Swimming at the 2018 Commonwealth Games – Women's 400 metre freestyle

Women's 400 metre freestyle at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
Venue	Gold Coast Aquatic Centre
Dates	10 April
Competitors	21 from 13 nations
Winning time	4:00.93
Medalists
Ariarne Titmus    Australia   Holly Hibbott    England   Ellie Faulkner    England

The women's 400 metre freestyle event at the 2018 Commonwealth Games took place on 10 April at the Gold Coast Aquatic Centre.

Records

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

World record	Katie Ledecky (USA)	3:56.46	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	7 August 2016
Commonwealth record	Joanne Jackson (GBR)	4:00.60	Rome, Italy	26 July 2009
Games record	Lauren Boyle (NZL)	4:04.47	Glasgow, United Kingdom	29 July 2014

The following records were established during the competition:

Date	Event	Name	Nationality	Time	Record
10 April	Final	Ariarne Titmus	Australia	4:00.93	GR

Results

Heats

The heats were held at 10:31.

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	3	4	Ariarne Titmus	Australia	4:10.22	Q
2	3	5	Ellie Faulkner	England	4:11.19	Q
3	2	4	Holly Hibbott	England	4:11.65	Q
4	3	6	Mikkayla Sheridan	Australia	4:11.69	Q
5	2	2	Camilla Hattersley	Scotland	4:12.26	Q
6	2	5	Joanna Evans	Bahamas	4:12.38	Q
7	3	3	Jessica Ashwood	Australia	4:13.12	Q
8	2	1	Carina Doyle	New Zealand	4:13.33	Q
9	2	3	Mary-Sophie Harvey	Canada	4:14.26
10	3	2	Hannah Miley	Scotland	4:14.62
11	2	7	Dune Coetzee	South Africa	4:15.21
12	3	8	Kate Beavon	Canada	4:17.59
13	2	6	Ellena Jones	Wales	4:18.92
14	3	7	Abbie Houston	Scotland	4:19.52
15	3	1	Kristin Bellingan	South Africa	4:20.92
16	2	8	Gemma Atherley	Jersey	4:22.55
17	1	5	Matelita Buadromo	Fiji	4:31.60
18	1	4	Makaela Holowchak	Antigua and Barbuda	4:41.90
19	1	3	Alison Jackson	Cayman Islands	4:42.01
20	1	6	Theresa Soukup	Seychelles	4:45.35
21	1	2	Aliah Maginley	Antigua and Barbuda	5:09.66

Final

The final was held at 19:37.

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	4	Ariarne Titmus	Australia	4:00.93	GR, OC
	3	Holly Hibbott	England	4:05.31
	5	Ellie Faulkner	England	4:07.35
4	7	Joanna Evans	Bahamas	4:08.82
5	1	Jessica Ashwood	Australia	4:10.32
6	6	Mikkayla Sheridan	Australia	4:12.05
7	2	Camilla Hattersley	Scotland	4:12.24
8	8	Carina Doyle	New Zealand	4:15.89