Swimming at the 2015 Pan American Games – Women's 200 metre individual medley

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Women's 200 metre individual medley at the XVII Pan American Games
Swimming pictogram.svg
Venue CIBC Pan Am/Parapan Am Aquatics Centre and Field House
DatesJuly 18 (preliminaries and finals)
Competitors15 from 11 nations
Winning time2:10.51
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg   Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Silver medal icon.svg   Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Bronze medal icon.svg   Flag of Canada.svg  Canada
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The women's 200 metre individual medley competition of the swimming events at the 2015 Pan American Games took place on July 18 at the CIBC Pan Am/Parapan Am Aquatics Centre and Field House in Toronto, Canada. [1] The defending Pan American Games champion was Julia Smit of the United States.

Swimming (sport) water-based sport

Swimming is an individual or team racing sport that requires the use of one's entire body to move through water. The sport takes place in pools or open water. Competitive swimming is one of the most popular Olympic sports, with varied distance events in butterfly, backstroke, breaststroke, freestyle, and individual medley. In addition to these individual events, four swimmers can take part in either a freestyle or medley relay. A medley relay consists of four swimmers who will each swim a different stroke, ordered as backstroke, breaststroke, butterfly and freestyle. Swimming each stroke requires a set of specific techniques; in competition, there are distinct regulations concerning the acceptable form for each individual stroke. There are also regulations on what types of swimsuits, caps, jewelry and injury tape that are allowed at competitions. Although it is possible for competitive swimmers to incur several injuries from the sport, such as tendinitis in the shoulders or knees, there are also multiple health benefits associated with the sport.

2015 Pan American Games 17th edition of the Pan American Games

The 2015 Pan American Games, officially the XVII Pan American Games and commonly known as the Toronto 2015 Pan-Am Games, were a major international multi-sport event celebrated in the tradition of the Pan American Games, as governed by Pan American Sports Organization (PASO). The games were held from July 10 to 26, 2015 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada; preliminary rounds in certain events began on July 7, 2015. These were the third Pan American games hosted by Canada, and the first in the province of Ontario. The Games were held at venues in Toronto and seventeen other Golden Horseshoe communities. The Pan American Games and 2015 Parapan American Games were organized by the Toronto Organizing Committee for the 2015 Pan and Parapan American Games (TO2015).

Toronto Pan Am Sports Centre venue during the 2015 Pan American Games

The Toronto Pan Am Sports Centre is a sports complex in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Owned by the City of Toronto government and the University of Toronto, it is located at the northern grounds of the University's Scarborough campus near the intersection of Highway 401 and Morningside Avenue in the suburb of Scarborough.

Contents

This race consisted of four lengths of the pool, each swum in a different stroke. All participating swimmers would take part in 3 heats based on qualifying time. The 8 fastest swimmers would advance to the final. [2]

Records

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

World record Flag of the United States.svg  Ariana Kukors  (USA)2:06.15 Rome, Italy July 27, 2009
Pan American Games record Flag of the United States.svg  Julia Smit  (USA)2:13.07 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil July 20, 2007

The following new records were set during this competition.

DateEventNameNationalityTimeRecord
18 July Heat 3 Caitlin Leverenz Flag of the United States.svg  United States 2:11.04 GR
18 July A Final Caitlin Leverenz Flag of the United States.svg  United States 2:10.51 GR

Qualification

Each National Olympic Committee (NOC) was able to enter up to two entrants providing they had met the A standard (2:20.49) in the qualifying period (January 1, 2014 to May 1, 2015). NOCs were also permitted to enter one athlete providing they had met the B standard (2:28.92) in the same qualifying period. [2] All other competing athletes were entered as universality spots. [2]

National Olympic Committee national constituent of the worldwide Olympic movement

A National Olympic Committee (NOC) is a national constituent of the worldwide Olympic movement. Subject to the controls of the International Olympic Committee, NOCs are responsible for organizing their people's participation in the Olympic Games. They may nominate cities within their respective areas as candidates for future Olympic Games. NOCs also promote the development of athletes and training of coaches and officials at a national level within their geographies.

Schedule

All times are Eastern Time Zone (UTC-4).

DateTimeRound
July 18, 201510:16Heats
July 18, 201519:18Final B
July 18, 201519:25Final A

Results

KEY:qFastest non-qualifiersQQualifiedGRGames recordNRNational recordPBPersonal bestSBSeasonal best

Heats

The first round was held on July 18. [3]

RankHeatLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
134 Caitlin Leverenz Flag of the United States.svg  United States 2:11.04QA, GR
235 Sydney Pickrem Flag of Canada.svg  Canada 2:11.16QA, NR
314 Meghan Small Flag of the United States.svg  United States 2:13.90QA
424 Erika Seltenreich-Hodgson Flag of Canada.svg  Canada 2:14.02QA
523 Alia Atkinson Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica 2:15.16QA
625 Joanna Maranhão Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 2:15.32QA
715 Virginia Bardach Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 2:16.86QA
833 Gabrielle Roncatto Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 2:17.67QA
936 Florencia Perotti Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 2:18.95QB
1013 Arantxa Medina Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 2:19.26QB
1126 McKenna de Beever Flag of Peru.svg  Peru 2:21.65QB
1222 Mercedes Toledo Flag of Venezuela.svg  Venezuela 2:25.24QB
1337 Karen Vilorio Flag of Honduras.svg  Honduras 2:25.87QB
1412 Lara Butler Flag of the Cayman Islands.svg  Cayman Islands 2:26.50QB
1527 Lisa Blackburn Flag of Bermuda.svg  Bermuda 2:29.04QB
16 Esther Gonzalez Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico DNS
32 Barbara Caraballo Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  Puerto Rico DNS

B Final

The B final was also held on July 18. [4]

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
94 Florencia Perotti Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 2:17.65
103 McKenna de Beever Flag of Peru.svg  Peru 2:18.49
115 Arantxa Medina Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 2:18.82
126 Mercedes Toledo Flag of Venezuela.svg  Venezuela 2:22.06
137 Lara Butler Flag of the Cayman Islands.svg  Cayman Islands 2:24.64 NR
142 Karen Vilorio Flag of Honduras.svg  Honduras 2:24.72
1 Lisa Blackburn Flag of Bermuda.svg  Bermuda DNS

A Final

The A final was also held on July 16. [5]

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg4 Caitlin Leverenz Flag of the United States.svg  United States 2:10.51 GR
Silver medal icon.svg3 Meghan Small Flag of the United States.svg  United States 2:11.26
Bronze medal icon.svg5 Sydney Pickrem Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 2:11.29
47 Joanna Maranhão Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 2:12.39
56 Erika Seltenreich-Hodgson Flag of Canada.svg  Canada 2:14.06
61 Virginia Bardach Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 2:15.45
78 Gabrielle Roncatto Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 2:17.02
82 Alia Atkinson Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica 2:18.02

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References

  1. "Toronto 2015 Pan Am Games Ticket Program Guide" (PDF). toronto2015.org. TO2015. 20 April 2015. Retrieved 26 April 2015.
  2. 1 2 3 "Swimming Technical Manual" (PDF). TO2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 June 2015. Retrieved 31 May 2015.
  3. Women's 200m individual medley Preliminaries
  4. Women's 200m Medley - B Final
  5. Women's 200m Medley - A Final