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Swimming at the
2011 Pan American Games
Freestyle
50 mmenwomen
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
400 mmenwomen
800 mwomen
1500 mmen
Backstroke
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
Breaststroke
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
Butterfly
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
Individual medley
200 mmenwomen
400 mmenwomen
Freestyle relay
4×100 mmenwomen
4×200 mmenwomen
Medley relay
4×100 mmenwomen
Marathon
10 kmmenwomen

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 (Samantha Woodward, 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)
Amanda Kendall (54.49)
Erika Erndl (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 Caroline Lapierre (57.29)
Gabrielle Soucisse (59.40)
Ashley McGregor (58.06)
Jennifer Beckberger (56.44)		  Canada 3:51.19 Q
4 2 5 Maria Fernanda Gonzalez (57.18)
Martha Beltran (58.54)
Gabriela Verdugo (1:00.73)
Liliana Ibáñez (56.98)		  Mexico 3:53.43 Q
5 1 4 Jeserik Pinto (58.34)
Mercedes Toledo (59.40)
Ximena Vilar (58.06)
Wendy Rodriguez (58.54)		  Venezuela 3:54.34 Q
6 1 6 Ariel Weech (59.00)
Alicia Lightbourne (59.82)
McKayla Lightbourne (1:00.59)
Alana Dillette (58.72)		  Bahamas 3:58.13 Q
7 1 5 Virginia Bardach (59.80)
Florencia Perotti (1:01.09)
Nadia Colovini (57.19)
Cecilia Biagioli (1:00.53)		  Argentina 3:58.61 Q
8 2 3 Andrea Cedron (1:00.99)
Oriele Espinoza (1:02.35)
Daniela Miyahara (1:02.14)
Mariangela Macchiavello (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
1st place, gold medalist(s) 4 Madison Kennedy (55.55)
Elizabeth Pelton (55.25)
Amanda Kendall (54.62)
Erika Erndl (55.24)		  United States 3:40.66 GR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 5 Michelle Lenhardt (57.06)
Tatiana Barbosa (55.52)
Flavia Delaroli-Cazziolato (55.83)
Daynara de Paula (56.21)		  Brazil 3:44.62
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 3 Jennifer Beckberger (56.27)
Caroline Lapierre (56.86)
Ashley McGregor (58.16)
Paige Schultz (57.08)		  Canada 3:48.37
4 2 Jeserik Pinto (57.62)
Wendy Rodriguez (57.92)
Erika Torellas (58.00)
Arlene Semeco (55.01)		  Venezuela 3:48.55 NR
5 6 Maria Fernanda Gonzalez (57.12)
Martha Beltran (58.18)
Arantxa Medina (58.97)
Liliana Ibáñez (55.60)		  Mexico 3:49.87 NR
6 1 Nadia Colovini (56.55)
Cecilia Bertoncello (58.62)
Virginia Bardach (58.76)
Cecilia Biagioli (57.97)		  Argentina 3:51.90 NR
7 7 Ariel Weech (57.98)
Alicia Lightbourne (58.72)
McKayla Lightbourne (59.66)
Alana Dillette (57.92)		  Bahamas 3:54.28
8 8 Andrea Cedron (59.93)
Maria Alejandra Torres (1:01.56)
Daniela Miyahara (1:00.34)
Mariangela Macchiavello (58.81)		  Peru 4:00.64 NR

References

  1. ^ Guadalajara 2011 sessions Archived 2011-06-26 at the Wayback Machine
  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
source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swimming_at_the_2011_Pan_American_Games_%E2%80%93_Women%27s_4_%C3%97_100_metre_freestyle_relay