Swimming at the 2017 Summer Universiade – Women's 400 metre freestyle
| Women's 400 metre freestyle at the 2017 Summer Universiade | ||||||||||
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| Venue | National Taiwan Sport University Arena | |||||||||
| Location | Taipei, Taiwan | |||||||||
| Dates | 26 August (heats and final) | |||||||||
| Competitors | 38 from 27 nations | |||||||||
| Winning time | 4:03.96 | |||||||||
| Medalists | ||||||||||
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The Women's 400 metre freestyle competition at the 2017 Summer Universiade was held on 26 August 2017.[1]
Records
Prior to the competition, the existing world and Universiade records were as follows.
| World record |  Katie Ledecky (USA) | 3:56.46 | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | 7 August 2016 |
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| Competition record | Leah Smith (USA) | 4:04.66 | Gwangju, South Korea | 7 July 2015 |
The following new records were set during this competition.
| Date | Event | Name | Nationality | Time | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 August | Final | Sarah Köhler |  Germany | 4:03.96 | UR |
Results
Heats
The heats were held at 09:00.[2]
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 | 4 | Sarah Köhler | Germany | 4:11.28 | Q |
| 2 | 5 | 5 | Sierra Schmidt |  United States | 4:11.30 | Q |
| 3 | 5 | 6 | Simona Quadarella |  Italy | 4:11.48 | Q |
| 4 | 5 | 6 | Kaersten Meitz | United States | 4:11.78 | Q |
| 5 | 4 | 5 | Kiah Melverton |  Australia | 4:12.33 | Q |
| 6 | 4 | 4 | Joanna Evans |  Bahamas | 4:12.52 | Q |
| 7 | 5 | 2 | Kennedy Goss |  Canada | 4:13.08 | Q |
| 8 | 4 | 1 | Julia Hassler |  Liechtenstein | 4:13.13 | Q |
| 9 | 4 | 2 | Danica Ludlow | Canada | 4:13.32 | |
| 10 | 4 | 3 | Chihiro Igarashi |  Japan | 4:13.32 | |
| 11 | 4 | 7 | Linda Caponi | Italy | 4:14.67 | |
| 12 | 5 | 1 | Camilla Hattersley |  Great Britain | 4:14.89 | |
| 13 | 4 | 8 | Arina Openysheva |  Russia | 4:15.36 | |
| 14 | 4 | 6 | Anna Egorova | Russia | 4:15.49 | |
| 15 | 2 | 4 | Yuliia Krutoholova |  Ukraine | 4:16.48 | |
| 16 | 5 | 7 | Wakaba Tsuyuuchi | Japan | 4:16.70 | |
| 17 | 5 | 8 | Marion Abert |  France | 4:17.94 | |
| 18 | 3 | 5 | Choi Jung-min |  South Korea | 4:19.70 | |
| 19 | 3 | 6 | Maria Paula Heitmann |  Brazil | 4:20.61 | |
| 20 | 3 | 7 | Milena Karpisz |  Poland | 4:21.14 | |
| 21 | 3 | 3 | Carina Doyle |  New Zealand | 4:21.79 | |
| 22 | 2 | 5 | Marieke Tienstra |  Netherlands | 4:22.41 | |
| 23 | 3 | 1 | Martina Elhenická |  Czech Republic | 4:22.94 | |
| 24 | 3 | 8 | Georgia Marris | New Zealand | 4:23.06 | |
| 25 | 3 | 2 | Tereza Závadová | Czech Republic | 4:23.07 | |
| 26 | 3 | 4 | Alizée Morel | France | 4:23.37 | |
| 27 | 2 | 6 | Chang Fang-yu |  Chinese Taipei | 4:23.38 | |
| 28 | 2 | 1 | Zhu Jingwen |  China | 4:26.44 | |
| 29 | 2 | 2 | Lee Yen-ni | Chinese Taipei | 4:27.13 | |
| 30 | 1 | 3 | Viktė Labanauskaitė |  Lithuania | 4:32.02 | |
| 31 | 1 | 6 | Olivia Carrizo |  Argentina | 4:33.79 | |
| 32 | 1 | 4 | Chrystelle Doueihy |  Lebanon | 4:40.18 | |
| 33 | 1 | 2 | Sara Moualfi |  Algeria | 4:40.35 | |
| 34 | 2 | 3 | Xu Rui | China | 4:41.35 | |
| 35 | 1 | 5 | Sasha-Lee Nordengen-Corris |  South Africa | 4:42.00 | |
| 36 | 2 | 8 | Karol Camayo Agredo |  Colombia | 4:44.00 | |
| 37 | 2 | 7 | Laura Abril Lizarazo | Colombia | 4:44.02 | |
| 38 | 1 | 1 | Joyce Palete |  Philippines | 5:46.42 | |
| 1 | 7 | Carmenrose Matabuena | Philippines | DNS |
Final
The final was held at 20:04.[3]
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 4 | Sarah Köhler | Germany | 4:03.96 | UR, NR |
 | 7 | Joanna Evans | Bahamas | 4:08.52 | |
 | 5 | Sierra Schmidt | United States | 4:09.82 | |
| 4 | 3 | Simona Quadarella | Italy | 4:10.49 | |
| 5 | 6 | Kaersten Meitz | United States | 4:10.84 | |
| 6 | 2 | Kiah Melverton | Australia | 4:12.42 | |
| 7 | 8 | Julia Hassler | Liechtenstein | 4:13.20 | |
| 8 | 1 | Kennedy Goss | Canada | 4:13.88 |
