| Event: | Women's 400 metre freestyle |
| Competition: | 2014 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships |
| Venue: | Gold Coast Aquatic Centre |
| Dates: | August 23, 2014 (heats &<br>finals) |
| Competitors: | 22 |
| Win Value: | 3:58.37 |
| Gold: | Katie Ledecky |
| Goldnoc: | USA |
| Silver: | Cierra Runge |
| Silvernoc: | USA |
| Bronze: | Lauren Boyle |
| Bronzenoc: | NZL |
| Prev: | 2010 |
| Next: | 2018 |
The women's 400 metre freestyle competition at the 2014 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships took place on August 23 at the Gold Coast Aquatic Centre.[1] [2] The last champion was Chloe Sutton of United States.[3]
This race consisted of eight lengths of the pool, with all eight being in the freestyle stroke.[4]
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Pan Pacific records were as follows:
| World record | 3:58.86 | Irvine, United States | August 9, 2014 | ||
| Pan Pacific Championships record | 4:04.53 | Tokyo, Japan | August 19, 1989 |
All times are in minutes and seconds.
The first round was held on August 23, at 10:47.
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4:03.09 | QA, CR | |||
| 2 | Cierra Runge | 4:06.73 | QA | ||
| 3 | 4:07.48 | QA | |||
| 4 | Leah Smith | 4:07.77 | QA | ||
| 5 | Becca Mann | 4:08.50 | QA | ||
| 5 | Lauren Boyle | 4:08.64 | QA | ||
| 7 | Bronte Barratt | 4:09.30 | QA | ||
| 8 | Alanna Bowles | 4:09.53 | QA | ||
| 9 | Brittany MacLean | 4:09.75 | QB | ||
| 10 | Jessica Ashwood | 4:12.08 | QB | ||
| 11 | Samantha Cleverton | 4:14.44 | QB | ||
| 12 | Aya Takano | 4:14.63 | QB | ||
| 13 | Chihi Igarashi | 4:16.28 | QB | ||
| 14 | Emma Robinson | 4:16.63 | QB | ||
| 14 | Yasuk Miyamoto | 4:16.63 | QB | ||
| 16 | Alyson Ackman | 4:16.67 | QB | ||
| 17 | Samantha Lucie-Smith | 4:18.49 | |||
| 18 | Tabitha Baumann | 4:20.20 | |||
| 19 | Miho Takahashi | 4:21.09 | |||
| 20 | Liu Yiru | 4:22.99 | |||
| 21 | Leonora Parmeleau | 4:30.18 | |||
| 22 | Hei Tung Cheng | 4:35.49 |
The B final was held on August 23, at 20:04.
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 | Leah Smith | 4:06.91 | |||
| 10 | Jessica Ashwood | 4:10.14 | |||
| 11 | Chihi Igarashi | 4:13.72 | |||
| 12 | Samantha Lucie-Smith | 4:15.19 | |||
| 13 | Emma Robinson | 4:15.92 | |||
| 14 | Aya Takano | 4:16.07 | |||
| 15 | Yasuk Miyamoto | 4:16.38 | |||
| 16 | Tabitha Baumann | 4:23.47 |
The A final was held on August 23, at 20:04.
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3:58.37 | WR, CR | ||||
| Cierra Runge | 4:04.55 | ||||
| Lauren Boyle | 4:05.33 | ||||
| 4 | Brittany MacLean | 4:05.91 | |||
| 5 | Andreina Pinto | 4:07.51 | |||
| 6 | 4:10.40 | ||||
| 7 | Alanna Bowles | 4:10.58 | |||
| 8 | Samantha Cleverton | 4:12.25 |