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

The women's 400 metre individual medley competition of the swimming events at the 2012 European Aquatics Championships took place May 21. The heats and final took place on May 21.

## Records

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

| | Name | Nation | Time | Location | Date |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| World record | Stephanie Rice | Australia | 4:29.45 | Beijing | August 10, 2008 |
| European record | Katinka Hosszú | Hungary | 4:30.31 | Rome | August 2, 2009 |
| Championship record | Hannah Miley | Great Britain | 4:33.09 | Budapest | August 9, 2010 |

## Results

### Heats

19 swimmers participated in 3 heats.

| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 1 | 5 | Stina Gardell | Sweden | 4:39.48 | Q, NR |
| 2 | 3 | 4 | Katinka Hosszú | Hungary | 4:40.55 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | 4 | Barbora Závadová | Czech Republic | 4:40.85 | Q |
| 4 | 1 | 4 | Zsuzsanna Jakabos | Hungary | 4:41.31 | Q |
| 5 | 2 | 5 | Anja Klinar | Slovenia | 4:41.82 | Q |
| 6 | 3 | 3 | Stefania Pirozzi | Italy | 4:46.74 | Q |
| 7 | 1 | 3 | Alessia Polieri | Italy | 4:48.23 | Q |
| 8 | 3 | 5 | Lara Grangeon | France | 4:49.31 | Q |
| 9 | 3 | 7 | Noora Laukkanen | Finland | 4:50.08 | |
| 10 | 2 | 6 | Sara Nordenstam | Norway | 4:50.09 | |
| 11 | 2 | 3 | Jördis Steinegger | Austria | 4:50.94 | |
| 12 | 2 | 2 | Iryna Glavnyk | Ukraine | 4:52.31 | |
| 13 | 3 | 2 | Kristina Kochetkova | Russia | 4:52.83 | |
| 14 | 1 | 2 | Karolina Szczepaniak | Poland | 4:53.45 | |
| 15 | 1 | 6 | Kristina Krasyukova | Russia | 4:55.28 | |
| 16 | 2 | 7 | Nuala Murphy | Ireland | 4:58.05 | |
| 17 | 1 | 7 | Johanna Gerda Gustafsdottir | Iceland | 5:00.99 | |
| 18 | 3 | 1 | Neza Marcun | Slovenia | 5:04.00 | |
| | 3 | 6 | Beatriz Gómez Cortés | Spain | DNF | |

### Final

The final was held at 17:31.

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | 5 | Katinka Hosszú | Hungary | 4:33.76 | |
| | 6 | Zsuzsanna Jakabos | Hungary | 4:35.68 | |
| | 3 | Barbora Závadová | Czech Republic | 4:38.07 | |
| 4 | 4 | Stina Gardell | Sweden | 4:38.46 | NR |
| 5 | 2 | Anja Klinar | Slovenia | 4:42.00 | |
| 6 | 7 | Stefania Pirozzi | Italy | 4:42.72 | |
| 7 | 1 | Alessia Polieri | Italy | 4:48.72 | |
| 8 | 8 | Lara Grangeon | France | 4:53.98 | |
