The women's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay competition of the swimming events at the 2011 Pan American Games took place on the 18 of October at the Scotiabank Aquatics Center.Guadalajara 2011 sessions The defending Pan American Games champion is the United States.

This race consisted of sixteen lengths of the pool. Each of the four swimmers completed four lengths of the pool. The first swimmer had to touch the wall before the second could leave the starting block.

Records Prior to this competition, the existing world and Pan American Games records were as follows: World recordYang Yu (1:55.47)Zhu Qianwei (1:55.79)Liu Jing (1:56.09)Pang Jiaying (1:54.73)7:42.08Rome, ItalyJuly 30, 2009Pan American Games recordJessica Rodriguez (1:59.97)Emily Kukors (1:59.57)Ava Ohlgren (2:00.19)Katie Carroll (2:02.30)8:02.03Rio de Janeiro, BrazilJuly 18, 2007

Results All times shown are in minutes.

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

Heats The first round was held on October 18.Heats – Day 4 As only seven teams had entered, the heats served as a ranking round with all teams advancing to the final.

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 4 Kim Vandenberg (2:03.25)Elizabeth Pelton (2:00.39)Erika Erndl (2:01.68)Amanda Kendall (2:00.22) 8:05.64 Q 2 6 Martha Beltran (2:09.32)Fernanda González (2:04.38)Rita Medrano (2:05.92)Liliana Ibáñez (2:10.35) 8:29.97 Q 3 2 Yennifer Marquez (2:06.88)Elimar Barrios (2:08.03)Jeserik Pinto (2:08.31)Darneyis Orozco (2:07.36) 8:30.58 Q 4 5 Gabrielle Soucisse (2:07.81)Ashley McGregor (2:07.22)Karyn Jewell (2:09.80)Bridget Colley (2:08.26) 8:33.09 Q 5 3 Sarah Correa (2:13.24)Gabriela Rocha (2:12.33)Larissa Cieslak (2:13.46)Thamy Ventorin (2:07.92) 8:46.95 Q 6 1 Mariangela Macchiavello (2:12.97)Patricia Quevedo (2:13.80)Maria Torres (2:11.97)Andrea Cedron (2:12.78) 8:51.52 Q 7 7 Nadia Colovini (2:09.15)Georgina Bardach (2:18.00)Julia Arino Virginia Bardach 9:09.18 Q

Final The final was held on October 18.

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 4 Catherine Breed (2:00.99)Elizabeth Pelton (2:00.11)Chelsea Nauta (2:00.49)Amanda Kendall (1:59.59) 8:01.18 GR 2 Joanna Maranhão (2:01.46)Jéssica Cavalheiro (2:03.30)Manuella Lyrio (2:01.22)Tatiana Lemos (2:03.91) 8:09.89 5 Liliana Ibáñez (2:01.17)Patricia Castañeda (2:05.28)Fernanda González (2:02.70)Susana Escobar (2:03.04) 8:12.19 4 3 Yanel Pinto (2:03.75)Darneyis Orozco (2:08.45)Yennifer Marquez (2:05.33)Andreina Pinto (2:01.67) 8:19.20 5 6 Caroline Lapierre (2:08.24)Paige Schultz (2:04.46)Sherry Liu (2:03.48)Jennifer Beckberger (2:03.75) 8:19.93 6 1 Nadia Colovini (2:06.65)Virginia Bardach (2:05.58)Julia Arino (2:14.07)Georgina Bardach (2:12.66) 8:38.96 7 7 Andrea Cedron (2:07.31)Mariangela Macchiavello (2:11.99)Maria Alejandra Torres (2:10.78)Daniela Miyahara (2:12.16) 8:42.24

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