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

Women's 400 metre freestyle at the XVI Pan American Games
Venue	Scotiabank Aquatics Center
Dates	October 17 (preliminaries and finals)
Medalists
	«2007 2015»

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.

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

Heats

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

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

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time
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

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

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time
	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

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

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[div-1] Guadalajara 2011 sessions Archived 2011-06-26 at the Wayback Machine

[manual-2] Swimming technical manual Archived 2011-07-28 at the Wayback Machine

[final-3] "Finals – Day 3" (PDF). Best Swimming. 2011. Retrieved December 7, 2013.

Swimming at the 2011 Pan American Games

Freestyle
50 m	men	women
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
800 m		women
1500 m	men
Backstroke
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
Breaststroke
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
Butterfly
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
Individual medley
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
Freestyle relay
4×100 m	men	women
4×200 m	men	women
Medley relay
4×100 m	men	women
Marathon
10 km	men	women