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 2015 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
Gold medal   Canada
Silver medal   Venezuela
Bronze medal   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

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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

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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

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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

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

Heats

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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

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

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
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

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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

References

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  1. ^ "Toronto 2015 Pan Am Games Ticket Program Guide" (PDF). toronto2015.org. TO2015. 20 April 2015. Retrieved 26 April 2015.
  2. ^ a b c "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