Swimming at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's 400 metre freestyle

The women's 400 metre freestyle event at the 2012 Summer Olympics took place on 29 July at the London Aquatics Centre in London, United Kingdom.[1]

Women's 400 metre freestyle
at the Games of the XXX Olympiad
VenueLondon Aquatics Centre
DateJuly 29, 2012 (heats & final)
Competitors35 from 27 nations
Winning time4:01.45 OR
Medalists
Camille Muffat  France
Allison Schmitt  United States
Rebecca Adlington  Great Britain
Swimming at the
2012 Summer Olympics
Qualification
Freestyle
50 mmenwomen
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
400 mmenwomen
800 mwomen
1500 mmen
Backstroke
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
Breaststroke
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
Butterfly
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
Individual medley
200 mmenwomen
400 mmenwomen
Freestyle relay
4×100 mmenwomen
4×200 mmenwomen
Medley relay
4×100 mmenwomen
Marathon
10 kmmenwomen

France's Camille Muffat held off a sprint duel from a hard-charging American Allison Schmitt with every stroke on the final stretch to capture the event's second Olympic title for her nation, since Laure Manaudou topped the podium in 2004. She maintained her powerful lead from the start to edge out Schmitt by 0.32 seconds for the gold medal and a new Olympic record in 4:01.45.[2][3] Meanwhile, Schmitt could not catch Muffat on a head-to-head duel to finish with an American record of 4:01.77 in the process of a silver.[4] Great Britain's Rebecca Adlington struggled through the race for her Olympic title defense, but brought out a raucous cheer from a home crowd to earn the bronze in 4:03.01.[5][6][7]

Denmark's Lotte Friis finished off the podium with a fourth-place time and a national record in 4:03.98, while Italy's Federica Pellegrini, the reigning world record holder, faded to fifth in 4:04.50.[8] Muffat's teammate Coralie Balmy (4:05.95), Canada's Brittany MacLean (4:06.24) and New Zealand's Lauren Boyle (4:06.25) rounded out the field.[7]

Records

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

World record Federica Pellegrini (ITA)3:59.15Rome, Italy26 July 2009[9][10]
Olympic record Federica Pellegrini (ITA)4:02.19Beijing, China10 August 2008[11]

The following records were established during the competition:

DateEventNameNationalityTimeRecord
July 29FinalCamille Muffat France4:01.45OR

Results

Heats

[12]

RankHeatLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
154Camille Muffat France4:03.29Q
255Allison Schmitt United States4:03.31Q
346Coralie Balmy France4:03.56Q
452Lauren Boyle New Zealand4:03.63Q, NR
556Lotte Friis Denmark4:04.22Q, NR
642Brittany MacLean Canada4:05.06Q, NR
744Federica Pellegrini Italy4:05.30Q
834Rebecca Adlington Great Britain4:05.75Q
957Melania Costa Schmid Spain4:06.75
1035Chloe Sutton United States4:07.07
1145Kylie Palmer Australia4:07.27
1253Bronte Barratt Australia4:07.99
1336Mireia Belmonte García Spain4:08.23
1443Shao Yiwen China4:08.41
1541Andreina Pinto Venezuela4:08.45NR
1637Éva Risztov Hungary4:09.08
1751Boglárka Kapás Hungary4:10.01
1847Savannah King Canada4:10.93
1933Li Xuanxu China4:10.95
2031Camelia Potec Romania4:11.43
2132Joanne Jackson Great Britain4:11.50
2238Wendy Trott South Africa4:11.63
2323Nina Rangelova Bulgaria4:11.71NR
2425Kristel Kobrich Chile4:12.02
2558Yelena Sokolova Russia4:12.19
2624Aya Takano Japan4:12.33
2722Julia Hassler Liechtenstein4:12.99NR
2826Susana Escobar Mexico4:14.78
2928Natthanan Junkrajang Thailand4:16.45
3021Lynette Lim Singapore4:18.64
3148Grainne Murphy Ireland4:19.07
3214Mojca Sagmeister Slovenia4:21.55
3315Andrea Cedron Peru4:24.18
3427Kim Ga-eul South Korea4:43.46
3513Jennet Sariyeva Turkmenistan5:40.29NR

Final
Podium for the 400m freestyle. L-R: Allison Schmitt (silver), Camille Muffat (gold) and Rebecca Adlington (bronze).
RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
4Camille Muffat France4:01.45OR
5Allison Schmitt United States4:01.77AM
8Rebecca Adlington Great Britain4:03.01
42Lotte Friis Denmark4:03.98NR
51Federica Pellegrini Italy4:04.50
63Coralie Balmy France4:05.95
77Brittany MacLean Canada4:06.24
86Lauren Boyle New Zealand4:06.25

References
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  3. Baldwin, Alan (29 July 2012). "Muffat takes on Manaudou's mantle". Reuters. Retrieved 8 July 2013.
  4. "Vollmer, van der Burgh break world records at finals". London 2012. NBC Olympics. 29 July 2012. Archived from the original on 7 July 2013. Retrieved 7 July 2013.
  5. Bull, Andy (29 July 2012). "London 2012: Rebecca Adlington takes bronze behind Camille Muffat". Guardian.co.uk. Retrieved 7 July 2013.
  6. White, Duncan (29 July 2012). "London 2012 Olympics: Rebecca Adlington wins bronze medal in the 400m freestyle in Aquatics centre". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 7 July 2013.
  7. "2012 London Olympics: Camille Muffat Pips Allison Schmitt With Olympic Record in Women's 400 Free". Swimming World Magazine. 29 July 2012. Retrieved 7 July 2013.
  8. Rossingh, Danielle (30 July 2012). "Muffat Takes Adlington's Title to Leave Britain Waiting for Gold". Bloomberg. Retrieved 7 July 2013.
  9. Nichols, Peter (30 July 2009). "Brits double up as Jackson and Adlington bag 400 metres freestyle silver and bronze in Rome". Mail Online. Retrieved 8 July 2013.
  10. "Torres Can't Lift Relay Team To Medal Stand". Sun-Sentinel. 27 July 2009. Retrieved 8 July 2013.
  11. Kitson, Robert (11 August 2008). "Olympics: Rebecca Adlington wins gold for Britain in 400m freestyle". Guardian.co.uk. Retrieved 19 May 2013.
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