title: Swimming at the 1963 Pan American Games – Women's 400 metre freestyle
text: # Swimming at the 1963 Pan American Games – Women's 400 metre freestyle
  
  The women's 400 metre freestyle competition of the swimming events at the 1963 Pan American Games took place on April. The last Pan American Games champion was Chris von Saltza of US.
  
  This race consisted of eight lengths of the pool, with all eight being in the freestyle stroke.
  
  ## Results
  
  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 |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  
  ### Final
  
  The final was held on April.
  
  | Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | | Sharon Finneran | United States | 4:52.7 |
  | | Robyn Johnson | United States | 4:56.1 |
  | | Lynne Pomfret | Canada | 5:20.4 |
  | 4 | Sharon Pierce | Canada | 5:23.3 |
  | 5 | Maria Luísa Sousa | Mexico | 5:23.9 |
  | 6 | Vera Maria Formiga | Brazil | 5:24:6 |
  | 7 | - | - | - |
  | 8 | - | - | - |
  