2014 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Women's 400 metre individual medley
# 2014 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Women's 400 metre individual medley

The women's 400 metre individual medley competition at the 2014 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships took place on August 22 at the Gold Coast Aquatic Centre. The last champion was Elizabeth Beisel of United States.

This race consisted of eight lengths of the pool. The first two lengths were swum using the butterfly stroke, the second pair with the backstroke, the third pair of lengths in breaststroke, and the final two were freestyle.

## Records

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

| World record | Ye Shiwen (CHN) | 4:28.43 | London, UK | July 28, 2012 |
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| Pan Pacific Championships record | Elizabeth Beisel (USA) | 4:34.04 | Irvine, United States | August 19, 2010 |

## Results

All times are in minutes and seconds.

| KEY: | q | Fastest non-qualifiers | Q | Qualified | CR | Championships record | NR | National record | PB | Personal best | SB | Seasonal best |
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### Heats

The first round was held on August 22, at 11:21.

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Elizabeth Beisel | United States | 4:36.89 | QA |
| 2 | Maya DiRado | United States | 4:37.53 | QA |
| 3 | Keryn McMaster | Australia | 4:38.72 | QA |
| 4 | Sakiko Shimizu | Japan | 4:40.64 | QA |
| 5 | Melanie Margalis | United States | 4:41.72 | QA |
| 6 | Cammile Adams | United States | 4:42.09 | QA |
| 7 | Miho Takahashi | Japan | 4:42.52 | QA |
| 8 | Becca Mann | United States | 4:43.08 | QA |
| 9 | Rika Omoto | Japan | 4:44.52 | QB |
| 10 | Miyu Otsuka | Japan | 4:44.59 | QB |
| 11 | Emily Overholt | Canada | 4:45.89 | QB |
| 12 | Caitlin Leverenz | United States | 4:45.92 | QB |
| 13 | Hali Flickinger | United States | 4:47.55 | QB |
| 14 | Erika Seltenreich-Hodgson | Canada | 4:50.42 | QB |
| 15 | Sydney Pickrem | Canada | 4:50.79 | QB |
| 16 | Marni Oldershaw | Canada | 4:55.02 | QB |
| 17 | Chen Ziyi | China | 5:00.80 | |

### B Final

The B final was held on August 22, at 20:41.

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
| - | - | - | - |
| 9 | Caitlin Leverenz | United States | 4:38.31 |
| 10 | Becca Mann | United States | 4:39.93 |
| 11 | Cammile Adams | United States | 4:40.41 |
| 12 | Melanie Margalis | United States | 4:40.94 |
| 13 | Rika Omoto | Japan | 4:42.94 |
| 14 | Miyu Otsuka | Japan | 4:43.62 |
| 15 | Sydney Pickrem | Canada | 4:48.69 |
| 16 | Marni Oldershaw | Canada | 4:99.02 |

### A Final

The A final was held on August 22, at 20:41.

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | Elizabeth Beisel | United States | 4:31.99 | CR |
| | Maya DiRado | United States | 4:35.37 | |
| | Keryn McMaster | Australia | 4:38.84 | |
| 4 | Sakiko Shimizu | Japan | 4:39.29 | |
| 5 | Miho Takahashi | Japan | 4:40.86 | |
| 6 | Emily Overholt | Canada | 4:41.64 | |
| 7 | Erika Seltenreich-Hodgson | Canada | 4:46.45 | |
| 8 | Chen Ziyi | China | 4:57.46 | |
