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

Women's 400 metre freestyle
Venue	Tollcross International Swimming Centre
Dates	29 July 2014 (2014-07-29)
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
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	Lauren Boyle	New Zealand	4:07.06	Q
2	3	3	Remy Fairweather	Australia	4:07.35	Q
3	3	5	Bronte Barratt	Australia	4:08.81	Q
4	2	3	Brittany MacLean	Canada	4:08.84	Q
5	2	2	Hannah Miley	Scotland	4:09.30	Q
6	2	4	Jazmin Carlin	Wales	4:09.76	Q
7	3	1	Samantha Cheverton	Canada	4:09.88	Q
8	3	2	Ellie Faulkner	England	4:10.94	Q
9	2	5	Jessica Ashwood	Australia	4:11.23
10	3	8	Ellena Jones	Wales	4:12.06
11	2	6	Aimee Willmott	England	4:12.28
12	3	6	Caitlin McClatchey	Scotland	4:15.36
13	3	7	Tabitha Baumann	Canada	4:16.02
14	1	4	Sycerika McMahon	Northern Ireland	4:16.21
15	2	7	Samantha Lucie-Smith	New Zealand	4:16.48
16	1	5	Joanna Evans	Bahamas	4:17.81
17	2	8	Khoo Cai Lin	Malaysia	4:19.47
18	2	1	Rebecca Turner	England	4:20.55
19	1	3	Lynette Lim	Singapore	4:22.92
20	1	2	Lani Cabrera	Barbados	4:26.74
21	1	6	Rachel Bethel	Northern Ireland	4:34.30
22	1	7	Alexis Clarke	Barbados	4:43.90

Final

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	4	Lauren Boyle	New Zealand	4:04.47	GR
	7	Jazmin Carlin	Wales	4:05.16
	3	Bronte Barratt	Australia	4:06.02
4	2	Hannah Miley	Scotland	4:06.21
5	6	Brittany MacLean	Canada	4:06.53
6	5	Remy Fairweather	Australia	4:07.65
7	8	Ellie Faulkner	England	4:08.92
8	1	Samantha Cheverton	Canada	4:09.85