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400 metres Freestyle, Women

Date	29 July 2012
Status	Olympic
Location	London Aquatics Centre, Olympic Park, Stratford, London
Participants	35 from 27 countries

All of Britain put their hopes on the defending gold medalist, Becky Adlington, but realists looked towards Italy’s Federica Pellegrini, the 2011 World Champion in both the 200 and 400 free, or France’s Camille Muffat, bronze medalist at the 2011 Worlds. As the final started Muffat took the early lead accompanied by American Allison Schmitt, with Pellegrini in third and Adlington well back early. Muffat and Schmitt were the class of the field and were never really separated, with Muffat winning the gold medal just ahead of the American, 4:01.45 to 4:01.77. Adlington finished the strongest of any swimmer but she had left herself too large a gap to make up and could only come back for the bronze medal. Pellegrini was never in the medal race and placed fifth. A few days later, Muffat and Schmitt would go at it again in the 200, with Schmitt winning that one.

Pos	Competitor	NOC	R1	Final
1	Camille Muffat	FRA	04:03.3 (1 h5)	4:01.45 (1)	Gold
2	Allison Schmitt	USA	04:03.3 (2 h5)	4:01.77 (2)	Silver
3	Becky Adlington	GBR	04:05.7 (1 h3)	4:03.01 (3)	Bronze
4	Lotte Friis	DEN	04:04.2 (4 h5)	4:03.98 (4)
5	Federica Pellegrini	ITA	04:05.3 (3 h4)	4:04.50 (5)
6	Coralie Balmy	FRA	04:03.6 (1 h4)	4:05.95 (6)
7	Brittany MacLean	CAN	04:05.1 (2 h4)	4:06.24 (7)
8	Lauren Boyle	NZL	04:03.6 (3 h5)	4:06.25 (8)
9	Melani Costa	ESP	04:06.8 (5 h5)	–
10	Chloe Sutton	USA	04:07.1 (2 h3)	–
11	Kylie Palmer	AUS	04:07.3 (4 h4)	–
12	Bronte Barratt	AUS	04:08.0 (6 h5)	–
13	Mireia Belmonte	ESP	04:08.2 (3 h3)	–
14	Shao Yiwen	CHN	04:08.4 (5 h4)	–
15	Andreína Pinto	VEN	04:08.4 (6 h4)	–
16	Éva Risztov	HUN	04:09.1 (4 h3)	–
17	Boglárka Kapás	HUN	04:10.0 (7 h5)	–
18	Savannah King	CAN	04:10.9 (7 h4)	–
19	Li Xuanxu	CHN	04:10.9 (5 h3)	–
20	Camelia Potec	ROU	04:11.4 (6 h3)	–
21	Jo Jackson	GBR	04:11.5 (7 h3)	–
22	Wendy Trott	RSA	04:11.6 (8 h3)	–
23	Nina Rangelova	BUL	04:11.7 (1 h2)	–
24	Kristel Köbrich	CHI	04:12.0 (2 h2)	–
25	Yelena Sokolova	RUS	04:12.2 (8 h5)	–
26	Aya Takano	JPN	04:12.3 (3 h2)	–
27	Julia Hassler	LIE	04:13.0 (4 h2)	–
28	Susana Escobar	MEX	04:14.8 (5 h2)	–
29	Natthanan Chankrajang	THA	04:16.5 (6 h2)	–
30	Lynette Lim	SGP	04:18.6 (7 h2)	–
31	Gráinne Murphy	IRL	04:19.1 (8 h4)	–
32	Mojca Sagmeister	SLO	04:21.5 (1 h1)	–
33	Andrea Cedrón	PER	04:24.2 (2 h1)	–
34	Kim Ga-Eul	KOR	04:43.5 (8 h2)	–
35	Jennet Saryýewa	TKM	05:40.3 (3 h1)	–

