Swimming at the 1999 Pan American Games – Women's 400 metre individual medley

The women's 400 metre individual medley competition of the swimming events at the 1999 Pan American Games took place on 2 August at the Pan Am Pool.^[1] The last Pan American Games champion was Joanne Malar of Canada.^{[2][3][4][5][6][7]}

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.^[8]

Results

All times are in minutes and seconds.

Heats

The first round was held on August 2.^[1]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Joanne Malar	Canada	4:44.34	Q
2	Maggie Bowen	United States	4:51.14	Q
3	Fabíola Molina	Brazil	4:54.58	Q
4	Liz Warden	Canada	4:54.68	Q
5	Shannon Cullen	United States	4:54.89	Q
6	Carolyn Adel	Suriname	4:57.74	Q
7	Georgina Bardach	Argentina	4:59.26	Q
8	Bárbara Jatobá	Brazil	5:07.32	Q

B Final

The B final was held on August 2.^[9]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
9	Jeanett Yanez	Peru	5:19.90

A Final

The A final was held on August 2.^[1]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Joanne Malar	Canada	4:38.46	GR
	Maggie Bowen	United States	4:49.22
	Carolyn Adel	Suriname	4:50.41
4	Fabíola Molina	Brazil	4:54.38
5	Shannon Cullen	United States	4:54.68
6	Liz Warden	Canada	4:54.83
7	Georgina Bardach	Argentina	4:55.94
8	Bárbara Jatobá	Brazil	5:07.02

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