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.Guadalajara 2011 sessions 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.Swimming technical manual

Records Prior to this competition, the existing world and Pan American Games records were as follows: World record3:59.15Rome, ItalyJuly 26, 2009Pan American Games record4:10.48Santo Domingo, Dominican RepublicAugust 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 4:16.12 QA 2 3 5 Kristel Kobrich 4:16.23 QA 3 1 4 Gillian Ryan 4:16.51 QA 4 1 5 Patricia Castañeda 4:16.91 QA 5 1 6 Cecilia Biagioli 4:16.96 QA 6 1 3 Joanna Maranhão 4:18.85 QA 7 3 4 Ashley Steenvoorden 4:19.16 QA 8 2 5 Susana Escobar 4:20.16 QA 9 3 2 Yanel Pinto 4:22.56 QB 10 2 2 Manuella Lyrio 4:22.97 QB 11 2 6 Bridget Coley 4:23.04 QB 12 1 2 Samantha Arevalo 4:24.81 QB 13 3 3 Alexia Benitez 4:26.05 QB 14 2 3 Sherry Liu 4:26.80 QB 15 3 6 Virginia Bardach 4:30.23 QB 16 3 7 Andrea Cedron 4:33.75 QB 17 2 7 Britany van Lange 4:57.58

B Final The B final was also held on October 17. Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 9 2 Sherry Liu 4:18.11 10 4 Yanel Pinto 4:20.13 11 6 Alexia Benitez 4:23.53 12 3 Bridget Coley 4:26.36 13 1 Andrea Cedron 4:26.76 14 7 Virginia Bardach 4:27.31 15 5 Manuella Lyrio 4:29.35

A Final The A final was also held on October 17. Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 3 Gillian Ryan 4:11.58 4 Andreina Pinto 4:11.81 5 Kristel Kobrich 4:13.31 4 7 Joanna Maranhão 4:13.71 5 2 Cecilia Biagioli 4:15.41 6 6 Patricia Castañeda 4:17.20 7 8 Susana Escobar 4:17.55 8 1 Ashley Steenvoorden 4:20.51

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