title: Swimming at the 2018 Commonwealth Games – Women's 400 metre freestyle
text: # Swimming at the 2018 Commonwealth Games – Women's 400 metre freestyle
  
  The women's 400 metre freestyle event at the 2018 Commonwealth Games took place on 10 April at the Gold Coast Aquatic Centre.
  
  ## Records
  
  Prior to this competition, the existing world, Commonwealth and Games records were as follows:
  
  | World record | Katie Ledecky (USA) | 3:56.46 | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | 7 August 2016 |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Commonwealth record | Joanne Jackson (GBR) | 4:00.60 | Rome, Italy | 26 July 2009 |
  | Games record | Lauren Boyle (NZL) | 4:04.47 | Glasgow, United Kingdom | 29 July 2014 |
  
  The following records were established during the competition:
  
  | Date | Event | Name | Nationality | Time | Record |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 10 April | Final | Ariarne Titmus | Australia | 4:00.93 | GR |
  
  ## Results
  
  ### Heats
  
  The heats were held at 10:31.
  
  | Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | 3 | 4 | Ariarne Titmus | Australia | 4:10.22 | Q |
  | 2 | 3 | 5 | Ellie Faulkner | England | 4:11.19 | Q |
  | 3 | 2 | 4 | Holly Hibbott | England | 4:11.65 | Q |
  | 4 | 3 | 6 | Mikkayla Sheridan | Australia | 4:11.69 | Q |
  | 5 | 2 | 2 | Camilla Hattersley | Scotland | 4:12.26 | Q |
  | 6 | 2 | 5 | Joanna Evans | Bahamas | 4:12.38 | Q |
  | 7 | 3 | 3 | Jessica Ashwood | Australia | 4:13.12 | Q |
  | 8 | 2 | 1 | Carina Doyle | New Zealand | 4:13.33 | Q |
  | 9 | 2 | 3 | Mary-Sophie Harvey | Canada | 4:14.26 | |
  | 10 | 3 | 2 | Hannah Miley | Scotland | 4:14.62 | |
  | 11 | 2 | 7 | Dune Coetzee | South Africa | 4:15.21 | |
  | 12 | 3 | 8 | Kate Beavon | Canada | 4:17.59 | |
  | 13 | 2 | 6 | Ellena Jones | Wales | 4:18.92 | |
  | 14 | 3 | 7 | Abbie Houston | Scotland | 4:19.52 | |
  | 15 | 3 | 1 | Kristin Bellingan | South Africa | 4:20.92 | |
  | 16 | 2 | 8 | Gemma Atherley | Jersey | 4:22.55 | |
  | 17 | 1 | 5 | Matelita Buadromo | Fiji | 4:31.60 | |
  | 18 | 1 | 4 | Makaela Holowchak | Antigua and Barbuda | 4:41.90 | |
  | 19 | 1 | 3 | Alison Jackson | Cayman Islands | 4:42.01 | |
  | 20 | 1 | 6 | Theresa Soukup | Seychelles | 4:45.35 | |
  | 21 | 1 | 2 | Aliah Maginley | Antigua and Barbuda | 5:09.66 | |
  
  ### Final
  
  The final was held at 19:37.
  
  | Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | 4 | Ariarne Titmus | Australia | 4:00.93 | GR, OC |
  | | 3 | Holly Hibbott | England | 4:05.31 | |
  | | 5 | Ellie Faulkner | England | 4:07.35 | |
  | 4 | 7 | Joanna Evans | Bahamas | 4:08.82 | |
  | 5 | 1 | Jessica Ashwood | Australia | 4:10.32 | |
  | 6 | 6 | Mikkayla Sheridan | Australia | 4:12.05 | |
  | 7 | 2 | Camilla Hattersley | Scotland | 4:12.24 | |
  | 8 | 8 | Carina Doyle | New Zealand | 4:15.89 | |
  