Swimming at the 2015 Pan American Games – Women's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay

Women's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay at the XVII Pan American Games
Venue	CIBC Pan Am/Parapan Am Aquatics Centre and Field House
Dates	July 16 (preliminaries and finals)
Competitors	33 from 6 nations
Winning time	7:54.32
Medalists
, Allison Schmitt, , Gillian Ryan, Amanda Weir,   United States   Manuella Lyrio, Jéssica Cavalheiro, Joanna Maranhão, Larissa Oliveira, Bruna Primati, Gabrielle Roncatto   Brazil   Emily Overholt, Katerine Savard, Alyson Ackman, Brittany MacLean, Erika Seltenreich-Hodgson,   Canada
«2011 2019»

Swimming at the 2015 Pan American Games
Qualification
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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The women's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay competition of the swimming events at the 2015 Pan American Games took place on July 16 at the CIBC Pan Am/Parapan Am Aquatics Centre and Field House in Toronto, Canada.^[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) (2:00.99) Elizabeth Pelton (2:00.11) (2:00.49) (1:59.59)	8:01.19	Guadalajara, Mexico	October 18, 2011

The following new records were set during this competition.

Date	Event	Nation	Time	Record
16 July	Final	United States	7:54.32	GR

Schedule[]

All times are Eastern Time Zone (UTC-4).

Results[]

Heats[]

The first round was held on July 16.^[3] As only six teams had entered, the heats served as a ranking round with all six teams advancing to the final.

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	4	(2:01.25) Amanda Weir (2:02.52) (2:02.49) Gillian Ryan (1:59.26)	United States	8:05.52	Q
2	1	5	Erika Seltenreich-Hodgson (2:01.60) Alyson Ackman (2:01.33) Brittany MacLean (2:00.10) (2:03.03)	Canada	8:06.06	Q
3	1	3	Jéssica Cavalheiro (2:00.78) Bruna Primati (2:02.94) Gabrielle Roncatto (2:08.58) Larissa Oliveira (2:07.57)	Brazil	8:19.87	Q
4	1	2	(2:06.29) (2:04.89) (2:08.11) Liliana Ibáñez (2:02.75)	Mexico	8:22.04	Q
5	1	7	Jessica Cattaneo (2:05.29) Andrea Cedrón (2:06.54) (2:08.72) McKenna de Bever (2:10.06)	Peru	8:30.61	Q, NR
6	1	6	Mercedes Toledo (2:05.85) Jeserik Pinto (2:09.51) (2:13.11) (2:05.44)	Venezuela	8:33.91	Q
	1	1		Colombia	DNS

Final[]

The final was held on July 16.^[4]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	4	(1:59.61) Allison Schmitt (1:55.98) (1:59.61) Gillian Ryan (1:59.12)	United States	7:54.32	GR
	3	Manuella Lyrio (1:58.98) Jéssica Cavalheiro (1:59.03) Joanna Maranhão (1:59.31) Larissa Oliveira (1:59.04)	Brazil	7:56.36	SA
	5	Emily Overholt (1:58.83) Katerine Savard (2:01.02) Alyson Ackman (2:00.31) Brittany MacLean (1:59.20)	Canada	7:59.36
4	7	Andreina Pinto (2:00.90) (2:02.74) Mercedes Toledo (2:05.48) (2:03.98)	Venezuela	8:13.10	NR
5	2	Jessica Cattaneo (2:07.72) (2:10.69) Andrea Cedrón (2:09.72) McKenna de Bever (2:14.40)	Peru	8:42.53
	6	Liliana Ibáñez (2:03.60) Esther González	Mexico	DSQ

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