Round One

Date	29 July 2012 — 11:23

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time
=1	4	Camille Muffat	FRA	04:03.3	Q
=1	5	Allison Schmitt	USA	04:03.3	Q
=3	6	Coralie Balmy	FRA	04:03.6	Q
=3	2	Lauren Boyle	NZL	04:03.6	Q
5	6	Lotte Friis	DEN	04:04.2	Q
6	2	Brittany MacLean	CAN	04:05.1	Q
7	4	Federica Pellegrini	ITA	04:05.3	Q
8	4	Becky Adlington	GBR	04:05.7	Q
9	7	Melani Costa	ESP	04:06.8
10	5	Chloe Sutton	USA	04:07.1
11	5	Kylie Palmer	AUS	04:07.3
12	3	Bronte Barratt	AUS	04:08.0
13	6	Mireia Belmonte	ESP	04:08.2
=14	3	Shao Yiwen	CHN	04:08.4
=14	1	Andreína Pinto	VEN	04:08.4
16	7	Éva Risztov	HUN	04:09.1
17	1	Boglárka Kapás	HUN	04:10.0
=18	3	Li Xuanxu	CHN	04:10.9
=18	7	Savannah King	CAN	04:10.9
20	1	Camelia Potec	ROU	04:11.4
21	2	Jo Jackson	GBR	04:11.5
22	8	Wendy Trott	RSA	04:11.6
23	3	Nina Rangelova	BUL	04:11.7
24	5	Kristel Köbrich	CHI	04:12.0
25	8	Yelena Sokolova	RUS	04:12.2
26	4	Aya Takano	JPN	04:12.3
27	2	Julia Hassler	LIE	04:13.0
28	6	Susana Escobar	MEX	04:14.8
29	8	Natthanan Chankrajang	THA	04:16.5
30	1	Lynette Lim	SGP	04:18.6
31	8	Gráinne Murphy	IRL	04:19.1
32	4	Mojca Sagmeister	SLO	04:21.5
33	5	Andrea Cedrón	PER	04:24.2
34	7	Kim Ga-Eul	KOR	04:43.5
35	3	Jennet Saryýewa	TKM	05:40.3

Heat #1

Time	11:23

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	Reaction Time	50 m	100 m	150 m	200 m	250 m	300 m	350 m	50-100 m	100-150 m	150-200 m	200-250 m	250-300 m	300-350 m	350-400 m
1	4	Mojca Sagmeister	SLO	04:21.5	0.72	29.93 (2)	1:02.06 (1)	1:34.84 (1)	2:07.93 (1)	2:40.97 (1)	3:14.67 (1)	3:48.82 (1)	32.13 (1)	32.78 (1)	33.09 (1)	33.04 (1)	33.70 (1)	34.15 (2)	32.73 (1)
2	5	Andrea Cedrón	PER	04:24.2	0.79	29.81 (1)	1:02.15 (2)	1:35.17 (2)	2:08.72 (2)	2:42.47 (2)	3:17.10 (2)	3:51.15 (2)	32.34 (2)	33.02 (2)	33.55 (2)	33.75 (2)	34.63 (2)	34.05 (1)	33.03 (2)
3	3	Jennet Saryýewa	TKM	05:40.3	0.80	33.60 (3)	1:13.10 (3)	1:56.80 (3)	2:42.18 (3)	3:27.36 (3)	4:12.39 (3)	4:57.43 (3)	39.50 (3)	43.70 (3)	45.38 (3)	45.18 (3)	45.03 (3)	45.04 (3)	42.86 (3)

