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

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.

Women's 400 metre freestyle at the XVII Pan American Games
VenueCIBC Pan Am/Parapan Am Aquatics Centre and Field House
DatesJuly 17 (preliminaries and finals)
Competitors17 from 12 nations
Winning time4:08.42
Medalists
   Canada
   Venezuela
   United States
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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.

DateEventNameNationalityTimeRecord
17 JulyA FinalEmily Overholt Canada4:08.42GR

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, 201510:29Heats
July 17, 201519:43Final B
July 17, 201519:52Final A

Results

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

Heats

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

RankHeatLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
135Kiera Janzen United States4:11.82QA
234Andreina Pinto Venezuela4:12.43QA
333Manuella Lyrio Brazil4:15.38QA
415Joanna Evans Bahamas4:15.51QA
524Gillian Ryan United States4:15.95QA
632Maria Álvarez Colombia4:16.90QA
723Carolina Bilich Brazil4:16.92QA
814Emily Overholt Canada4:18.21QA
913Natalia Jaspeado Mexico4:18.30QB
1025Tabitha Baumann Canada4:18.70QB
1136Allyson Macias Mexico4:20.45QB
1222Elisbet Gamez Cuba4:21.10QB
1326Andrea Cedrón Peru4:21.31QB
1416Gabriela Santis Guatemala4:24.73QB
1537Daniella van den Berg Aruba4:28.01QB
1627Rebeca Quinteros El Salvador4:29.19QB
1712Lani Cabrera Bahamas4:29.46

B Final

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

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
95Tabitha Baumann Canada4:16.03
107Gabriela Santis Guatemala4:16.79
114Natalia Jaspeado Mexico4:17.25
123Allyson Macias Mexico4:17.49
136Elisbet Gamez Cuba4:18.23
142Andrea Cedrón Peru4:23.93
158Rebeca Quinteros El Salvador4:27.89
161Daniella van den Berg Aruba4:30.14

A Final

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

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
8Emily Overholt Canada4:08.42GR
5Andreina Pinto Venezuela4:08.67
2Gillian Ryan United States4:09.46
43Manuella Lyrio Brazil4:10.92NR
54Kiera Janzen United States4:11.32
66Joanna Evans Bahamas4:14.51
71Carolina Bilich Brazil4:17.40
87Maria Álvarez Colombia4:17.80

References

  1. "Toronto 2015 Pan Am Games Ticket Program Guide" (PDF). toronto2015.org. TO2015. 20 April 2015. Retrieved 26 April 2015.
  2. "Swimming Technical Manual" (PDF). TO2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 June 2015. Retrieved 31 May 2015.
  3. Women's 400m Freestyle Preliminaries
  4. Women's 400m Freestyle - B Final
  5. Women's 400m Freestyle - A Final
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