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.[1] The defending Pan American Games champion was Julia Smit of the United States.

Women's 400 metre individual medley at the XVII Pan American Games
Venue	CIBC Pan Am/Parapan Am Aquatics Centre and Field House
Dates	July 16 (preliminaries and finals)
Competitors	13 from 8 nations
Winning time	4:35.46
Medalists
Caitlin Leverenz   United States   Sydney Pickrem   Canada   Joanna Maranhão   Brazil
«2011 2019»

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.[2]

Records

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

World record	Ye Shiwen (CHN)	4:28.43	London, United Kingdom	July 28, 2012
Pan American Games record	Joanne Malar (CAN)	4:38.46	Winnipeg, Canada	August 2, 1999

The following new records were set during this competition.

Date	Event	Name	Nationality	Time	Record
16 July	Heat 1	Caitlin Leverenz	United States	4:37.74	GR
16 July	A Final	Caitlin Leverenz	United States	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.[2] All other competing athletes were entered as universality spots.[2]

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:

q

Fastest non-qualifiers

Q

Qualified

GR

Games record

NR

National record

PB

Personal best

SB

Seasonal best

Heats

The first round was held on July 16.[3]

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

B Final

The B final was also held on July 16.[4]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
9	4	Florencia Perotti	Argentina	4:50.52
10	5	Gabrielle Roncatto	Brazil	4:53.49
11	6	Andrea Cedrón	Peru	5:05.81
12	2	Maria Far	Panama	5:06.36
	3	Karen Vilorio	Honduras	DNS

A Final

The A final was also held on July 16.[5]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	4	Caitlin Leverenz	United States	4:35.46	GR
	3	Sydney Pickrem	Canada	4:38.03
	2	Joanna Maranhão	Brazil	4:38.07	NR
4	6	Katherine Mills	United States	4:41.19
5	7	Virginia Bardach	Argentina	4:44.85
6	1	Natalia Jaspeado	Mexico	4:49.89
7	8	Moniika Hermosillo-González	Mexico	4:53.83
	5	Emily Overholt	Canada	DSQ

References

1. "Toronto 2015 Pan Am Games Ticket Program Guide" (PDF). toronto2015.org. TO2015. 20 April 2015. Retrieved 26 April 2015.
2. "Swimming Technical Manual" (PDF). TO2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 June 2015. Retrieved 31 May 2015.
3. Women's 400m individual medley Preliminaries
4. Women's 400m Medley - B Final
5. Women's 400m Medley - A Final