Heat #2

Time	11:31

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	Reaction Time	50 m	100 m	150 m	200 m	250 m	300 m	350 m	50-100 m	100-150 m	150-200 m	200-250 m	250-300 m	300-350 m	350-400 m
1	3	Nina Rangelova	BUL	04:11.7	0.79	28.93 (1)	1:00.48 (2)	1:32.65 (2)	2:04.82 (2)	2:36.60 (2)	3:08.54 (1)	3:40.38 (1)	31.55 (3)	32.17 (6)	32.17 (5)	31.78 (2)	31.94 (2)	31.84 (1)	31.33 (2)
2	5	Kristel Köbrich	CHI	04:12.0	0.80	30.03 (7)	1:01.52 (4)	1:33.10 (4)	2:05.01 (4)	2:36.94 (4)	3:08.82 (4)	3:40.75 (2)	31.49 (2)	31.58 (1)	31.91 (1)	31.93 (3)	31.88 (1)	31.93 (2)	31.27 (1)
3	4	Aya Takano	JPN	04:12.3	0.74	29.28 (3)	1:00.98 (3)	1:33.03 (3)	2:04.97 (3)	2:36.61 (3)	3:08.78 (3)	3:40.77 (3)	31.70 (4)	32.05 (4)	31.94 (2)	31.64 (1)	32.17 (4)	31.99 (3)	31.56 (4)
4	2	Julia Hassler	LIE	04:13.0	0.76	29.15 (2)	1:00.42 (1)	1:32.27 (1)	2:04.25 (1)	2:36.39 (1)	3:08.62 (2)	3:41.02 (4)	31.27 (1)	31.85 (2)	31.98 (=3)	32.14 (6)	32.23 (5)	32.40 (4)	31.97 (5)
5	6	Susana Escobar	MEX	04:14.8	0.73	30.04 (8)	1:01.88 (6)	1:33.90 (6)	2:05.88 (5)	2:37.85 (5)	3:09.83 (5)	3:42.27 (5)	31.84 (6)	32.02 (3)	31.98 (=3)	31.97 (4)	31.98 (3)	32.44 (5)	32.51 (6)
6	8	Natthanan Chankrajang	THA	04:16.5	0.70	29.60 (4)	1:01.95 (7)	1:34.18 (7)	2:06.83 (7)	2:38.94 (7)	3:12.12 (7)	3:44.97 (6)	32.35 (7)	32.23 (7)	32.65 (7)	32.11 (5)	33.18 (7)	32.85 (6)	31.48 (3)
7	1	Lynette Lim	SGP	04:18.6	0.65	29.88 (5)	1:01.59 (5)	1:33.67 (5)	2:06.20 (6)	2:38.75 (6)	3:11.73 (6)	3:45.00 (7)	31.71 (5)	32.08 (5)	32.53 (6)	32.55 (7)	32.98 (6)	33.27 (7)	33.64 (7)
8	7	Kim Ga-Eul	KOR	04:43.5	0.69	29.91 (6)	1:02.62 (8)	1:37.42 (8)	2:13.67 (8)	2:51.02 (8)	3:29.22 (8)	4:07.10 (8)	32.71 (8)	34.80 (8)	36.25 (8)	37.35 (8)	38.20 (8)	37.88 (8)	36.36 (8)

