title: Swimming at the 1983 Pan American Games – Women's 400 metre freestyle
text: # Swimming at the 1983 Pan American Games – Women's 400 metre freestyle
  
  The women's 400 metre freestyle competition of the swimming events at the 1983 Pan American Games took place on 19 August. The last Pan American Games champion was Cynthia Woodhead 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 August 19.
  
  | Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Tiffany Cohen | United States | 4:12.27 | |
  | | Cynthia Woodhead | United States | 4:14.07 | |
  | | Julie Daigneault | Canada | 4:19.91 | |
  | 4 | Donna McGinnis | Canada | 4:23.74 | |
  | 5 | Irma Huerta | Mexico | 4:32.02 | |
  | 6 | Isabel Miranda | Brazil | 4:34.24 | |
  | 7 | Maria Cuesta | Cuba | 4:34.95 | NR |
  | 8 | Patricia Bartiett | Trinidad and Tobago | 4:40.41 | |
  