| Women's 400 metre freestyle at the XVI Pan American Games |
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| Venue | Scotiabank Aquatics Center |
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| Dates | October 17 (preliminaries and finals) |
| «2007 | 2015» |
| Swimming at the 2011 Pan American Games |
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| Freestyle | ||||
| 50 m | men | women | ||
| 100 m | men | women | ||
| 200 m | men | women | ||
| 400 m | men | women | ||
| 800 m | women | |||
| 1500 m | men | |||
| Backstroke | ||||
| 100 m | men | women | ||
| 200 m | men | women | ||
| Breaststroke | ||||
| 100 m | men | women | ||
| 200 m | men | women | ||
| Butterfly | ||||
| 100 m | men | women | ||
| 200 m | men | women | ||
| Individual medley | ||||
| 200 m | men | women | ||
| 400 m | men | women | ||
| Freestyle relay | ||||
| 4×100 m | men | women | ||
| 4×200 m | men | women | ||
| Medley relay | ||||
| 4×100 m | men | women | ||
| Marathon | ||||
| 10 km | men | women | ||
The men's 100 metre freestyle competition of the swimming events at the 2011 Pan American Games will take place on the 17 of October at the Scotiabank Aquatics Center.[1] The defending Pan American Games champion is Jessica Rodriguez of the United States.
This race consisted of eight lengths of the pool, all lengths being in freestyle.[2]
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Prior to this competition, the existing world and Pan American Games records were as follows:
| World record | Federica Pellegrini (ITA) | 3:59.15 | Rome, Italy | July 26, 2009 |
| Pan American Games record | Elizabeth Hill (USA) | 4:10.48 | Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic | August 13, 2003 |
Each National Olympic Committee (NOC) was able to enter up to two entrants providing they had met the A standard (4:19.9) 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 (4:27.7) in the same qualifying period.[2]
All times shown are in seconds/minutes.
| KEY: | q | Fastest non-qualifiers | Q | Qualified | NR | National record | PB | Personal best | SB | Seasonal best |
The first round will be held on October 17.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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| 1 | 2 | 4 | Andreina Pinto | Venezuela | 4:16.12 | QA |
| 2 | 3 | 5 | Kristel Kobrich | Chile | 4:16.23 | QA |
| 3 | 1 | 4 | Gillian Ryan | United States | 4:16.51 | QA |
| 4 | 1 | 5 | Patricia Castañeda | Mexico | 4:16.91 | QA |
| 5 | 1 | 6 | Cecilia Biagioli | Argentina | 4:16.96 | QA |
| 6 | 1 | 3 | Joanna Maranhao | Brazil | 4:18.85 | QA |
| 7 | 3 | 4 | Ashley Steenvoorden | United States | 4:19.16 | QA |
| 8 | 2 | 5 | Susana Escobar | Mexico | 4:20.16 | QA |
| 9 | 3 | 2 | Yanel Pinto | Venezuela | 4:22.56 | QB |
| 10 | 2 | 2 | Manuella Lyrio | Brazil | 4:22.97 | QB |
| 11 | 2 | 6 | Bridget Coley | Canada | 4:23.04 | QB |
| 12 | 1 | 2 | Samantha Arevalo | Ecuador | 4:24.81 | QB |
| 13 | 3 | 3 | Alexia Benitez | El Salvador | 4:26.05 | QB |
| 14 | 2 | 3 | Sherry Liu | Canada | 4:26.80 | QB |
| 15 | 3 | 6 | Virginia Bardach | Argentina | 4:30.23 | QB |
| 16 | 3 | 7 | Andrea Cedron | Peru | 4:33.75 | QB |
| 17 | 2 | 7 | Britany van Lange | Guyana | 4:57.58 |
The final was held on October 17.
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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| 3 | Gillian Rene Ryan | United States | 4:11.58 | ||
| 4 | Andreina Pinto | Venezuela | 4:11.81 | ||
| 5 | Kristel Kobrich | Chile | 4:13.31 | ||
| 4 | 7 | Joanna Maranhao | Brazil | 4:13.71 | |
| 5 | 2 | Cecilia Biagioli | Argentina | 4:15.41 | |
| 6 | 6 | Patricia Castañeda | Mexico | 4:17.20 | |
| 7 | 8 | Susana Escobar | Mexico | 4:17.55 | |
| 8 | 1 | Ashley Steenvoorden | United States | 4:20.51 |