# Swimming at the 2017 Summer Universiade – Women's 400 metre freestyle

The Women's 400 metre freestyle competition at the 2017 Summer Universiade was held on 26 August 2017.

## Records

Prior to the competition, the existing world and Universiade records were as follows.
| World record | Katie Ledecky (USA) | 3:56.46 | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | 7 August 2016 |
| Competition record | Leah Smith (USA) | 4:04.66 | Gwangju, South Korea | 7 July 2015 |
The following new records were set during this competition.
| Date | Event | Name | Nationality | Time | Record |
| 26 August | Final | Sarah Köhler | Germany | 4:03.96 | UR |

## Results
### Heats

The heats were held at 09:00.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 5 | 4 | Sarah Köhler | Germany | 4:11.28 | Q |
| 2 | 5 | 5 | Sierra Schmidt | United States | 4:11.30 | Q |
| 3 | 5 | 6 | Simona Quadarella | Italy | 4:11.48 | Q |
| 4 | 5 | 6 | Kaersten Meitz | United States | 4:11.78 | Q |
| 5 | 4 | 5 | Kiah Melverton | Australia | 4:12.33 | Q |
| 6 | 4 | 4 | Joanna Evans | Bahamas | 4:12.52 | Q |
| 7 | 5 | 2 | Kennedy Goss | Canada | 4:13.08 | Q |
| 8 | 4 | 1 | Julia Hassler | Liechtenstein | 4:13.13 | Q |
| 9 | 4 | 2 | Danica Ludlow | Canada | 4:13.32 | |
| 10 | 4 | 3 | Chihiro Igarashi | Japan | 4:13.32 | |
| 11 | 4 | 7 | Linda Caponi | Italy | 4:14.67 | |
| 12 | 5 | 1 | Camilla Hattersley | Great Britain | 4:14.89 | |
| 13 | 4 | 8 | Arina Openysheva | Russia | 4:15.36 | |
| 14 | 4 | 6 | Anna Egorova | Russia | 4:15.49 | |
| 15 | 2 | 4 | Yuliia Krutoholova | Ukraine | 4:16.48 | |
| 16 | 5 | 7 | Wakaba Tsuyuuchi | Japan | 4:16.70 | |
| 17 | 5 | 8 | Marion Abert | France | 4:17.94 | |
| 18 | 3 | 5 | Choi Jung-min | South Korea | 4:19.70 | |
| 19 | 3 | 6 | Maria Paula Heitmann | Brazil | 4:20.61 | |
| 20 | 3 | 7 | Milena Karpisz | Poland | 4:21.14 | |
| 21 | 3 | 3 | Carina Doyle | New Zealand | 4:21.79 | |
| 22 | 2 | 5 | Marieke Tienstra | Netherlands | 4:22.41 | |
| 23 | 3 | 1 | Martina Elhenická | Czech Republic | 4:22.94 | |
| 24 | 3 | 8 | Georgia Marris | New Zealand | 4:23.06 | |
| 25 | 3 | 2 | Tereza Závadová | Czech Republic | 4:23.07 | |
| 26 | 3 | 4 | Alizée Morel | France | 4:23.37 | |
| 27 | 2 | 6 | Chang Fang-yu | Chinese Taipei | 4:23.38 | |
| 28 | 2 | 1 | Zhu Jingwen | China | 4:26.44 | |
| 29 | 2 | 2 | Lee Yen-ni | Chinese Taipei | 4:27.13 | |
| 30 | 1 | 3 | Viktė Labanauskaitė | Lithuania | 4:32.02 | |
| 31 | 1 | 6 | Olivia Carrizo | Argentina | 4:33.79 | |
| 32 | 1 | 4 | Chrystelle Doueihy | Lebanon | 4:40.18 | |
| 33 | 1 | 2 | Sara Moualfi | Algeria | 4:40.35 | |
| 34 | 2 | 3 | Xu Rui | China | 4:41.35 | |
| 35 | 1 | 5 | Sasha-Lee Nordengen-Corris | South Africa | 4:42.00 | |
| 36 | 2 | 8 | Karol Camayo Agredo | Colombia | 4:44.00 | |
| 37 | 2 | 7 | Laura Abril Lizarazo | Colombia | 4:44.02 | |
| 38 | 1 | 1 | Joyce Palete | Philippines | 5:46.42 | |
| | 1 | 7 | Carmenrose Matabuena | Philippines | DNS | |

### Final

The final was held at 20:04.
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | 4 | Sarah Köhler | Germany | 4:03.96 | UR, NR |
| | 7 | Joanna Evans | Bahamas | 4:08.52 | |
| | 5 | Sierra Schmidt | United States | 4:09.82 | |
| 4 | 3 | Simona Quadarella | Italy | 4:10.49 | |
| 5 | 6 | Kaersten Meitz | United States | 4:10.84 | |
| 6 | 2 | Kiah Melverton | Australia | 4:12.42 | |
| 7 | 8 | Julia Hassler | Liechtenstein | 4:13.20 | |
| 8 | 1 | Kennedy Goss | Canada | 4:13.88 | |