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{{Infobox Olympic event
|event=Women's 400 metre freestyle
|games=2024 Summer
|image=2024 Swimming at the 2024 Summer Olympics - 2024-07-27 - 3.jpg
|caption=Paris La Défense Arena after it was converted to a swimming pool for the swimming events
|venue=[[Paris La Défense Arena]]
|dates= 27 July 2024<br />(Heats and Final)
|competitors=21
|nations=15
|win_value=3:57.49
|gold=[[Ariarne Titmus]]
|goldNOC=AUS
|silver=[[Summer McIntosh]]
|silverNOC=CAN
|bronze=[[Katie Ledecky]]
|bronzeNOC=USA
|prev=[[Swimming at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's 400 metre freestyle|2020]]
|next=[[Swimming at the 2028 Summer Olympics – Women's 400 metre freestyle|2028]]
}}
{{Swimming at the 2024 Summer Olympics}}
The '''women's 400 metre freestyle''' event at the [[2024 Summer Olympics]] was held on 27 July at [[Paris La Défense Arena]], which was converted to a swimming pool for the swimming events.
[[Australia at the 2024 Summer Olympics|Australia]]'s defending Olympic champion [[Ariarne Titmus]], [[Canada at the 2024 Summer Olympics|Canada]]'s [[Summer McIntosh]] and the [[United States at the 2024 Summer Olympics|US]]' [[Katie Ledecky]] were the favourites going into the event. In the final, Titmus led from beginning to end to claim Australia's first gold of the Games, while McIntosh won silver and Ledecky won bronze. [[Isabel Marie Gose]] set a new [[Germany at the 2024 Summer Olympics|German]] [[List of German records in swimming|national record]] of 4:02.14 to finish in fifth.
== Background ==
[[Ariarne Titmus]] of [[Australia at the 2024 Summer Olympics|Australia]] was the defending champion in the event, while the [[United States at the 2024 Summer Olympics|US]]' [[Katie Ledecky]] was runner up at the [[Swimming at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's 400 metre freestyle|previous Olympics]]. Ledecky also held the [[List of Olympic records in swimming|Olympic record]] of 3:56.46 from [[2016 Summer Olympics|Rio 2016]] and won the [[Swimming at the 2022 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 400 metre freestyle|event at the 2022 World Championships]].{{Efn|Titmus did not enter the 2022 World Championships.}} Early in 2023, [[Canada at the 2024 Summer Olympics|Canadian]] [[Summer McIntosh]] broke the [[World record progression 400 metres freestyle|world record]] in the event, and at the [[Swimming at the 2023 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 400 metre freestyle|2023 World Championships]], Titmus finished first with another new world record of 3:55.38.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Miller |first=Nicole |date=2024-07-24 |title=2024 Olympic Games Previews: 3-Way Battle of the Century Shaping Up in the Women's 400 Free |url=https://swimswam.com/2024-olympic-games-previews-3-way-battle-of-the-century-shaping-up-in-the-womens-400-free/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240728001909/https://swimswam.com/2024-olympic-games-previews-3-way-battle-of-the-century-shaping-up-in-the-womens-400-free/ |archive-date=28 July 2024 |access-date=2025-02-01 |website=[[SwimSwam]] |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Smirnova |first=Lena |date=2024-07-24 |title=Paris 2024 swimming showdown: Katie Ledecky vs. Titmus and McIntosh in 400m freestyle battle |url=https://www.olympics.com/en/news/paris-2024-swimming-katie-ledecky-usa-titmus-mcintosh-400m-freestyle |access-date=2025-02-01 |website=olympics.com |publisher=[[International Olympic Committee]] (IOC) |archive-date=28 July 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240728222209/https://olympics.com/en/news/paris-2024-swimming-katie-ledecky-usa-titmus-mcintosh-400m-freestyle |url-status=live }}</ref> ''[[SwimSwam]]'' and ''[[Swimming World]]'' both listed Titmus, McIntosh and Ledecky as the main contenders for the event, and both opined that Titmus was most likely to win.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=Rieder |first=David |date=2024-07-21 |title=Olympic Swimming Predictions, Day One: Ariarne Titmus Favored in Loaded 400 Freestyle |url=https://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/news/olympic-swimming-predictions-day-one-ariarne-titmus-favored-in-loaded-400-freestyle/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250126175144/https://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/news/olympic-swimming-predictions-day-one-ariarne-titmus-favored-in-loaded-400-freestyle/ |archive-date=2025-01-26 |access-date=2025-02-01 |website=[[Swimming World]] |language=en-US}}</ref> ''SwimSwam'' also stated that the race "was touted as one of the most high-profile races of the Olympics".<ref name=":4" />
The event was held at [[Paris La Défense Arena]], which was converted to a swimming pool for the swimming events.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Burgaud |first=Florian |date=2024-07-22 |title=From concert hall and rugby stadium to Olympic swimming pool arena in a matter of weeks, the metamorphosis of the Paris La Défense Arena is complete |url=https://www.olympics.com/en/news/concert-hall-rugby-stadium-olympic-swimming-pool-arena-paris-la-defense |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240804191900/https://olympics.com/en/news/concert-hall-rugby-stadium-olympic-swimming-pool-arena-paris-la-defense |archive-date=2024-08-04 |access-date=2025-02-01 |website=olympics.com |publisher=[[International Olympic Committee]] (IOC)}}</ref>
== Qualification ==
