400 m Freestyle, Women

Competition 2008 World Swimming Championships (25 m)
Venue Manchester GBR
Held 11 April 2008
Status Medal
Competitors 35
Countries 25
Pos Athlete(s) Country Preliminary Round Final
🥇 Kylie Palmer AUS 4:04.74
(2 h3)		 3:59.23
(1 F)
🥈 Camelia Potec ROU 4:04.09
(2 h4)		 4:01.06
(2 F)
🥉 Jo Jackson GBR 4:02.86
(1 h4)		 4:01.11
(3 F)
4 Bronte Barratt AUS 4:01.88
(1 h5)		 4:01.26
(4 F)
5 Erika Villaécija ESP 4:04.52
(2 h5)		 4:02.89
(5 F)
6 Melissa Corfe RSA 4:05.09
(3 h3)		 4:03.50
(6 F)
7 Helen Norfolk NZL 4:04.51
(1 h3)		 4:06.67
(7 F)
8 Katie Carroll USA 4:04.82
(3 h4)		 4:06.80
(8 F)
9 Mireia Belmonte ESP 4:07.34
(4 h3)		 —
10 Mary DeScenza USA 4:07.91
(5 h3)		 —
11 Zhu Qianwei CHN 4:08.11
(4 h4)		 —
12 Kathryn Meaklim RSA 4:09.74
(3 h5)		 —
13 Kira Volodina RUS 4:09.75
(4 h5)		 —
14 Zhu Wenrui CHN 4:12.60
(5 h5)		 —
15 Kim Caluwaerts BEL 4:15.26
(5 h4)		 —
16 Stephanie Au HKG 4:15.58
(6 h5)		 —
17 Griet Buelens BEL 4:15.63
(6 h4)		 —
18 Golda Marcus ESA 4:15.79
(7 h5)		 —
19 Yang Chin-Kuei TPE 4:16.44
(7 h4)		 —
20 Nina Rangelova BUL 4:16.51
(1 h2)		 —
21 Franziska Jansen GER 4:17.91
(6 h3)		 —
22 Alejandra González MEX 4:18.47
(7 h3)		 —
23 Lisa Vitting GER 4:18.66
(8 h4)		 —
24 Christine Mailliet LUX 4:18.98
(2 h2)		 —
25 Imelda Martínez MEX 4:20.99
(3 h2)		 —
26 Gabriela Jijón ECU 4:22.83
(4 h2)		 —
27 Atsumi Mori JPN 4:25.02
(5 h2)		 —
28 Shrone Austin SEY 4:31.19
(6 h2)		 —
29 Mona Simonsen FAR 4:31.33
(7 h2)		 —
30 Shahrazad Ramond MAR 4:34.42
(8 h2)		 —
31 Ressa Dewi INA 4:34.60
(1 h1)		 —
32 Sherly Yunita INA 4:38.25
(2 h1)		 —
33 Christine Minders NAM 4:38.95
(3 h1)		 —
34 Shannon Austin SEY 4:42.15
(4 h1)		 —
35 Sakina Ghulam PAK 5:02.45
(5 h1)		 —
DNS Ryo SawadaDNS JPN —
(DNS h3)		 —
DNS Ida Marko-VargaDNS SWE —
(DNS h5)		 —

Preliminary Round

Heat 1

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Ressa Dewi INA 4:34.60
2 Sherly Yunita INA 4:38.25
3 Christine Minders NAM 4:38.95
4 Shannon Austin SEY 4:42.15
5 Sakina Ghulam PAK 5:02.45

Heat 2

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Nina Rangelova BUL 4:16.51
2 Christine Mailliet LUX 4:18.98
3 Imelda Martínez MEX 4:20.99
4 Gabriela Jijón ECU 4:22.83
5 Atsumi Mori JPN 4:25.02
6 Shrone Austin SEY 4:31.19
7 Mona Simonsen FAR 4:31.33
8 Shahrazad Ramond MAR 4:34.42

Heat 3

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Helen Norfolk NZL 4:04.51
2 Kylie Palmer AUS 4:04.74
3 Melissa Corfe RSA 4:05.09
4 Mireia Belmonte ESP 4:07.34
5 Mary DeScenza USA 4:07.91
6 Franziska Jansen GER 4:17.91
7 Alejandra González MEX 4:18.47
DNS Ryo SawadaDNS JPN —

Heat 4

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Jo Jackson GBR 4:02.86
2 Camelia Potec ROU 4:04.09
3 Katie Carroll USA 4:04.82
4 Zhu Qianwei CHN 4:08.11
5 Kim Caluwaerts BEL 4:15.26
6 Griet Buelens BEL 4:15.63
7 Yang Chin-Kuei TPE 4:16.44
8 Lisa Vitting GER 4:18.66

Heat 5

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Bronte Barratt AUS 4:01.88
2 Erika Villaécija ESP 4:04.52
3 Kathryn Meaklim RSA 4:09.74
4 Kira Volodina RUS 4:09.75
5 Zhu Wenrui CHN 4:12.60
6 Stephanie Au HKG 4:15.58
7 Golda Marcus ESA 4:15.79
DNS Ida Mattsson-Marko-VargaDNS SWE —

Final

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Kylie Palmer AUS 3:59.23
2 Camelia Potec ROU 4:01.06
3 Jo Jackson GBR 4:01.11
4 Bronte Barratt AUS 4:01.26
5 Erika Villaécija ESP 4:02.89
6 Melissa Corfe RSA 4:03.50
7 Helen Norfolk NZL 4:06.67
8 Katie Carroll USA 4:06.80