The women's 400 metre freestyle competition at the 2014 South American Games took place on March 7 at the Estadio Nacional. The last champion was Joanna Maranhão of Brazil.

This race consisted of eight lengths of the pool, with all eight being in the freestyle stroke.Swimming technical manual

Records Prior to this competition, the existing world and Pan Pacific records were as follows: World record3:59.15Rome, ItalyJuly 26, 2009South American Games record4:13.63Buenos Aires, ArgentinaNovember 15, 2006

Results All times are in minutes and seconds.

KEY:qFastest non-qualifiersQQualifiedCRChampionships recordNRNational recordPBPersonal bestSBSeasonal best

Heats The first round was held on March 7, at 11:40.

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 2 4 Andreina Pinto 4:17.06 Q 2 1 4 Kristel Köbrich 4:20.22 Q 3 1 5 Manuella Lyrio 4:25.41 Q 4 2 5 Carolina Bilich 4:25.56 Q 5 1 6 Annagrazia Bonsanti 4:26.00 Q 6 1 3 María Álvarez 4:26.17 Q 7 2 3 Andrea Cedrón 4:26.59 Q 8 2 2 Maria Serrano 4:32.91 Q 9 2 6 Jessica Cattaneo Paulista 4:42.81 10 1 2 Laura Orihuela Gianotti 4:44.88 11 2 7 Alondra Castillo Sulca 4:58.74

Final The final was held on March 7, at 19:10. Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 4 Andreina Pinto 4:10.71 CR 5 Kristel Köbrich 4:15.15 3 Manuella Lyrio 4:20.86 4 6 Carolina Bilich 4:23.61 5 1 Andrea Cedrón 4:23.96 6 7 María Álvarez 4:24.31 7 2 Annagrazia Bonsanti 4:24.34 8 8 Maria Serrano 4:32.85

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