| Event: | Women's 400 metre individual medley |
| Competition: | 2010 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships |
| Venue: | William Woollett Jr. Aquatics Center |
| Dates: | August 19, 2010 (heats &<br>finals) |
| Competitors: | 17 |
| Nations: | 8 |
| Win Value: | 4:34.69 |
| Gold: | Elizabeth Beisel |
| Goldnoc: | USA |
| Silver: | Samantha Hamill |
| Silvernoc: | AUS |
| Bronze: | Caitlin Leverenz |
| Bronzenoc: | USA |
| Prev: | 2006 |
| Next: | 2014 |
The women's 400 metre individual medley competition at the 2010 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships took place on August 19 at the William Woollett Jr. Aquatics Center.[1] [2] [3] The last champion was Katie Hoff of US.[4] [5]
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.[6]
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Pan Pacific records were as follows:
| World record | 4:29.45 | Beijing, China | August 10, 2008 | ||
| Pan Pacific Championships record | 4:36.82 | Victoria, Canada | August 18, 2006 |
All times are in minutes and seconds.
The first round was held on August 19, at 10:54.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3 | 5 | Elizabeth Beisel | 4:34.04 | QA, CR | ||
| 2 | 2 | 4 | Caitlin Leverenz | 4:39.59 | QA | ||
| 3 | 1 | 4 | 4:40.02 | QA | |||
| 4 | 1 | 5 | Izumi Kato | 4:40.99 | QA | ||
| 5 | 3 | 2 | Maiko Fujino | 4:41.79 | QA | ||
| 6 | 2 | 6 | Teresa Crippen | 4:42.70 | QA | ||
| 7 | 3 | 3 | Samantha Hamill | 4:43.86 | QA | ||
| 8 | 2 | 5 | Miho Takahashi | 4:44.26 | QA | ||
| 9 | 1 | 3 | Natalie Wiegersma | 4:44.26 | QB | ||
| 10 | 3 | 6 | Alexandra Komarnycky | 4:45.53 | QB | ||
| 11 | 1 | 2 | Lindsay Seemann | 4:46.65 | QB | ||
| 12 | 1 | 6 | Tanya Hunks | 4:46.85 | QB | ||
| 13 | 2 | 3 | Joanna Maranhão | 4:46.99 | QB | ||
| 14 | 2 | 2 | Melanie Dodds | 4:51.03 | QB | ||
| 15 | 3 | 1 | Sarra Lajnef | 4:55.90 | QB | ||
| 16 | 1 | 7 | Larissa Cieslak | 4:57.28 | QB | ||
| 17 | 2 | 7 | Carmen Nam | 5:04.91 | |||
| - | 3 | 4 | Stephanie Rice | DNS | |||
| - | 3 | 7 | Maroua Mathlouthi | DNS |
The B final was held on August 19, at 18:57.
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 | 4 | Ariana Kukors | 4:38.05 | |||
| 10 | 5 | Miho Takahashi | 4:44.74 | |||
| 11 | 6 | Joanna Maranhão | 4:45.29 | |||
| 12 | 3 | Tanya Hunks | 4:46.38 | |||
| 13 | 8 | Melanie Dodds | 4:49.64 | |||
| 14 | 2 | Sarra Lajnef | 4:55.95 | |||
| 15 | 7 | Larissa Cieslak | 5:04.26 | |||
| 16 | 1 | Carmen Nam | 5:06.86 |
The A final was held on August 19, at 18:57.
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | 4:34.69 | |||||
| 2 | Samantha Hamill | 4:37.84 | ||||
| 5 | 4:38.03 | |||||
| 4 | 3 | Izumi Kato | 4:40.43 | |||
| 5 | 7 | Natalie Wiegersma | 4:41.93 | |||
| 6 | 1 | Alexandra Komarnycky | 4:42.25 | |||
| 7 | 6 | Maiko Fujino | 4:42.28 | |||
| 8 | 8 | Lindsay Seemann | 4:45.36 |