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Swimming at the 1971 Pan American Games – Women's 400 metre freestyle

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Women's 400 metre freestyle at the 1971 Pan American Games
Venue-
DatesAugust 9 (preliminaries and finals)
Competitors- from - nations
Medalists
Gold medal   United States
Silver medal   United States
Bronze medal   Canada
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The women's 400 metre freestyle competition of the swimming events at the 1971 Pan American Games took place on 9 August.[1][2] The last Pan American Games champion was Debbie Meyer of US.[3][4][5][6][7][8]

This race consisted of eight lengths of the pool, with all eight being in the freestyle stroke.[9]

Results

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All times are in minutes and seconds.

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

Heats

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Final

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The final was held on August 9.[1]

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Ann Simmons  United States 4:26.2
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Jill Strong  United States 4:36.2
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Angela Coughlan  Canada 4:38.9
4 - - -
5 Rosalinda Angel  Colombia 4:45.3
6 Olga de Angulo  Colombia 4:46.4
7 Sandra Smith  Canada 4:50.6
8 Patrícia Lopez  Argentina 5:09.1

References

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  1. ^ a b "O GLOBO News Archive - August 10, 1971, Morning, General, page 24". O GLOBO. Archived from the original on 30 August 2013. Retrieved 29 August 2013.
  2. ^ O GLOBO News Archive
  3. ^ Hickoksports Archived 2012-12-05 at archive.today
  4. ^ Resultados
  5. ^ All Pan medalists - Male
  6. ^ "All Pan medalists - Female". Archived from the original on 2013-09-25. Retrieved 2013-09-15.
  7. ^ Pan American Games - Swimming and Diving page, from gbrathletics.com; retrieved 2012-04-15.
  8. ^ Brazil medals at 1971 Pan
  9. ^ Swimming technical manual Archived 2011-07-28 at the Wayback Machine