Swimming at the 2019 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 400 metre individual medley
| Women's 400 metre individual medley at the 2019 World Aquatics Championships | ||||||||||
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| Venue | Nambu University Municipal Aquatics Center | |||||||||
| Location | Gwangju, South Korea | |||||||||
| Dates | 28 July (heats and final) | |||||||||
| Competitors | 26 from 21 nations | |||||||||
| Winning time | 4:30.39 | |||||||||
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The Women's 400 metre individual medley competition at the 2019 World Championships was held on 28 July 2019.
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 |
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| 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.
| 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 | Maria 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.
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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4 | Katinka Hosszú | Hungary | 4:30.39 | |
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3 | Ye Shiwen | China | 4:32.07 | |
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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 |