Swimming at the 2007 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 400 metre individual medley
Introduction The '''Women's 400m Individual Medley''' (IM) at the 2007 World Aquatics Championships took place on 1 April (prelims & finals) at the Rod Laver Arena in Melbourne, Australia. As the event was over 200 meters in length, no semifinals were held in it and the top 8 swimmers from the preliminary heats advance directly to the single final heat. 40 swimmers were entered in the event, of which 48 swam.Existing '''records''' at the start of the event were:*World Record (WR):  4:33.59, Yana Klochkova (Ukraine), 16 September 2000 in Sydney, Australia*Championship Record (CR): 4:36.07, Katie Hoff (USA), Montreal 2005 (31 July 2005)
Results ===Finals=== Place  Name  Nationality  Time  Note 1st  Katie Hoff    4:32.89   Splits: 29.83/1:03.91 1:39.49/2:14.10  2:51.50/3:29.68 4:01.64/4:32.89 2nd  Yana Martynova    4:40.14  3rd  Stephanie Rice    4:41.19  4th  Jennifer Reilly    4:41.53  5th  Ariana Kukors    4:41.87  6th  Yu Rui    4:44.49  7th  Georgina Bardach    4:45.61  8th  Julie Hjorth-Hansen    4:46.97 ===Preliminaries=== Rank  Swimmer  Nation  Time  Note 1  Katie Hoff    4:38.21  '''Q''' 2  Jennifer Reilly    4:40.12  '''Q''' 3  Yana Martynova    4:42.65  '''Q''' 4  Ariana Kukors    4:42.80  '''Q''' 5  Julie Hjorth-Hansen    4:43.19  '''Q''' 6  Stephanie Rice    4:43.85  '''Q''' 7  Georgina Bardach    4:43.88  '''Q''' 8  Yu Rui    4:44.34  '''Q''' 9  Helen Norfolk    4:44.79   10  Nicole Hetzer    4:45.27   11  Katinka Hosszú    4:46.19   12  Mireia Belmonte García    4:46.68  13  Anja Klinar    4:49.64  14  QI Hui    4:49.97  15  Camille Muffat    4:50.22  16  Hye Ra Choi    4:52.75  17  Sara Thydén    4:53.69  18  Maroua Mathlouthi    4:54.31  19  Sophie de Ronchi    4:54.60  20  Louise Mai Jansen    4:55.51  21  Ji Yeon Jung    4:57.35  22  Nimitta Thaveesupsoonthorn    4:58.08  23  Carmen Nam    4:59.67  24  Melanie Nocher    4:59.82  25  Ting Wen Quah    5:01.59  26  Man Hsu Lin    5:02.90  27  Yih Shiuan Chan    5:12.96  28  Ranohon Amanova    5:17.97  29  Maftunabonu Tuhtasinova    5:18.78  30  Jonay Briedenhann    5:21.89  31  Marike Meyer    5:24.37  32  Madhavi Giri Govind    5:28.93  33  Layla Alghul    5:38.65  34  Herinantenaina Ravoajanahary    5:42.24  35  Hiba Bashouti    5:47.28  36  Tojohanitra    Andriamanjatoprimamama    5:48.31  37  Sakina Ghulam    6:05.32  --  Anna Khlistunova    DNS  --  Alessia Filippi    DNS  --  Kirsty Coventry    DQ
See also * Swimming at the 2005 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 400 metre individual medley* Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's 400 metre individual medley* Swimming at the 2009 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 400 metre individual medley
References * Women's 400m IM '''Preliminary''' results from the 2007 World Championships. Published by OmegaTiming.com (official timer of the '07 Worlds); Retrieved 2009-07-11. * Women's 400m Medley '''Final''' results from the 2007 World Championships. Published by OmegaTiming.com (official timer of the '07 Worlds); Retrieved 2009-07-11.