# 2014 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Women's 400 metre freestyle

The Women's 400 metre freestyle competition of the 2014 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) was held on 5 December.

## Records

Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.
| | Name | Nation | Time | Location | Date |
| World record | Mireia Belmonte | Spain | 3:54.52 | Berlin | 11 August 2013 |
| Championship record | Katie Hoff | United States | 3:57.07 | Dubai | 17 December 2010 |
The following records were established during the competition:
| Date | Event | Name | Nation | Time | Record |
| 5 December | Final | Mireia Belmonte | Spain | 3:55.76 | CR |

## Results
### Heats

The heats were held at 12:32.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 6 | 4 | Mireia Belmonte | Spain | 4:00.29 | Q |
| 2 | 5 | 4 | Sharon van Rouwendaal | Netherlands | 4:00.60 | Q |
| 3 | 5 | 8 | Zhang Yufei | China | 4:00.86 | Q |
| 4 | 6 | 6 | Elizabeth Beisel | United States | 4:01.33 | Q |
| 5 | 5 | 3 | Jazmin Carlin | Great Britain | 4:01.37 | Q |
| 6 | 5 | 5 | Chihiro Igarashi | Japan | 4:01.72 | Q |
| 7 | 5 | 6 | Leah Neale | Australia | 4:02.03 | Q |
| 8 | 6 | 9 | Boglárka Kapás | Hungary | 4:02.30 | Q |
| 9 | 4 | 3 | Lindsay Vrooman | United States | 4:02.63 | |
| 10 | 5 | 1 | Kylie Palmer | Australia | 4:02.86 | |
| 11 | 6 | 2 | Sarah Köhler | Germany | 4:03.59 | |
| 12 | 6 | 7 | Hannah Miley | Great Britain | 4:03.82 | |
| 13 | 4 | 5 | Anja Klinar | Slovenia | 4:04.24 | |
| 14 | 5 | 0 | Julie Lauridsen | Denmark | 4:04.88 | |
| 15 | 4 | 4 | Chiara Masini Luccetti | Italy | 4:05.01 | |
| 16 | 4 | 1 | Emily Overholt | Canada | 4:06.44 | |
| 17 | 6 | 3 | Cao Yue | China | 4:06.88 | |
| 18 | 4 | 2 | Jéssica Cavalheiro | Brazil | 4:07.19 | |
| 19 | 4 | 7 | Gaja Natlačen | Slovenia | 4:07.68 | |
| 20 | 4 | 6 | Asami Chida | Japan | 4:07.70 | |
| 21 | 5 | 7 | Leonie Beck | Germany | 4:08.15 | |
| 22 | 6 | 1 | Julia Hassler | Liechtenstein | 4:08.69 | |
| 23 | 4 | 8 | Manuella Lyrio | Brazil | 4:08.73 | |
| 24 | 3 | 6 | Ayumi Macias | Mexico | 4:09.76 | |
| 25 | 2 | 7 | Nguyễn Thị Ánh Viên | Vietnam | 4:09.80 | |
| 26 | 3 | 4 | Claudia Hufnagl | Austria | 4:11.07 | |
| 27 | 3 | 3 | Inga Cryer | Iceland | 4:11.61 | |
| 28 | 3 | 5 | Monique Olivier | Luxembourg | 4:11.96 | |
| 29 | 4 | 0 | Yana Martynova | Russia | 4:12.35 | |
| 29 | 4 | 9 | Samantha Arévalo | Ecuador | 4:12.35 | |
| 31 | 5 | 9 | Joanna Evans | Bahamas | 4:13.83 | |
| 32 | 6 | 0 | Elena Sokolova | Russia | 4:14.17 | |
| 33 | 2 | 2 | Valerie Gruest | Guatemala | 4:14.75 | |
| 34 | 3 | 2 | Montserrat Ortuno | Mexico | 4:15.49 | |
| 35 | 3 | 1 | Elisbet Gamez | Cuba | 4:17.51 | |
| 36 | 3 | 8 | Veronika Kolníková | Slovakia | 4:19.88 | |
| 37 | 2 | 3 | Tuana Bahtoğl | Turkey | 4:20.92 | |
| 38 | 2 | 5 | Daniela Miyahara | Peru | 4:22.39 | |
| 39 | 2 | 1 | Lani Cabrera | Barbados | 4:23.22 | |
| 40 | 3 | 0 | Erika García | Peru | 4:23.44 | |
| 41 | 2 | 6 | Malavika Vishwanath | India | 4:24.19 | |
| 42 | 3 | 7 | Esra Kaçmaz | Turkey | 4:26.15 | |
| 43 | 2 | 4 | Cecilia Eystrudal | Faroe Islands | 4:27.03 | |
| 44 | 3 | 9 | Rebeca Quinteros | El Salvador | 4:28.84 | |
| 45 | 2 | 8 | Elena Giovanni | San Marino | 4:29.13 | |
| 46 | 1 | 4 | Yara Lima | Angola | 4:33.79 | |
| 47 | 2 | 0 | Anusha Sanjeev | India | 4:35.47 | |
| 48 | 1 | 5 | San Khant Khant Su | Myanmar | 4:43.19 | |
| 49 | 1 | 3 | Meryem Bada | Morocco | 4:44.50 | |
| 50 | 1 | 6 | Victoria Chentsova | Northern Mariana Islands | 4:47.05 | |
| 51 | 1 | 7 | Diana Basho | Albania | 4:47.52 | |
| 52 | 1 | 2 | Samantha Roberts | Antigua and Barbuda | 4:59.52 | |
| 53 | 1 | 1 | Chamodi de Fonseka | Sri Lanka | 5:01.43 | |
| — | 2 | 9 | Elisa Bernardi | San Marino | | DNS |
| — | 5 | 2 | Rieneke Terink | Netherlands | | DNS |
| — | 6 | 5 | Katinka Hosszú | Hungary | | DNS |
| — | 6 | 8 | Diletta Carli | Italy | | DNS |

### Final

The final was held at 19:45.
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | 4 | Mireia Belmonte | Spain | 3:55.76 | CR |
| | 5 | Sharon van Rouwendaal | Netherlands | 3:57.76 | |
| | 3 | Zhang Yufei | China | 3:59.51 | |
| 4 | 7 | Chihiro Igarashi | Japan | 3:59.59 | |
| 5 | 8 | Boglárka Kapás | Hungary | 4:00.27 | |
| 6 | 2 | Jazmin Carlin | Great Britain | 4:02.32 | |
| 7 | 6 | Elizabeth Beisel | United States | 4:03.83 | |
| 8 | 1 | Leah Neale | Australia | 4:06.45 | |