| | Final 19:37 |  | time | gap |  | L | Butter | Back | Breast |  | 1. Aimee Willmott |  England | 4:34.90 |  | Heat F W M 400 | 1. | 2:14.32 2. | 3:31.81 1. |  | 2. Hannah Miley |  Scotland | 4:35.16 | +0.26s | Heat F W M 400 | 2. | 2:14.89 3. | 3:31.99 2. |  | 3. Blair Evans |  Australia | 4:38.23 | +3.33s | Heat F W M 400 | 3. | 2:16.12 5. | 3:35.55 5. |  | 4. Erika Seltenreich-Hodgson |  Canada | 4:38.51 | +3.61s | Heat F W M 400 | 4. | 2:15.89 4. | 3:34.70 4. |  | 5. Sarah Darcel |  Canada | 4:39.43 | +4.53s | Heat F W M 400 | 5. | 2:14.23 1. | 3:33.44 3. |  | 6. Abbie Wood |  England | 4:40.55 | +5.65s | Heat F W M 400 | 6. | 2:17.91 8. | 3:36.14 7. |  | 7. Meg Bailey |  Australia | 4:41.46 | +6.56s | Heat F W M 400 | 7. | 2:16.74 6. | 3:36.02 6. |  | 8. Mary-Sophie Harvey |  Canada | 4:43.51 | +8.61s | Heat F W M 400 | 8. | 2:17.01 7. | 3:38.08 6. | 
 | 12 Competitors from 6 Nations. Gold Coast Aquatics Centre. |  | World record | Katinka HosszĂș, Hungary 4:26.36 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 6 August 2016 |  | Commonwealth record | Stephanie Rice, Australia 4:29.45 Beijing, China 10 August 4008 |  | Games Record: Hannah Miley, Scotland 4:31.76 Glasgow, United Kingdom 24 July 2014 | 
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 | Heats - Thursday, 5th April 10:31 |  | Best 8 times advanced to Final. | 
 | Heat 1 10:31 |  | time | gap |  | L | Rk | Butter | Back | Breast |  | 3. Meg Bailey |  Australia | 4:41.51s | +3.31s | Q | 2 | 3. | 1:03.43 | 2:15.97 |  |  | 4. Blair Evans |  Australia | 4:41.54s | +3.34s | Q | 3 | 4. | 1:03.81 | 2:16.45 |  |  | 6. Erika Seltenreich-Hodgson |  Canada | 4:41.81s | +3.61s | Q | 6 | 6. | 1:03.90 | 2:14.55 |  |  | 7. Mary-Sophie Harvey |  Canada | 4:43.40s | +5.20s | Q | 4 | 7. | 1:04.26 | 2:16.12 |  |  | 8. Abbie Wood |  England | 4:44.39s | +6.19s | Q | 5 | 8. | 1:02.89 | 2:16.43 |  |  | 12.Alania Suttie |  Samoa | 5:23.97s | +1:14.77 |  | 7 | 12. | 1:08.33 | 2:32.10 |  | 
 | Heat 2 10:38 |  | time | gap |  | L | Rk | Butter | Back | Breast |  | 1. Hannah Miley |  Scotland | 4:38.20s |  | Q | 4 | 1. | 1:03.45 | 2:15.90 | 3:33.30 |  | 2. Aimee Willmott |  England | 4:39.19s | +0.99s | Q | 5 | 2. | 1:03.25 | 2:15.47 | 3:33.74 |  | 5. Sarah Darcel |  Canada | 4:41.55s | +3.35s | Q | 2 | 5. | 1:03.03 | 2:14.76 | 3:35.23 |  | 9. Kaylee McKeown |  Australia | 4:46.13s | +7.93s |  | 6 | 9. | 1:05.85 | 2:18.13 | 3:39.34 |  | 10.Rosie Rudin |  England | 4:47.50s | +9.30s |  | 3 | 10. | 1:05.32 | 2:15.91 | 3:40.71 |  | 11.Marlies Ross |  South Africa | 4:55.30s | +17.30s |  | 7 | 11. | 1:05.82 | 2:19.96 | 3:43.96 | 
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