{{Further information|Swimming at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification}}Each [[National Olympic Committee]] (NOC) was permitted to enter a maximum of two qualified athletes in each individual event, but only if both of them had attained the Olympic Qualifying Time (OQT).<ref name="swimming qual standards2">{{cite web |date=5 April 2022 |title=Paris 2024 – Swimming Info |url=https://www.fina.org/news/2563896/paris-2024-swimming-info |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230208222726/https://www.fina.org/news/2563896/paris-2024-swimming-info |archive-date=2023-02-08 |access-date=12 November 2022 |publisher=[[World Aquatics]]}}</ref> For this event, the OQT was 4:07.90. [[World Aquatics]] then considered athletes qualifying through universality; NOCs were given one event entry for each gender, which could be used by any athlete regardless of qualification time, providing the spaces had not already been taken by athletes from that nation who had achieved the OQT.<ref name="swimming qual standards2" /><ref name=":1">{{Citation |title=Entries list - Swimming |url=https://resources.fina.org/fina/document/2024/07/12/64c5ea6d-ef1b-49fc-a9cf-445966773ae7/OG00459_Swimming_entries_10.07.24.xlsx |access-date=2024-12-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240712132646/https://resources.fina.org/fina/document/2024/07/12/64c5ea6d-ef1b-49fc-a9cf-445966773ae7/OG00459_Swimming_entries_10.07.24.xlsx |archive-date=2024-07-12 |url-status=live |publisher=[[World Aquatics]]}}</ref> Finally, the rest of the spaces were filled by athletes who had met the Olympic Consideration Time (OCT), which was 4:09.14 for this event.<ref name="swimming qual standards2" /> In total, 19 athletes qualified through achieving the OQT, three athletes qualified through universality places and one athlete qualified through achieving the OCT.<ref name=":1" />
{| class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible"
|+Top 10 fastest qualification times<ref name=":1" />
! scope="col" | Swimmer
! scope="col" | Country
! scope="col" | Time
! scope="col" | Competition
|-
|[[Ariarne Titmus]]
|{{flagIOC|AUS|2024 Summer}}
|03:55:38
|[[Swimming at the 2023 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 400 metre freestyle|2023 World Aquatics Championships]]
|-
|[[Summer McIntosh]]
|{{flagIOC|CAN|2024 Summer}}
|03:56:08
|[[2024 Canadian Olympic trials (swimming)|2024 Canadian Olympic Trials]]
|-
|[[Katie Ledecky]]
|{{flagIOC|USA|2024 Summer}}
|03:58:35
|[[2024 United States Olympic trials (swimming)|2024 United States Olympic Trials]]
|-
|[[Erika Fairweather]]
|{{flagIOC|NZL|2024 Summer}}
|03:59:44
|[[Swimming at the 2024 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 400 metre freestyle|2024 World Aquatics Championships]]
|-
|[[Li Bingjie]]
|{{flagIOC|CHN|2024 Summer}}
|04:01:62
|[[Swimming at the 2024 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 400 metre freestyle|2024 World Aquatics Championships]]
|-
|[[Paige Madden]]
|{{flagIOC|USA|2024 Summer}}
|04:02:08
|[[2024 United States Olympic trials (swimming)|2024 United States Olympic Trials]]
|-
|[[Isabel Marie Gose]]
|{{flagIOC|GER|2024 Summer}}
|04:02:39
|[[Swimming at the 2024 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 400 metre freestyle|2024 World Aquatics Championships]]
|-
|[[Maria Fernanda Costa]]
|{{flagIOC|BRA|2024 Summer}}
|04:02:86
|[[Swimming at the 2024 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 400 metre freestyle|2024 World Aquatics Championships]]
|-
|[[Gabrielle Roncatto]]
|{{flagIOC|BRA|2024 Summer}}
|04:04:18
|[[Swimming at the 2024 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 400 metre freestyle|2024 World Aquatics Championships]]
|-
|[[Jamie Perkins]]
|{{flagIOC|AUS|2024 Summer}}
|04:04:38
|[[2024 Australian Swimming Trials|2024 Australian Olympic Trials]]
|}
== Heats ==
Three heats (preliminary rounds) took place on 27 July 2024, starting at 11:12.{{Efn|All times are [[Central European Summer Time]] (UTC+2)}}<ref name=":53" /> The swimmers with the best eight times in the heats advanced to the final.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-07-24 |title=Olympic swimming rules: How can swimmers qualify for finals and win medals - format explained |url=https://www.olympics.com/en/news/olympics-swimming-rules |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240821105532/https://olympics.com/en/news/olympics-swimming-rules |archive-date=2024-08-21 |access-date=2024-05-07 |website=olympics.com |publisher=[[International Olympic Committee]] (IOC)}}</ref> Leonie Märtens won the first heat but did not qualify for the final, while [[New Zealand at the 2024 Summer Olympics|New Zealand]]'s [[Erika Fairweather]] won the second heat to qualify as third [[Seeding (sports)|seed]], and Katie Ledecky won the final heat to qualify as first seed.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Wild |first=Mark |date=2024-07-27 |title=2024 Paris Olympics: Day 1 Prelims Live Recap |url=https://swimswam.com/2024-paris-olympics-day-1-prelims-live-recap/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241220161808/https://swimswam.com/2024-paris-olympics-day-1-prelims-live-recap/ |archive-date=20 December 2024 |access-date=2025-02-01 |website=[[SwimSwam]] |language=en-US}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible" style="text-align:center"
