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

The women's 400 metre individual medley competition of the swimming events at the 2011 Pan American Games took place on the 15 of October at the Scotiabank Aquatics Center.[1] The defending Pan American Games champion is Kathleen Hersey of the United States.

Women's 400 metre individual medley at the 2011 Pan American Games
VenueScotiabank Aquatics Center
DatesOctober 15 (preliminaries and finals)
Competitors25 from 16 nations
Winning score4:46.15
Medalists
Gold medal   United States
Silver medal   Brazil
Bronze medal   United States
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This race consisted of eight lengths of the pool. The first two lengths were swum using the butterfly stroke, the second pair with the backstroke, the third pair of lengths in breaststroke, and the final two were freestyle.[2]

Records

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

World record   Stephanie Rice (AUS) 4:29.45 Beijing, China August 10, 2008
Pan American Games record   Joanne Malar (CAN) 4:38.46 Winnipeg, Canada August 2, 1999

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 (5:19.0) 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 (5:28.6) in the same qualifying period.[2]

Results

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All times shown are in minutes.

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 15.[3]

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 4 4 Julia Smit   United States 4:51.78 QA
2 3 4 Allysa Vavra   United States 4:53.76 QA
3 2 4 Joanna Maranhão   Brazil 4:54.51 QA
4 3 5 Georgina Bardach   Argentina 4:57.58 QA
5 4 5 Karyn Jewell   Canada 4:57.81 QA
6 4 3 Susana Escobar   Mexico 4:58.57 QA
7 2 5 Hanna Pierse   Canada 4:59.76 QA
8 3 3 Samantha Arevalo   Ecuador 5:02.29 QA
9 3 6 Julia Arino   Argentina 5:06.78 QB
10 3 2 Eliana Barrios   Venezuela 5:07.70 QB
11 2 3 Montserrat Ortuño   Mexico 5:08.47 QB
12 4 6 Larissa Cieslak   Brazil 5:09.86 QB
13 4 7 Patricia Quevedo   Peru 5:13.30 QB
14 4 2 Barbara Caraballo   Puerto Rico 5:17.07 QB
15 2 2 Zara Bailey   Jamaica 5:19.46 QB
16 2 1 Lani Cabrera   Barbados 5:19.66 QB
17 1 5 Daniela Reyes   Chile 5:20.05
18 1 3 Laura Rodriguez   Dominican Republic 5:22.28
19 4 8 Daniella van den Berg   Aruba 5:24.75
20 3 7 Ana Castellanos   Honduras 5:26.80
21 2 7 Maria Alejandra Torres   Peru 5:27.30
22 4 1 Karen Vilorio   Honduras 5:30.42
23 3 1 Lara Maria Butler   Cayman Islands 5:35.96
24 1 4 Amara Gibbs   Barbados 5:38.27
2 6 Daniela Victoria   Venezuela DNS

B Final

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The B final was also held on October 15.[4]

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
9 4 Julia Arino   Argentina 5:01.20
10 3 Montserrat Ortuño   Mexico 5:04.07
11 5 Eliana Barrios   Venezuela 5:04.10
12 6 Larissa Cieslak   Brazil 5:12.83
13 7 Barbara Caraballo   Puerto Rico 5:17.61
14 1 Zara Bailey   Jamaica 5:17.72
15 2 Patricia Quevedo   Peru 5:20.50
16 8 Lani Cabrera   Barbados 5:22.06

A Final

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The A final was held on October 15.[4][5]

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
  4 Julia Smit   United States 4:46.15
  3 Joanna Maranhão   Brazil 4:46.33
  5 Allysa Vavra   United States 4:48.05
4 1 Hanna Pierse   Canada 4:52.95
5 6 Georgina Bardach   Argentina 4:53.81
6 7 Susana Escobar   Mexico 4:54.49
7 2 Karyn Jewell   Canada 4:57.65
8 8 Samantha Arevalo   Ecuador 4:58.27

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. ^ Women's 400m Individual Medley Preliminaries[dead link]
  4. ^ a b "Finals – Day 1" (PDF). Best Swimming. 2011. Retrieved December 7, 2013.
  5. ^ Women's 400m Individual Medley Final A[dead link]