Swimming at the 2018 Commonwealth Games – Women's 400 metre freestyle
# Swimming at the 2018 Commonwealth Games – Women's 400 metre freestyle

The women's 400 metre freestyle event at the 2018 Commonwealth Games took place on 10 April at the Gold Coast Aquatic Centre.

## Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world, Commonwealth and Games records were as follows:

| World record | Katie Ledecky (USA) | 3:56.46 | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | 7 August 2016 |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Commonwealth record | Joanne Jackson (GBR) | 4:00.60 | Rome, Italy | 26 July 2009 |
| Games record | Lauren Boyle (NZL) | 4:04.47 | Glasgow, United Kingdom | 29 July 2014 |

The following records were established during the competition:

| Date | Event | Name | Nationality | Time | Record |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 10 April | Final | Ariarne Titmus | Australia | 4:00.93 | GR |

## Results

### Heats

The heats were held at 10:31.

| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 3 | 4 | Ariarne Titmus | Australia | 4:10.22 | Q |
| 2 | 3 | 5 | Ellie Faulkner | England | 4:11.19 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | 4 | Holly Hibbott | England | 4:11.65 | Q |
| 4 | 3 | 6 | Mikkayla Sheridan | Australia | 4:11.69 | Q |
| 5 | 2 | 2 | Camilla Hattersley | Scotland | 4:12.26 | Q |
| 6 | 2 | 5 | Joanna Evans | Bahamas | 4:12.38 | Q |
| 7 | 3 | 3 | Jessica Ashwood | Australia | 4:13.12 | Q |
| 8 | 2 | 1 | Carina Doyle | New Zealand | 4:13.33 | Q |
| 9 | 2 | 3 | Mary-Sophie Harvey | Canada | 4:14.26 | |
| 10 | 3 | 2 | Hannah Miley | Scotland | 4:14.62 | |
| 11 | 2 | 7 | Dune Coetzee | South Africa | 4:15.21 | |
| 12 | 3 | 8 | Kate Beavon | Canada | 4:17.59 | |
| 13 | 2 | 6 | Ellena Jones | Wales | 4:18.92 | |
| 14 | 3 | 7 | Abbie Houston | Scotland | 4:19.52 | |
| 15 | 3 | 1 | Kristin Bellingan | South Africa | 4:20.92 | |
| 16 | 2 | 8 | Gemma Atherley | Jersey | 4:22.55 | |
| 17 | 1 | 5 | Matelita Buadromo | Fiji | 4:31.60 | |
| 18 | 1 | 4 | Makaela Holowchak | Antigua and Barbuda | 4:41.90 | |
| 19 | 1 | 3 | Alison Jackson | Cayman Islands | 4:42.01 | |
| 20 | 1 | 6 | Theresa Soukup | Seychelles | 4:45.35 | |
| 21 | 1 | 2 | Aliah Maginley | Antigua and Barbuda | 5:09.66 | |

### Final

The final was held at 19:37.

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | 4 | Ariarne Titmus | Australia | 4:00.93 | GR, OC |
| | 3 | Holly Hibbott | England | 4:05.31 | |
| | 5 | Ellie Faulkner | England | 4:07.35 | |
| 4 | 7 | Joanna Evans | Bahamas | 4:08.82 | |
| 5 | 1 | Jessica Ashwood | Australia | 4:10.32 | |
| 6 | 6 | Mikkayla Sheridan | Australia | 4:12.05 | |
| 7 | 2 | Camilla Hattersley | Scotland | 4:12.24 | |
| 8 | 8 | Carina Doyle | New Zealand | 4:15.89 | |
