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Swimming at the 2015 Pan American Games – Women's 400 metre freestyle

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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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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.

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
1st place, gold medalist(s) 8 Emily Overholt  Canada 4:08.42 GR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 5 Andreina Pinto  Venezuela 4:08.67
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 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