Swimming at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's 400 metre freestyle
Women's 400 metre freestyle at the Games of the XXXII Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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Venue | Tokyo Aquatics Centre | ||||||||||||
Dates | 25 July 2021 (heats) 26 July 2021 (final) | ||||||||||||
Competitors | 26 from 19 nations | ||||||||||||
Winning time | 3:56.69 | ||||||||||||
Medalists | |||||||||||||
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Swimming at the 2020 Summer Olympics | |||
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Qualification | |||
Freestyle | |||
50 m | men | women | |
100 m | men | women | |
200 m | men | women | |
400 m | men | women | |
800 m | men | women | |
1500 m | men | women | |
Backstroke | |||
100 m | men | women | |
200 m | men | women | |
Breaststroke | |||
100 m | men | women | |
200 m | men | women | |
Butterfly | |||
100 m | men | women | |
200 m | men | women | |
Individual medley | |||
200 m | men | women | |
400 m | men | women | |
Freestyle relay | |||
4×100 m | men | women | |
4×200 m | men | women | |
Medley relay | |||
4×100 m | men | mixed | women |
Marathon | |||
10 km | men | women | |
The women's 400 metre freestyle event at the 2020 Summer Olympics was held from 25 to 26 July 2021 at the Tokyo Aquatics Centre.[1] It was the event's twenty-third consecutive appearance, having been held at every edition since 1924.
Records[]
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.
World record | ![]() |
3:56.46 | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | 7 August 2016 | [2][3] |
Olympic record | ![]() |
3:56.46 | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | 7 August 2016 | [2][3] |
No new records were set during the competition.
Qualification[]
The Olympic Qualifying Time for the event was 4:07.90. Up to two swimmers per National Olympic Committee (NOC) could automatically qualify by swimming that time at an approved qualification event. The Olympic Selection Time was 4:15.34. Up to one swimmer per NOC meeting that time was eligible for selection, allocated by world ranking until the maximum quota for all swimming events was reached. NOCs without a female swimmer qualified in any event could also use their universality place.[4]
Competition format[]
The competition consisted of two rounds: heats and a final. The swimmers with the best 8 times in the heats advanced to the final. Swim-offs were to be used as necessary to break ties for advancement to the next round.[5]
Schedule[]
All times are Japan standard time (UTC+9)[1]
Date | Time | Round |
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Sunday, 25 July 2021 | 20:06 | Heats |
Monday, 26 July 2021 | 11:20 | Final |
Results[]
Heats[]
The swimmers with the top 8 times, regardless of heat, advanced to the final.[6]
Final[]
Rank | Lane | Swimmer | Nation | Time | Notes |
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3 | Ariarne Titmus | ![]() |
3:56.69 | OC |
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4 | Katie Ledecky | ![]() |
3:57.36 | |
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5 | Li Bingjie | ![]() |
4:01.08 | AS |
4 | 2 | Summer McIntosh | ![]() |
4:02.42 | NR |
5 | 8 | Tang Muhan | ![]() |
4:04.10 | |
6 | 7 | Isabel Gose | ![]() |
4:04.98 | |
7 | 1 | Paige Madden | ![]() |
4:06.81 | |
8 | 6 | Erika Fairweather | ![]() |
4:08.01 |
References[]
- ^ a b "Tokyo 2020: Swimming Schedule". Tokyo 2020. Retrieved 30 January 2020.
- ^ a b "Katie Ledecky Smashes 400 Free World Record; Earns First Gold Medal For USA". Swimming World Magazine. 8 August 2016. Retrieved 29 August 2016.
- ^ a b Johnson, Raphielle (8 August 2016). "Katie Ledecky wins 400 free, shatters WR; Smith third". NBC Olympics. Retrieved 29 August 2016.
- ^ "Tokyo 2020 – FINA Swimming Qualification System" (pdf). Tokyo 2020. FINA. Retrieved 29 January 2020.
- ^ "FINA Swimming Rulebook, 2017–21" (PDF). FINA. Retrieved 29 January 2020.
- ^ Heats results
- ^ Final results
- Swimming at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Women's 400 metre freestyle
- Women's events at the 2020 Summer Olympics