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
Swimming pictogram.svg
Venue CIBC 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 icon.svg   Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Silver medal icon.svg   Flag of Venezuela.svg  Venezuela
Bronze medal icon.svg   Flag of the United States.svg  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.

Contents

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

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

World record Flag of the United States.svg  Katie Ledecky  (USA)3:58.37 Gold Coast, AustraliaAugust 23, 2014
Pan American Games record Flag of the United States.svg  Elizabeth Hill  (USA)4:10.48 Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic August 13, 2003

The following new records were set during this competition.

DateEventNameNationalityTimeRecord
17 July A Final Emily Overholt Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 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. [2] All other competing athletes were entered as universality spots. [2]

Schedule

All times are Eastern Time Zone (UTC-4).

DateTimeRound
July 17, 201510:29Heats
July 17, 201519:43Final B
July 17, 201519:52Final A

Results

KEY:qFastest non-qualifiersQQualifiedGRGames recordNRNational recordPBPersonal bestSBSeasonal best

Heats

The first round was held on July 17. [3]

RankHeatLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
135 Kiera Janzen Flag of the United States.svg  United States 4:11.82QA
234 Andreina Pinto Flag of Venezuela.svg  Venezuela 4:12.43QA
333 Manuella Lyrio Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 4:15.38QA
415 Joanna Evans Flag of the Bahamas.svg  Bahamas 4:15.51QA
524 Gillian Ryan Flag of the United States.svg  United States 4:15.95QA
632 María Álvarez Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia 4:16.90QA
723 Carolina Bilich Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 4:16.92QA
814 Emily Overholt Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 4:18.21QA
913 Natalia Jaspeado Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 4:18.30QB
1025 Tabitha Baumann Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 4:18.70QB
1136 Allyson Macias Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 4:20.45QB
1222 Elisbet Gamez Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba 4:21.10QB
1326 Andrea Cedrón Flag of Peru.svg  Peru 4:21.31QB
1416 Gabriela Santis Flag of Guatemala.svg  Guatemala 4:24.73QB
1537 Daniella van den Berg Flag of Aruba.svg  Aruba 4:28.01QB
1627 Rebeca Quinteros Flag of El Salvador.svg  El Salvador 4:29.19QB
1712 Lani Cabrera Flag of the Bahamas.svg  Bahamas 4:29.46

B Final

The B final was also held on July 17. [4]

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
95 Tabitha Baumann Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 4:16.03
107 Gabriela Santis Flag of Guatemala.svg  Guatemala 4:16.79
114 Natalia Jaspeado Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 4:17.25
123 Allyson Macias Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 4:17.49
136 Elisbet Gamez Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba 4:18.23
142 Andrea Cedrón Flag of Peru.svg  Peru 4:23.93
158 Rebeca Quinteros Flag of El Salvador.svg  El Salvador 4:27.89
161 Daniella van den Berg Flag of Aruba.svg  Aruba 4:30.14

A Final

The A final was also held on July 17. [5]

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg8 Emily Overholt Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 4:08.42 GR
Silver medal icon.svg5 Andreina Pinto Flag of Venezuela.svg  Venezuela 4:08.67
Bronze medal icon.svg2 Gillian Ryan Flag of the United States.svg  United States 4:09.46
43 Manuella Lyrio Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 4:10.92 NR
54 Kiera Janzen Flag of the United States.svg  United States 4:11.32
66 Joanna Evans Flag of the Bahamas.svg  Bahamas 4:14.51
71 Carolina Bilich Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 4:17.40
87 María Álvarez Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia 4:17.80

References

  1. "Toronto 2015 Pan Am Games Ticket Program Guide" (PDF). toronto2015.org. TO2015. 20 April 2015. Retrieved 26 April 2015.
  2. 1 2 3 "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