# Swimming at the 2011 Pan American Games – Women's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay

The women's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay competition of the swimming events at the 2011 Pan American Games took place on the 18 of October at the Scotiabank Aquatics Center. 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.

## 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) Jessica Rodriguez (1:59.97) Emily Kukors (1:59.57) Ava Ohlgren (2:00.19) Katie Carroll (2:02.30) | 8:02.03 | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | July 18, 2007 |

## 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 18. As only seven teams had entered, the heats served as a ranking round with all teams advancing to the final.
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 4 | Kim Vandenberg (2:03.25) Elizabeth Pelton (2:00.39) Erika Erndl (2:01.68) Amanda Kendall (2:00.22) | United States | 8:05.64 | Q |
| 2 | 6 | Martha Beltran (2:09.32) Fernanda González (2:04.38) Rita Medrano (2:05.92) Liliana Ibáñez (2:10.35) | Mexico | 8:29.97 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | Yennifer Marquez (2:06.88) Elimar Barrios (2:08.03) Jeserik Pinto (2:08.31) Darneyis Orozco (2:07.36) | Venezuela | 8:30.58 | Q |
| 4 | 5 | Gabrielle Soucisse (2:07.81) Ashley McGregor (2:07.22) Karyn Jewell (2:09.80) Bridget Colley (2:08.26) | Canada | 8:33.09 | Q |
| 5 | 3 | Sarah Correa (2:13.24) Gabriela Rocha (2:12.33) Larissa Cieslak (2:13.46) Thamy Ventorin (2:07.92) | Brazil | 8:46.95 | Q |
| 6 | 1 | Mariangela Macchiavello (2:12.97) Patricia Quevedo (2:13.80) Maria Torres (2:11.97) Andrea Cedron (2:12.78) | Peru | 8:51.52 | Q |
| 7 | 7 | Nadia Colovini (2:09.15) Georgina Bardach (2:18.00) Julia Arino Virginia Bardach | Argentina | 9:09.18 | Q |

### Final

The final was held on October 18.
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | 4 | Catherine Breed (2:00.99) Elizabeth Pelton (2:00.11) Chelsea Nauta (2:00.49) Amanda Kendall (1:59.59) | United States | 8:01.18 | GR |
| | 2 | Joanna Maranhão (2:01.46) Jéssica Cavalheiro (2:03.30) Manuella Lyrio (2:01.22) Tatiana Lemos (2:03.91) | Brazil | 8:09.89 | |
| | 5 | Liliana Ibáñez (2:01.17) Patricia Castañeda (2:05.28) Fernanda González (2:02.70) Susana Escobar (2:03.04) | Mexico | 8:12.19 | |
| 4 | 3 | Yanel Pinto (2:03.75) Darneyis Orozco (2:08.45) Yennifer Marquez (2:05.33) Andreina Pinto (2:01.67) | Venezuela | 8:19.20 | |
| 5 | 6 | Caroline Lapierre (2:08.24) Paige Schultz (2:04.46) Sherry Liu (2:03.48) Jennifer Beckberger (2:03.75) | Canada | 8:19.93 | |
| 6 | 1 | Nadia Colovini (2:06.65) Virginia Bardach (2:05.58) Julia Arino (2:14.07) Georgina Bardach (2:12.66) | Argentina | 8:38.96 | |
| 7 | 7 | Andrea Cedron (2:07.31) Mariangela Macchiavello (2:11.99) Maria Alejandra Torres (2:10.78) Daniela Miyahara (2:12.16) | Peru | 8:42.24 | |