Only 16 US women have ever run sub-4:00 and 7 of then are in the final
Field by PBs and All-time US Rank
Elle St Pierre 3:56.00 (#2)
Heather Maclean 3:58.76 (#7)
Sinclaire Johnson 3:58.85 (#8)
Elise Cranny 3:58.88 (#9)
Addy Wiley 3:59.17 (#10)
Nikki Hiltz 3:59.61 (#13)
Emily Mackay 3:59.76 (#15)
Cory McGee 4:00.34 (#20)
Dani Jones 4:00.64 (# 21)
Helen Schlachtenhaufen 4:01.09 (#24)
Maggi Congdon 4:02.79 (#31)
Christina Aragon 4:05.36 (#74)
Average - 4:00.05
PBs of Finalists Heading into 2021 Olympic Trials Final
Simpson 3:57.22
St Pierre 3:58.36 (Qualified for Tokyo)
Osika 4:00.73
Hiltz 4:01.52
Schlachtenhaufen 4:03.59
McGee 4:03.64 (Qualified for Tokyo)
Johnson 4:03.72
Jones 4:04.26
Maclean 4:04.85 (Qualified for Tokyo)
Bennett 4:05.05
D. Aragon 4:05.46
Heymach 4:09.65
Average - 4:03.17
2024 Field by 2024 Best Time and 2024 US Rank
Elle St Pierre 3:56.00 (#1)
Nikki Hiltz 3:59.64 (#2)
Emily Mackay 3:59.76 (#3)
Sinclaire Johnson 4:00.43 (#4)
Dani Jones 4:00.64 (#5)
Heather Maclean 4:02.09 (#6)
Cory McGee 4:02.09 (#6)
Elise Cranny 4:02.56 (#8)
Helen Schlachtenhaufen 4:02.68 (#9)
Addy Wiley 4:02.78 (#10)
Maggi Congdon 4:02.79 (#11)
Christina Aragon 4:05.36 (#13)
2024 Field by Age
Cory McGee 32 years, 1 month
Nikki Hiltz 29 years, 8 months
Elle St Pierre 29 years, 4 months
Helen Schlachtenhaufen 29 years, 3 months
Heather Maclean 28 years, 10 months
Elise Cranny 28 years, 1 month
Dani Jones 27 years, 10 months
Christina Aragon 27 years, 0 months
Sinclaire Johnson 26 years, 2 months
Emily Mackay 26 years, 2 months
Maggi Congdon 21 years, 11 months
Addy Wiley 20 years, 8 months