|+Results<ref name=":53">{{Cite web |title=Results |url=https://olympics.com/OG2024/pdf/OG2024/SWM/OG2024_SWM_C73A2_SWMW400MFR------------HEAT--------.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240729084054/https://olympics.com/OG2024/pdf/OG2024/SWM/OG2024_SWM_C73A2_SWMW400MFR------------HEAT--------.pdf |archive-date=29 July 2024 |access-date=2024-12-18 |website=olympics.com |publisher=[[International Olympic Committee]]}}</ref>
! scope="col" | Rank
! scope="col" | Heat
! scope="col" | Lane
! scope="col" | Swimmer
! scope="col" | Nation
! scope="col" | Time
! scope="col" | Notes
|-bgcolor=bbf3bb
| 1|| 3|| 5|| align="left" | [[Katie Ledecky]]|| align="left" | {{flagIOC|USA|2024 Summer}} || 4:02.19||{{abbr|Q|Qualified for final}}
|-bgcolor=bbf3bb
| 2|| 3|| 4|| align="left" | [[Ariarne Titmus]]|| align="left" | {{flagIOC|AUS|2024 Summer}} || 4:02.46||{{abbr|Q|Qualified for final}}
|-bgcolor=bbf3bb
| 3|| 2|| 5|| align="left" | [[Erika Fairweather]]|| align="left" | {{flagIOC|NZL|2024 Summer}} || 4:02.55||{{abbr|Q|Qualified for final}}
|-bgcolor=bbf3bb
| 4|| 2|| 4|| align="left" | [[Summer McIntosh]]|| align="left" | {{flagIOC|CAN|2024 Summer}} || 4:02.65||{{abbr|Q|Qualified for final}}
|-bgcolor=bbf3bb
| 5|| 2|| 2|| align="left" | [[Jamie Perkins]]|| align="left" | {{flagIOC|AUS|2024 Summer}} || 4:03.30||{{abbr|Q|Qualified for final}}
|-bgcolor=bbf3bb
| 6|| 2|| 3|| align="left" | [[Paige Madden]]|| align="left" | {{flagIOC|USA|2024 Summer}} || 4:03.34||{{abbr|Q|Qualified for final}}
|-bgcolor=bbf3bb
| 7|| 2|| 6|| align="left" | [[Maria Fernanda Costa]]|| align="left" | {{flagIOC|BRA|2024 Summer}} || 4:03.47||{{abbr|Q|Qualified for final}}
|-bgcolor=bbf3bb
| 8|| 3|| 6|| align="left" | [[Isabel Marie Gose]]|| align="left" | {{flagIOC|GER|2024 Summer}} || 4:03.83||{{abbr|Q|Qualified for final}}
|-
| 9|| 3|| 3|| align="left" | [[Li Bingjie]]|| align="left" | {{flagIOC|CHN|2024 Summer}} || 4:03.96||
|-
| 10|| 3|| 7|| align="left" | [[Liu Yaxin]]|| align="left" | {{flagIOC|CHN|2024 Summer}} || 4:04.39||
|-
| 11|| 3|| 1|| align="left" | [[Waka Kobori]]|| align="left" | {{flagIOC|JPN|2024 Summer}} || 4:08.02||
|-
| 12|| 2|| 1|| align="left" | [[Valentine Dumont]]|| align="left" | {{flagIOC|BEL|2024 Summer}} || 4:08.25||
|-
| 13|| 3|| 8|| align="left" | [[Ajna Késely]]|| align="left" | {{flagIOC|HUN|2024 Summer}} || 4:08.90||
|-
| 14|| 1|| 4|| align="left" | Leonie Märtens|| align="left" | {{flagIOC|GER|2024 Summer}} || 4:09.62||
|-
| 15|| 2|| 8|| align="left" | [[Anastasiya Kirpichnikova]]|| align="left" | {{flagIOC|FRA|2024 Summer}} || 4:10.32||
|-
| 16|| 3|| 2|| align="left" | [[Gabrielle Roncatto]]|| align="left" | {{flagIOC|BRA|2024 Summer}} || 4:10.46||
|-
| 17|| 2|| 7|| align="left" | [[Eve Thomas]]|| align="left" | {{flagIOC|NZL|2024 Summer}} || 4:11.86||
|-
| 18|| 1|| 5|| align="left" | Agostina Hein|| align="left" | {{flagIOC|ARG|2024 Summer}} || 4:14.24||
|-
| 19|| 1|| 6|| align="left" | Anastasiya Zelinskaya|| align="left" | {{flagIOC|UZB|2024 Summer}} || 4:31.71||
|-
| 20|| 1|| 2|| align="left" | [[Natalia Kuipers]]|| align="left" | {{flagIOC|ISV|2024 Summer}} || 4:33.46||
|-
| 21|| 1|| 3|| align="left" | Karin Belbeisi|| align="left" | {{flagIOC|JOR|2024 Summer}} || 4:37.30||
|}
=== Final ===
{{external media|video1=[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5bmyepl2Qc8 Women's 400 metre freestyle final]|width=300px|float=right}}The final took place at 20:52 on 27 July.<ref name=":532" /> Ariarne Titmus led from the beginning to the end of the race.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |last=Keating |first=Steve |date=2024-07-27 |title=Swimming: Not quite 'Race of the Century' but Ariarne Titmus still golden |url=https://www.reuters.com/sports/olympics/swimming-not-quite-race-century-titmus-still-golden-2024-07-27/ |access-date=2025-02-01 |website=[[Reuters]]}}</ref> McIntosh was within 0.35 seconds of Titmus at halfway, but Titmus extended her lead to the finish to win with a time of 3:57.49. McIntosh finished second with 3:58.37 and Ledecky third with 4:00.86.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Kaufman |first=Sophie |date=2024-07-28 |title=2024 Olympics: Day 1 Finals Live Recap |url=https://swimswam.com/2024-olympics-day-1-finals-live-recap/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241220161813/https://swimswam.com/2024-olympics-day-1-finals-live-recap/ |archive-date=20 December 2024 |access-date=2025-02-01 |website=[[SwimSwam]] |language=en-US}}</ref> Titmus' gold was Australia's first gold of the Games.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Titmus wins 400m freestyle for Australia's first gold of Paris 2024 {{!}} Olympic Games highlights |url=https://www.olympics.com/en/video/titmus-400m-freestyle-australia-first-gold-paris-2024-olympic-games-highlights |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250204233529/https://www.olympics.com/en/video/titmus-400m-freestyle-australia-first-gold-paris-2024-olympic-games-highlights |archive-date=2025-02-04 |access-date=2024-02-01 |website=olympics.com |publisher=[[International Olympic Committee]] (IOC)}}</ref> Kieran Pender of ''[[The Guardian]]'' wrote that the race was "almost dull" with Titmus leading the way,<ref>{{Cite news |last=Pender |first=Kieran |date=2024-07-28 |title=Tick, tick … boom: how 'goofy girl' Ariarne Titmus became an Olympic great |url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/article/2024/jul/28/paris-olympics-2024-australia-swimming-ariarne-titmus-gold-rush-400m-freestyle |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240802012728/https://www.theguardian.com/sport/article/2024/jul/28/paris-olympics-2024-australia-swimming-ariarne-titmus-gold-rush-400m-freestyle |archive-date=2024-08-02 |access-date=2025-02-01 |work=[[The Guardian]] |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}</ref> while Steve Keating from ''[[Reuters]]'' said that it was not as exciting as anticipated.