Swimming at the 2012 European Aquatics Championships – Women's 400 metre freestyle
| Women's 400 metre freestyle at the 2012 European Aquatics Championships | ||||||||||
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| Dates | May 27, 2012 (heats and final) | |||||||||
| Competitors | 26 from 17 nations | |||||||||
| Winning time | 4:05.31 | |||||||||
| Medalists | ||||||||||
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The women's 400 Metre Freestyle competition of the swimming events at the 2012 European Aquatics Championships took place May 27. The heats and final took place on May 27.[1]
Records
Prior to the competition, the existing World, European and Championship records were as follows.
| Name | Nation | Time | Location | Date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| World record European record | Federica Pellegrini |  Italy | 3:59.15 | Rome | July 26, 2009 |
| Championship record | Federica Pellegrini | Italy | 4:01.53 | Eindhoven | March 24, 2008 |
Results
Heats
30 swimmers participated in 4 heats.[2]
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | 5 | Éva Risztov |  Hungary | 4:10.25 | Q |
| 2 | 3 | 6 | Martina de Memme | Italy | 4:10.44 | Q |
| 3 | 3 | 4 | Coralie Balmy |  France | 4:11.07 | Q |
| 4 | 3 | 5 | Boglárka Kapás | Hungary | 4:11.15 | Q |
| 5 | 4 | 3 | Camelia Potec |  Romania | 4:11.43 | Q |
| 6 | 2 | 4 | Mireia Belmonte García |  Spain | 4:12.30 | Q |
| 7 | 2 | 5 | Ophélie-Cyrielle Étienne | France | 4:12.86 | Q |
| 8 | 4 | 6 | Alice Nesti | Italy | 4:13.05 | Q |
| 9 | 3 | 3 | Lydia Morant Varo | Spain | 4:13.08 | |
| 10 | 4 | 4 | Federica Pellegrini | Italy | 4:14.27 | |
| 11 | 2 | 6 | Nina Rangelova |  Bulgaria | 4:14.75 | |
| 12 | 3 | 7 | Silke Lippok |  Germany | 4:15.85 | |
| 13 | 4 | 7 | Julia Hassler |  Liechtenstein | 4:14.95 | |
| 14 | 2 | 3 | Ágnes Mutina | Hungary | 4:15.89 | |
| 15 | 2 | 7 | Diletta Carli | Italy | 4:16.72 | |
| 16 | 2 | 2 | Cecilie Johannessen |  Norway | 4:17.92 | |
| 17 | 2 | 8 | Spela Bohinc |  Slovenia | 4:12.54 | |
| 18 | 4 | 1 | Jördis Steinegger |  Austria | 4:20.07 | |
| 19 | 3 | 1 | Anna Stylianou |  Cyprus | 4:20.21 | |
| 20 | 3 | 8 | Iryna Glavnyk |  Ukraine | 4:20.40 | |
| 21 | 4 | 8 | Ursa Bezan | Slovenia | 4:21.98 | |
| 22 | 1 | 4 | Valeriya Podlesna | Ukraine | 4:24.42 | |
| 23 | 1 | 6 | Jūratė Ščerbinskaitė |  Lithuania | 4:24.65 | |
| 24 | 2 | 1 | Donata Kilijanska |  Poland | 4:25.36 | |
| 25 | 1 | 3 | Sigrún Brá Sverrisdóttir |  Iceland | 4:31.65 | |
| 26 | 1 | 2 | Cecilia Eysturdal |  Faroe Islands | 4:42.88 | |
| 4 | 2 | Isabelle Härle | Germany | DNS | ||
| 3 | 2 | Sycerika McMahon |  Ireland | DNS | ||
| 1 | 5 | Nuala Murphy | Ireland | DNS | ||
| 1 | 7 | Noora Laukkanen |  Finland | DNS |
Final
The final was held at 17:47.[3]
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 3 | Coralie Balmy | France | 4:05.31 | |
 | 7 | Mireia Belmonte García | Spain | 4:05.45 | NR |
 | 1 | Ophélie-Cyrielle Étienne | France | 4:07.47 | |
| 4 | 4 | Éva Risztov | Hungary | 4:07.72 | |
| 5 | 6 | Boglárka Kapás | Hungary | 4:08.73 | |
| 6 | 2 | Camelia Potec | Romania | 4:08.91 | |
| 7 | 5 | Martina de Memme | Italy | 4:10.82 | |
| 8 | 8 | Alice Nesti | Italy | 4:11.13 |
References
- ^ 2012 European Aquatics Championships: Women's 400 metre freestyle entry list, from OmegaTiming.com; retrieved 2012-05-26.
- ^ 2012 European Aquatics Championships: Women's 400 metre freestyle Heats results, from OmegaTiming.com; retrieved 2012-05-27.
- ^ 2012 European Aquatics Championships: Women's 400 metre freestyle Final results, from OmegaTiming.com; retrieved 2012-05-27.
