400 m Freestyle, Women

Competition 2000 World Swimming Championships (25 m)
Venue Athina GRE
Held 18 March 2000
Status Medal
Competitors 28
Countries 20
Pos Athlete(s) Country Preliminary Round Final
🥇 Lindsay Benko USA 4:03.87
(1 h2)		 4:02.44
(1 F)
🥈 Yana Klochkova UKR 4:08.76
(1 h4)		 4:04.39
(2 F)
🥉 Chen Hua CHN 4:08.24
(2 h2)		 4:06.63
(3 F)
4 Natalia Baranovskaya BLR 4:08.49
(1 h3)		 4:07.48
(4 F)
5 Camelia Potec ROU 4:09.67
(2 h3)		 4:07.57
(5 F)
6 Brooke Bennett USA 4:09.13
(2 h4)		 4:08.25
(6 F)
7 Artemis Dafni GRE 4:11.71
(3 h2)		 4:11.04
(7 F)
8 Kerstin Kielgaß GER 4:11.44
(3 h4)		 4:14.78
(8 F)
9 Chantal Strasser SUI 4:11.84
(4 h4)		 —
10 Irina Ufimtseva RUS 4:12.72
(5 h4)		 —
11 Rebecca Cooke GBR 4:13.09
(4 h2)		 —
12 Elka Graham AUS 4:13.14
(3 h3)		 —
13 Tatyana Mikhaylova RUS 4:13.27
(4 h3)		 —
14 Karen Legg GBR 4:13.71
(6 h4)		 —
15 Mariane Liberta GRE 4:14.33
(5 h3)		 —
16 Hana Černá CZE 4:15.03
(5 h2)		 —
17 Elena Carcarino ITA 4:16.20
(7 h4)		 —
18 Joy Symons AUS 4:17.43
(1 h1)		 —
19 Ana Muniz BRA 4:18.32
(6 h3)		 —
20 Simona Ricciardi ITA 4:18.88
(7 h3)		 —
21 Adi Bichman ISR 4:19.19
(6 h2)		 —
22 Jana Pechanová CZE 4:20.34
(7 h2)		 —
23 Urška Roš SLO 4:20.79
(8 h2)		 —
24 Paula Baracho BRA 4:20.89
(2 h1)		 —
25 Ivanka Moralieva BUL 4:22.60
(3 h1)		 —
26 Wu Yen Ju TPE 4:26.62
(4 h1)		 —
27 Natalia Roumbina CYP 4:30.69
(5 h1)		 —
28 Maria Awori KEN 5:13.48
(6 h1)		 —
DNS Josefin LillhageDNS SWE —
(DNS h3)		 —
DNS Ida MattssonDNS SWE —
(DNS h4)		 —

Preliminary Round

Heat 1

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Joy Symons AUS 4:17.43
2 Paula Baracho BRA 4:20.89
3 Ivanka Moralieva BUL 4:22.60
4 Wu Yen Ju TPE 4:26.62
5 Natalia Roumbina CYP 4:30.69
6 Maria Awori KEN 5:13.48

Heat 2

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Lindsay Benko USA 4:03.87
2 Chen Hua CHN 4:08.24
3 Artemis Dafni GRE 4:11.71
4 Rebecca Cooke GBR 4:13.09
5 Hana Černá CZE 4:15.03
6 Adi Bichman ISR 4:19.19
7 Jana Pechanová CZE 4:20.34
8 Urška Roš SLO 4:20.79

Heat 3

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Natalia Baranovskaya-Khatziloizou BLR 4:08.49
2 Camelia Potec ROU 4:09.67
3 Elka Graham AUS 4:13.14
4 Tatyana Mikhaylova RUS 4:13.27
5 Mariane Liberta GRE 4:14.33
6 Ana Muniz BRA 4:18.32
7 Simona Ricciardi ITA 4:18.88
DNS Josefin LillhageDNS SWE —

Heat 4

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Yana Klochkova UKR 4:08.76
2 Brooke Bennett USA 4:09.13
3 Kerstin Kielgaß GER 4:11.44
4 Chantal Strasser SUI 4:11.84
5 Irina Ufimtseva RUS 4:12.72
6 Karen Legg GBR 4:13.71
7 Elena Carcarino ITA 4:16.20
DNS Ida Mattsson-Marko-VargaDNS SWE —

Final

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Lindsay Benko USA 4:02.44
2 Yana Klochkova UKR 4:04.39
3 Chen Hua CHN 4:06.63
4 Natalia Baranovskaya-Khatziloizou BLR 4:07.48
5 Camelia Potec ROU 4:07.57
6 Brooke Bennett USA 4:08.25
7 Artemis Dafni GRE 4:11.04
8 Kerstin Kielgaß GER 4:14.78