<ref name=":2" /> [[Isabel Marie Gose]] set a new [[List of German records in swimming|national record]] for [[Germany at the 2024 Summer Olympics|Germany]] with 4:02.14, 0.25 seconds faster than her previous record.<ref name=":4">{{Cite web |last=Race |first=Retta |date=2024-07-27 |title=Isabel Gose Lowers Own German Record In 400 Free In Paris |url=https://swimswam.com/isabel-gose-lowers-own-german-record-in-400free-in-paris/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241226201306/https://swimswam.com/isabel-gose-lowers-own-german-record-in-400free-in-paris/ |archive-date=26 December 2024 |access-date=2025-02-01 |website=[[SwimSwam]] |language=en-US}}</ref>
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{| class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible" style="text-align:center"
|+Results<ref name=":532">{{Cite web |title=Results |url=https://olympics.com/OG2024/pdf/OG2024/SWM/OG2024_SWM_C73A1_SWMW400MFR------------FNL-000100--.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240923102505/https://olympics.com/OG2024/pdf/OG2024/SWM/OG2024_SWM_C73A1_SWMW400MFR------------FNL-000100--.pdf |archive-date=23 September 2024 |access-date=2024-12-18 |website=olympics.com |publisher=[[International Olympic Committee]]}}</ref>
! scope="col" | Rank
! scope="col" | Lane
! scope="col" | Swimmer
! scope="col" | Nation
! scope="col" | Time
! scope="col" | Notes
|-
| {{gold01}}||5|| align="left" | [[Ariarne Titmus]]|| align="left" | {{flagIOC|AUS|2024 Summer}}||3:57.49||
|-
| {{silver02}}||6|| align="left" | [[Summer McIntosh]]|| align="left" | {{flagIOC|CAN|2024 Summer}}||3:58.37||
|-
| {{bronze03}}||4|| align="left" | [[Katie Ledecky]]|| align="left" | {{flagIOC|USA|2024 Summer}}||4:00.86||
|-
| 4||3|| align="left" | [[Erika Fairweather]]|| align="left" | {{flagIOC|NZL|2024 Summer}}||4:01.12||
|-
| 5||8|| align="left" | [[Isabel Marie Gose]]|| align="left" | {{flagIOC|GER|2024 Summer}}||4:02.14||'''[[List of German records in swimming|NR]]'''
|-
| 6||7|| align="left" | [[Paige Madden]]|| align="left" | {{flagIOC|USA|2024 Summer}}||4:02.26||
|-
| 7||1|| align="left" | [[Maria Fernanda Costa]]|| align="left" | {{flagIOC|BRA|2024 Summer}}||4:03.53||
|-
| 8||2|| align="left" | [[Jamie Perkins]]|| align="left" | {{flagIOC|AUS|2024 Summer}}||4:04.96||
|}
{| class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible"
|+Statistics<ref name=":3">{{Cite web |last1=Bodard |first1=Simon |last2=Decron |first2=Nathan |last3=Dernoncourt |first3=Eric |last4=Hui |first4=Pierre |last5=Jambu |first5=Clément |last6=Loisel |first6=Camille |last7=Pla |first7=Robin |last8=Raineteau |first8=Yannis |title=Jeux Olympiques 2024: Analyses de course des Finales |url=https://www.ffnatation.fr/sites/default/files/2024-08/Livret%20analyses%20finales%20JO%20Paris%202024.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240828005532/https://www.ffnatation.fr/sites/default/files/2024-08/Livret%20analyses%20finales%20JO%20Paris%202024.pdf |archive-date=2024-08-28 |access-date=2024-12-17 |website=[[French Swimming Federation]]}}</ref>
! scope="col" | Name
! scope="col" | 100 metre split
! scope="col" | 200 metre split
! scope="col" | 300 metre split
! scope="col" | Time
! scope="col" | Stroke rate (strokes/min)
|-
|[[Ariarne Titmus]]
|00:56.92
|01:56.97
|02:56.92
|3:57.49
|43.8
|-
|[[Summer McIntosh]]
|00:57.03
|01:57.32
|02:57.48
|3:58.37
|44.1
|-
|[[Katie Ledecky]]
|00:57.69
|01:58.52
|02:59.51
|4:00.86
|47.4
|-
|[[Erika Fairweather]]
|00:57.65
|01:58.98
|03:01.16
|4:01.12
|42.8
|-
|[[Isabel Marie Gose]]
|00:58.17
|01:59.19
|03:00.75
|4:02.14
|48.1
|-
|[[Paige Madden]]
|00:57.77
|01:59.19
|03:31.42
|4:02.26
|42.5
|-
|[[Maria Fernanda Costa]]
|00:58.25
|02:00.27
|03:02.90
|4:03.53
|42.4
|-
|[[Jamie Perkins]]
|00:58.19
|01:59.92
|03:02.56
|4:04.96
|42.1
|}
== Notes ==
{{Notelist}}
== References ==
{{Reflist}}{{Footer Olympic Champions 400 m Freestyle Women}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Swimming at the 2024 Summer Olympics - Women's 400 metre freestyle}}
[[Category:Swimming at the 2024 Summer Olympics|Women's 00400 metre freestyle]]
[[Category:Women's 400 metre freestyle|Olympics]]
[[Category:Women's events at the 2024 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:2024 in women's swimming]]
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{{Infobox Olympic event
|event=Women's 400 metre freestyle
|games=2024 Summer
|image=2024 Swimming at the 2024 Summer Olympics - 2024-07-27 - 3.jpg
|caption=Paris La Défense Arena after it was converted to a swimming pool for the swimming events
|venue=[[Paris La Défense Arena]]
|dates= 27 July 2024<br />(Heats and Final)
|competitors=21
|nations=15
|win_value=3:57.49
|gold=[[Ariarne Titmus]]
|goldNOC=AUS
|silver=[[Summer McIntosh]]
|silverNOC=CAN
|bronze=[[Katie Ledecky]]
|bronzeNOC=USA
|prev=[[Swimming at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's 400 metre freestyle|2020]]
|next=[[Swimming at the 2028 Summer Olympics – Women's 400 metre freestyle|2028]]
}}
{{Swimming at the 2024 Summer Olympics}}
The '''women's 400 metre freestyle''' event at the [[2024 Summer Olympics]] was held on 27 July at [[Paris La Défense Arena]], which was converted to a swimming pool for the swimming events.
