# Swimming at the 2016 Summer Paralympics – Women's 400 metre freestyle

The women's 400 m freestyle swimming events for the 2016 Summer Paralympics take place at the Rio Olympic Stadium from 8 to 15 September. A total of seven events are contested for seven different classifications.

## Competition format

Each event consists of two rounds: heats and final. The top eight swimmers overall in the heats progress to the final. If there are eight or fewer swimmers in an event, no heats are held and all swimmers qualify for the final.

## Results
### S6

The S6 event took place on 13 September.
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | 4 | Yelyzaveta Mereshko | Ukraine | 5:17.01 | WR |
| | 5 | Song Lingling | China | 5:21.37 | AS |
| | 3 | Ellie Simmonds | Great Britain | 5:24.87 | |
| 4 | 6 | Ellie Robinson | Great Britain | 5:27.53 | |
| 5 | 2 | Viktorila Savtsova | Ukraine | 5:36.07 | |
| 6 | 1 | Vianney Trejo Delgadillo | Mexico | 5:48.19 | |
| 7 | 8 | Emanuela Romano | Italy | 5:51.05 | |
| 8 | 7 | Nicole Turner | Ireland | 5:54.61 | |

### S7

The S7 event took place on 14 September.
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | 4 | McKenzie Coan | United States | 5:05.77 |
| | 5 | Cortney Jordan | United States | 5:18.20 |
| | 6 | Susannah Rodgers | Great Britain | 5:23.17 |
| 4 | 3 | Rebecca Dubber | New Zealand | 5:31.53 |
| 5 | 7 | Verena Schott | Germany | 5:41.47 |
| 6 | 2 | Vajing Huang | China | 5:44.72 |
| 7 | 1 | Ariana Talamona | Italy | 5:48.37 |
| 8 | 8 | Eril Halevi | Israel | 5:51.05 |

### S8

The S8 event took place on 8 September.
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | 5 | Lakeisha Patterson | Australia | 4:40.33 | WR |
| | 4 | Jessica Long | United States | 4:47.82 | |
| | 3 | Stephanie Millward | Great Britain | 4:49.49 | |
| 4 | 6 | Maddison Elliott | Australia | 5:02.13 | |
| 5 | 2 | Amalie Vinther | Denmark | 5:12.01 | |
| 6 | 8 | Abi Tripp | Canada | 5:16.25 | |
| 7 | 7 | Brickelle Bro | United States | 5:16.38 | |
| 8 | 1 | Vendula Duskova | Czech Republic | 5:20.31 | |

### S9

The S9 event took place on 9 September.
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | 2 | Nuria Marques Soto | Spain | 4:42.56 | |
| | 4 | Ellie Cole | Australia | 4:42.58 | OC |
| | 5 | Xu Jialing | China | 4:43.66 | AS |
| 4 | 3 | Manon Vermarien | Netherlands | 4:53.42 | |
| 5 | 6 | Amy Marren | Great Britain | 4:55.38 | |
| 6 | 1 | Zsofia Konkoly | Hungary | 4:55.77 | |
| 7 | 7 | Emily Gray | South Africa | 4:59.18 | |
| 8 | 8 | Natalie Sims | United States | 5:04.88 | |

### S10

The S10 event took place on 15 September.
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | 4 | Aurelie Rivard | Canada | 4:29.96 | WR |
| | 2 | Monique Murphy | Australia | 4:35.09 | |
| | 6 | Elodie Lorandi | France | 4:35.49 | |
| 4 | 7 | Oliwia Jablonska | Poland | 4:35.52 | |
| 5 | 5 | Bianka Pap | Hungary | 4:41.11 | |
| 6 | 3 | Stefanny Rubi Cristino Zapata | Mexico | 4:45.04 | |
| 7 | 1 | Marije Oosterhuis | Netherlands | 4:48.13 | |
| 8 | 8 | Anaelle Roulet | France | 4:53.59 | |

### S11

The S11 event took place on 10 September.
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | 2 | Liesette Bruinsma | Netherlands | 5:15.08 | |
| | 4 | Cecilia Camellini | Italy | 5:16.36 | |
| | 5 | Xie Qing | China | 5:25.14 | AS |
| 4 | 6 | Mary Fisher | New Zealand | 5:28.28 | |
| 5 | 3 | Daniela Schulte | Germany | 5:29.93 | |
| 6 | 1 | Cai Liwen | China | 5:35.82 | |
| 7 | 7 | Olga Iakibiuk | Ukraine | 5:46.06 | |
| 8 | 8 | Li Guizhi | China | 5:52.79 | |

### S13

The S13 event took place on 12 September.
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | 4 | Rebecca Meyers | United States | 4:19.59 | WR |
| | 5 | Anna Stetsenko | Ukraine | 4:24.18 | |
| | 2 | Ariadna Edo Beltran | Spain | 4:35.49 | |
| 4 | 3 | Naomi Maike Schnittger | Germany | 4:43.57 | |
| 5 | 6 | Alessia Berra | Italy | 4:44.52 | |
| 6 | 1 | Abby Kane | Great Britain | 4:49.27 | |
| 7 | 7 | Katja Dedekind | Australia | 4:50.43 | |
| 8 | 8 | Marta Maria Gomez Battelli | Spain | 4:54.14 | |