The Women's 400 metre freestyle event at the 2002 Commonwealth Games was held on 3 August at the Manchester Aquatics Centre.
Records Prior to this competition, the existing records were as follows;
Results Heats The 8 fastest swimmers in the heats qualified for the semifinals. Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 1 4 Rebecca Cooke 4:13.19 Q 2 1 5 Jessica Deglau 4:14.24 Q 3 2 4 Elka Graham 4:15.14 Q 4 2 5 Amanda Pascoe 4:15.30 Q 5 2 3 Janelle Atkinson 4:16.91 Q 6 1 3 Karen Nisbet 4:19.22 Q 7 2 6 Caroline Saxby 4:19.56 Q 8 1 6 Sophie Simard 4:21.82 Q 9 2 2 Danielle Bell 4:22.06 10 1 2 Bethan Francis Coole 4:25.39 11 2 7 Dawn Jason 4:30.33 12 1 7 Holly James 4:32.65 13 2 1 Christel Bouvron 4:38.12 14 2 8 Roberta Callus 4:40.09
Final The final was held on 3 August at 20:10. Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 4 Rebecca Cooke 4:09.49 3 Elka Graham 4:11.47 2 Janelle Atkinson 4:13.24 4 5 Jessica Deglau 4:14.00 5 6 Amanda Pascoe 4:14.74 6 7 Karen Nisbet 4:16.76 7 1 Caroline Saxby 4:18.90 8 8 Sophie Simard 4:19.55
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