Swimming at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Women's 400 metre freestyle Heats Heats

| Rank_ | Heat | Lane | Name_ | Nationality | Time_ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3 | 4 | Brooke Bennett | United States | 4:07.57 |
| 2 | 3 | 5 | Claudia Poll | Costa Rica | 4:09.33 |
| 3 | 3 | 3 | Janelle Atkinson | Jamaica | 4:09.61 |
| 4 | 4 | 5 | Diana Munz | United States | 4:10.39 |
| 5 | 5 | 1 | Chen Hua | China | 4:10.56 |
| 6 | 4 | 6 | Nadezhda Chemezova | Russia | 4:10.76 |
| 6 | 5 | 4 | Hannah Stockbauer | Germany | 4:10.76 |
| 8 | 3 | 7 | Carla Geurts | Netherlands | 4:10.86 |
| 9 | 5 | 7 | Flavia Rigamonti | Switzerland | 4:11.77 |
| 10 | 5 | 6 | Kirsten Vlieghuis | Netherlands | 4:11.87 |
| 11 | 4 | 4 | Camelia Potec | Romania | 4:11.92 |
| 12 | 5 | 3 | Sachiko Yamada | Japan | 4:12.45 |
| 13 | 3 | 6 | Natalya Baranovskaya | Belarus | 4:12.67 |