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
Gillian Ryan   United States   Andreina Pinto   Venezuela   Kristel Kobrich   Chile
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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

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. 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.

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.

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.

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

The A final was also held on October 17.

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