43
27	2	1	Arianna Valloni	San Marino	4:25.57
28	3	0	Aleksandra Knop	Poland	4:27.09
29	1	3	Daniela Georges	Poland	4:27.15
30	1	4	Fatima Alkaramova	Azerbaijan	4:27.46
31	1	5	Ieva Maļuka	Latvia	4:29.42

The final was started at 17:50.^[4]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	6	Simona Quadarella	Italy	4:03.35
	5	Ajna Késely	Hungary	4:03.57	EJ
	4	Holly Hibbott	Great Britain	4:05.01
4	2	Anna Egorova	Russia	4:06.03	NR
5	3	Sarah Köhler	Germany	4:07.68
6	7	Julia Hassler	Liechtenstein	4:11.42
7	1	Diana Durães	Portugal	4:12.41
8	8	Eleanor Faulkner	Great Britain	4:15.26