[[Australia at the 2024 Summer Olympics|Australia]]'s defending Olympic champion [[Ariarne Titmus]], [[Canada at the 2024 Summer Olympics|Canada]]'s [[Summer McIntosh]] and the [[United States at the 2024 Summer Olympics|US]]' [[Katie Ledecky]] were the favourites going into the event. In the final, Titmus led from beginning to end to claim Australia's first gold of the Games, while McIntosh won silver and Ledecky won bronze. [[Isabel Marie Gose]] set a new [[Germany at the 2024 Summer Olympics|German]] [[List of German records in swimming|national record]] of 4:02.14 to finish in fifth.
== Background ==
[[Ariarne Titmus]] of [[Australia at the 2024 Summer Olympics|Australia]] was the defending champion in the event, while the [[United States at the 2024 Summer Olympics|US]]' [[Katie Ledecky]] was runner up at the [[Swimming at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's 400 metre freestyle|previous Olympics]]. Ledecky also held the [[List of Olympic records in swimming|Olympic record]] of 3:56.46 from [[2016 Summer Olympics|Rio 2016]] and won the [[Swimming at the 2022 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 400 metre freestyle|event at the 2022 World Championships]].{{Efn|Titmus did not enter the 2022 World Championships.}} Early in 2023, [[Canada at the 2024 Summer Olympics|Canadian]] [[Summer McIntosh]] broke the [[World record progression 400 metres freestyle|world record]] in the event, and at the [[Swimming at the 2023 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 400 metre freestyle|2023 World Championships]], Titmus finished first with another new world record of 3:55.38.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Miller |first=Nicole |date=2024-07-24 |title=2024 Olympic Games Previews: 3-Way Battle of the Century Shaping Up in the Women's 400 Free |url=https://swimswam.com/2024-olympic-games-previews-3-way-battle-of-the-century-shaping-up-in-the-womens-400-free/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240728001909/https://swimswam.com/2024-olympic-games-previews-3-way-battle-of-the-century-shaping-up-in-the-womens-400-free/ |archive-date=28 July 2024 |access-date=2025-02-01 |website=[[SwimSwam]] |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Smirnova |first=Lena |date=2024-07-24 |title=Paris 2024 swimming showdown: Katie Ledecky vs. Titmus and McIntosh in 400m freestyle battle |url=https://www.olympics.com/en/news/paris-2024-swimming-katie-ledecky-usa-titmus-mcintosh-400m-freestyle |access-date=2025-02-01 |website=olympics.com |publisher=[[International Olympic Committee]] (IOC) |archive-date=28 July 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240728222209/https://olympics.com/en/news/paris-2024-swimming-katie-ledecky-usa-titmus-mcintosh-400m-freestyle |url-status=live }}</ref> ''[[SwimSwam]]'' and ''[[Swimming World]]'' both listed Titmus, McIntosh and Ledecky as the main contenders for the event, and both opined that Titmus was most likely to win.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=Rieder |first=David |date=2024-07-21 |title=Olympic Swimming Predictions, Day One: Ariarne Titmus Favored in Loaded 400 Freestyle |url=https://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/news/olympic-swimming-predictions-day-one-ariarne-titmus-favored-in-loaded-400-freestyle/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250126175144/https://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/news/olympic-swimming-predictions-day-one-ariarne-titmus-favored-in-loaded-400-freestyle/ |archive-date=2025-01-26 |access-date=2025-02-01 |website=[[Swimming World]] |language=en-US}}</ref> ''SwimSwam'' also stated that the race "was touted as one of the most high-profile races of the Olympics".<ref name=":4" />
The event was held at [[Paris La Défense Arena]], which was converted to a swimming pool for the swimming events.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Burgaud |first=Florian |date=2024-07-22 |title=From concert hall and rugby stadium to Olympic swimming pool arena in a matter of weeks, the metamorphosis of the Paris La Défense Arena is complete |url=https://www.olympics.com/en/news/concert-hall-rugby-stadium-olympic-swimming-pool-arena-paris-la-defense |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240804191900/https://olympics.com/en/news/concert-hall-rugby-stadium-olympic-swimming-pool-arena-paris-la-defense |archive-date=2024-08-04 |access-date=2025-02-01 |website=olympics.com |publisher=[[International Olympic Committee]] (IOC)}}</ref>
== Qualification ==
