Swimming at the 2012 European Aquatics Championships – Women's 400 metre freestyle
# Swimming at the 2012 European Aquatics Championships – Women's 400 metre freestyle

The women's 400 metre freestyle competition of the swimming events at the 2012 European Aquatics Championships took place May 27. The heats and final took place on May 27.

## Records

Prior to the competition, the existing world, European and championship records were as follows.

| | Name | Nation | Time | Location | Date |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| World record European record | Federica Pellegrini | Italy | 3:59.15 | Rome | July 26, 2009 |
| Championship record | Federica Pellegrini | Italy | 4:01.53 | Eindhoven | March 24, 2008 |

## Results

### Heats

30 swimmers participated in 4 heats.

| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 4 | 5 | Éva Risztov | Hungary | 4:10.25 | Q |
| 2 | 3 | 6 | Martina de Memme | Italy | 4:10.44 | Q |
| 3 | 3 | 4 | Coralie Balmy | France | 4:11.07 | Q |
| 4 | 3 | 5 | Boglárka Kapás | Hungary | 4:11.15 | Q |
| 5 | 4 | 3 | Camelia Potec | Romania | 4:11.43 | Q |
| 6 | 2 | 4 | Mireia Belmonte García | Spain | 4:12.30 | Q |
| 7 | 2 | 5 | Ophélie-Cyrielle Étienne | France | 4:12.86 | Q |
| 8 | 4 | 6 | Alice Nesti | Italy | 4:13.05 | Q |
| 9 | 3 | 3 | Lydia Morant Varo | Spain | 4:13.08 | |
| 10 | 4 | 4 | Federica Pellegrini | Italy | 4:14.27 | |
| 11 | 2 | 6 | Nina Rangelova | Bulgaria | 4:14.75 | |
| 12 | 3 | 7 | Silke Lippok | Germany | 4:15.85 | |
| 13 | 4 | 7 | Julia Hassler | Liechtenstein | 4:14.95 | |
| 14 | 2 | 3 | Ágnes Mutina | Hungary | 4:15.89 | |
| 15 | 2 | 7 | Diletta Carli | Italy | 4:16.72 | |
| 16 | 2 | 2 | Cecilie Johannessen | Norway | 4:17.92 | |
| 17 | 2 | 8 | Spela Bohinc | Slovenia | 4:12.54 | |
| 18 | 4 | 1 | Jördis Steinegger | Austria | 4:20.07 | |
| 19 | 3 | 1 | Anna Stylianou | Cyprus | 4:20.21 | |
| 20 | 3 | 8 | Iryna Glavnyk | Ukraine | 4:20.40 | |
| 21 | 4 | 8 | Ursa Bezan | Slovenia | 4:21.98 | |
| 22 | 1 | 4 | Valeriya Podlesna | Ukraine | 4:24.42 | |
| 23 | 1 | 6 | Jūratė Ščerbinskaitė | Lithuania | 4:24.65 | |
| 24 | 2 | 1 | Donata Kilijanska | Poland | 4:25.36 | |
| 25 | 1 | 3 | Sigrún Brá Sverrisdóttir | Iceland | 4:31.65 | |
| 26 | 1 | 2 | Cecilia Eysturdal | Faroe Islands | 4:42.88 | |
| | 4 | 2 | Isabelle Härle | Germany | DNS | |
| | 3 | 2 | Sycerika McMahon | Ireland | DNS | |
| | 1 | 5 | Nuala Murphy | Ireland | DNS | |
| | 1 | 7 | Noora Laukkanen | Finland | DNS | |

### Final

The final was held at 17:47.

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | 3 | Coralie Balmy | France | 4:05.31 | |
| | 7 | Mireia Belmonte García | Spain | 4:05.45 | NR |
| | 1 | Ophélie-Cyrielle Étienne | France | 4:07.47 | |
| 4 | 4 | Éva Risztov | Hungary | 4:07.72 | |
| 5 | 6 | Boglárka Kapás | Hungary | 4:08.73 | |
| 6 | 2 | Camelia Potec | Romania | 4:08.91 | |
| 7 | 5 | Martina de Memme | Italy | 4:10.82 | |
| 8 | 8 | Alice Nesti | Italy | 4:11.13 | |
