2018 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Women's 400 metre individual medley explained

Event:	Women's 400 metre individual medley
Competition:	2018 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships
Venue:	Tokyo Tatsumi International Swimming Center
Dates:	9 August (heats &<br>finals)
Competitors:	10
Nations:	5
Win Value:	4:33.77
Gold:	Yui Ohashi
Goldnoc:	JPN
Silver:	Melanie Margalis
Silvernoc:	USA
Bronze:	Sakiko Shimizu
Bronzenoc:	JPN
Prev:	2014
Next:	2022

The women's 400 metre individual medley competition at the 2018 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships took place on August 9 at the Tokyo Tatsumi International Swimming Center.^[1] The defending champion was Elizabeth Beisel of the United States.^[2]

Records

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

World record		4:26.36	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	6 August 2016
Pan Pacific Championships record		4:31.99	Gold Coast, Australia	22 August 2014

Results

All times are in minutes and seconds.

KEY:

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QA

Qualified A Final

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QB

Qualified B Final

CR

Championships record

NR

National record

PB

Personal best

SB

Seasonal best

Heats

The first round was held on 9 August from 10:00.^[3]

Only two swimmers from each country may advance to the A or B final. If a country does not qualify any swimmer to the A final, that same country may qualify up to three swimmers to the B final.^[4]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1			4:36.05	QA
2			4:39.09	QA
3			4:39.76	QA
4			4:40.63	QA
5			4:40.76	QA
6			4:41.08	QB
7			4:44.64	QA
8			4:57.65	QA
9			4:59.21	QA
10			5:28.80	QB

B Final

The B final was held on 9 August from 17:30.^[5]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
9			4:41.04
10			5:27.19

A Final

The A final was held on 9 August from 17:30.^[6]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
			4:33.77
			4:35.60
	Sakiko Shimizu		4:36.27
4			4:39.22
5			4:39.48
6			4:40.22
7			4:52.40
8			4:58.81

Notes and References

1. Web site: Schedule Pan Pacs 2018 . Pan Pacs 2018 . 12 August 2018.
2. Web site: Results of the 400-metre individual medley finals at 2014 Pan Pacific . Australia Swimming . 23 August 2014 . 12 August 2018 . 16 October 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20141016040628/http://liveresults.swimming.org.au/sal/2014PP/140821F013.htm . dead .
3. Web site: Pan Pacific Championships 2018 – Women 400m Individual Medley Heats . Seiko.co.jp . 9 August 2018 . 12 August 2018.
4. Web site: Pan Pacs 2018 – Information Bulletin #2 . Pan Pacs 2018 . 12 April 2018 . 12 August 2018.
5. Web site: Pan Pacific Championships 2018 – Women 400m Individual Medley B-Final . Seiko.co.jp . 9 August 2018 . 12 August 2018.
6. Web site: Pan Pacific Championships 2018 – Women 400m Individual Medley Final . Seiko.co.jp . 9 August 2018 . 12 August 2018.