{{Further information|Swimming at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification}}Each [[National Olympic Committee]] (NOC) was permitted to enter a maximum of two qualified athletes in each individual event, but only if both of them had attained the Olympic Qualifying Time (OQT).<ref name="swimming qual standards2">{{cite web |date=5 April 2022 |title=Paris 2024 – Swimming Info |url=https://www.fina.org/news/2563896/paris-2024-swimming-info |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230208222726/https://www.fina.org/news/2563896/paris-2024-swimming-info |archive-date=2023-02-08 |access-date=12 November 2022 |publisher=[[World Aquatics]]}}</ref> For this event, the OQT was 4:07.90. [[World Aquatics]] then considered athletes qualifying through universality; NOCs were given one event entry for each gender, which could be used by any athlete regardless of qualification time, providing the spaces had not already been taken by athletes from that nation who had achieved the OQT.<ref name="swimming qual standards2" /><ref name=":1">{{Citation |title=Entries list - Swimming |url=https://resources.fina.org/fina/document/2024/07/12/64c5ea6d-ef1b-49fc-a9cf-445966773ae7/OG00459_Swimming_entries_10.07.24.xlsx |access-date=2024-12-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240712132646/https://resources.fina.org/fina/document/2024/07/12/64c5ea6d-ef1b-49fc-a9cf-445966773ae7/OG00459_Swimming_entries_10.07.24.xlsx |archive-date=2024-07-12 |url-status=live |publisher=[[World Aquatics]]}}</ref> Finally, the rest of the spaces were filled by athletes who had met the Olympic Consideration Time (OCT), which was 4:09.14 for this event.<ref name="swimming qual standards2" /> In total, 19 athletes qualified through achieving the OQT, three athletes qualified through universality places and one athlete qualified through achieving the OCT.<ref name=":1" />
{| class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible"
|+Top 10 fastest qualification times<ref name=":1" />
! scope="col" | Swimmer
! scope="col" | Country
! scope="col" | Time
! scope="col" | Competition
|-
|[[Ariarne Titmus]]
|{{flagIOC|AUS|2024 Summer}}
|03:55:38
|[[Swimming at the 2023 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 400 metre freestyle|2023 World Aquatics Championships]]
|-
|[[Summer McIntosh]]
|{{flagIOC|CAN|2024 Summer}}
|03:56:08
|[[2024 Canadian Olympic trials (swimming)|2024 Canadian Olympic Trials]]
|-
|[[Katie Ledecky]]
|{{flagIOC|USA|2024 Summer}}
|03:58:35
|[[2024 United States Olympic trials (swimming)|2024 United States Olympic Trials]]
|-
|[[Erika Fairweather]]
|{{flagIOC|NZL|2024 Summer}}
|03:59:44
|[[Swimming at the 2024 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 400 metre freestyle|2024 World Aquatics Championships]]
|-
|[[Li Bingjie]]
|{{flagIOC|CHN|2024 Summer}}
|04:01:62
|[[Swimming at the 2024 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 400 metre freestyle|2024 World Aquatics Championships]]
|-
|[[Paige Madden]]
|{{flagIOC|USA|2024 Summer}}
|04:02:08
|[[2024 United States Olympic trials (swimming)|2024 United States Olympic Trials]]
|-
|[[Isabel Marie Gose]]
|{{flagIOC|GER|2024 Summer}}
|04:02:39
|[[Swimming at the 2024 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 400 metre freestyle|2024 World Aquatics Championships]]
|-
|[[Maria Fernanda Costa]]
|{{flagIOC|BRA|2024 Summer}}
|04:02:86
|[[Swimming at the 2024 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 400 metre freestyle|2024 World Aquatics Championships]]
|-
|[[Gabrielle Roncatto]]
|{{flagIOC|BRA|2024 Summer}}
|04:04:18
|[[Swimming at the 2024 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 400 metre freestyle|2024 World Aquatics Championships]]
|-
|[[Jamie Perkins]]
|{{flagIOC|AUS|2024 Summer}}
|04:04:38
|[[2024 Australian Swimming Trials|2024 Australian Olympic Trials]]
|}
== Heats ==
Three heats (preliminary rounds) took place on 27 July 2024, starting at 11:12.{{Efn|All times are [[Central European Summer Time]] (UTC+2)}}<ref name=":53" /> The swimmers with the best eight times in the heats advanced to the final.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-07-24 |title=Olympic swimming rules: How can swimmers qualify for finals and win medals - format explained |url=https://www.olympics.com/en/news/olympics-swimming-rules |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240821105532/https://olympics.com/en/news/olympics-swimming-rules |archive-date=2024-08-21 |access-date=2024-05-07 |website=olympics.com |publisher=[[International Olympic Committee]] (IOC)}}</ref> Leonie Märtens won the first heat but did not qualify for the final, while [[New Zealand at the 2024 Summer Olympics|New Zealand]]'s [[Erika Fairweather]] won the second heat to qualify as third [[Seeding (sports)|seed]], and Katie Ledecky won the final heat to qualify as first seed.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Wild |first=Mark |date=2024-07-27 |title=2024 Paris Olympics: Day 1 Prelims Live Recap |url=https://swimswam.com/2024-paris-olympics-day-1-prelims-live-recap/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241220161808/https://swimswam.com/2024-paris-olympics-day-1-prelims-live-recap/ |archive-date=20 December 2024 |access-date=2025-02-01 |website=[[SwimSwam]] |language=en-US}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible" style="text-align:center"
