Swimming at the 2015 Pan American Games – Women's 400 metre freestyle

Women's 400 metre freestyle at the 2015 Pan American Games
Women's 400 metre freestyle at the 2015 Pan American Games
Venue	CIBC Pan Am/Parapan Am Aquatics Centre and Field House
Dates	July 17 (preliminaries and finals)
Competitors	17 from 12 nations
Winning time	4:08.42
Medalists
	«2011 2019»

The women's 400 metre freestyle competition of the swimming events at the 2015 Pan American Games took place on July 17 at the CIBC Pan Am/Parapan Am Aquatics Centre and Field House in Toronto, Canada.^[1] The defending Pan American Games champion was Gillian Ryan of the United States.

This race consisted of eight lengths of the pool in freestyle. The top eight swimmers from the heats would qualify for the A final (where the medals would be awarded), while the next best eight swimmers would qualify for the B final.^[2]

Records

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

World record	Katie Ledecky (USA)	3:58.37	Gold Coast, Australia	August 23, 2014
Pan American Games record	Elizabeth Hill (USA)	4:10.48	Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic	August 13, 2003

The following new records were set during this competition.

Date	Event	Name	Nationality	Time	Record
17 July	A Final	Emily Overholt	Canada	4:08.42	GR

Qualification

Each National Olympic Committee (NOC) was able to enter up to two entrants providing they had met the A standard (4:17.99) in the qualifying period (January 1, 2014 to May 1, 2015). NOCs were also permitted to enter one athlete providing they had met the B standard (4:33.47) in the same qualifying period.^[2] All other competing athletes were entered as universality spots.^[2]

Schedule

All times are Eastern Time Zone (UTC-4).

Date	Time	Round
July 17, 2015	10:29	Heats
July 17, 2015	19:43	Final B
July 17, 2015	19:52	Final A

Results

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

Heats

The first round was held on July 17.^[3]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	3	5	Kiera Janzen	United States	4:11.82	QA
2	3	4	Andreina Pinto	Venezuela	4:12.43	QA
3	3	3	Manuella Lyrio	Brazil	4:15.38	QA
4	1	5	Joanna Evans	Bahamas	4:15.51	QA
5	2	4	Gillian Ryan	United States	4:15.95	QA
6	3	2	María Álvarez	Colombia	4:16.90	QA
7	2	3	Carolina Bilich	Brazil	4:16.92	QA
8	1	4	Emily Overholt	Canada	4:18.21	QA
9	1	3	Natalia Jaspeado	Mexico	4:18.30	QB
10	2	5	Tabitha Baumann	Canada	4:18.70	QB
11	3	6	Allyson Macias	Mexico	4:20.45	QB
12	2	2	Elisbet Gamez	Cuba	4:21.10	QB
13	2	6	Andrea Cedrón	Peru	4:21.31	QB
14	1	6	Gabriela Santis	Guatemala	4:24.73	QB
15	3	7	Daniella van den Berg	Aruba	4:28.01	QB
16	2	7	Rebeca Quinteros	El Salvador	4:29.19	QB
17	1	2	Lani Cabrera	Bahamas	4:29.46

B Final

The B final was also held on July 17.^[4]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time
9	5	Tabitha Baumann	Canada	4:16.03
10	7	Gabriela Santis	Guatemala	4:16.79
11	4	Natalia Jaspeado	Mexico	4:17.25
12	3	Allyson Macias	Mexico	4:17.49
13	6	Elisbet Gamez	Cuba	4:18.23
14	2	Andrea Cedrón	Peru	4:23.93
15	8	Rebeca Quinteros	El Salvador	4:27.89
16	1	Daniella van den Berg	Aruba	4:30.14

A Final

The A final was also held on July 17.^[5]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	8	Emily Overholt	Canada	4:08.42	GR
	5	Andreina Pinto	Venezuela	4:08.67
	2	Gillian Ryan	United States	4:09.46
4	3	Manuella Lyrio	Brazil	4:10.92	NR
5	4	Kiera Janzen	United States	4:11.32
6	6	Joanna Evans	Bahamas	4:14.51
7	1	Carolina Bilich	Brazil	4:17.40
8	7	María Álvarez	Colombia	4:17.80