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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	4:03.29 (1 h5)	4:01.45 (1)	Gold
2	Allison Schmitt	USA	4:03.31 (2 h5)	4:01.77 (2)	Silver
3	Becky Adlington	GBR	4:05.75 (1 h3)	4:03.01 (3)	Bronze
4	Lotte Friis	DEN	4:04.22 (4 h5)	4:03.98 (4)
5	Federica Pellegrini	ITA	4:05.30 (3 h4)	4:04.50 (5)
6	Coralie Balmy	FRA	4:03.56 (1 h4)	4:05.95 (6)
7	Brittany MacLean	CAN	4:05.06 (2 h4)	4:06.24 (7)
8	Lauren Boyle	NZL	4:03.63 (3 h5)	4:06.25 (8)
9	Melani Costa	ESP	4:06.75 (5 h5)	–
10	Chloe Sutton	USA	4:07.07 (2 h3)	–
11	Kylie Palmer	AUS	4:07.27 (4 h4)	–
12	Bronte Barratt	AUS	4:07.99 (6 h5)	–
13	Mireia Belmonte	ESP	4:08.23 (3 h3)	–
14	Shao Yiwen	CHN	4:08.41 (5 h4)	–
15	Andreína Pinto	VEN	4:08.45 (6 h4)	–
16	Éva Risztov	HUN	4:09.08 (4 h3)	–
17	Boglárka Kapás	HUN	4:10.01 (7 h5)	–
18	Savannah King	CAN	4:10.95 (7 h4)	–
19	Li Xuanxu	CHN	4:10.93 (5 h3)	–
20	Camelia Potec	ROU	4:11.43 (6 h3)	–
21	Jo Jackson	GBR	4:11.50 (7 h3)	–
22	Wendy Trott	RSA	4:11.63 (8 h3)	–
23	Nina Rangelova	BUL	4:11.71 (1 h2)	–
24	Kristel Köbrich	CHI	4:12.02 (2 h2)	–
25	Yelena Sokolova	RUS	4:12.19 (8 h5)	–
26	Aya Takano	JPN	4:12.33 (3 h2)	–
27	Julia Hassler	LIE	4:12.99 (4 h2)	–
28	Susana Escobar	MEX	4:14.78 (5 h2)	–
29	Natthanan Chankrajang	THA	4:16.45 (6 h2)	–
30	Lynette Lim	SGP	4:18.64 (7 h2)	–
31	Gráinne Murphy	IRL	4:19.07 (8 h4)	–
32	Mojca Sagmeister	SLO	4:21.55 (1 h1)	–
33	Andrea Cedrón	PER	4:24.18 (2 h1)	–
34	Kim Ga-Eul	KOR	4:43.46 (8 h2)	–
35	Jennet Saryýewa	TKM	5:40.29 (3 h1)	–

Round One

Date	29 July 2012 — 11:23

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time
=1	4	Camille Muffat	FRA	4:03.29	Q
=1	5	Allison Schmitt	USA	4:03.31	Q
=3	6	Coralie Balmy	FRA	4:03.56	Q
=3	2	Lauren Boyle	NZL	4:03.63	Q
5	6	Lotte Friis	DEN	4:04.22	Q
6	2	Brittany MacLean	CAN	4:05.06	Q
7	4	Federica Pellegrini	ITA	4:05.30	Q
8	4	Becky Adlington	GBR	4:05.75	Q
9	7	Melani Costa	ESP	4:06.75
10	5	Chloe Sutton	USA	4:07.07
11	5	Kylie Palmer	AUS	4:07.27
12	3	Bronte Barratt	AUS	4:07.99
13	6	Mireia Belmonte	ESP	4:08.23
=14	3	Shao Yiwen	CHN	4:08.41
=14	1	Andreína Pinto	VEN	4:08.45
16	7	Éva Risztov	HUN	4:09.08
17	1	Boglárka Kapás	HUN	4:10.01
=18	3	Li Xuanxu	CHN	4:10.93
=18	7	Savannah King	CAN	4:10.95
20	1	Camelia Potec	ROU	4:11.43
21	2	Jo Jackson	GBR	4:11.50
22	8	Wendy Trott	RSA	4:11.63
23	3	Nina Rangelova	BUL	4:11.71
24	5	Kristel Köbrich	CHI	4:12.02
25	8	Yelena Sokolova	RUS	4:12.19
26	4	Aya Takano	JPN	4:12.33
27	2	Julia Hassler	LIE	4:12.99
28	6	Susana Escobar	MEX	4:14.78
29	8	Natthanan Chankrajang	THA	4:16.45
30	1	Lynette Lim	SGP	4:18.64
31	8	Gráinne Murphy	IRL	4:19.07
32	4	Mojca Sagmeister	SLO	4:21.55
33	5	Andrea Cedrón	PER	4:24.18
34	7	Kim Ga-Eul	KOR	4:43.46
35	3	Jennet Saryýewa	TKM	5:40.29

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	4:21.55	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	4:24.18	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	5:40.29	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	4:11.71	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	4:12.02	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	4:12.33	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	4:12.99	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	4:14.78	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	4:16.45	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	4:18.64	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	4:43.46	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	4:05.75	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	4:07.07	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	4:08.23	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	4:09.08	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	4:10.93	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	4:11.43	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	4:11.50	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	4:11.63	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	4:03.56	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	4:05.06	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	4:05.30	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	4:07.27	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	4:08.41	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	4:08.45	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	4:10.95	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	4:19.07	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	4:03.29	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	4:03.31	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	4:03.63	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	4:04.22	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	4:06.75	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	4:07.99	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	4:10.01	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	4:12.19	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)