Heat #3

Time	11:37

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	Reaction Time	50 m	100 m	150 m	200 m	250 m	300 m	350 m	50-100 m	100-150 m	150-200 m	200-250 m	250-300 m	300-350 m	350-400 m
1	4	Becky Adlington	GBR	04:05.7	0.76	28.42 (1)	58.66 (1)	1:29.51 (1)	2:00.80 (1)	2:32.09 (1)	3:03.58 (1)	3:35.21 (1)	30.24 (1)	30.85 (1)	31.29 (1)	31.29 (1)	31.49 (2)	31.63 (4)	30.54 (4)	Q
2	5	Chloe Sutton	USA	04:07.1	0.70	28.99 (2)	1:00.03 (=2)	1:31.40 (3)	2:02.88 (2)	2:34.32 (2)	3:05.53 (2)	3:36.86 (2)	31.04 (4)	31.37 (=3)	31.48 (2)	31.44 (3)	31.21 (1)	31.33 (1)	30.21 (1)
3	6	Mireia Belmonte	ESP	04:08.2	0.71	29.23 (4)	1:00.48 (5)	1:31.99 (5)	2:03.48 (5)	2:34.83 (3)	3:06.46 (3)	3:37.84 (3)	31.25 (6)	31.51 (6)	31.49 (3)	31.35 (2)	31.63 (3)	31.38 (2)	30.39 (3)
4	7	Éva Risztov	HUN	04:09.1	0.83	29.33 (5)	1:00.52 (6)	1:32.05 (6)	2:03.89 (6)	2:35.38 (6)	3:07.21 (4)	3:38.83 (4)	31.19 (5)	31.53 (7)	31.84 (7)	31.49 (4)	31.83 (5)	31.62 (3)	30.25 (2)
5	3	Li Xuanxu	CHN	04:10.9	0.80	29.17 (3)	1:00.03 (=2)	1:31.38 (2)	2:03.21 (3)	2:35.28 (5)	3:07.87 (6)	3:39.81 (6)	30.86 (2)	31.35 (2)	31.83 (6)	32.07 (8)	32.59 (8)	31.94 (=5)	31.14 (5)
6	1	Camelia Potec	ROU	04:11.4	0.82	29.42 (7)	1:00.79 (7)	1:32.25 (7)	2:03.98 (7)	2:35.72 (7)	3:07.91 (7)	3:40.09 (7)	31.37 (7)	31.46 (5)	31.73 (5)	31.74 (5)	32.19 (6)	32.18 (7)	31.34 (6)
7	2	Jo Jackson	GBR	04:11.5	0.78	29.34 (6)	1:00.22 (4)	1:31.59 (4)	2:03.26 (4)	2:35.22 (4)	3:07.45 (5)	3:39.68 (5)	30.88 (3)	31.37 (=3)	31.67 (4)	31.96 (7)	32.23 (7)	32.23 (8)	31.82 (8)
8	8	Wendy Trott	RSA	04:11.6	0.76	29.60 (8)	1:01.11 (8)	1:32.81 (8)	2:04.66 (8)	2:36.42 (8)	3:08.24 (8)	3:40.18 (8)	31.51 (8)	31.70 (8)	31.85 (8)	31.76 (6)	31.82 (4)	31.94 (=5)	31.45 (7)

Heat #4

Time	11:43

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	Reaction Time	50 m	100 m	150 m	200 m	250 m	300 m	350 m	50-100 m	100-150 m	150-200 m	200-250 m	250-300 m	300-350 m	350-400 m
1	6	Coralie Balmy	FRA	04:03.6	0.77	28.53 (2)	59.10 (2)	1:29.75 (2)	2:00.70 (1)	2:31.40 (1)	3:02.32 (1)	3:33.11 (1)	30.57 (1)	30.65 (1)	30.95 (1)	30.70 (2)	30.92 (2)	30.79 (1)	30.45 (3)	Q
2	2	Brittany MacLean	CAN	04:05.1	0.70	28.32 (1)	58.98 (1)	1:29.72 (1)	2:00.82 (2)	2:32.12 (2)	3:03.46 (3)	3:34.68 (3)	30.66 (2)	30.74 (2)	31.10 (2)	31.30 (4)	31.34 (4)	31.22 (3)	30.38 (2)	Q
3	4	Federica Pellegrini	ITA	04:05.3	0.69	28.76 (3)	59.57 (4)	1:30.89 (3)	2:02.10 (3)	2:32.63 (3)	3:03.40 (2)	3:34.52 (2)	30.81 (4)	31.32 (3)	31.21 (3)	30.53 (1)	30.77 (1)	31.12 (2)	30.78 (5)	Q
4	5	Kylie Palmer	AUS	04:07.3	0.72	28.79 (4)	59.55 (3)	1:30.90 (4)	2:02.15 (4)	2:33.26 (4)	3:04.48 (4)	3:35.86 (4)	30.76 (3)	31.35 (4)	31.25 (4)	31.11 (3)	31.22 (3)	31.38 (4)	31.41 (6)
5	3	Shao Yiwen	CHN	04:08.4	0.73	28.86 (5)	59.91 (6)	1:31.56 (6)	2:03.51 (7)	2:34.88 (6)	3:06.49 (6)	3:38.19 (6)	31.05 (7)	31.65 (7)	31.95 (7)	31.37 (5)	31.61 (6)	31.70 (6)	30.22 (1)
6	1	Andreína Pinto	VEN	04:08.4	0.78	28.90 (6)	59.90 (5)	1:31.29 (5)	2:02.98 (5)	2:34.61 (5)	3:06.19 (5)	3:37.78 (5)	31.00 (6)	31.39 (5)	31.69 (6)	31.63 (7)	31.58 (5)	31.59 (5)	30.67 (4)
7	7	Savannah King	CAN	04:10.9	0.79	29.43 (8)	1:00.33 (8)	1:31.88 (7)	2:03.43 (6)	2:34.88 (=6)	3:06.83 (7)	3:39.05 (7)	30.90 (5)	31.55 (6)	31.55 (5)	31.45 (6)	31.95 (7)	32.22 (7)	31.88 (7)
8	8	Gráinne Murphy	IRL	04:19.1	0.78	29.14 (7)	1:00.29 (7)	1:32.44 (8)	2:04.81 (8)	2:37.72 (8)	3:11.54 (8)	3:45.45 (8)	31.15 (8)	32.15 (8)	32.37 (8)	32.91 (8)	33.82 (8)	33.91 (8)	33.62 (8)

