Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's 400 metre freestyle Heats Heats

| Heat | Lane | Name_ | Nationality | Time_ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | 8 | Jördis Steinegger | Austria | 4:09.72 |
| 6 | 2 | Melissa Corfe | South Africa | 4:10.54 |
| 5 | 1 | Gabriella Fagundez | Sweden | 4:11.40 |
| 4 | 1 | Savannah King | Canada | 4:11.49 |
| 3 | 3 | Susana Escobar | Mexico | 4:11.99 |
| 3 | 5 | Monique Ferreira | Brazil | 4:12.21 |
| 4 | 7 | Tan Miao | China | 4:12.35 |
| 4 | 2 | Erika Villaécija García | Spain | 4:14.25 |
| 3 | 6 | Hoi Shun Stephanie Au | Hong Kong | 4:14.82 |
| 6 | 8 | Jaana Ehmcke | Germany | 4:15.15 |
| 5 | 8 | Li Mo | China | 4:15.50 |
| 3 | 2 | Eleftheria Evgenia Efstathiou | Greece | 4:15.78 |
| 3 | 4 | Daria Belyakina | Russia | 4:16.21 |
| 1 | 4 | Boglárka Kapás | Hungary | 4:16.22 |
| 3 | 1 | Lynette Lim | Singapore | 4:17.67 |
| 6 | 6 | Ai Shibata | Japan | 4:17.96 |