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Women's 400 metre freestyle

at the Games of the VIII Olympiad

Date

July 13–15

Competitors

18 from 8 nations

Medalists

		Martha Norelius	United States
		Helen Wainwright	United States
		Gertrude Ederle	United States

1928 →

Swimming at the 1924 Summer Olympics

Freestyle
100 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
1500 m	men
Backstroke
100 m	men	women
Breaststroke
200 m	men	women
Freestyle relay
4 × 100 m		women
4 × 200 m	men
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The women's 400 metre freestyle was a swimming event held as part of the swimming at the 1924 Summer Olympics programme.^[1] It was the first appearance of the event, in 1920 a 300 metre race was contested. The competition was held from Sunday July 13, 1924, to Tuesday July 15, 1924.

Records

These were the standing world and Olympic records (in minutes) prior to the 1924 Summer Olympics.

World Record	5:53.2	Gertrude Ederle	Indianapolis (USA)	August 4, 1922
Olympic Record	-	none	-	-

In the first heat Gertrude Ederle set the first Olympic record for this event with 6:12.2 minutes. In the final Martha Norelius won with the new Olympic record of 6:02.2 minutes.

Results

Heats

Sunday July 13, 1924: The fastest two in each heat and the fastest third-placed from across the heats advanced.

Heat 1

Place	Swimmer	Time	Qual.
1	Gertrude Ederle (USA)	6:12.2	QQ OR
2	Doris Molesworth (GBR)	6:28.6	QQ
3	Hedevig Rasmussen (DEN)	6:58.2	qq
4	Gurli Ewerlund (SWE)	7:05.4
5	Ernestine Lebrun (FRA)	7:06.4

Heat 2

Place	Swimmer	Time	Qual.
1	Martha Norelius (USA)	6:23.2	QQ
2	Constance Jeans (GBR)	6:34.6	QQ
3	Truus Klapwijk (NED)	7:15.0
4	Gilberte Mortier (FRA)	7:35.0

Heat 3

Place	Swimmer	Time	Qual.
1	Helen Wainwright (USA)	6:46.8	QQ
2	Mariette Protin (FRA)	6:58.2	QQ
3	Vibeke Møller (DEN)	7:02.2
4	Jane Gylling (SWE)	7:55.0
5	Eva Chaloupková (TCH)	8:14.0

Heat 4

Place	Swimmer	Time	Qual.
1	Gwitha Shand (NZL)	6:23.6	QQ
2	Iris Tanner (GBR)	6:35.4	QQ
3	Hjördis Töpel (SWE)	6:59.8
4	Maria Vierdag (NED)	7:02.4

Semifinals

Monday July 14, 1924: The fastest two in each semi-final and the faster of the two third-placed swimmer advanced to the final.

Semifinal 1

Place	Swimmer	Time	Qual.
1	Helen Wainwright (USA)	6:19.6	QF
2	Doris Molesworth (GBR)	6:19.8	QF
3	Gwitha Shand (NZL)	6:24.4	qf
4	Constance Jeans (GBR)	6:37.8
5	Mariette Protin (FRA)	6:56.6

Semifinal 2

Place	Swimmer	Time	Qual.
1	Gertrude Ederle (USA)	6:23.8	QF
2	Martha Norelius (USA)	6:26.6	QF
3	Iris Tanner (GBR)	6:34.0
4	Hedevig Rasmussen (DEN)	6:55.2

Final

Tuesday July 15, 1924:

Place	Swimmer	Time
1	Martha Norelius (USA)	6:02.2 OR
2	Helen Wainwright (USA)	6:03.8
3	Gertrude Ederle (USA)	6:04.8
4	Doris Molesworth (GBR)	6:25.4
—	Gwitha Shand (NZL)	DNF

References

^ "Swimming at the 1924 Paris Summer Games: Women's 400 metres Freestyle". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 3 September 2016.

External links

Olympic Report
Wudarski, Pawel (1999). "Wyniki Igrzysk Olimpijskich" (in Polish). Retrieved 28 September 2008.

Olympic champions in women's 400 m freestyle

300 m

1920: Ethelda Bleibtrey (USA)

400 m

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