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

The women's 400 metre individual medley event at the 2014 Commonwealth Games as part of the swimming programme took place on 24 July at the Tollcross International Swimming Centre in Glasgow, Scotland. Defending champion Hannah Miley retained her title, breaking her own Commonwealth Games record twice. Aimee Willmott took second and bronze was won by Australian Keryn McMaster.

The medals were presented by Prince Haji Sufri Bolkiah, President of the Brunei Darussalam National Olympic Council and the quaichs were presented by Michael Cavanagh, Chairman of Commonwealth Games Scotland.

## Records

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

| World record | Ye Shiwen (CHN) | 4:28.43 | London, England | 28 July 2012 |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Commonwealth record | Stephanie Rice (AUS) | 4:29.45 | Beijing, China | 11 August 2008 |
| Games record | Hannah Miley (SCO) | 4:38.83 | Delhi, India | 9 October 2010 |

The following records were established during the competition:

| Date | Event | Name | Nationality | Time | Record |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 24 July | Heat | Hannah Miley | Scotland | 4:38.27 | GR |
| 24 July | Final | Hannah Miley | Scotland | 4:31.76 | GR |

## Results

### Heats

| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 1 | 4 | Hannah Miley | Scotland | 4:38.27 | Q, GR |
| 2 | 2 | 4 | Aimee Willmott | England | 4:39.50 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | 3 | Emily Overholt | Canada | 4:39.52 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | 5 | Keryn McMaster | Australia | 4:40.11 | Q |
| 5 | 1 | 5 | Erika Seltenreich-Hodgson | Canada | 4:41.77 | Q |
| 6 | 1 | 6 | Jessica Pengelly | Australia | 4:42.89 | Q |
| 7 | 2 | 6 | Danielle Lowe | England | 4:48.09 | Q |
| 8 | 2 | 2 | Marni Oldershaw | Canada | 4:48.89 | Q |
| 9 | 1 | 2 | Rene Warnes | South Africa | 4:49.81 | |
| 10 | 2 | 3 | Ellen Gandy | Australia | 4:51.54 | |
| 11 | 2 | 7 | Zara Bailey | Jamaica | 4:59.78 | |
| 12 | 1 | 7 | Erika Kong | Malaysia | 5:00.72 | |
| 13 | 2 | 1 | Nadia Adrianna Redza Goh | Malaysia | 5:07.54 | |

### Final

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | 4 | Hannah Miley | Scotland | 4:31.76 | GR |
| | 5 | Aimee Willmott | England | 4:33.01 | |
| | 6 | Keryn McMaster | Australia | 4:36.35 | |
| 4 | 2 | Erika Seltenreich-Hodgson | Canada | 4:36.88 | |
| 5 | 3 | Emily Overholt | Canada | 4:37.89 | |
| 6 | 8 | Marni Oldershaw | Canada | 4:46.26 | |
| 7 | 7 | Jessica Pengelly | Australia | 4:47.00 | |
| 8 | 1 | Danielle Lowe | England | 4:48.95 | |