|+Results<ref name=":53">{{Cite web |title=Results |url=https://olympics.com/OG2024/pdf/OG2024/SWM/OG2024_SWM_C73A2_SWMW400MFR------------HEAT--------.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240729084054/https://olympics.com/OG2024/pdf/OG2024/SWM/OG2024_SWM_C73A2_SWMW400MFR------------HEAT--------.pdf |archive-date=29 July 2024 |access-date=2024-12-18 |website=olympics.com |publisher=[[International Olympic Committee]]}}</ref>
! scope="col" | Rank
! scope="col" | Heat
! scope="col" | Lane
! scope="col" | Swimmer
! scope="col" | Nation
! scope="col" | Time
! scope="col" | Notes
|-bgcolor=bbf3bb
| 1|| 3|| 5|| align="left" | [[Katie Ledecky]]|| align="left" | {{flagIOC|USA|2024 Summer}} || 4:02.19||{{abbr|Q|Qualified for final}}
|-bgcolor=bbf3bb
| 2|| 3|| 4|| align="left" | [[Ariarne Titmus]]|| align="left" | {{flagIOC|AUS|2024 Summer}} || 4:02.46||{{abbr|Q|Qualified for final}}
|-bgcolor=bbf3bb
| 3|| 2|| 5|| align="left" | [[Erika Fairweather]]|| align="left" | {{flagIOC|NZL|2024 Summer}} || 4:02.55||{{abbr|Q|Qualified for final}}
|-bgcolor=bbf3bb
| 4|| 2|| 4|| align="left" | [[Summer McIntosh]]|| align="left" | {{flagIOC|CAN|2024 Summer}} || 4:02.65||{{abbr|Q|Qualified for final}}
|-bgcolor=bbf3bb
| 5|| 2|| 2|| align="left" | [[Jamie Perkins]]|| align="left" | {{flagIOC|AUS|2024 Summer}} || 4:03.30||{{abbr|Q|Qualified for final}}
|-bgcolor=bbf3bb
| 6|| 2|| 3|| align="left" | [[Paige Madden]]|| align="left" | {{flagIOC|USA|2024 Summer}} || 4:03.34||{{abbr|Q|Qualified for final}}
|-bgcolor=bbf3bb
| 7|| 2|| 6|| align="left" | [[Maria Fernanda Costa]]|| align="left" | {{flagIOC|BRA|2024 Summer}} || 4:03.47||{{abbr|Q|Qualified for final}}
|-bgcolor=bbf3bb
| 8|| 3|| 6|| align="left" | [[Isabel Marie Gose]]|| align="left" | {{flagIOC|GER|2024 Summer}} || 4:03.83||{{abbr|Q|Qualified for final}}
|-
| 9|| 3|| 3|| align="left" | [[Li Bingjie]]|| align="left" | {{flagIOC|CHN|2024 Summer}} || 4:03.96||
|-
| 10|| 3|| 7|| align="left" | [[Liu Yaxin]]|| align="left" | {{flagIOC|CHN|2024 Summer}} || 4:04.39||
|-
| 11|| 3|| 1|| align="left" | [[Waka Kobori]]|| align="left" | {{flagIOC|JPN|2024 Summer}} || 4:08.02||
|-
| 12|| 2|| 1|| align="left" | [[Valentine Dumont]]|| align="left" | {{flagIOC|BEL|2024 Summer}} || 4:08.25||
|-
| 13|| 3|| 8|| align="left" | [[Ajna Késely]]|| align="left" | {{flagIOC|HUN|2024 Summer}} || 4:08.90||
|-
| 14|| 1|| 4|| align="left" | Leonie Märtens|| align="left" | {{flagIOC|GER|2024 Summer}} || 4:09.62||
|-
| 15|| 2|| 8|| align="left" | [[Anastasiya Kirpichnikova]]|| align="left" | {{flagIOC|FRA|2024 Summer}} || 4:10.32||
|-
| 16|| 3|| 2|| align="left" | [[Gabrielle Roncatto]]|| align="left" | {{flagIOC|BRA|2024 Summer}} || 4:10.46||
|-
| 17|| 2|| 7|| align="left" | [[Eve Thomas]]|| align="left" | {{flagIOC|NZL|2024 Summer}} || 4:11.86||
|-
| 18|| 1|| 5|| align="left" | Agostina Hein|| align="left" | {{flagIOC|ARG|2024 Summer}} || 4:14.24||
|-
| 19|| 1|| 6|| align="left" | Anastasiya Zelinskaya|| align="left" | {{flagIOC|UZB|2024 Summer}} || 4:31.71||
|-
| 20|| 1|| 2|| align="left" | [[Natalia Kuipers]]|| align="left" | {{flagIOC|ISV|2024 Summer}} || 4:33.46||
|-
| 21|| 1|| 3|| align="left" | Karin Belbeisi|| align="left" | {{flagIOC|JOR|2024 Summer}} || 4:37.30||
|}
=== Final ===
{{external media|video1=[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5bmyepl2Qc8 Women's 400 metre freestyle final]|width=300px|float=right}}The final took place at 20:52 on 27 July.<ref name=":532" /> Ariarne Titmus led from the beginning to the end of the race.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |last=Keating |first=Steve |date=2024-07-27 |title=Swimming: Not quite 'Race of the Century' but Ariarne Titmus still golden |url=https://www.reuters.com/sports/olympics/swimming-not-quite-race-century-titmus-still-golden-2024-07-27/ |access-date=2025-02-01 |website=[[Reuters]]}}</ref> McIntosh was within 0.35 seconds of Titmus at halfway, but Titmus extended her lead to the finish to win with a time of 3:57.49. McIntosh finished second with 3:58.37 and Ledecky third with 4:00.86.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Kaufman |first=Sophie |date=2024-07-28 |title=2024 Olympics: Day 1 Finals Live Recap |url=https://swimswam.com/2024-olympics-day-1-finals-live-recap/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241220161813/https://swimswam.com/2024-olympics-day-1-finals-live-recap/ |archive-date=20 December 2024 |access-date=2025-02-01 |website=[[SwimSwam]] |language=en-US}}</ref> Titmus' gold was Australia's first gold of the Games.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Titmus wins 400m freestyle for Australia's first gold of Paris 2024 {{!