The Women's 400 metre freestyle competition of the 2014 European Aquatics Championships was held on 24 August.[1]
| Women's 400 metre freestyle at the Swimming at the 2014 European Aquatics Championships | ||||||||||
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| Dates | 24 August | |||||||||
| Competitors | 25 from 16 nations | |||||||||
| Winning time | 4:03.24 | |||||||||
| Medalists | ||||||||||
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Records
editPrior to the competition, the existing world, European and championship records were as follows.
| Name | Nation | Time | Location | Date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| World record | Katie Ledecky |  United States | 3:58.86 | Irvine | 9 August 2014 |
| European record | Federica Pellegrini |  Italy | 3:59.15 | Rome | 26 July 2009 |
| Championship record | Federica Pellegrini | Italy | 4:01.53 | Eindhoven | 24 March 2008 |
Results
editHeats
editThe heats were held at 09:30.[2]
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 5 | Federica Pellegrini | Italy | 4:07.09 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | 4 | Mireia Belmonte |  Spain | 4:07.12 | Q |
| 3 | 3 | 7 | Sharon van Rouwendaal |  Netherlands | 4:07.59 | Q |
| 4 | 3 | 5 | Jazmin Carlin |  Great Britain | 4:08.17 | Q |
| 5 | 3 | 6 | Boglárka Kapás |  Hungary | 4:09.17 | Q |
| 6 | 3 | 4 | Melani Costa | Spain | 4:09.59 | Q |
| 7 | 3 | 3 | Lotte Friis |  Denmark | 4:09.75 | Q |
| 8 | 3 | 1 | Diletta Carli | Italy | 4:09.84 | Q |
| 9 | 2 | 1 | Sarah Köhler |  Germany | 4:10.37 | |
| 10 | 2 | 6 | Coralie Balmy |  France | 4:10.48 | |
| 11 | 3 | 2 | Aurora Ponselè | Italy | 4:11.21 | |
| 12 | 1 | 4 | Barbora Závadová |  Czech Republic | 4:13.18 | |
| 13 | 1 | 5 | Sycerika McMahon |  Ireland | 4:13.26 | |
| 14 | 2 | 7 | Johanna Friedrich | Germany | 4:15.04 | |
| 15 | 3 | 0 | Julie Lauridsen | Denmark | 4:15.44 | |
| 16 | 2 | 0 | Julia Hassler |  Liechtenstein | 4:15.98 | |
| 17 | 3 | 8 | Arina Openysheva |  Russia | 4:16.19 | |
| 18 | 2 | 8 | Esmee Vermeulen | Netherlands | 4:17.04 | |
| 19 | 3 | 9 | Gaja Natlacen |  Slovenia | 4:17.69 | |
| 20 | 1 | 6 | Katarina Simonović |  Croatia | 4:20.09 | |
| 21 | 1 | 1 | Alyona Kyselyova |  Ukraine | 4:21.01 | |
| 22 | 2 | 9 | Maj Howardsen | Denmark | 4:21.09 | |
| 23 | 1 | 2 | Lisa Stamm |  Switzerland | 4:23.40 | |
| 24 | 1 | 7 | Alena Benešová | Czech Republic | 4:28.56 | |
| 25 | 1 | 3 | Anna-Marie Benešová | Czech Republic | 4:29.11 | |
| — | 2 | 2 | Alice Mizzau | Italy | DNS | |
| — | 2 | 3 | Katinka Hosszú | Hungary | DNS |
Final
editThe final was held at 16:47.[3]
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 6 | Jazmin Carlin | Great Britain | 4:03.24 | |
 | 3 | Sharon van Rouwendaal | Netherlands | 4:03.76 | |
 | 5 | Mireia Belmonte | Spain | 4:04.01 | |
| 4 | 4 | Federica Pellegrini | Italy | 4:04.42 | |
| 5 | 2 | Boglárka Kapás | Hungary | 4:06.61 | |
| 6 | 7 | Melani Costa | Spain | 4:07.42 | |
| 7 | 1 | Lotte Friis | Denmark | 4:10.13 | |
| 8 | 8 | Diletta Carli | Italy | 4:12.56 |