Heat #5

Time	11:49

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	Reaction Time	50 m	100 m	150 m	200 m	250 m	300 m	350 m	50-100 m	100-150 m	150-200 m	200-250 m	250-300 m	300-350 m	350-400 m
1	4	Camille Muffat	FRA	04:03.3	0.70	27.99 (1)	58.52 (2)	1:29.38 (3)	2:00.55 (3)	2:30.91 (2)	3:01.65 (2)	3:32.51 (2)	30.53 (4)	30.86 (6)	31.17 (4)	30.36 (1)	30.74 (1)	30.86 (2)	30.78 (3)	Q
2	5	Allison Schmitt	USA	04:03.3	0.75	28.10 (2)	58.35 (1)	1:28.61 (1)	1:59.21 (1)	2:29.95 (1)	3:00.93 (1)	3:32.39 (1)	30.25 (1)	30.26 (1)	30.60 (1)	30.74 (4)	30.98 (2)	31.46 (4)	30.92 (4)	Q
3	2	Lauren Boyle	NZL	04:03.6	0.77	28.46 (5)	59.21 (5)	1:29.81 (5)	2:01.01 (5)	2:31.63 (5)	3:02.67 (5)	3:33.31 (3)	30.75 (7)	30.60 (3)	31.20 (6)	30.62 (2)	31.04 (3)	30.64 (1)	30.32 (1)	Q
4	6	Lotte Friis	DEN	04:04.2	0.77	28.34 (3)	58.65 (3)	1:29.06 (2)	2:00.08 (2)	2:31.11 (3)	3:02.31 (3)	3:33.50 (4)	30.31 (2)	30.41 (2)	31.02 (2)	31.03 (6)	31.20 (5)	31.19 (3)	30.72 (2)	Q
5	7	Melani Costa	ESP	04:06.8	0.70	28.57 (6)	59.22 (6)	1:29.93 (6)	2:01.11 (6)	2:32.09 (6)	3:03.66 (6)	3:35.51 (6)	30.65 (5)	30.71 (5)	31.18 (5)	30.98 (5)	31.57 (6)	31.85 (5)	31.24 (5)
6	3	Bronte Barratt	AUS	04:08.0	0.70	28.45 (4)	58.97 (4)	1:29.58 (4)	2:00.65 (4)	2:31.37 (4)	3:02.52 (4)	3:35.06 (5)	30.52 (3)	30.61 (4)	31.07 (3)	30.72 (3)	31.15 (4)	32.54 (7)	32.93 (8)
7	1	Boglárka Kapás	HUN	04:10.0	0.71	28.71 (7)	59.44 (7)	1:30.61 (7)	2:02.31 (7)	2:33.85 (7)	3:06.17 (7)	3:38.42 (7)	30.73 (6)	31.17 (7)	31.70 (7)	31.54 (7)	32.32 (8)	32.25 (6)	31.59 (6)
8	8	Yelena Sokolova	RUS	04:12.2	0.77	28.88 (8)	59.70 (8)	1:31.19 (8)	2:03.33 (8)	2:34.92 (8)	3:07.12 (8)	3:39.98 (8)	30.82 (8)	31.49 (8)	32.14 (8)	31.59 (8)	32.20 (7)	32.86 (8)	32.21 (7)

