# Swimming at the 2015 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 2015 Pan American Games took place on July 16 at the CIBC Pan Am/Parapan Am Aquatics Centre and Field House in Toronto, Canada. 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) Catherine Breed (2:00.99) Elizabeth Pelton (2:00.11) Chelsea Nauta (2:00.49) Amanda Kendall (1:59.59) | 8:01.19 | Guadalajara, Mexico | October 18, 2011 |
The following new records were set during this competition.
| Date | Event | Nation | Time | Record |
| 16 July | Final | United States | 7:54.32 | GR |

## Schedule

All times are Eastern Time Zone (UTC-4).
| Date | Time | Round |
| July 16, 2015 | 11:08 | Heats |
| July 16, 2015 | 20:28 | Final |

## Results
### Heats

The first round was held on July 16. As only six teams had entered, the heats served as a ranking round with all six teams advancing to the final.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 1 | 4 | Courtney Harnish (2:01.25) Amanda Weir (2:02.52) Kylie Stewart (2:02.49) Gillian Ryan (1:59.26) | United States | 8:05.52 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | 5 | Erika Seltenreich-Hodgson (2:01.60) Alyson Ackman (2:01.33) Brittany MacLean (2:00.10) Tabitha Baumann (2:03.03) | Canada | 8:06.06 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | 3 | Jéssica Cavalheiro (2:00.78) Bruna Primati (2:02.94) Gabrielle Roncatto (2:08.58) Larissa Oliveira (2:07.57) | Brazil | 8:19.87 | Q |
| 4 | 1 | 2 | Maria Hichaud (2:06.29) Allyson Macias (2:04.89) Moniika Gonzalez-Hermosillo (2:08.11) Liliana Ibáñez (2:02.75) | Mexico | 8:22.04 | Q |
| 5 | 1 | 7 | Jessica Cattaneo (2:05.29) Andrea Cedrón (2:06.54) Kaori Miyahara (2:08.72) McKenna DeBever (2:10.06) | Peru | 8:30.61 | Q, NR |
| 6 | 1 | 6 | Mercedes Toledo (2:05.85) Jeserik Pinto (2:09.51) Andrea Garrido (2:13.11) Yennifer Marquez (2:05.44) | Venezuela | 8:33.91 | Q |
| | 1 | 1 | | Colombia | DNS | |

### Final

The final was held on July 16.
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | 4 | Kiera Janzen (1:59.61) Allison Schmitt (1:55.98) Courtney Harnish (1:59.61) Gillian Ryan (1:59.12) | United States | 7:54.32 | GR |
| | 3 | Manuella Lyrio (1:58.98) Jéssica Cavalheiro (1:59.03) Joanna Maranhão (1:59.31) Larissa Oliveira (1:59.04) | Brazil | 7:56.36 | SA |
| | 5 | Emily Overholt (1:58.83) Katerine Savard (2:01.02) Alyson Ackman (2:00.31) Brittany MacLean (1:59.20) | Canada | 7:59.36 | |
| 4 | 7 | Andreina Pinto (2:00.90) Andrea Garrido (2:02.74) Mercedes Toledo (2:05.48) Yennifer Marquez (2:03.98) | Venezuela | 8:13.10 | NR |
| 5 | 2 | Jessica Cattaneo (2:07.72) Kaori Miyahara (2:10.69) Andrea Cedrón (2:09.72) McKenna DeBever (2:14.40) | Peru | 8:42.53 | |
| | 6 | Liliana Ibáñez (2:03.60) Esther González Maria Hichaud Natalia Jaspeado | Mexico | DSQ | |