Swimming at the 2011 Pan American Games – Women's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay

Women's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay at the XVI Pan American Games
Women's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay at the XVI Pan American Games
Venue	Scotiabank Aquatics Center
Dates	October 15 (preliminaries and finals)
Winning score	3:40.66
Medalists
	«2007 2015»

The women's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay competition of the swimming events at the 2011 Pan American Games took place on the 15 of October at the Scotiabank Aquatics Center.^[1] The defending Pan American Games champion is the United States (, Julia Smit, Emily Kukors and Maritza Correia).

This race consisted of eight lengths of the pool. Each of the four swimmers completed two lengths of the pool. The first swimmer had to touch the wall before the second could leave the starting block.^[2]

Records[]

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

World record	Netherlands (NED) Inge Dekker (53.61) Ranomi Kromowidjojo (52.30) Femke Heemskerk (53.03) Marleen Veldhuis (52.78)	3:31.72	Rome, Italy	July 26, 2009
Pan American Games record	United States (USA) Amanda Weir (54.46) Christina Swindle (55.75) Colleen Lanne (55.99) Courtney Shealy (55.73)	3:41.93	Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic	August 13, 2003

Results[]

All times shown are in minutes.

KEY:	q	Fastest non-qualifiers	Q	Qualified	GR	Games record	NR	National record	PB	Personal best	SB	Seasonal best	PR	Pan American Games record

Heats[]

The first round was held on October 15.^[3]^[4]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2	4	Madison Kennedy (55.63) Elizabeth Pelton (55.47) (54.49) (55.26)	United States	3:40.85	Q, GR
2	2	6	Graciele Herrmann (56.55) Michelle Lenhardt (58.32) Flavia Delaroli-Cazziolato (56.33) Tatiana Barbosa (56.92)	Brazil	3:48.12	Q
3	2	2	(57.29) (59.40) Ashley McGregor (58.06) (56.44)	Canada	3:51.19	Q
4	2	5	Maria Fernanda Gonzalez (57.18) (58.54) (1:00.73) Liliana Ibañez (56.98)	Mexico	3:53.43	Q
5	1	4	Jeserik Pinto (58.34) Mercedes Toledo (59.40) (58.06) (58.54)	Venezuela	3:54.34	Q
6	1	6	(59.00) (59.82) (1:00.59) Alana Dillette (58.72)	Bahamas	3:58.13	Q
7	1	5	Virginia Bardach (59.80) (1:01.09) (57.19) Cecilia Biagioli (1:00.53)	Argentina	3:58.61	Q
8	2	3	Andrea Cedron (1:00.99) (1:02.35) (1:02.14) (59.40)	Peru	4:04.88	Q
	1	3		Uruguay	DNS

Final[]

The final was held on October 15.^[5]^[6]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	4	Madison Kennedy (55.55) Elizabeth Pelton (55.25) (54.62) (55.24)	United States	3:40.66	GR
	5	Michelle Lenhardt (57.06) Tatiana Barbosa (55.52) Flavia Delaroli-Cazziolato (55.83) Daynara de Paula (56.21)	Brazil	3:44.62
	3	(56.27) (56.86) Ashley McGregor (58.16) (57.08)	Canada	3:48.37
4	2	Jeserik Pinto (57.62) (57.92) (58.00) Arlene Semeco (55.01)	Venezuela	3:48.55	NR
5	6	Maria Fernanda Gonzalez (57.12) (58.18) (58.97) Liliana Ibañez (55.60)	Mexico	3:49.87	NR
6	1	(56.55) (58.62) Virginia Bardach (58.76) Cecilia Biagioli (57.97)	Argentina	3:51.90	NR
7	7	(57.98) (58.72) (59.66) Alana Dillette (57.92)	Bahamas	3:54.28
8	8	Andrea Cedron (59.93) (1:01.56) (1:00.34) (58.81)	Peru	4:00.64	NR

References[]

^ Guadalajara 2011 sessions Archived 2011-06-26 at the Wayback Machine
^ Swimming technical manual Archived 2011-07-28 at the Wayback Machine
^ Women's 4x100m Freestyle Relay Preliminaries
^ Heats – Day 1
^ Women's 4x100m Freestyle Relay Final^{[dead link]}
^ Finals – Day 1

[div-1] Guadalajara 2011 sessions Archived 2011-06-26 at the Wayback Machine

[manual-2] Swimming technical manual Archived 2011-07-28 at the Wayback Machine

[3] Women's 4x100m Freestyle Relay Preliminaries

[4] Heats – Day 1

[5] Women's 4x100m Freestyle Relay Final^{[dead link]}

[6] Finals – Day 1

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Swimming at the 2011 Pan American Games

Freestyle
50 m	men	women
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
800 m		women
1500 m	men
Backstroke
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
Breaststroke
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
Butterfly
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
Individual medley
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
Freestyle relay
4×100 m	men	women
4×200 m	men	women
Medley relay
4×100 m	men	women
Marathon
10 km	men	women
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