Finswimming at the 2001 World Games – Women's 400 m surface
# Finswimming at the 2001 World Games – Women's 400 m surface

The women's 400 m surface competition in finswimming at the 2001 World Games took place on 25 August 2001 at the Akita Prefectural Pool in Akita, Japan.

## Competition format

A total of 15 athletes entered the competition. The best eight athletes from the preliminary round qualifies to the final.

## Results

### Preliminary

| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Note |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Wang Yan | China | 3:34.22 | Q |
| 2 | Elena Gracheva | Russia | 3:34.34 | Q |
| 3 | Hana Vykoukalová | Czech Republic | 3:37.83 | Q |
| 4 | Bettina Müller | Germany | 3:37.95 | Q |
| 5 | Anastassia Glukhikh | Russia | 3:37.96 | Q |
| 6 | Michaela Simaicová | Czech Republic | 3:38.35 | Q |
| 7 | Christine Müller | Germany | 3:38.60 | Q |
| 8 | Chun Sung-sun | South Korea | 3:38.72 | Q |
| 9 | Wu Xiaohui | China | 3:42.59 | |
| 10 | Cho Ju-hee | South Korea | 3:45.40 | |
| 11 | Hajnalka Debreczeni | Hungary | 3:45.42 | |
| 12 | Maria Hernandez | Colombia | 3:49.02 | |
| 13 | Marina Nagy | Hungary | 3:53.17 | |
| 14 | Nicole Voet | Netherlands | 3:57.19 | |
| | Azusa Kamio | Japan | DNS | |

### Final

| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time |
| - | - | - | - |
| | Elena Gracheva | Russia | 3:27.27 |
| | Anastassia Glukhikh | Russia | 3:33.81 |
| | Bettina Müller | Germany | 3:35.21 |
| 4 | Hana Vykoukalová | Czech Republic | 3:35.74 |
| 5 | Christine Müller | Germany | 3:38.70 |
| 6 | Chun Sung-sun | South Korea | 3:40.56 |
| 7 | Michaela Simaicová | Czech Republic | 3:43.10 |
| 8 | Wang Yan | China | 3:44.73 |