}} Olympic Games highlights |url=https://www.olympics.com/en/video/titmus-400m-freestyle-australia-first-gold-paris-2024-olympic-games-highlights |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250204233529/https://www.olympics.com/en/video/titmus-400m-freestyle-australia-first-gold-paris-2024-olympic-games-highlights |archive-date=2025-02-04 |access-date=2024-02-01 |website=olympics.com |publisher=[[International Olympic Committee]] (IOC)}}</ref> Kieran Pender of ''[[The Guardian]]'' wrote that the race was "almost dull" with Titmus leading the way,<ref>{{Cite news |last=Pender |first=Kieran |date=2024-07-28 |title=Tick, tick … boom: how 'goofy girl' Ariarne Titmus became an Olympic great |url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/article/2024/jul/28/paris-olympics-2024-australia-swimming-ariarne-titmus-gold-rush-400m-freestyle |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240802012728/https://www.theguardian.com/sport/article/2024/jul/28/paris-olympics-2024-australia-swimming-ariarne-titmus-gold-rush-400m-freestyle |archive-date=2024-08-02 |access-date=2025-02-01 |work=[[The Guardian]] |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}</ref> while Steve Keating from ''[[Reuters]]'' said that it was not as exciting as anticipated.<ref name=":2" /> [[Isabel Marie Gose]] set a new [[List of German records in swimming|national record]] for [[Germany at the 2024 Summer Olympics|Germany]] with 4:02.14, 0.25 seconds faster than her previous record.<ref name=":4">{{Cite web |last=Race |first=Retta |date=2024-07-27 |title=Isabel Gose Lowers Own German Record In 400 Free In Paris |url=https://swimswam.com/isabel-gose-lowers-own-german-record-in-400free-in-paris/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241226201306/https://swimswam.com/isabel-gose-lowers-own-german-record-in-400free-in-paris/ |archive-date=26 December 2024 |access-date=2025-02-01 |website=[[SwimSwam]] |language=en-US}}</ref>
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{| class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible" style="text-align:center"
|+Results<ref name=":532">{{Cite web |title=Results |url=https://olympics.com/OG2024/pdf/OG2024/SWM/OG2024_SWM_C73A1_SWMW400MFR------------FNL-000100--.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240923102505/https://olympics.com/OG2024/pdf/OG2024/SWM/OG2024_SWM_C73A1_SWMW400MFR------------FNL-000100--.pdf |archive-date=23 September 2024 |access-date=2024-12-18 |website=olympics.com |publisher=[[International Olympic Committee]]}}</ref>
! scope="col" | Rank
! scope="col" | Lane
! scope="col" | Swimmer
! scope="col" | Nation
! scope="col" | Time
! scope="col" | Notes
|-
| {{gold01}}||5|| align="left" | [[Ariarne Titmus]]|| align="left" | {{flagIOC|AUS|2024 Summer}}||3:57.49||
|-
| {{silver02}}||6|| align="left" | [[Summer McIntosh]]|| align="left" | {{flagIOC|CAN|2024 Summer}}||3:58.37||
|-
| {{bronze03}}||4|| align="left" | [[Katie Ledecky]]|| align="left" | {{flagIOC|USA|2024 Summer}}||4:00.86||
|-
| 4||3|| align="left" | [[Erika Fairweather]]|| align="left" | {{flagIOC|NZL|2024 Summer}}||4:01.12||
|-
| 5||8|| align="left" | [[Isabel Marie Gose]]|| align="left" | {{flagIOC|GER|2024 Summer}}||4:02.14||'''[[List of German records in swimming|NR]]'''
|-
| 6||7|| align="left" | [[Paige Madden]]|| align="left" | {{flagIOC|USA|2024 Summer}}||4:02.26||
|-
| 7||1|| align="left" | [[Maria Fernanda Costa]]|| align="left" | {{flagIOC|BRA|2024 Summer}}||4:03.53||
|-
| 8||2|| align="left" | [[Jamie Perkins]]|| align="left" | {{flagIOC|AUS|2024 Summer}}||4:04.96||
|}
{| class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible"
|+Statistics<ref name=":3">{{Cite web |last1=Bodard |first1=Simon |last2=Decron |first2=Nathan |last3=Dernoncourt |first3=Eric |last4=Hui |first4=Pierre |last5=Jambu |first5=Clément |last6=Loisel |first6=Camille |last7=Pla |first7=Robin |last8=Raineteau |first8=Yannis |title=Jeux Olympiques 2024: Analyses de course des Finales |url=https://www.ffnatation.fr/sites/default/files/2024-08/Livret%20analyses%20finales%20JO%20Paris%202024.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240828005532/https://www.ffnatation.fr/sites/default/files/2024-08/Livret%20analyses%20finales%20JO%20Paris%202024.pdf |archive-date=2024-08-28 |access-date=2024-12-17 |website=[[French Swimming Federation]]}}</ref>
! scope="col" | Name
! scope="col" | 100 metre split
! scope="col" | 200 metre split
! scope="col" | 300 metre split
! scope="col" | Time
! scope="col" | Stroke rate (strokes/min)
|-
|[[Ariarne Titmus]]
|00:56.92
|01:56.97
|02:56.92
|3:57.49
|43.8
|-
|[[Summer McIntosh]]
|00:57.03
|01:57.32
|02:57.48
|3:58.37
|44.1
|-
|[[Katie Ledecky]]
|00:57.69
|01:58.52
|02:59.51
|4:00.86
|47.4
|-
|[[Erika Fairweather]]
|00:57.65
|01:58.98
|03:01.16
|4:01.12
|42.8
|-
|[[Isabel Marie Gose]]
|00:58.17
|01:59.19
|03:00.75
|4:02.14
|48.1
|-
|[[Paige Madden]]
|00:57.77
|01:59.19
|03:31.42
|4:02.26
|42.5
|-
|[[Maria Fernanda Costa]]
|00:58.25
|02:00.27
|03:02.90
|4:03.53
|42.4
|-
|[[Jamie Perkins]]
|00:58.19
|01:59.92
|03:02.56
|4:04.96
|42.1
|}
== Notes ==
{{Notelist}}
== References ==
{{Reflist}}{{Footer Olympic Champions 400 m Freestyle Women}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Swimming at the 2024 Summer Olympics - Women's 400 metre freestyle}}
[[Category:Swimming at the 2024 Summer Olympics|Women's 00400 metre freestyle]]
[[Category:Women's 400 metre freestyle|Olympics]]
[[Category:Women's events at the 2024 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:2024 in women's swimming]]