Swimming at the 2014 Commonwealth Games – Women's 400 metre freestyle

Women's 400 metre freestyle at the 2014 Commonwealth Games
Venue	Tollcross International Swimming Centre
Dates	29 July 2014
Competitors	22 from 11 nations
Winning time	4:04.47 GR
Medalists
Lauren Boyle   New Zealand   Jazmin Carlin   Wales   Bronte Barratt   Australia

Swimming at the 2014 Commonwealth Games
Freestyle
50 m		men		women
100 m		men		women
100 m S8				women
100 m S9		men
200 m		men		women
200 m S14		men
400 m		men		women
800 m				women
1500 m		men
Backstroke
50 m		men		women
100 m		men		women
200 m		men		women
Breaststroke
50 m		men		women
100 m		men		women
100 m SB9				women
200 m		men		women
Butterfly
50 m		men		women
100 m		men		women
200 m		men		women
Individual medley
200 m		men		women
200 m SM8		men
200 m SM10				women
400 m		men		women
Freestyle relay
4×100 m		men		women
4×200 m		men		women
Medley relay
4×100 m		men		women

The women's 400 metre freestyle event at the 2014 Commonwealth Games as part of the swimming programme took place on 29 July at the Tollcross International Swimming Centre in Glasgow, Scotland.

The medals were presented by Maureen Campbell, Director of Commonwealth Games Scotland and Chair of Scottish Swimming and the quaichs were presented by Paul Bush, Director of Commonwealth Games Scotland and former Chief Executive Officer of Scottish Swimming.

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Commonwealth Games records were as follows.

World record	Federica Pellegrini (ITA)	3:59.15	Rome, Italy	26 July 2009
Games record	Rebecca Adlington (ENG)	4:05.68	Delhi, India	8 October 2010	[1]
Commonwealth record		'

The following records were established during the competition:

Date	Event	Name	Nationality	Time	Record
29 July	Final	Lauren Boyle	New Zealand	4:04.47	GR

Results

Heats

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	3	4	Boyle, LaurenLauren Boyle	New Zealand	4:07.06	Q
2	3	3	Fairweather, RemyRemy Fairweather	Australia	4:07.35	Q
3	3	5	Barratt, BronteBronte Barratt	Australia	4:08.81	Q
4	2	3	MacLean, BrittanyBrittany MacLean	Canada	4:08.84	Q
5	2	2	Miley, HannahHannah Miley	Scotland	4:09.30	Q
6	2	4	Carlin, JazminJazmin Carlin	Wales	4:09.76	Q
7	3	1	Cheverton, SamanthaSamantha Cheverton	Canada	4:09.88	Q
8	3	2	Faulkner, EllieEllie Faulkner	England	4:10.94	Q
9	2	5	Ashwood, JessicaJessica Ashwood	Australia	4:11.23
10	3	8	Jones, EllenaEllena Jones	Wales	4:12.06
11	2	6	Willmott, AimeeAimee Willmott	England	4:12.28
12	3	6	McClatchey, CaitlinCaitlin McClatchey	Scotland	4:15.36
13	3	7	Baumann, TabithaTabitha Baumann	Canada	4:16.02
14	1	4	McMahon, SycerikaSycerika McMahon	Northern Ireland	4:16.21
15	2	7	Lucie-Smith, SamanthaSamantha Lucie-Smith	New Zealand	4:16.48
16	1	5	Evans, JoannaJoanna Evans	Bahamas	4:17.81
17	2	8	Khoo Cai Lin	Malaysia	4:19.47
18	2	1	Turner, RebeccaRebecca Turner	England	4:20.55
19	1	3	Lim, LynetteLynette Lim	Singapore	4:22.92
20	1	2	Cabrera, LaniLani Cabrera	Barbados	4:26.74
21	1	6	Bethel, RachelRachel Bethel	Northern Ireland	4:34.30
22	1	7	Clarke, AlexisAlexis Clarke	Barbados	4:43.90

Final

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	4	Boyle, LaurenLauren Boyle	New Zealand	4:04.47	GR
	7	Carlin, JazminJazmin Carlin	Wales	4:05.16
	3	Barratt, BronteBronte Barratt	Australia	4:06.02
4	2	Miley, HannahHannah Miley	Scotland	4:06.21
5	6	MacLean, BrittanyBrittany MacLean	Canada	4:06.53
6	5	Fairweather, RemyRemy Fairweather	Australia	4:07.65
7	8	Faulkner, EllieEllie Faulkner	England	4:08.92
8	1	Cheverton, SamanthaSamantha Cheverton	Canada	4:09.85

References

1. "Commonwealth Games: Rebecca Adlington Breaks 24-Year-Old Record; Geoff Huegill, Leisel Jones and Yolane Kukla Make History". Swimming World Magazine. 8 October 2010. Retrieved 8 October 2010.

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