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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
VenueScotiabank Aquatics Center
DatesOctober 15 (preliminaries and finals)
Competitors25 from 16 nations
Winning score4:46.15
Medalists
Gold medal   United States
Silver medal   Brazil
Bronze medal   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.

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

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

World record  Stephanie Rice (AUS) 4:29.45 Beijing, China August 10, 2008
Pan American Games record  Joanne Malar (CAN) 4:38.46 Winnipeg, Canada August 2, 1999

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 (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

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All times shown are in minutes.

KEY: q Fastest non-qualifiers Q Qualified NR National record PB Personal best SB Seasonal best

Heats

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

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 4 4 Julia Smit  United States 4:51.78 QA
2 3 4 Allysa Vavra  United States 4:53.76 QA
3 2 4 Joanna Maranhão  Brazil 4:54.51 QA
4 3 5 Georgina Bardach  Argentina 4:57.58 QA
5 4 5 Karyn Jewell  Canada 4:57.81 QA
6 4 3 Susana Escobar  Mexico 4:58.57 QA
7 2 5 Hanna Pierse  Canada 4:59.76 QA
8 3 3 Samantha Arevalo  Ecuador 5:02.29 QA
9 3 6 Julia Arino  Argentina 5:06.78 QB
10 3 2 Eliana Barrios  Venezuela 5:07.70 QB
11 2 3 Montserrat Ortuño  Mexico 5:08.47 QB
12 4 6 Larissa Cieslak  Brazil 5:09.86 QB
13 4 7 Patricia Quevedo  Peru 5:13.30 QB
14 4 2 Barbara Caraballo  Puerto Rico 5:17.07 QB
15 2 2 Zara Bailey  Jamaica 5:19.46 QB
16 2 1 Lani Cabrera  Barbados 5:19.66 QB
17 1 5 Daniela Reyes  Chile 5:20.05
18 1 3 Laura Rodriguez  Dominican Republic 5:22.28
19 4 8 Daniella van den Berg  Aruba 5:24.75
20 3 7 Ana Castellanos  Honduras 5:26.80
21 2 7 Maria Alejandra Torres  Peru 5:27.30
22 4 1 Karen Vilorio  Honduras 5:30.42
23 3 1 Lara Maria Butler  Cayman Islands 5:35.96
24 1 4 Amara Gibbs  Barbados 5:38.27
2 6 Daniela Victoria  Venezuela DNS

B Final

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

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
9 4 Julia Arino  Argentina 5:01.20
10 3 Montserrat Ortuño  Mexico 5:04.07
11 5 Eliana Barrios  Venezuela 5:04.10
12 6 Larissa Cieslak  Brazil 5:12.83
13 7 Barbara Caraballo  Puerto Rico 5:17.61
14 1 Zara Bailey  Jamaica 5:17.72
15 2 Patricia Quevedo  Peru 5:20.50
16 8 Lani Cabrera  Barbados 5:22.06

A Final

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

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 4 Julia Smit  United States 4:46.15
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 3 Joanna Maranhão  Brazil 4:46.33
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 5 Allysa Vavra  United States 4:48.05
4 1 Hanna Pierse  Canada 4:52.95
5 6 Georgina Bardach  Argentina 4:53.81
6 7 Susana Escobar  Mexico 4:54.49
7 2 Karyn Jewell  Canada 4:57.65
8 8 Samantha Arevalo  Ecuador 4:58.27

References

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