Swimming – World Championships – Women – 400 m freestyleResults and history (swimming)46.53|#DTIME#|117|en|10 Aug 2025, 19:11https://sporthenon.com/results/Swimming/World-Championships/Women/400-m-freestyle/GIWTGLJRHA4S2MJTGMWTALJQFUYC2
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400 m freestyle
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DatePlace
detailsDetails2025Summer MCINTOSH
CAN
3:56.26LI Bingjie
CHN
3:58.21Katie LEDECKY
USA
3:58.4927 Jul
Singapore Sports Hub, Kallang, SIN
detailsDetails2024Erika FAIRWEATHER
NZL
3:59.44LI Bingjie
CHN
4:01.62Isabel Marie GOSE
GER
4:02.3911 Feb
Aspire Dome, Doha, QAT
detailsDetails2023Ariarne TITMUS
AUS
3:55.38Katie LEDECKY
USA
3:58.73Erika FAIRWEATHER
NZL
3:59.5923 Jul
Marine Messe, Fukuoka, JPN
detailsDetails2022Katie LEDECKY
USA
3:58.15Summer MCINTOSH
CAN
3:59.39Leah SMITH
USA
4:02.0818 Jun
Danube Arena, Budapest, HUN
detailsDetails2019Ariarne TITMUS
AUS
3:58.76Katie LEDECKY
USA
3:59.97Leah SMITH
USA
4:01.2921 Jul
Nambu University Municipal Aquatics Center, Gwangju, KOR
detailsDetails2017Katie LEDECKY
USA
3:58.34Leah SMITH
USA
4:01.54LI Bingjie
CHN
4:03.2523 Jul
Duna Aréna, Budapest, HUN
detailsDetails2015Katie LEDECKY
USA
3:59.13Sharon VAN ROUWENDAAL
NED
4:03.02Jessica ASHWOOD
AUS
4:03.342 Aug
Kazan Arena, Kazan, RUS
detailsDetails2013Katie LEDECKY
USA
3:59.82Melanie COSTA
ESP
4:02.47Lauren BOYLE
NZL
4:03.8928 Jul
Palau Sant Jordi, Barcelona, ESP
detailsDetails2011Federica PELLEGRINI
ITA
4:01.97Rebecca ADLINGTON
GBR
4:04.01Camille MUFFAT
FRA
4:04.0624 Jul
Shanghai Oriental Sports Center, Shanghai, CHN
detailsDetails2009Federica PELLEGRINI
ITA
3:59.15Joanne JACKSON
GBR
4:00.60Rebecca ADLINGTON
GBR
4:00.79
Foro Italico, Rome, ITA
detailsDetails2007Laure MANAUDOU
FRA
4:02.61Otylia JĘDRZEJCZAK
POL
4:04.23Ai SHIBATA
JPN
4:05.19
Rod Laver Arena, Melbourne, AUS
detailsDetails2005Laure MANAUDOU
FRA
4:06.44Ai SHIBATA
JPN
4:06.74Caitlin MCCLATCHEY
GBR
4:07.25
Parc Jean Drapeau, Montreal, CAN
detailsDetails2003Hannah STOCKBAUER
GER
4:06.75Éva RISZTOV
HUN
4:07.24Diana MUNZ
USA
4:07.6720 Jul
Palau Sant Jordi, Barcelona, ESP
detailsDetails2001Yana KLOCHKOVA
UKR
4:07.30Claudia POLL
CRC
4:09.15Hannah STOCKBAUER
GER
4:09.36
Marine Messe, Fukuoka, JPN
detailsDetails1998YAN Chen
CHN
4:06.72Brooke BENNETT
USA
4:07.07Dagmar HASE
GER
4:08.8214 Jan
Challenge Stadium, Perth, AUS
detailsDetails1994YANG Aihua
CHN
4:09.64Cristina TEUSCHER
USA
4:10.21Claudia POLL
CRC
4:10.61
Foro Italico, Rome, ITA
detailsDetails1991Janet EVANS
USA
4:08.63Hayley LEWIS
AUS
4:09.40Suzu CHIBA
JPN
4:11.44
Perth Superdrome, Perth, AUS
detailsDetails1986Heike FRIEDRICH
GDR
4:07.45Astrid STRAUSS
GDR
4:09.16Sarah HARDCASTLE
GBR
4:09.85
Madrid, ESP
detailsDetails1982Carmela SCHMIDT
GDR
4:08.98Petra SCHNEIDER
GDR
4:10.08Tiffany COHEN
USA
4:11.85
Guayaquil, ECU
detailsDetails1978Tracey WICKHAM
AUS
4:06.28Cynthia WOODHEAD
USA
4:07.15Kim LINEHAN
USA
4:07.73
Berlin, FRG
detailsDetails1975Shirley BABASHOFF
USA
4:16.87Jenny TURRALL
AUS
4:17.88Kathy HEDDY
USA
4:18.03
Cali, COL
detailsDetails1973Heather GREENWOOD
USA
4:20.28Keena ROTHHAMMER
USA
4:21.507Novella CALLIGARIS
ITA
4:21.7987 Sep
Tašmajdan Sports Center, Belgrade, YUG
Win record
Katie LEDECKY
4
Laure MANAUDOU
2
Federica PELLEGRINI
2
Ariarne TITMUS
2
Shirley BABASHOFF
1
Janet EVANS
1
Erika FAIRWEATHER
1
Heike FRIEDRICH
1
Heather GREENWOOD
1
Yana KLOCHKOVA
1
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