Swimming at the 2011 Pan American Games – Women's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay

Women's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay at the XVI Pan American Games
Women's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay at the XVI Pan American Games
Venue	Scotiabank Aquatics Center
Dates	October 18 (preliminaries and finals)
Winning score	8:01.18
Medalists
	«2007 2015»

The women's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay competition of the swimming events at the 2011 Pan American Games took place on the 18 of October at the Scotiabank Aquatics Center.^[1] The defending Pan American Games champion is the United States.

This race consisted of sixteen lengths of the pool. Each of the four swimmers completed four 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	China (CHN) Yang Yu (1:55.47) Zhu Qianwei (1:55.79) Liu Jing (1:56.09) Pang Jiaying (1:54.73)	7:42.08	Rome, Italy	July 30, 2009
Pan American Games record	United States (USA) (1:59.97) Emily Kukors (1:59.57) Ava Ohlgren (2:00.19) (2:02.30)	8:02.03	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	July 18, 2007

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 18.^[3] As only seven teams had entered, the heats served as a ranking round with all teams advancing to the final.

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	4	Kim Vandenberg (2:03.25) Elizabeth Pelton (2:00.39) (2:01.68) (2:00.22)	United States	8:05.64	Q
2	6	(2:09.32) Fernanda González (2:04.38) Rita Medrano (2:05.92) Liliana Ibañez (2:10.35)	Mexico	8:29.97	Q
3	2	(2:06.88) (2:08.03) Jeserik Pinto (2:08.31) (2:07.36)	Venezuela	8:30.58	Q
4	5	(2:07.81) Ashley McGregor (2:07.22) (2:09.80) (2:08.26)	Canada	8:33.09	Q
5	3	Sarah Correa (2:13.24) Gabriela Rocha (2:12.33) Larissa Cieslak (2:13.46) Thamy Ventorin (2:07.92)	Brazil	8:46.95	Q
6	1	(2:12.97) (2:13.80) (2:11.97) Andrea Cedron (2:12.78)	Peru	8:51.52	Q
7	7	(2:09.15) Georgina Bardach (2:18.00) Julia Arino Virginia Bardach	Argentina	9:09.18	Q

Final[]

The final was held on October 18.^[4]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	4	(2:00.99) Elizabeth Pelton (2:00.11) (2:00.49) (1:59.59)	United States	8:01.18	GR
	2	Joanna Maranhão (2:01.46) Jéssica Cavalheiro (2:03.30) Manuella Lyrio (2:01.22) Tatiana Lemos (2:03.91)	Brazil	8:09.89
	5	Liliana Ibañez (2:01.17) Patricia Castañeda (2:05.28) Fernanda González (2:02.70) Susana Escobar (2:03.04)	Mexico	8:12.19
4	3	Yanel Pinto (2:03.75) (2:08.45) (2:05.33) Andreina Pinto (2:01.67)	Venezuela	8:19.20
5	6	(2:08.24) (2:04.46) (2:03.48) (2:03.75)	Canada	8:19.93
6	1	(2:06.65) Virginia Bardach (2:05.58) Julia Arino (2:14.07) Georgina Bardach (2:12.66)	Argentina	8:38.96
7	7	Andrea Cedron (2:07.31) (2:11.99) (2:10.78) (2:12.16)	Peru	8:42.24

References[]

^ Guadalajara 2011 sessions Archived 2011-06-26 at the Wayback Machine
^ "Swimming Technical Manual" (PDF). Guadalajara 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 July 2011. Retrieved 23 October 2011.
^ Heats – Day 4
^ Finals – Day 4

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

[manual-2] "Swimming Technical Manual" (PDF). Guadalajara 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 July 2011. Retrieved 23 October 2011.

[3] Heats – Day 4

[4] Finals – Day 4

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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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