The Women's 400m Freestyle event at the 10th FINA World Aquatics Championships swam on 20 July 2003 in Barcelona, Spain. PreliminaryWorlds 2003 results Women's 400m Free -- prelims. Published by Omega Timing (official timer) on 2003-07-20; retrieved 2013-07-18. heats swam during the day's morning session, with the top-8 finishers advancing to swim again in the FinalWorlds 2003 results Women's 400m Free -- final. Published by Omega Timing (official timer) on 2003-07-20; retrieved 2013-07-18. during the evening session.

Prior to the event, the World (WR) and Championship (CR) records were: WR: 4:03.85 swum by Janet Evans (USA) on September 22, 1988, in Seoul, South Korea CR: 4:06.28 swum by Tracey Wickham (Australia) on August 24, 1978, in Berlin, Germany

Results

Final Place Swimmer Nation Time Notes 1 Hannah Stockbauer 4:06.75 2 Éva Risztov 4:07.24 3 Diana Munz 4:07.67 4 Elka Graham 4:08.60 5 Brittany Reimer 4:09.34 6 Lindsay Benko 4:09.82 7 Simona Păduraru 4:13.62 8 Hua Chen 4:13.75

Preliminaries Rank Heat+Lane Swimmer Nation Time Notes 1 H5 L5 Hannah Stockbauer 4:09.78 q 2 H5 L4 Diana Munz 4:09.90 q 3 H6 L4 Éva Risztov 4:10.41 q 4 H5 L6 Elka Graham 4:10.58 q 5 H6 L5 Hua Chen 4:11.07 q 5 H6 L3 Simona Păduraru 4:11.07 q 7 H4 L5 Lindsay Benko 4:11.20 q 8 H4 L6 Brittany Reimer 4:11.55 q 9 H4 L4 Sashiko Yamada 4:12.29 10 H5 L3 Jana Henke 4:12.32 11 H6 L2 Zoi Dimoschaki 4:12.48 12 H6 L6 Rebecca Cooke 4:12.51 13 H4 L3 Laure Manaudou 4:12.66 14 H5 L7 Ai Shibata 4:13.78 15 H6 L7 Regina Sytch 4:13.79 16 H5 L2 Erika Villaécija 4:14.10 17 H4 L2 Linda Mackenzie 4:14.36 18 H5 L1 Melissa Caballero 4:14.47 19 H3 L4 Mariana Brochado 4:15.29 20 H3 L5 Chantal Strasser 4:15.44 21 H6 L1 Daria Parshina 4:15.63 22 H4 L8 Anja Čarman 4:16.70 23 H3 L3 Marianna Lymperta 4:17.42 24 H3 L2 Vesna Stojanvoska 4:17.52 25 H5 L8 Jingzhi Tang 4:17.77 26 H6 L8 Melissa Corfe 4:18.41 27 H4 L7 Monique Ferreira 4:18.90 28 H4 L1 Jana Pechanová 4:18.93 29 H3 L8 Alison Fitch 4:20.38 30 H3 L6 Olga Beresneva 4:23.03 31 H3 L1 Pilin Tachakittiraran 4:23.80 32 H1 L5 Maria Albert 4:24.08 33 H2 L5 Kristel Köbrich 4:24.53 34 H3 L7 Marta Ferreira 4:25.38 35 H2 L3 Golda Marcus 4:28.03 36 H2 L1 Johana Rodriguez 4:36.43 37 H2 L2 Magdalena Sutanto 4:37.45 38 H2 L4 Andrea De León 4:39.07 39 H2 L7 Roberta Callus 4:42.71 40 H2 L6 Sivranjani Vaidyanathan 4:42.89 41 H1 L4 Man Wai Fong 4:50.53 - - Corise Nyenimigabo DNS

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