Swimming at the 2011 Pan American Games – Women's 400 metre freestyle

The women's 400 metre freestyle competition of the swimming events at the 2011 Pan American Games took place on October 17 at the Scotiabank Aquatics Center in the municipality of Zapopan, near Guadalajara, Mexico.[1] The defending Pan American Games champion was Jessica Rodriquez of the United States.

Women's 400 metre freestyle at the XVI Pan American Games
VenueScotiabank Aquatics Center
DatesOctober 17 (preliminaries and finals)
Medalists
   United States
   Venezuela
   Chile
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This race consisted of eight lengths of the pool, all lengths being in freestyle.[2]

Records

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

World record  Federica Pellegrini (ITA) 3:59.15 Rome, Italy July 26, 2009
Pan American Games record  Elizabeth Hill (USA) 4:10.48 Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic August 13, 2003

Qualification

Each National Olympic Committee (NOC) was able to enter up to two entrants providing they had met the A standard (4:19.9) in the qualifying period (January 1, 2010 to September 4, 2011). NOCs were also permitted to enter one athlete providing they had met the B standard (4:27.7) in the same qualifying period.[2]

Results

All times are in minutes and seconds.

KEY: qFastest non-qualifiers QQualified NRNational record PBPersonal best SBSeasonal best

Heats

The first round was held on October 17.

RankHeatLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
124Andreina Pinto Venezuela4:16.12QA
235Kristel Kobrich Chile4:16.23QA
314Gillian Ryan United States4:16.51QA
415Patricia Castañeda Mexico4:16.91QA
516Cecilia Biagioli Argentina4:16.96QA
613Joanna Maranhão Brazil4:18.85QA
734Ashley Steenvoorden United States4:19.16QA
825Susana Escobar Mexico4:20.16QA
932Yanel Pinto Venezuela4:22.56QB
1022Manuella Lyrio Brazil4:22.97QB
1126Bridget Coley Canada4:23.04QB
1212Samantha Arevalo Ecuador4:24.81QB
1333Alexia Benitez El Salvador4:26.05QB
1423Sherry Liu Canada4:26.80QB
1536Virginia Bardach Argentina4:30.23QB
1637Andrea Cedron Peru4:33.75QB
1727Britany van Lange Guyana4:57.58

B Final

The B final was also held on October 17.[3]

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
92Sherry Liu Canada4:18.11
104Yanel Pinto Venezuela4:20.13
116Alexia Benitez El Salvador4:23.53
123Bridget Coley Canada4:26.36
131Andrea Cedron Peru4:26.76
147Virginia Bardach Argentina4:27.31
155Manuella Lyrio Brazil4:29.35

A Final

The A final was also held on October 17.[3]

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
3Gillian Ryan United States4:11.58
4Andreina Pinto Venezuela4:11.81
5Kristel Kobrich Chile4:13.31
47Joanna Maranhão Brazil4:13.71
52Cecilia Biagioli Argentina4:15.41
66Patricia Castañeda Mexico4:17.20
78Susana Escobar Mexico4:17.55
81Ashley Steenvoorden United States4:20.51

References

  1. Guadalajara 2011 sessions Archived 2011-06-26 at the Wayback Machine
  2. Swimming technical manual Archived 2011-07-28 at the Wayback Machine
  3. "Finals – Day 3" (PDF). Best Swimming. 2011. Retrieved December 7, 2013.
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