Swimming at the 2019 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 400 metre individual medley

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Women's 400 metre individual medley
at the 2019 World Aquatics Championships
VenueNambu University Municipal Aquatics Center
LocationGwangju, South Korea
Dates28 July (heats and final)
Competitors26 from 21 nations
Winning time4:30.39
Medalists
gold medal Katinka Hosszú   Hungary
silver medal Ye Shiwen   China
bronze medal Yui Ohashi   Japan
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Artistic swimming
Solo
Technicalwomen
Freewomen
Duet
Technicalwomen
Technicalmixed
Freewomen
Freemixed
Team
Technicalwomen
Freewomen
Combinationwomen
Highlightwomen
Diving
Individual
1 mmenwomen
3 mmenwomen
10 mmenwomen
3 m & 10 mmixed team
Synchronised
3 mmenwomen
3 mmixed
10 mmenwomen
10 mmixed
High diving
20 mwomen
27 mmen
Open water swimming
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5 kmmenwomen
10 kmmenwomen
25 kmmenwomen
Relay
4×1.25 kmmixed
Swimming
Freestyle
50 mmenwomen
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200 mmenwomen
400 mmenwomen
800 mmenwomen
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Backstroke
50 mmenwomen
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
Breaststroke
50 mmenwomen
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
Butterfly
50 mmenwomen
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
Individual medley
200 mmenwomen
400 mmenwomen
Freestyle relay
4×100 mmenwomen
mixed
4×200 mmenwomen
Medley relay
4×100 mmenwomen
mixed
Water polo
Tournamentmenwomen
Rostersmenwomen

The Women's 400 metre individual medley competition at the 2019 World Championships was held on 28 July 2019.[1][2]

Records

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

World record  Katinka Hosszú (HUN) 4:26.36 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 6 August 2016
Competition record  Katinka Hosszú (HUN) 4:29.33 Budapest, Hungary 30 July 2017

Results

Heats

The heats were held on 28 July at 10:30.[3]

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 3 4 Katinka Hosszú  Hungary 4:35.40 Q
2 2 4 Yui Ohashi  Japan 4:37.23 Q
3 3 7 Ye Shiwen  China 4:37.66 Q
4 3 1 Emily Overholt  Canada 4:37.90 Q
5 3 3 Ally McHugh  United States 4:38.32 Q
6 3 5 Fantine Lesaffre  France 4:38.40 Q
7 2 6 Sydney Pickrem  Canada 4:38.59 Q
8 2 1 Zsuzsanna Jakabos  Hungary 4:38.93 Q
9 3 6 Brooke Forde  United States 4:39.74
10 2 2 Kim Seo-yeong  South Korea 4:40.55
11 2 3 Aimee Willmott  Great Britain 4:41.24
12 2 7 Anja Crevar  Serbia 4:41.59
13 3 2 Mireia Belmonte  Spain 4:42.16
14 2 0 Yu Yiting  China 4:42.52
15 3 0 Victoria Kaminskaya  Portugal 4:43.03
16 2 5 Ilaria Cusinato  Italy 4:43.27
17 2 8 Viktoriya Zeynep Güneş  Turkey 4:46.01
18 3 9 Jimena Pérez  Spain 4:47.51
19 3 8 Nguyễn Thị Ánh Viên  Vietnam 4:47.96
20 1 2 Katja Fain  Slovenia 4:48.24
21 2 9 Barbora Závadová  Czech Republic 4:48.93
22 1 5 Rebecca Meder  South Africa 4:53.99
23 1 6 Azzahra Permatahani  Indonesia 4:58.19
24 1 7 María Fe Muñoz  Peru 4:58.62
25 1 4 Aleksandra Knop  Poland 5:00.77
26 1 3 Claudia Gadea  Romania 5:01.11

Final

The final was held on 28 July at 21:19.[4]

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 4 Katinka Hosszú  Hungary 4:30.39
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 3 Ye Shiwen  China 4:32.07
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 5 Yui Ohashi  Japan 4:32.33
4 1 Sydney Pickrem  Canada 4:36.72
5 6 Emily Overholt  Canada 4:37.42
6 2 Ally McHugh  United States 4:38.34
7 8 Zsuzsanna Jakabos  Hungary 4:39.15
8 7 Fantine Lesaffre  France 4:39.68

References

  1. ^ Schedule
  2. ^ Start list
  3. ^ Heats results
  4. ^ Final results