Swimming at the 1924 Summer Olympics – Women's 400 metre freestyle
Heats
Sunday July 13, 1924: The fastest two in each heat and the fastest third-placed from across the heats advanced. Heat 1 Heat 2 Heat 3 Heat 4

Swimming at the 1924 Summer Olympics – Women's 400 metre freestyle

Section Title: Heats
Table Section Text: Sunday July 13, 1924: The fastest two in each heat and the fastest third-placed from across the heats advanced. Heat 1 Heat 2 Heat 3 Heat 4

Place	Swimmer	Time	Qual.

1	Gertrude Ederle (USA)	6:12.2	QQ OR

2	Doris Molesworth (GBR)	6:28.6	QQ

3	Hedevig Rasmussen (DEN)	6:58.2	qq

4	Gurli Ewerlund (SWE)	7:05.4

5	Ernestine Lebrun (FRA)	7:06.4

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In the first heat, Gertrude Ederle set the first Olympic record for Swimming at the 1924 Summer Olympics – Women's 400 metre freestyle with 6:12.2 minutes.

final_sentence: In the first heat, Gertrude Ederle set the first Olympic record for Swimming at the 1924 Summer Olympics – Women's 400 metre freestyle with 6:12.2 minutes.