# 2023 World Para Swimming Championships – Women's 400 metre freestyle

The women's 400m freestyle events at the 2023 World Para Swimming Championships will be held at the Manchester Aquatics Centre between 31 July and 6 August.

## Medalists

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| S6 | Jiang Yuyan China | Maisie Summers-Newton Great Britain | Nora Meister Switzerland |
| S7 details | Morgan Stickney United States | Ahalya Lettenberger United States | Sabrina Duchesne Canada |
| S8 details | Xenia Palazzo Italy | Nahia Zudaire Spain | Cecilia Jeronimo de Araujo Brazil |
| S9 | Lakeisha Patterson Australia | Emma Mecic Croatia | Toni Shaw Great Britain |
| S10 | Bianka Pap Hungary | Oliwia Jablonska Poland | Faye Rogers Great Britain |
| S11 | Liesette Bruinsma Netherlands | Cai Liwen China | McClain Hermes United States |
| S13 | Carlotta Gilli Italy | Olivia Chambers United States | Anna Stetsenko Ukraine |

## Results
### S7

Five swimmers entered this event. A straight final was held on the evening of 1 August.
Entering the event, the applicable records were the following
| Record | Swimmer | Time |
| World record | Jacqueline Freney (AUS) | 4:59.02 |
| Championship record | Mallory Weggemann (USA) | 5:04.87 |

#### Final

| Rank | Name | Nation | Result | Notes |
| | Morgan Stickney | United States | 4:54.28 | WR CR |
| | Ahalya Lettenberger | United States | 5:22.27 | |
| | Sabrina Duchesne | Canada | 5:31.17 | |
| 4 | Agnes Kramer | Sweden | 6:03.69 | |
| 5 | Nicola St Clair Maitland | Sweden | 6:17.26 | |

### S8

11 swimmers entered the event. Heats and final were both held in Monday 31 July.
Entering the event, the applicable records were the following
| Record | Swimmer | Time |
| World record | Lakeisha Patterson (AUS) | 4:40.33 |
| Championship record | Jessica Long (USA) | 4:43.76 |

#### Heats

| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nation | Result | Notes |
| 1 | 2 | 4 | Nahia Zudaire | Spain | 5:10.90 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | 5 | Ella Jones | Australia | 5:12.55 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | 6 | Vendula Duskova | Czech Republic | 5:16.48 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | 5 | Cecilia Jeronimo de Araujo | Brazil | 5:16.59 | Q |
| 5 | 1 | 4 | Xenia Palazzo | Italy | 5:19.68 | Q |
| 6 | 2 | 3 | Paola Ruvalcaba | Mexico | 5:24.81 | Q |
| 7 | 1 | 3 | Abi Tripp | Canada | 5:29.80 | Q |
| 8 | 1 | 6 | Paula Novina | Croatia | 5:31.12 | Q |
| 9 | 1 | 2 | Hui Zhu | China | 5:33.49 | |
| 10 | 2 | 2 | Ana Castro | Portugal | 5:47.08 | |
| 11 | 2 | 7 | Alexandra Borska | Czech Republic | 5:53.14 | |

#### Final

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nation | Result |
| | 2 | Xenia Palazzo | Italy | 5:01.46 |
| | 4 | Nahia Zudaire | Spain | 5:05.91 |
| | 6 | Cecilia Jeronimo de Araujo | Brazil | 5:08.94 |
| 4 | 5 | Ella Jones | Australia | 5:12.76 |
| 5 | 3 | Vendula Duskova | Czech Republic | 5:16.54 |
| 6 | 7 | Paola Ruvalcaba | Mexico | 5:18.88 |
| 8 | 8 | Paula Novina | Croatia | 5:25.98 |
| 7 | 1 | Abi Tripp | Canada | 5.29.99 |

### S10

14 swimmers entered the event. Heats and final were both held in 2 August.
Entering the event, the applicable records were the following
| Record | Swimmer | Time |
| World record | Aurelie Rivard (CAN) | 4:24.08 |
| Championship record | Oliwia Jablonska (POL) | 4:29.65 |

#### Heats

| Rank | Heat | Lane | Athlete | Nation | Result | Notes |
| 1 | 2 | 5 | Aurelie Rivard | Canada | 4:39.77 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | 4 | Bianka Pap | Hungary | 4:41.32 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | 4 | Oliwia Jablonska | Poland | 4:44.58 | Q |
| 4 | 1 | 5 | Faye Rogers | Great Britain | 4:46.77 | Q |
| 5 | 2 | 3 | Anaelle Roulet | France | 4:48.11 | Q |
| 6 | 2 | 6 | Elodie Lorandi | France | 4:48.57 | Q |
| 7 | 1 | 3 | Poppy Wilson | Australia | 4:54.94 | Q |
| 8 | 2 | 2 | Hannah Nelson | United States | 4:56.06 | Q |
| 9 | 1 | 2 | Gabriella Smith | New Zealand | 4:58.24 | R1 |
| 10 | 1 | 6 | María Barrera Zapata | Colombia | 4:58.27 | |
| 11 | 2 | 7 | Csenge Hotz | Hungary | 5:00.42 | |
| 12 | 1 | 1 | Audrey Kim | United States | 5:03.10 | |
| 13 | 1 | 7 | Katie Cosgriffe | Canada | 5:10.01 | |
| 14 | 2 | 1 | Lili-Fox Mason | New Zealand | 5:19.61 | |

#### Final

Aurélie Rivard withdrew from the final and was replaced by Gabriella Smith
| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Result |
| | Bianka Pap | Hungary | 4:33.43 |
| | Oliwia Jablonska | Poland | 4:38.57 |
| | Faye Rogers | Great Britain | 4:41.06 |
| 4 | Anaelle Roulet | France | 4:45.03 |
| 5 | Elodie Lorandi | France | 4:50.61 |
| 6 | Poppy Wilson | Australia | 4:53.42 |
| 7 | Hannah Nelson | United States | 4:54.67 |
| 8 | Gabriella Smith | New Zealand | 5:01.00 |