Swimming at the 2015 Pan American Games – Women's 400 metre individual medley

The women's 400 metre individual medley competition of the swimming events at the 2015 Pan American Games took place on July 16 at the CIBC Pan Am/Parapan Am Aquatics Centre and Field House in Toronto, Canada. The defending Pan American Games champion was Julia Smit 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. 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.

Records Prior to this competition, the existing world and Pan American Games records were as follows: World record4:28.43London, United KingdomJuly 28, 2012Pan American Games record4:38.46Winnipeg, CanadaAugust 2, 1999 The following new records were set during this competition. Date Event Name Nationality Time Record 16 July Heat 1 Caitlin Leverenz 4:37.74 GR 16 July A Final Caitlin Leverenz 4:35.46 GR

Qualification

Each National Olympic Committee (NOC) was able to enter up to two entrants providing they had met the A standard (4:59.99) 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 (5:17.99) in the same qualifying period. All other competing athletes were entered as universality spots.

Schedule

All times are Eastern Time Zone (UTC-4). Date Time Round July 16, 2015 10:05 Heats July 16, 2015 19:12 Final B July 16, 2015 19:22 Final A

Results KEY:qFastest non-qualifiersQQualifiedGRGames recordNRNational recordPBPersonal bestSBSeasonal best

Heats The first round was held on July 16.Women's 400m individual medley Preliminaries

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 1 4 Caitlin Leverenz 4:37.74 QA, GR 2 2 4 Emily Overholt 4:39.84 QA 3 2 5 Sydney Pickrem 4:40.77 QA 4 2 3 Katherine Mills 4:41.05 QA 5 1 5 Joanna Maranhão 4:45.28 QA 6 1 3 Virginia Bardach 4:48.96 QA 7 1 6 Natalia Jaspeado 4:51.69 QA 8 1 2 Moniika Hermosillo-González 4:52.24 QA 9 2 6 Florencia Perotti 4:52.60 QB 10 2 2 Gabrielle Roncatto 4:55.65 QB 11 1 7 Karen Vilorio 5:03.69 QB 12 2 7 Andrea Cedrón 5:07.00 QB 13 2 1 Maria Far 5:10.85 QB

B Final The B final was also held on July 16.Women's 400m Medley - B Final Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 9 4 Florencia Perotti 4:50.52 10 5 Gabrielle Roncatto 4:53.49 11 6 Andrea Cedrón 5:05.81 12 2 Maria Far 5:06.36 3 Karen Vilorio

A Final The A final was also held on July 16.Women's 400m Medley - A Final Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 4 Caitlin Leverenz 4:35.46 GR 3 Sydney Pickrem 4:38.03 2 Joanna Maranhão 4:38.07 NR 4 6 Katherine Mills 4:41.19 5 7 Virginia Bardach 4:44.85 6 1 Natalia Jaspeado 4:49.89 7 8 Moniika Hermosillo-González 4:53.83 5 Emily Overholt

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