Swimming at the 2023 Pan American Games – Women's 400 metre individual medley explained

Year:	2023
Event:	Women's 400 metre individual medley
Venue:	Aquatic Centre
Date:	October 24
Competitors:	19
Nations:	14
Gold:	Julie Brousseau
Goldnoc:	CAN
Silver:	Lucerne Bell
Silvernoc:	USA
Bronze:	Gabrielle Roncatto
Bronzenoc:	BRA
Prev:	2019
Next:	2027

The women's 400 metre individual medley competition of the swimming events at the 2023 Pan American Games were held on October 24, 2023, at the Aquatic Center in Santiago, Chile.^[1]

Records

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

World record		4:25.87	Toronto, Canada	January 4, 2023
Pan American Games record		4:35.46	Toronto, Canada	July 16, 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 highest eight scores advance to the final.^[2]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2	4	Lucerne Bell		4:49.68	QA
2	3	4	Julie Brousseau		4:49.78	QA
3	2	5	Nathalia Almeida		4:51.33	QA
4	2	3	Gabrielle Roncatto		4:51.43	QA
5	3	5	Kristen Romano		4:52.48	QA
6	3	6	María Alborzén		4:56.18	QA
7	3	3	Florencia Perotti		4:58.83	QA
8	3	1	Alondra Ortiz		4:59.46	QA
9	3	7	Samantha Baños		5:01.27	QB
10	2	6	Magdalena Portela		5:02.32	QB
11	3	8	Mariana Cote		5:06.11	QB
12	3	7	Karen Rodríguez		5:06.49	QB
13	2	1	Lucero Mejia		5:08.30	QB
14	2	2	María Fé Muñoz		5:09.37	QB
15	3	2	Isabella Chavez		5:09.84	QB
16	2	8	Daine Pedré		5:11.96	QB
17	1	3	Sierrah Broadbelt		5:15.81
18	1	5	Giuliana Alberti		5:20.29
19	1	4	Florencia Orpis		5:23.02

Final B

The B final was held on October 24.^[3]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
9	5	Magdalena Portela		4:55.61
10	4	Samantha Baños		4:59.60
11	3	Mariana Cote		5:04.65
12	6	Karen Rodríguez		5:04.75
13	7	Isabella Chavez		5:08.72
14	2	Lucero Mejia		5:10.94
15	1	Sierrah Broadbelt		5:17.56
16	8	Giuliana Alberti		5:25.16

Final A

The A final was held on October 24.^[3]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	5	Julie Brousseau		4:43.76
	4	Lucerne Bell		4:44.27
	6	Gabrielle Roncatto		4:47.92
4	2	Kristen Romano		4:48.73
5	3	Nathalia Almeida		4:52.15
6	7	María Alborzén		4:54.67
7	8	Alondra Ortiz		4:59.34
8	1	Florencia Perotti		5:01.01

Notes and References

1. Web site: Get to know the venues and clusters of the Santiago 2023 Pan American and Parapan American games. Where all the competitions will take place in Santiago and regions.. 2023-10-25. santiago2023.org.
2. Web site: Swimming - Women's 400 metre individual medley - Heats results. November 27, 2023.
3. Web site: Swimming - Women's 400 metre individual medley - Final results. November 27, 2023.