Swimming at the 2015 Pan American Games – Women's 50 metre freestyle

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Women's 50 metre freestyle at the 2015 Pan American Games
Swimming pictogram.svg
Venue CIBC Pan Am/Parapan Am Aquatics Centre and Field House
DatesJuly 17 (preliminaries and finals)
Competitors27 from 23 nations
Winning time24.38
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg   Arianna Vanderpool-Wallace  Flag of the Bahamas.svg  Bahamas
Silver medal icon.svg   Etiene Medeiros  Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil
Bronze medal icon.svg   Natalie Coughlin  Flag of the United States.svg  United States
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The women's 50 metre freestyle competition of the swimming events at the 2015 Pan American Games took place on July 17 at the CIBC Pan Am/Parapan Am Aquatics Centre and Field House in Toronto, Canada. [1] The defending Pan American Games champion was Lara Jackson of the United States.

Contents

This race consisted of one length of the pool in freestyle. The top eight swimmers from the heats would qualify for the A final (where the medals would be awarded), while the next best eight swimmers would qualify for the B final. [2]

Records

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

World record Flag of Germany.svg  Britta Steffen  (GER)23.73 Rome, Italy August 2, 2009
Pan American Games record Flag of the United States.svg  Lara Jackson  (USA)25.09 Guadalajara, Mexico October 21, 2011

The following new records were set during this competition.

DateEventNameNationalityTimeRecord
17 July Heats 2 Etiene Medeiros Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 24.75 GR
17 July Heats 4 Arianna Vanderpool-Wallace Flag of the Bahamas.svg  Bahamas 24.31 GR

Qualification

Each National Olympic Committee (NOC) was able to enter up to two entrants providing they had met the A standard (26.05) 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 (27.61) in the same qualifying period. [2] All other competing athletes were entered as universality spots. [2]

Schedule

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

DateTimeRound
July 17, 201511:32Heats
July 17, 201521:04Final B
July 17, 201521:08Final A

Results

KEY:qFastest non-qualifiersQQualifiedGRGames recordNRNational recordPBPersonal bestSBSeasonal best

Heats

The first round was held on July 17. [3]

RankHeatLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
144 Arianna Vanderpool-Wallace Flag of the Bahamas.svg  Bahamas 24.31QA, GR
224 Etiene Medeiros Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 24.75QA
45 Madison Kennedy Flag of the United States.svg  United States QA
435 Graciele Herrmann Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 24.97QA
534 Chantal van Landeghem Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 24.99QA
625 Natalie Coughlin Flag of the United States.svg  United States 25.07QA
43 Michelle Williams Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada QA
833 Vanessa García Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  Puerto Rico 25.37QA
946 Liliana Ibáñez Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 25.46QB
1022 Chinyere Pigot Flag of Suriname.svg  Suriname 25.76QB
1136 Arlene Semeco Flag of Venezuela.svg  Venezuela 25.83QB
1242 Isabella Arcila Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia 25.89QB
1332 Karen Torrez Flag of Bolivia.svg  Bolivia 26.01QB
1447 Aixa Triay Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 26.03QB
1526 Allyson Ponson Flag of Aruba.svg  Aruba 26.22QB
1623 Ariel Weech Flag of the Bahamas.svg  Bahamas 26.32QB
1727 Elisbet Gamez Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba 26.39
1837 Loren Bahamonde Flag of Ecuador.svg  Ecuador 26.70
1948 Marie Meza Flag of Costa Rica.svg  Costa Rica 26.74
2041 Karen Riveros Flag of Paraguay.svg  Paraguay 27.17
2131 Elinah Phillip Flag of the British Virgin Islands.svg  British Virgin Islands 27.37
2238 Dalia Torrez Flag of Nicaragua.svg  Nicaragua 27.80
2314 Jamaris Washshah Flag of the United States Virgin Islands.svg  Virgin Islands 27.87
2413 Samantha Roberts Flag of Antigua and Barbuda.svg  Antigua and Barbuda 27.91
2515 Trudian Patrick Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica 27.99
2628 Oreoluwa Cherebin Flag of Grenada.svg  Grenada 28.28
2716 Onika George Flag of Guyana.svg  Guyana 29.03
21 Izzy Shne Joachim Flag of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.svg  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines DNS

B Final

The B final was also held on July 17. [4]

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
94 Liliana Ibáñez Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 25.48
105 Chinyere Pigot Flag of Suriname.svg  Suriname 25.79
3 Arlene Semeco Flag of Venezuela.svg  Venezuela
126 Isabella Arcila Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia 25.82
137 Aixa Triay Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 26.00 NR
142 Karen Torrez Flag of Bolivia.svg  Bolivia 26.12
158 Ariel Weech Flag of the Bahamas.svg  Bahamas 26.28
161 Allyson Ponson Flag of Aruba.svg  Aruba 26.37

A Final

The A final was also held on July 17. [5] Vanderpool-Wallace was the first Bahamian swimmer to win a gold medal in the history of the Pan American games.

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg4 Arianna Vanderpool-Wallace Flag of the Bahamas.svg  Bahamas 24.38
Silver medal icon.svg5 Etiene Medeiros Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 24.55 SA
Bronze medal icon.svg7 Natalie Coughlin Flag of the United States.svg  United States 24.66
42 Chantal van Landeghem Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 24.70
53 Madison Kennedy Flag of the United States.svg  United States 24.80
61 Michelle Williams Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 24.91
76 Graciele Herrmann Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 24.94
88 Vanessa García Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  Puerto Rico 25.21

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 50m Freestyle Preliminaries
  4. ↑ Women's 50m Freestyle - B Final
  5. ↑ Women's 50m Freestyle - A Final
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