The heats and finals for the women's 400 m individual medley race at the
2009 World Championships took place in the morning and evening of 2 August at the
Foro Italico
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Rome, Italy
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, established_date = 753 BC
, founder = King Romulus (Romulus and Remus, legendary)
, image_map = Map of comune of Rome (metropolitan city of Capital Rome, region Lazio, Italy).svg
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. The order of swimming in the medley is:
butterfly
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backstroke
Backstroke or back crawl is one of the four Swimming (sport), swimming styles used in competitive events regulated by FINA, and the only one of these styles swum on the back. This swimming style has the advantage of easy breathing, but the disa ...
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breaststroke
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freestyle.
Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world and competition records were as follows:
The following records were established during the competition:
Results
Heats
Finals
External links
Heats ResultsFinals Results
{{DEFAULTSORT:Swimming at the 2009 World Aquatics Championships - Women's 400 metre individual medley
Medley Women's 400 m
2009 in women's swimming