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. The defending Pan American Games champion was Gillian Ryan of the United States.

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.

Records Prior to this competition, the existing world and Pan American Games records were as follows: World record3:58.37Gold Coast, AustraliaAugust 23, 2014Pan American Games record4:10.48Santo Domingo, Dominican RepublicAugust 13, 2003 The following new records were set during this competition. Date Event Name Nationality Time Record 17 July A Final Emily Overholt 4:08.42 GR

Qualification

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. All other competing athletes were entered as universality spots.

Schedule

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 KEY:qFastest non-qualifiersQQualifiedGRGames recordNRNational recordPBPersonal bestSBSeasonal best

Heats The first round was held on July 17.Women's 400m Freestyle Preliminaries

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 3 5 Kiera Janzen 4:11.82 QA 2 3 4 Andreina Pinto 4:12.43 QA 3 3 3 Manuella Lyrio 4:15.38 QA 4 1 5 Joanna Evans 4:15.51 QA 5 2 4 Gillian Ryan 4:15.95 QA 6 3 2 María Álvarez 4:16.90 QA 7 2 3 Carolina Bilich 4:16.92 QA 8 1 4 Emily Overholt 4:18.21 QA 9 1 3 Natalia Jaspeado 4:18.30 QB 10 2 5 Tabitha Baumann 4:18.70 QB 11 3 6 Allyson Macias 4:20.45 QB 12 2 2 Elisbet Gamez 4:21.10 QB 13 2 6 Andrea Cedrón 4:21.31 QB 14 1 6 Gabriela Santis 4:24.73 QB 15 3 7 Daniella van den Berg 4:28.01 QB 16 2 7 Rebeca Quinteros 4:29.19 QB 17 1 2 Lani Cabrera 4:29.46

B Final The B final was also held on July 17.Women's 400m Freestyle - B Final Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 9 5 Tabitha Baumann 4:16.03 10 7 Gabriela Santis 4:16.79 11 4 Natalia Jaspeado 4:17.25 12 3 Allyson Macias 4:17.49 13 6 Elisbet Gamez 4:18.23 14 2 Andrea Cedrón 4:23.93 15 8 Rebeca Quinteros 4:27.89 16 1 Daniella van den Berg 4:30.14

A Final The A final was also held on July 17.Women's 400m Freestyle - A Final Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 8 Emily Overholt 4:08.42 GR 5 Andreina Pinto 4:08.67 2 Gillian Ryan 4:09.46 4 3 Manuella Lyrio 4:10.92 NR 5 4 Kiera Janzen 4:11.32 6 6 Joanna Evans 4:14.51 7 1 Carolina Bilich 4:17.40 8 7 María Álvarez 4:17.80

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