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

The women's 400 metre freestyle competition of the swimming events at the 2023 Pan American Games were 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		3:55.38	Fukuoka, Japan	July 23, 2023
Pan American Games record		4:08.42	Toronto, Canada	July 17, 2015

The following record was established during the competition:

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		4:13.85	QA
2	2	4	Gabrielle Roncatto		4:14.37	QA
3	3	4	Paige Madden		4:14.42	QA
4	3	3	Rachel Stege		4:14.60	QA
5	2	5	Agostina Hein		4:15.39	QA
6	2	3	Julie Brosseau		4:15.54	QA
7	2	2	Delfina Dini		4:16.26	QA
8	3	6	Maria Paula Heitmann		4:16.61	QA
9	3	2	Maria Yegres		4:23.47	QB
10	2	6	Emma O'Croinin		4:23.88	WD
11	2	1	Lucero Mejia		4:30.63	QB
12	3	7	Kyra Rabess		4:32.60	QB
13	1	3	Harper Barrowman		4:32.65	QB
14	3	1	Karen Rodriguez		4:32.89	QB
15	2	7	Michell Ramirez		4:33.45	QB
16	1	4	Natalia Kuipers		4:35.84	QB
17	1	5	Ariana Valle		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		4:16.81
10	6	Harper Barrowman		4:28.38
11	3	Kyra Rabess		4:28.49
12	5	Lucero Mejia		4:28.67
13	2	Karen Rodriguez		4:31.00
14	8	Ariana Valle		4:31.69
15	7	Michell Ramirez		4:32.70
16	1	Natalia Kuipers		4:37.29

Final A

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

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

References

1. Web site: 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. . 2023-10-22 . santiago2023.org.
2. Web site: October 21, 2023 . Women's 400 metre freestyle - Heat Results .
3. Web site: October 21, 2023 . Women's 400 metre freestyle - Final B Results .
4. Web site: October 21, 2023 . Women's 400 metre freestyle - Final A Results .