Final Round

Date	29 July 2012 — 20:18

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	Reaction Time	50 m	100 m	150 m	200 m	250 m	300 m	350 m	50-100 m	100-150 m	150-200 m	200-250 m	250-300 m	300-350 m	350-400 m
1	4	Camille Muffat	FRA	4:01.45	0.69	27.61 (1)	57.83 (1)	1:28.66 (1)	1:59.50 (1)	2:29.89 (1)	3:00.67 (1)	3:31.13 (1)	30.22 (2)	30.83 (=4)	30.84 (1)	30.39 (1)	30.78 (2)	30.46 (1)	30.32 (5)	OR
2	5	Allison Schmitt	USA	4:01.77	0.75	28.05 (2)	58.11 (2)	1:28.84 (2)	1:59.88 (2)	2:30.36 (2)	3:01.11 (2)	3:31.68 (2)	30.06 (1)	30.73 (2)	31.04 (=3)	30.48 (2)	30.75 (1)	30.57 (3)	30.09 (4)
3	8	Becky Adlington	GBR	4:03.01	0.74	28.35 (4)	58.97 (6)	1:29.86 (6)	2:00.90 (6)	2:31.64 (5)	3:02.79 (4)	3:33.35 (3)	30.62 (7)	30.89 (7)	31.04 (=3)	30.74 (3)	31.15 (3)	30.56 (2)	29.66 (1)
4	2	Lotte Friis	DEN	4:03.98	0.75	28.37 (5)	58.80 (5)	1:29.64 (5)	2:00.53 (4)	2:31.74 (6)	3:02.97 (5)	3:34.13 (4)	30.43 (5)	30.84 (6)	30.89 (2)	31.21 (6)	31.23 (5)	31.16 (=5)	29.85 (3)
5	1	Federica Pellegrini	ITA	4:04.50	0.69	28.13 (3)	58.47 (3)	1:29.30 (3)	2:00.62 (5)	2:31.56 (4)	3:02.99 (6)	3:34.15 (5)	30.34 (4)	30.83 (=4)	31.32 (7)	30.94 (4)	31.43 (6)	31.16 (=5)	30.35 (6)
6	3	Coralie Balmy	FRA	4:05.95	0.73	28.42 (6)	58.75 (4)	1:29.44 (4)	2:00.49 (3)	2:31.45 (3)	3:02.67 (3)	3:34.30 (6)	30.33 (3)	30.69 (1)	31.05 (5)	30.96 (5)	31.22 (4)	31.63 (8)	31.65 (8)
7	7	Brittany MacLean	CAN	4:06.24	0.72	28.66 (8)	59.54 (8)	1:30.94 (8)	2:02.37 (8)	2:33.88 (8)	3:05.51 (8)	3:36.57 (8)	30.88 (8)	31.40 (8)	31.43 (8)	31.51 (8)	31.63 (8)	31.06 (4)	29.67 (2)
8	6	Lauren Boyle	NZL	4:06.25	0.79	28.57 (7)	59.15 (7)	1:29.93 (7)	2:01.08 (7)	2:32.44 (7)	3:04.06 (7)	3:35.58 (7)	30.58 (6)	30.78 (3)	31.15 (6)	31.36 (7)	31.62 (7)	31.52 (7)	30.67 (7)