title: Swimming at the 2018 European Aquatics Championships – Women's 400 metre individual medley
text: # Swimming at the 2018 European Aquatics Championships – Women's 400 metre individual medley
  
  The Women's 400 metre individual medley competition of the 2018 European Aquatics Championships was held on 3 August 2018.
  
  ## Records
  
  Before the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.
  
  | | Name | Nation | Time | Location | Date |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | World record European record | Katinka Hosszú | Hungary | 4:26.36 | Rio de Janeiro | 6 August 2016 |
  | Championship record | Katinka Hosszú | Hungary | 4:30.90 | London | 16 May 2016 |
  
  ## Results
  
  ### Heats
  
  The heats were started at 09:30.
  
  | Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | 3 | 3 | Fantine Lesaffre | France | 4:36.17 | Q |
  | 2 | 2 | 4 | Aimee Willmott | Great Britain | 4:38.28 | Q |
  | 3 | 3 | 4 | Ilaria Cusinato | Italy | 4:39.02 | Q |
  | 4 | 2 | 6 | Zsuzsanna Jakabos | Hungary | 4:39.26 | Q |
  | 5 | 3 | 5 | Hannah Miley | Great Britain | 4:39.52 | Q |
  | 6 | 2 | 5 | Catalina Corró | Spain | 4:40.69 | Q |
  | 7 | 2 | 2 | Anja Crevar | Serbia | 4:40.99 | Q |
  | 8 | 2 | 3 | Carlotta Toni | Italy | 4:42.06 | Q |
  | 9 | 3 | 7 | Alessia Polieri | Italy | 4:42.07 | |
  | 10 | 3 | 2 | Abbie Wood | Great Britain | 4:43.80 | |
  | 11 | 3 | 1 | Victoria Kaminskaya | Portugal | 4:44.22 | |
  | 12 | 2 | 1 | Barbora Závadová | Czech Republic | 4:46.87 | |
  | 13 | 3 | 6 | Viktoriya Zeynep Güneş | Turkey | 4:47.63 | |
  | 14 | 2 | 7 | Cyrielle Duhamel | France | 4:48.32 | |
  | 15 | 2 | 8 | Paulina Żukowska | Poland | 4:49.76 | |
  | 16 | 3 | 8 | Aleksandra Knop | Poland | 4:51.65 | |
  | 17 | 1 | 4 | Vilma Ruotsalainen | Finland | 4:56.41 | |
  | 18 | 1 | 3 | Shahar Menahem | Israel | 4:58.42 | |
  | 19 | 3 | 0 | Irina Krivonogova | Russia | 4:58.73 | |
  | 20 | 1 | 5 | Nikoleta Trníková | Slovakia | 5:02.59 | |
  | 21 | 2 | 0 | Lea Polonsky | Israel | 5:05.48 | |
  
  ### Final
  
  The final was held at 17:00.
  
  | Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | 4 | Fantine Lesaffre | France | 4:34.17 |
  | | 3 | Ilaria Cusinato | Italy | 4:35.05 |
  | | 2 | Hannah Miley | Great Britain | 4:35.34 |
  | 4 | 5 | Aimee Willmott | Great Britain | 4:35.77 |
  | 5 | 6 | Zsuzsanna Jakabos | Hungary | 4:38.48 |
  | 6 | 7 | Catalina Corró | Spain | 4:38.83 |
  | 7 | 8 | Carlotta Toni | Italy | 4:40.18 |
  | 8 | 1 | Anja Crevar | Serbia | 4:41.40 |
  