Swimming at the 2011 Pan American Games – Women's 800 metre freestyle

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Women's 800 metre freestyle at the 2011 Pan American Games
Swimming pictogram.svg
Venue Scotiabank Aquatics Center
DatesOctober 18–19
Competitors17 from 12 nations
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg   Flag of Chile.svg  Chile
Silver medal icon.svg   Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Bronze medal icon.svg   Flag of Venezuela.svg  Venezuela
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The women's 800 metre freestyle competition of the swimming events at the 2011 Pan American Games took place between October 18 and 19 at the Scotiabank Aquatics Center in the municipality of Zapopan, near Guadalajara, Mexico. [1] The defending Pan American Games champion was Caroline Burckle of the United States.

Contents

This race consisted of sixteen lengths of the pool, all in freestyle. [2]

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Pan American Games records were as follows:

World record Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Rebecca Adlington  (GBR)8:14.10 Beijing, China August 16, 2008
Pan American Games record Flag of the United States.svg  Kaitlin Sandeno  (USA)8:34.65 Winnipeg, Canada August 6, 1999

Qualification

Each National Olympic Committee (NOC) was able to enter up to two entrants providing they had met the A standard (9:05.8) in the qualifying period (January 1, 2010 to September 4, 2011). NOCs were also permitted to enter one athlete providing they had met the B standard (9:22.2) in the same qualifying period. [2]

Results

All times are in minutes and seconds.

KEY:qFastest non-qualifiersQQualifiedGRGames recordNRNational recordPBPersonal bestSBSeasonal best

Heats

The first round was held on October 18.

RankHeatLaneNameNationalityTime [3] Notes
124 Kristel Kobrich Flag of Chile.svg  Chile 8:42.16QA
235 Ashley Twichell Flag of the United States.svg  United States 8:47.21QA
314 Andreina Pinto Flag of Venezuela.svg  Venezuela 8:49.81QA
415 Susana Escobar Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 8:52.65QA
525 Patricia Castañeda Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 8:56.55QA
626 Samantha Arevalo Flag of Ecuador.svg  Ecuador 8:59.39QA
712 Yanel Pinto Flag of Venezuela.svg  Venezuela 9:03.62QA
833 Alexia Benitez Flag of El Salvador.svg  El Salvador 9:05.16QA
923 Sherry Liu Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 9:05.88
1036 Bridget Coley Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 9:06.35
1113 Virginia Bardach Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 9:10.06
1222 Gabriela Rocha Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 9:13.64
1337 Lani Cabrera Flag of Barbados.svg  Barbados 9:20.83
1416 Daniela Miyahara Flag of Peru.svg  Peru 9:21.64
1532 Sarah Correa Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 9:27.34
1627 Tori Flowers Flag of the Cayman Islands.svg  Cayman Islands 9:41.51
34 Gillian Ryan Flag of the United States.svg  United States DNS

Final

The final was held on October 19. [4]

RankLaneNameNationalityTime [5] Notes
Gold medal icon.svg4 Kristel Kobrich Flag of Chile.svg  Chile 8:34.71
Silver medal icon.svg5 Ashley Twichell Flag of the United States.svg  United States 8:38.38
Bronze medal icon.svg3 Andreina Pinto Flag of Venezuela.svg  Venezuela 8:44.55
42 Patricia Castañeda Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 8:49.07
57 Samantha Arevalo Flag of Ecuador.svg  Ecuador 8:51.31
66 Susana Escobar Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 8:52.51
78 Alexia Benitez Flag of El Salvador.svg  El Salvador 9:03.53
81 Yanel Pinto Flag of Venezuela.svg  Venezuela 9:07.73

References

  1. "Sessions" (PDF). Guadalajara 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 June 2011. Retrieved 23 October 2011.
  2. 1 2 "Swimming Technical Manual" (PDF). Guadalajara 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 July 2011. Retrieved 23 October 2011.
  3. "Women's 800m Freestyle Preliminaries". Guadalajara 2011. Retrieved 23 October 2011.[ dead link ]
  4. "Finals – Day 5" (PDF). Best Swimming. 2011. Retrieved December 7, 2013.
  5. "Women's 800m Freestyle Final". Guadalajara 2011. Archived from the original on October 23, 2011. Retrieved 23 October 2011.