Swimming at the 2010 Asian Games – Women's 400 metre individual medley

Women's 400 metre individual medley
at the 2010 Asian Games
Venue Aoti Aquatics Centre
Date 14 November 2010 (2010-11-14)
Competitors 10 from 8 nations
Medalists
    China
    China
    Chinese Taipei

The women's 400 metre individual medley event at the 2010 Asian Games took place on 14 November 2010 at Guangzhou Aoti Aquatics Centre.

There were 10 competitors from 8 countries who took part in this event. Two heats were held, the heat in which a swimmer competed did not formally matter for advancement, as the swimmers with the top eight times from the both field qualified for the finals.

Ye Shiwen and Li Xuanxu from China won the gold and silver medal, respectively, Cheng Wan-Jung from Chinese Taipei finished with third place, it was the first swimming medal for Chinese Taipei since 1998 Asian Games.

Schedule

All times are China Standard Time (UTC+08:00)

Date Time Event
Sunday, 14 November 201009:16Heats
18:06Final

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world, Asian and Games records were as follows.

World record Stephanie Rice (AUS)4:29.45Beijing, China10 August 2008
Asian record Li Xuanxu (CHN)4:30.43Jinan, China17 October 2009
Games record Qi Hui (CHN)4:38.31Doha, Qatar3 December 2006

Results

Heats

Rank Heat Athlete Time Notes
11 Ye Shiwen (CHN)4:44.09
21 Izumi Kato (JPN)4:44.72
32 Li Xuanxu (CHN)4:45.42
41 Maiko Fujino (JPN)4:45.67
52 Nam Yoo-sun (KOR)4:46.59
62 Cheng Wan-jung (TPE)4:47.90
72 Patarawadee Kittiya (THA)4:58.93
81 Ranohon Amanova (UZB)4:59.46
92 Erica Totten (PHI)5:01.59
101 Carmen Nam (HKG)5:05.27

Final

Rank Athlete Time Notes
1st, gold medalist(s) Ye Shiwen (CHN)4:33.79GR
2nd, silver medalist(s) Li Xuanxu (CHN)4:38.05
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Cheng Wan-jung (TPE)4:41.55
4 Maiko Fujino (JPN)4:42.31
5 Izumi Kato (JPN)4:46.02
6 Nam Yoo-sun (KOR)4:47.11
7 Ranohon Amanova (UZB)4:55.49
8 Patarawadee Kittiya (THA)4:57.44

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