2018 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Women's 400 metre freestyle

The women's 400 metre freestyle competition at the 2018 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships took place on August 11 at the Tokyo Tatsumi International Swimming Center.[1] The defending champion was Katie Ledecky of the United States.[2]

Women's 400 metre freestyle
at the 2018 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships
VenueTokyo Tatsumi International Swimming Center
Dates11 August (heats &
finals)
Competitors22 from 8 nations
Winning time3:58.50
Medalists
 Katie Ledecky   United States
 Ariarne Titmus   Australia
 Leah Smith   United States
2018 Pan Pacific
Swimming Championships
Freestyle
50 mmenwomen
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
400 mmenwomen
800 mmenwomen
1500 mmenwomen
Backstroke
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
Breaststroke
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
Butterfly
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
Individual medley
200 mmenwomen
400 mmenwomen
Freestyle relay
4×100 mmenwomen
4×200 mmenwomen
Medley relay
4×100 mmenwomen
mixed
Open water
10 kmmenwomen

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Pan Pacific records were as follows:

World record  Katie Ledecky (USA) 3:56.46 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 7 August 2016
Pan Pacific Championships record  Katie Ledecky (USA) 3:58.37 Gold Coast, Australia 23 August 2014

Results

All times are in minutes and seconds.

KEY: QAQualified A Final QBQualified B Final CRChampionships record NRNational record PBPersonal best SBSeasonal best

Heats

The first round was held on 11 August from 10:00.[3]

Only two swimmers from each country may advance to the A or B final. If a country not qualify any swimmer to the A final, that same country may qualify up to three swimmers to the B final.[4]

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1Katie Ledecky United States4:02.57QA
2Leah Smith United States4:04.91QA
3Ariarne Titmus Australia4:06.47QA
4Allyson McHugh United States4:08.72QB
5Madeleine Gough Australia4:09.09QA
6Kiah Melverton Australia4:10.07QB
7Emily Overholt Canada4:10.58QA
8Waka Kobori Japan4:10.78QA
9Katie Drabot United States4:11.09QB
10Kennedy Goss Canada4:13.00QA
11Chihiro Igarashi Japan4:13.14QA
12Allison Schmitt United States4:13.52
13Mikkayla Sheridan Australia4:13.74QB
14Erica Sullivan United States4:14.68
15Zhang Ke China4:15.30QB
16Mackenzie Padington Canada4:16.27QB
17Yukimi Moriyama Japan4:18.80QB
18Nicole Oliva Philippines4:21.80QB
19Rosalee Santa Ana Philippines4:29.13
20Gianna Garcia Philippines4:50.44
21Osisang Chilton Palau5:04.43
22Mineri Gomez Guam5:14.32

B Final

The B final was held on 11 August from 18:00.[5]

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
9Kiah Melverton Australia4:08.46
10Allyson McHugh United States4:09.08
11Katie Drabot United States4:11.09
12Mikkayla Sheridan Australia4:11.94
13Zhang Ke China4:12.43
14Mackenzie Padington Canada4:13.97
15Nicole Oliva Philippines4:16.32
16Yukimi Moriyama Japan4:19.00

A Final

The A final was held on 11 August from 18:00.[6]

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
Katie Ledecky United States3:58.50
Ariarne Titmus Australia3:59.66OC
Leah Smith United States4:04.23
4Madeleine Gough Australia4:08.42
5Emily Overholt Canada4:08.81
6Waka Kobori Japan4:09.04
7Chihiro Igarashi Japan4:11.96
8Kennedy Goss Canada4:13.25

References
  1. "Schedule Pan Pacs 2018". Pan Pacs 2018. Retrieved 11 August 2018.
  2. "Results of the 400-metre freestyle finals at 2014 Pan Pacific". Australia Swimming. 11 August 2018. Retrieved 11 August 2018.
  3. "Pan Pacific Championships 2018 – Women 400m Freestyle Heats" (PDF). Seiko.co.jp. 11 August 2018. Retrieved 11 August 2018.
  4. "Pan Pacs 2018 – Information Bulletin #2" (PDF). Pan Pacs 2018. 12 April 2018. Retrieved 11 August 2018.
  5. "Pan Pacific Championships 2018 – Women 400m Freestyle B-Final" (PDF). Seiko.co.jp. 11 August 2018. Retrieved 11 August 2018.
  6. "Pan Pacific Championships 2018 – Women 400m Freestyle Final" (PDF). Seiko.co.jp. 11 August 2018. Retrieved 11 August 2018.
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