Swimming at the 2023 Pan American Games – Women's 400 metre freestyle

Women's 400 metre freestyle at the 2023 Pan American Games
Venue	Aquatic Center
Date	October 21, 2023
Competitors	17 from 11 nations
Medalists
Paige Madden    United States   Maria Fernanda Costa    Brazil   Gabrielle Roncatto    Brazil
«2019 2027»

The women's 400 metre freestyle competition of the swimming events at the 2023 Pan American Games was held on October 21, 2023, at the Aquatic Center in Santiago, Chile. ^[1]

Records

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

World record	Ariarne Titmus  (AUS)	3:55.38	Fukuoka, Japan	July 23, 2023
Pan American Games record	Emily Overholt  (CAN)	4:08.42	Toronto, Canada	July 17, 2015

The following record was established during the competition:

Date	Event	Swimmer	Nation	Time	Record
October 21	Final	Paige Madden	United States	4:06.45	GR

Results

KEY:

QA

Qualified for A final

QB

Qualified for B final

GR

Games record

NR

National record

PB

Personal best

SB

Seasonal best

WD

Withdrew

Heats

The first round was held on October 21. ^[2]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	3	5	Maria Fernanda Costa	Brazil	4:13.85	QA
2	2	4	Gabrielle Roncatto	Brazil	4:14.37	QA
3	3	4	Paige Madden	United States	4:14.42	QA
4	3	3	Rachel Stege	United States	4:14.60	QA
5	2	5	Agostina Hein	Argentina	4:15.39	QA
6	2	3	Julie Brosseau	Canada	4:15.54	QA
7	2	2	Delfina Dini	Argentina	4:16.26	QA
8	3	6	Maria Paula Heitmann	Brazil	4:16.61	QA
9	3	2	Maria Yegres	Venezuela	4:23.47	QB
10	2	6	Emma O'Croinin	Canada	4:23.88	WD
11	2	1	Lucero Mejia	Independent Athletes Team	4:30.63	QB
12	3	7	Kyra Rabess	Cayman Islands	4:32.60	QB
13	1	3	Harper Barrowman	Cayman Islands	4:32.65	QB
14	3	1	Karen Rodriguez	Mexico	4:32.89	QB
15	2	7	Michell Ramirez	Honduras	4:33.45	QB
16	1	4	Natalia Kuipers	Virgin Islands	4:35.84	QB
17	1	5	Ariana Valle	El Salvador	4:37.36	QB

Final B

The B final was also held on October 21. ^[3]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
9	4	Maria Paula Heitmann	Brazil	4:16.81
10	6	Harper Barrowman	Cayman Islands	4:28.38
11	3	Kyra Rabess	Cayman Islands	4:28.49
12	5	Lucero Mejia	Independent Athletes Team	4:28.67
13	2	Karen Rodriguez	Mexico	4:31.00
14	8	Ariana Valle	El Salvador	4:31.69
15	7	Michell Ramirez	Honduras	4:32.70
16	1	Natalia Kuipers	Virgin Islands	4:37.29

Final A

The A final was also held on October 21. ^[4]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	3	Paige Madden	United States	4:06.45	GR
	4	Maria Fernanda Costa	Brazil	4:06.68
	5	Gabrielle Roncatto	Brazil	4:06.88
4	6	Rachel Stege	United States	4:06.94
5	7	Julie Brosseau	Canada	4:11.32
6	2	Agostina Hein	Argentina	4:15.26
7	1	Delfina Dini	Argentina	4:17.55
8	8	Maria Yegres	Venezuela	4:22.47

References

1. "Get to know the venues and clusters of the Santiago 2023 Pan American and Parapan American games. Where all the competitions will take plave in Santiago and regions". santiago2023.org. Retrieved 2023-10-22.
2. "Women's 400 metre freestyle - Heat Results" (PDF). October 21, 2023.
3. "Women's 400 metre freestyle - Final B Results" (PDF). October 21, 2023.
4. "Women's 400 metre freestyle - Final A Results" (PDF). October 21, 2023.