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 2011 Pan American Games
VenueScotiabank Aquatics Center
DatesOctober 17 (preliminaries and finals)
Medalists
Gold medal   United States
Silver medal   Venezuela
Bronze medal   Chile
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This race consisted of eight lengths of the pool, all lengths being in freestyle.[2]

Records

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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

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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

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All times are in minutes and seconds.

KEY: q Fastest non-qualifiers Q Qualified NR National record PB Personal best SB Seasonal best

Heats

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The first round was held on October 17.

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 2 4 Andreina Pinto   Venezuela 4:16.12 QA
2 3 5 Kristel Kobrich   Chile 4:16.23 QA
3 1 4 Gillian Ryan   United States 4:16.51 QA
4 1 5 Patricia Castañeda   Mexico 4:16.91 QA
5 1 6 Cecilia Biagioli   Argentina 4:16.96 QA
6 1 3 Joanna Maranhão   Brazil 4:18.85 QA
7 3 4 Ashley Steenvoorden   United States 4:19.16 QA
8 2 5 Susana Escobar   Mexico 4:20.16 QA
9 3 2 Yanel Pinto   Venezuela 4:22.56 QB
10 2 2 Manuella Lyrio   Brazil 4:22.97 QB
11 2 6 Bridget Coley   Canada 4:23.04 QB
12 1 2 Samantha Arevalo   Ecuador 4:24.81 QB
13 3 3 Alexia Benitez   El Salvador 4:26.05 QB
14 2 3 Sherry Liu   Canada 4:26.80 QB
15 3 6 Virginia Bardach   Argentina 4:30.23 QB
16 3 7 Andrea Cedron   Peru 4:33.75 QB
17 2 7 Britany van Lange   Guyana 4:57.58

B Final

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

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
9 2 Sherry Liu   Canada 4:18.11
10 4 Yanel Pinto   Venezuela 4:20.13
11 6 Alexia Benitez   El Salvador 4:23.53
12 3 Bridget Coley   Canada 4:26.36
13 1 Andrea Cedron   Peru 4:26.76
14 7 Virginia Bardach   Argentina 4:27.31
15 5 Manuella Lyrio   Brazil 4:29.35

A Final

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

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
  3 Gillian Ryan   United States 4:11.58
  4 Andreina Pinto   Venezuela 4:11.81
  5 Kristel Kobrich   Chile 4:13.31
4 7 Joanna Maranhão   Brazil 4:13.71
5 2 Cecilia Biagioli   Argentina 4:15.41
6 6 Patricia Castañeda   Mexico 4:17.20
7 8 Susana Escobar   Mexico 4:17.55
8 1 Ashley Steenvoorden   United States 4:20.51

References

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  1. ^ Guadalajara 2011 sessions Archived 2011-06-26 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ a b Swimming technical manual Archived 2011-07-28 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ a b "Finals – Day 3" (PDF). Best Swimming. 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 4, 2013. Retrieved December 7, 2013.