Swimming at the 2011 Pan American Games – Women's 400 metre individual medley

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Women's 400 metre individual medley at the 2011 Pan American Games
Swimming pictogram.svg
Venue Scotiabank Aquatics Center
DatesOctober 15 (preliminaries and finals)
Competitors25 from 16 nations
Winning score4:46.15
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg   Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Silver medal icon.svg   Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil
Bronze medal icon.svg   Flag of the United States.svg  United States
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The women's 400 metre individual medley competition of the swimming events at the 2011 Pan American Games took place on the 15 of October at the Scotiabank Aquatics Center. [1] The defending Pan American Games champion is Kathleen Hersey of the United States.

Contents

This race consisted of eight lengths of the pool. The first two lengths were swum using the butterfly stroke, the second pair with the backstroke, the third pair of lengths in breaststroke, and the final two were freestyle. [2]

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Pan American Games records were as follows:

World record Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Stephanie Rice  (AUS)4:29.45 Beijing, ChinaAugust 10, 2008
Pan American Games record Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Joanne Malar  (CAN)4:38.46 Winnipeg, CanadaAugust 2, 1999

Qualification

Each National Olympic Committee (NOC) was able to enter up to two entrants providing they had met the A standard (5:19.0) 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 (5:28.6) in the same qualifying period. [2]

Results

All times shown are in minutes.

KEY:qFastest non-qualifiersQQualifiedNRNational recordPBPersonal bestSBSeasonal best

Heats

The first round was held on October 15. [3]

RankHeatLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
144 Julia Smit Flag of the United States.svg  United States 4:51.78QA
234 Allysa Vavra Flag of the United States.svg  United States 4:53.76QA
324 Joanna Maranhão Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 4:54.51QA
435 Georgina Bardach Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 4:57.58QA
545 Karyn Jewell Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 4:57.81QA
643 Susana Escobar Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 4:58.57QA
725 Hanna Pierse Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 4:59.76QA
833 Samantha Arevalo Flag of Ecuador.svg  Ecuador 5:02.29QA
936 Julia Arino Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 5:06.78QB
1032 Eliana Barrios Flag of Venezuela.svg  Venezuela 5:07.70QB
1123 Montserrat Ortuño Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 5:08.47QB
1246 Larissa Cieslak Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 5:09.86QB
1347 Patricia Quevedo Flag of Peru.svg  Peru 5:13.30QB
1442 Barbara Caraballo Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  Puerto Rico 5:17.07QB
1522 Zara Bailey Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica 5:19.46QB
1621 Lani Cabrera Flag of Barbados.svg  Barbados 5:19.66QB
1715 Daniela Reyes Flag of Chile.svg  Chile 5:20.05
1813 Laura Rodriguez Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg  Dominican Republic 5:22.28
1948 Daniella van den Berg Flag of Aruba.svg  Aruba 5:24.75
2037 Ana Castellanos Flag of Honduras (2022-).svg  Honduras 5:26.80
2127 Maria Alejandra Torres Flag of Peru.svg  Peru 5:27.30
2241 Karen Vilorio Flag of Honduras (2022-).svg  Honduras 5:30.42
2331 Lara Maria Butler Flag of the Cayman Islands.svg  Cayman Islands 5:35.96
2414 Amara Gibbs Flag of Barbados.svg  Barbados 5:38.27
26 Daniela Victoria Flag of Venezuela.svg  Venezuela DNS

B Final

The B final was also held on October 15. [4]

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
94 Julia Arino Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 5:01.20
103 Montserrat Ortuño Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 5:04.07
115 Eliana Barrios Flag of Venezuela.svg  Venezuela 5:04.10
126 Larissa Cieslak Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 5:12.83
137 Barbara Caraballo Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  Puerto Rico 5:17.61
141 Zara Bailey Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica 5:17.72
152 Patricia Quevedo Flag of Peru.svg  Peru 5:20.50
168 Lani Cabrera Flag of Barbados.svg  Barbados 5:22.06

A Final

The A final was held on October 15. [4] [5]

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg4 Julia Smit Flag of the United States.svg  United States 4:46.15
Silver medal icon.svg3 Joanna Maranhão Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 4:46.33
Bronze medal icon.svg5 Allysa Vavra Flag of the United States.svg  United States 4:48.05
41 Hanna Pierse Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 4:52.95
56 Georgina Bardach Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 4:53.81
67 Susana Escobar Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 4:54.49
72 Karyn Jewell Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 4:57.65
88 Samantha Arevalo Flag of Ecuador.svg  Ecuador 4:58.27

References

  1. Guadalajara 2011 sessions Archived 2011-06-26 at the Wayback Machine
  2. 1 2 Swimming technical manual Archived 2011-07-28 at the Wayback Machine
  3. Women's 400m Individual Medley Preliminaries [ dead link ]
  4. 1 2 "Finals – Day 1" (PDF). Best Swimming. 2011. Retrieved December 7, 2013.
  5. Women's 400m Individual Medley Final A [ dead link ]