Swimming at the 2020 European Aquatics Championships – Women's 400 metre freestyle

Women's 400 metre freestyle at the 2020 European Aquatics Championships
Venue	Danube Arena
Dates	23 May 2021
Competitors	43 from 23 nations
Winning time	4:04.66
Medalists
Simona Quadarella    Italy   Anna Egorova    Russia   Boglárka Kapás    Hungary

2020 European Aquatics Championships
Swimming
Freestyle
50 m	men	women
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
400 m	men
800 m	men	women
1500 m	men	women
Backstroke
50 m	men	women
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
Breaststroke
50 m	men	women
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
Butterfly
50 m	men	women
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
Individual medley
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
Freestyle relay
4 × 100 m	men	women
	mixed
4 × 200 m	men	women
	mixed
Medley relay
4 × 100 m	men	women
	mixed
Diving
Individual
1 m	men	women
3 m	men	women
10 m	men	women
Synchronised
3 m	men	women
	mixed
10 m	men	women
	mixed
Team
	Mixed team
Artistic swimming
Solo	Free	Technical
Duet	Free	Technical
Mixed	Free	Technical
Team	Free	Technical
	Combination
	Highlights
Open water swimming
5 km	men	women
10 km	men	women
25 km	men	women
Team	team

The Women's 400 metre freestyle competition of the 2020 European Aquatics Championships was held on 23 May 2021.^[1][2]

Prior to the competition, the existing world, European and championship records were as follows.

	Name	Nation	Time	Location	Date
World record	Katie Ledecky	United States	3:56.46	Rio de Janeiro	7 August 2016
European record	Federica Pellegrini	Italy	3:59.15	Rome	26 July 2009
Championship record			4:01.53	Eindhoven	24 March 2008

The heats were started at 10:24.^[3]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	4	4	Anna Egorova	Russia	4:08.87	Q
2	5	5	Boglárka Kapás	Hungary	4:09.02	Q
3	4	5	Simona Quadarella	Italy	4:09.04	Q
4	5	4	Ajna Késely	Hungary	4:09.14	Q
5	5	6	Merve Tuncel	Turkey	4:09.37	Q
6	4	3	Beril Böcekler	Turkey	4:09.53	Q
7	4	6	Holly Hibbott	Great Britain	4:10.11	Q
8	5	1	Julia Hassler	Liechtenstein	4:10.74	Q
9	3	5	Helena Rosendahl Bach	Denmark	4:11.79
10	3	7	Aimee Willmott	Great Britain	4:12.76
11	4	1	Bettina Fábián	Hungary	4:13.83
12	3	3	Lotte Goris	Belgium	4:14.06
13	4	8	Monique Olivier	Luxembourg	4:14.23
14	5	3	Anastasia Kirpichnikova	Russia	4:14.55
15	3	4	Robin Neumann	Netherlands	4:14.70
16	2	4	Imani de Jong	Netherlands	4:15.20
17	4	0	Deniz Ertan	Turkey	4:15.45
18	5	9	Sara Gailli	Italy	4:15.52
19	3	9	Marina Heller Hansen	Denmark	4:15.60
20	3	6	Jimena Pérez	Spain	4:15.65
21	5	2	Reva Foos	Germany	4:15.67
22	5	7	Valentine Dumont	Belgium	4:15.75
23	4	9	Fanni Fábián	Hungary	4:15.94
24	4	2	Martina Caramignoli	Italy	4:16.49
25	3	0	Aleksandra Polańska	Poland	4:16.85
26	2	6	Tamryn van Selm	Great Britain	4:17.11
27	3	8	Silke Holkenborg	Netherlands	4:17.67
28	5	8	Katja Fain	Slovenia	4:18.41
29	2	2	Claudia Hufnagl	Austria	4:18.61
30	1	5	Laura Benková	Slovakia	4:21.05
31	2	9	Matea Sumajstorčić	Croatia	4:22.95
32	2	1	Daša Tušek	Slovenia	4:23.44
33	2	0	Snæfríður Jórunnardóttir	Iceland	4:23.45
34	1	3	Sasha Gatt	Malta	4:24.89
35	2	5	Klaudia Tarasiewicz	Poland	4:25.33
36	1	6	Fatima Alkaramova	Azerbaijan	4:25.44
37	3	1	Aleksandra Knop	Poland	4:26.71
38	1	2	Nika Špehar	Croatia	4:28.77
39	2	8	Arina Baikova	Latvia	4:28.98
40	1	4	Martina Cibulková	Slovakia	4:32.94
41	1	7	Eda Zeqiri	Kosovo	4:40.13
42	1	8	Katie Rock	Albania	4:40.79
43	1	1	Era Budima	Kosovo	4:53.37
	3	2	María de Valdés	Spain	Did not start
	5	0	Diana Durães	Portugal
	4	7	Marlene Kahler	Austria
	2	7	Laura Lahtinen	Finland
	2	3	Malene Rypestøl	Norway

The final was held at 19:05.^[4]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	3	Simona Quadarella	Italy	4:04.66
	4	Anna Egorova	Russia	4:06.05
	5	Boglárka Kapás	Hungary	4:06.90
4	6	Ajna Késely	Hungary	4:07.42
5	7	Beril Böcekler	Turkey	4:08.18
6	8	Julia Hassler	Liechtenstein	4:08.23	NR
7	2	Merve Tuncel	Turkey	4:10.97
8	1	Holly Hibbott	Great Britain	4:11.54