Swimming at the 2019 Pan American Games – Women's 400 metre freestyle explained

Event:	Women's 400 metre freestyle
Games:	2019
Venue:	Villa Deportiva Nacional, VIDENA
Dates:	August 6 (preliminaries and finals)
Competitors:	14
Nations:	10
Win Label:	Winning time
Gold:	Delfina Pignatiello
Goldnoc:	ARG
Silver:	Danica Ludlow
Silvernoc:	CAN
Bronzenoc:	CAN
Prev:	2015
Next:	2023

The women's 400 metre freestyle competition of the swimming events at the 2019 Pan American Games was held on 6 August 2019 at the Villa Deportiva Nacional Videna cluster.^[1]

Records

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

World record		3:56.46	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	August 7, 2016
Pan American Games record		4:08.42	Toronto, Canada	July 17, 2015

Results

KEY:

QA

Qualified for A final

QB

Qualified for B final

GR

Games record

NR

National record

PB

Personal best

SB

Seasonal best

Heats

The first round was held on August 6.^{[2] [3] [4] [5]}

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2	4			4:12.23	QA
2	2	5			4:12.42	QA
3	1	4			4:12.66	QA
4	1	6			4:14.15	QA
5	1	3			4:14.49	QA
6	2	6			4:15.28	QA
7	1	5			4:15.69	QA
8	2	3			4:16.79	QA
9	1	2			4:17.92	QB
10	2	2			4:20.54	QB
11	2	1			4:25.74	QB
12	1	7			4:27.59	QB
13	1	1			4:28.63	QB
14	2	7			4:28.68	QB

Final B

The B final was also held on August 6.^[6]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
9	4			4:21.44
10	6			4:24.17
11	3			4:24.99
12	5			4:26.19
13	2			4:27.11

Final A

The A final was also held on August 6.^[7]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	4			4:10.86
	3			4:11.97
	5			4:12.05
4	2			4:12.23
5	6			4:12.79
6	8			4:15.35
7	7			4:15.39
8	1			4:15.51

Notes and References

1. Web site: Villa Deportiva Nacional, VIDENA. 4 August 2019. www.lima2019.pe. Lima Organizing Committee for the 2019 Pan and Parapan American Games (COPAL). 4 August 2019.
2. Web site: Swimming Schedule. 4 August 2019. www.lima2019.pe. Lima Organizing Committee for the 2019 Pan and Parapan American Games (COPAL). 4 August 2019.
3. Web site: Entries List. 4 August 2019. www.lima2019.pe. Lima Organizing Committee for the 2019 Pan and Parapan American Games (COPAL). 4 August 2019.
4. Web site: Start List. 5 August 2019. www.lima2019.pe. ATOS. 5 August 2019.
5. Web site: HEATS RESULTS. 6 August 2019. www.lima2019.pe. ATOS. 6 August 2019.
6. https://wrsd.lima2019.pe/PAG2019/resPAG2019/pdf/PAG2019/SWM/PAG2019_SWM_C73A1_SWMW400MFR------------FNL-000200--.pdf Women's 400m Freestyle - B Final
7. https://wrsd.lima2019.pe/PAG2019/resPAG2019/pdf/PAG2019/SWM/PAG2019_SWM_C74A_SWMW400MFR------------FNL---------.pdf Women's 400m Freestyle - A Final