Swimming at the 2014 Asian Games – Women's 400 metre individual medley
# Swimming at the 2014 Asian Games – Women's 400 metre individual medley

The women's 400 metre individual medley event at the 2014 Asian Games took place on 23 September 2014 at Munhak Park Tae-hwan Aquatics Center.

## Schedule

All times are Korea Standard Time (UTC+09:00)

| Date | Time | Event |
| - | - | - |
| Tuesday, 23 September 2014 | 09:00 | Heats |
| Tuesday, 23 September 2014 | 19:24 | Final |

## Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world, Asian and Games records were as follows.

| World Record | Ye Shiwen (CHN) | 4:28.43 | London, United Kingdom | 28 July 2012 |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Asian Record | Ye Shiwen (CHN) | 4:28.43 | London, United Kingdom | 28 July 2012 |
| Games Record | Ye Shiwen (CHN) | 4:33.79 | Guangzhou, China | 14 November 2010 |

## Results

### Heats

| Rank | Heat | Athlete | Time |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 2 | Ye Shiwen (CHN) | 4:38.21 |
| 2 | 1 | Sakiko Shimizu (JPN) | 4:40.49 |
| 3 | 1 | Kim Seo-yeong (KOR) | 4:44.27 |
| 4 | 1 | Nam Yoo-sun (KOR) | 4:45.82 |
| 5 | 2 | Zhou Min (CHN) | 4:46.12 |
| 6 | 1 | Miho Takahashi (JPN) | 4:46.58 |
| 7 | 2 | Nguyễn Thị Ánh Viên (VIE) | 4:46.77 |
| 8 | 2 | Ranohon Amanova (UZB) | 4:50.74 |
| 9 | 2 | Sarisa Suwannachet (THA) | 4:58.30 |
| 10 | 1 | Tan Jing E (SIN) | 5:05.62 |
| 11 | 2 | Gabriella Doueihy (LIB) | 5:32.27 |

### Final

| Rank | Athlete | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - |
| | Ye Shiwen (CHN) | 4:32.97 | GR |
| | Sakiko Shimizu (JPN) | 4:38.63 | |
| | Nguyễn Thị Ánh Viên (VIE) | 4:39.65 | |
| 4 | Kim Seo-yeong (KOR) | 4:42.92 | |
| 5 | Miho Takahashi (JPN) | 4:43.61 | |
| 6 | Zhou Min (CHN) | 4:44.49 | |
| 7 | Nam Yoo-sun (KOR) | 4:44.61 | |
| 8 | Ranohon Amanova (UZB) | 4:48.99 | |
