400 m Freestyle, Women

Competition 1978 World Aquatics Championships
Venue West-Berlin GER
Held —
Status Medal
Competitors 31
Countries 21
Pos Athlete(s) Country Preliminary Round Final
🥇 Tracey Wickham AUS 4:18.78
(7 h1)		 4:06.28
(1 F)
🥈 Sippy Woodhead USA 4:14.47
(4 h1)		 4:07.15
(2 F)
🥉 Kim Linehan USA 4:14.12
(3 h1)		 4:07.73
(3 F)
4 Barbara Krause GDR 4:15.44
(5 h1)		 4:12.08
(4 F)
5 Michelle Ford AUS 4:13.36
(1 h1)		 4:13.16
(5 F)
6 Annelies Maas NED 4:14.11
(2 h1)		 4:14.39
(6 F)
7 Irina Aksyonova URS 4:16.36
(6 h1)		 4:16.28
(7 F)
8 Enith Brigitha NED 4:20.30
(8 h1)		 4:18.60
(8 F)
9 Barb Shockey CAN 4:23.37
(9 h1)		 —
10 Susan Mason CAN 4:23.54
(10 h1)		 —
11 Cheryl Brazendale GBR 4:23.69
(11 h1)		 —
12 Roberta Felotti ITA 4:23.84
(12 h1)		 —
13 Andrea Strechota AUT 4:25.58
(13 h1)		 —
14 Susanne Ackum SWE 4:26.33
(14 h1)		 —
15 Charlotte Petersen DEN 4:27.08
(15 h1)		 —
16 Galina Emelianenko URS 4:27.38
(16 h1)		 —
17 Susanne Schuster GER 4:28.30
(17 h1)		 —
18 Margareta Maunsbach DEN 4:30.62
(18 h1)		 —
19 Karin Averdunk GER 4:31.01
(19 h1)		 —
20 Sonya Dangalakova BUL 4:32.31
(20 h1)		 —
21 Andrea Neumayer ARG 4:32.53
(21 h1)		 —
22 Marta Słonina POL 4:34.38
(22 h1)		 —
23 Pascale Verbauwen BEL 4:35.24
(23 h1)		 —
24 Rachaneewan Bulakul THA 4:36.09
(24 h1)		 —
25 Maria Räikkälä FIN 4:36.36
(25 h1)		 —
26 Adriana Fontán COL 4:37.46
(26 h1)		 —
27 Kiang Wen-Ying TPE 4:37.99
(27 h1)		 —
28 Kiang Wen-Hsuen TPE 4:38.19
(28 h1)		 —
29 Renata Janik POL 4:38.87
(29 h1)		 —
30 Verónica Espinosa MEX 4:44.06
(30 h1)		 —
31 Sumatana Pingkatswan THA 5:03.02
(31 h1)		 —
DNS Petra ThümerDNS GDR —
(DNS h1)		 —
DNS Guri KogstadDNS NOR —
(DNS h1)		 —
DNS Myriam MizouniDNS TUN —
(DNS h1)		 —
DNS Natalia MasDNS ESP —
(DNS h1)		 —
DNS Rebecca PerrottDNS NZL —
(DNS h1)		 —

Preliminary Round

Heat 1

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Michelle Ford AUS 4:13.36
2 Annelies Maas NED 4:14.11
3 Kim Linehan USA 4:14.12
4 Sippy Woodhead USA 4:14.47
5 Barbara Krause GDR 4:15.44
6 Irina Aksyonova URS 4:16.36
7 Tracey Wickham AUS 4:18.78
8 Enith Brigitha NED 4:20.30
9 Barb Shockey CAN 4:23.37
10 Susan Mason CAN 4:23.54
11 Cheryl Brazendale GBR 4:23.69
12 Roberta Felotti ITA 4:23.84
13 Andrea Strechota AUT 4:25.58
14 Susanne Ackum SWE 4:26.33
15 Charlotte Petersen DEN 4:27.08
16 Galina Emelianenko URS 4:27.38
17 Susanne Schuster GER 4:28.30
18 Margareta Maunsbach DEN 4:30.62
19 Karin Averdunk GER 4:31.01
20 Sonya Dangalakova BUL 4:32.31
21 Andrea Neumayer ARG 4:32.53
22 Marta Słonina POL 4:34.38
23 Pascale Verbauwen BEL 4:35.24
24 Rachaneewan Bulakul THA 4:36.09
25 Maria Räikkälä FIN 4:36.36
26 Adriana Fontán COL 4:37.46
27 Kiang Wen-Ying TPE 4:37.99
28 Kiang Wen-Hsuen TPE 4:38.19
29 Renata Janik POL 4:38.87
30 Verónica Espinosa MEX 4:44.06
31 Sumatana Pingkatswan THA 5:03.02
DNS Petra ThümerDNS GDR —
DNS Guri KogstadDNS NOR —
DNS Myriam MizouniDNS TUN —
DNS Natalia MasDNS ESP —
DNS Rebecca PerrottDNS NZL —

Final

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Tracey Wickham AUS 4:06.28
2 Sippy Woodhead USA 4:07.15
3 Kim Linehan USA 4:07.73
4 Barbara Krause GDR 4:12.08
5 Michelle Ford AUS 4:13.16
6 Annelies Maas NED 4:14.39
7 Irina Aksyonova URS 4:16.28
8 Enith Brigitha NED 4:18.60