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

Women's 400 metre freestyle at the 2014 Commonwealth Games
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    Neuseeland   Jazmin Carlin    Wales   Bronte Barratt    Australien

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
Commonwealth record	Joanne Jackson (ENG)	4:00.60	Rome, Italy	26 July 2009
Games record	Rebecca Adlington (ENG)	4:05.68	Delhi, India	8 October 2010

The following records were established during the competition:

Date	Event	Name	Nationality	Zeit	Record
29 July	Final	Lauren Boyle	Neuseeland	4:04.47	GR

Results

Heats

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Zeit	Notes
1	3	4	Lauren Boyle	Neuseeland	4:07.06	Q
2	3	3	Remy Fairweather	Australien	4:07.35	Q
3	3	5	Bronte Barratt	Australien	4:08.81	Q
4	2	3	Brittany MacLean	Kanada	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	Kanada	4:09.88	Q
8	3	2	Ellie Faulkner	England	4:10.94	Q
9	2	5	Jessica Ashwood	Australien	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	Kanada	4:16.02
14	1	4	Sycerika McMahon	Northern Ireland	4:16.21
15	2	7	Samantha Lucie-Smith	Neuseeland	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	Singapur	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	Zeit	Notes
	4	Lauren Boyle	Neuseeland	4:04.47	GR
	7	Jazmin Carlin	Wales	4:05.16
	3	Bronte Barratt	Australien	4:06.02
4	2	Hannah Miley	Scotland	4:06.21
5	6	Brittany MacLean	Kanada	4:06.53
6	5	Remy Fairweather	Australien	4:07.65
7	8	Ellie Faulkner	England	4:08.92
8	1	Samantha Cheverton	Kanada	4:09.85