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

Women's 400 metre freestyle
at the XVI Pan American Games
VenueScotiabank Aquatics Center
DatesOctober 17 (preliminaries and finals)
Medalists
 Gillian Ryan  United States
 Andreina Pinto  Venezuela
 Kristel Kobrich  Chile
«20072015»
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.[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 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.[3]

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1st 3 Gillian Ryan  United States 4:11.58
2nd 4 Andreina Pinto  Venezuela 4:11.81
3rd 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

  1. ↑ Guadalajara 2011 sessions
  2. 1 2 Swimming technical manual
  3. 1 2 "Finals – Day 3" (PDF). Best Swimming. 2011. Retrieved December 7, 2013.
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