Swimming at the 2005 Maccabiah Games – Women's 400 metre freestyle

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The women's 400 metre freestyle event at the 2005 Maccabiah Games took place on 13 July at the Wingate Institute. This swimming event used freestyle swimming, which means that the method of the stroke is not regulated (unlike backstroke, breaststroke, and butterfly events). Nearly all swimmers use the front crawl or a variant of that stroke. Because an Olympic size swimming pool is 50 metres long, this race consisted of eight lengths of the pool.

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No heats were held, with all swimmers making the finals.

Medalists

GamesGoldSilverBronze
400 m freestyle Flag of Israel.svg Maya Finkler
Israel (ISR)
Flag of the United States.svg Danielle Arad
United States (USA)
Flag of the United States.svg Rebecca Smock
United States (USA)

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing Maccabiah record was as follows.

National record-----
Maccabiah recordFlag of the United States.svg  Lisa Martin  (USA)4:19.45-- [1]

Final

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg ? Maya Finkler Flag of Israel.svg  Israel 4:32.96
Silver medal icon.svg ? Danielle Arad Flag of the United States.svg  United States 4:33.73
Bronze medal icon.svg ? Rebecca Smock Flag of the United States.svg  United States 4:34.82
4 ? Marva Harpak Flag of Israel.svg  Israel 4:41.42
5 ? Andrea Lippin Flag of the United States.svg  United States 4:49.42
6 ? Shir Mesice Flag of Israel.svg  Israel 4:50.10
7 ? Cherie Silver Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 4:65.55

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References

  1. "Maccabiah 2009 Swimming Results" (PDF). Israel Swim Association. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 September 2011. Retrieved 30 July 2009.