Women 400m Freestyle Swimming III World Championship 1978 West Berlin - Thursday, 24th August - Gold Medal: Tracey Wickam, Australia |
Final | | time | | gap | L | ag | 100m | 200m | 300m | 1. Tracey Wickham | Australia | 4:06.28 | WR | | 1 | 15 | 1:01.16 | 2:04.11 | 3:05.58 | 2. Cynthia Woodhead | United States | 4:07.15 | NR | +0.87s | 6 | 14 | 1:01.19 | 2:03.83 | 3:05.48 | 3. Kim Linehan | United States | 4:07.73 | | +1.45s | 3 | 15 | 1:00.43 | 2:03.78 | 3:06.27 | 4. Barbara Krause | East Germany | 4:12.08 | | +5.80s | 2 | 19 | 59.74s | 2:04.38 | 3:08.85 | 5. Michelle Ford | Australia | 4:13.16 | | +6.88s | 4 | 16 | 1:01.55 | 2:05.14 | 3:09.31 | 6. Annelies Maas | Netherlands | 4:14.39 | | +8.11s | 5 | 18 | 1:01.62 | 2:05.73 | 3:10.43 | 7. Irina Aksyonova | Soviet Union | 4:16.28 | | +10.00s | 7 | 15 | 1:02.40 | 2:07.71 | 3:12.85 | 8. Enith Brigitha | Netherlands | 4:18.60 | | +12.32s | 8 | 23 | 1:02.51 | 2:08.28 | 3:14.14 |
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World Record: Kim Linehan, United states 4:07.66 (1:00.22, 2:03.03, 3:05.70) | Championship Record: Shirley Babashoff, United States 4:16.87 (1:02.25, 2:07.25, 3:12.57) 1975 |
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Heats - Thursday, 24thAugust | Best 8 times advanced to Final>. |
Heat 5 | | time | | gap | L | ag | Rk | 3. Kim Linehan | United States | 4:14.12 | | +0.76s | - | 15 | 1. | 5. Barbara Krause | East Germany | 4:15.44 | | +2.08s | - | 19 | 2. | 11.Cheryl Brazendale | Great Britain | 4:23.69 | | +10.33s | - | _ | 3. |
Heat 4 | | time | | gap | L | ag | Rk | 7. Tracey Wickham | Australia | 4:18.78 | | +5.42s | - | 15 | 1. | 12.Roberta Felotti | Italy | 4:23.84 | | +10.48s | - | 13 | 2. | 17.Susanne Schuster | West Germany | 4:28.30 | | +14.94s | - | 15 | 3. |
Heat 3 | | time | | gap | L | ag | Rk | 4. Cynthia Woodhead | United States | 4:14.47 | | +1.11s | - | 14 | 1. | 6. Irina Aksyonova | Soviet Union | 4:16.36 | | +3.00s | - | 15 | 2. | 15.Charlotte Petersen | Denmark | 4:27.08 | NR | +13.72s | - | _ | 3. |
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Heat 2 | | time | | gap | L | ag | Rk | 2. Annelies Maas | Netherlands | 4:14.11 | | +0.75s | - | 18 | 1. | 10.Susan Mason | Canada | 4:23.54 | | +10.18s | - | _ | 2. | 21.Andrea Neumayer | Argentina | 4:32.53 | | +19.17s | - | _ | 3. |
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Heat 1 | | time | | gap | L | ag | Rk | 1. Michelle Ford | Australia | 4:13.36 | CR | | - | 16 | 1. | 8. Enith Brigitha | Netherlands | 4:20.30 | | +6.94s | - | 23 | 2. | 9. Barb Shockey | Canada | 4:23.37 | | +10.01s | - | _ | 3. | 13.Andrea Strechota | Austria | 4:25.58 | NR | +12.22s | - | _ | 4. |
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Heat - | | time | | gap | L | ag | Rk | 14.Susanne Ackum | Sweden | 4:26.33 | | +12.97s | - | 17 | | 16.Galina Emellanenko | Soviet Union | 4:27.38 | | +14.02s | - | _ | | 18.Margareta Maunsbach | Denmark | 4:30.62 | | +17.26s | - | _ | | 19.Karln Averdunk | West Germany | 4:31.01 | | +17.65s | - | _ | | 20.Sonya Dangalakova | Bulgaria | 4:32.31 | | +18.95s | - | 15 | | 22.Marta Slonina | Poland | 4:34.38 | NR | +21.02s | - | _ | | 23.Pascale Verbauwen | Belgium | 4:35.24 | | +21.88s | - | 15 | | 24.Ratchaneewan Bulakul | Thailand | 4:36.09 | | +22.73s | - | 15 | | 25.Maria Raikkala | Finland | 4:36.36 | | +23.00s | - | _ | | 26.Adriana Fontan | Colombia | 4:37.46 | | +24.10s | - | _ | | 27.Wen-Ying Kiang | Taiwan | 4:37.99 | | +24.63s | - | _ | | 28.Wen-Hsuen Kiang | Taiwan | 4:38.19 | | +24.83s | - | _ | | 29.Renata Janik | Poland | 4:38.87 | | +25.51s | - | _ | | 30.Veronica Espinosa | Mexico | 4:44.06 | | +30.70s | - | _ | | 31.Sumatana Pingkatswan | Thailand | 5:03.02 | | +49.66s | - | _ | | -. Petra Thumer | East Germany | DNS | | - | - | 17 | | -. Guri Kogstad | Norway | DNS | | - | - | 17 | | -. Myriam Mizouni | Tunisia | DNS | | - | - | 19 | | -. Natalia MAS | Spain | DNS | | - | - | 15 | | -. Rebecca Perrott | New Zealand | DNS | | - | - | 17 | |
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