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

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Women's 200 metre breaststroke at the 2015 Pan American Games
Swimming pictogram.svg
Venue CIBC Pan Am/Parapan Am Aquatics Centre and Field House
DatesJuly 15 (preliminaries and finals)
Competitors16 from 11 nations
Winning time2:24.38
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg   Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Silver medal icon.svg   Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Bronze medal icon.svg   Flag of the United States.svg  United States
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The women's 200 metre breaststroke competition of the swimming events at the 2015 Pan American Games took place on July 15 at the CIBC Pan Am/Parapan Am Aquatics Centre and Field House in Toronto, Canada. [1] The defending Pan American Games champion was Ashley McGregor of Canada.

Contents

This race consisted of four lengths of the pool, all lengths in breaststroke. 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 Denmark.svg  Rikke Møller Pedersen  (DEN)2:19.11 Barcelona, Spain August 1, 2013
Pan American Games record Flag of the United States.svg  Caitlin Leverenz  (USA)2:25.62 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil July 22, 2007

The following new records were set during this competition.

DateEventNameNationalityTimeRecord
15 July Heat 2 Kierra Smith Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 2:25.41 GR
15 July A Final Kierra Smith Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 2:24.38 GR

Qualification

Each National Olympic Committee (NOC) was able to enter up to two entrants providing they had met the A standard (2:36.89) 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 (2:46.30) 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 15, 201510:33Heats
July 15, 201519:43Final B
July 15, 201519:50Final A

Results

KEY:qFastest non-qualifiersQQualifiedGRGames recordNRNational recordPBPersonal bestSBSeasonal best

Heats

The first round was held on July 15. [3]

RankHeatLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
124 Kierra Smith Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 2:25.41QA, GR
223 Annie Lazor Flag of the United States.svg  United States 2:26.37QA
314 Martha McCabe Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 2:27.47QA
412 Esther González Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 2:28.15QA
513 Byanca Rodriguez Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 2:28.73QA
625 Alia Atkinson Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica 2:28.86QA
715 Julia Sebastian Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 2:29.00QA
816 Pamela Souza Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 2:31.14QA
926 Macarena Ceballos Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 2:31.35QB
1022 Meghan Small Flag of the United States.svg  United States 2:32.40QB
1117 Beatriz Travalon Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 2:32.73QB
1227 Mercedes Toledo Flag of Venezuela.svg  Venezuela 2:34.43QB
1321 Laura Morley Flag of the Bahamas.svg  Bahamas 2:40.28QB
1418 Lisa Blackburn Flag of Bermuda.svg  Bermuda 2:42.82QB
1511 Paula Tamashiro Flag of Peru.svg  Peru 2:43.73QB
1628 Izzy Shne Joachim Flag of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.svg  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 2:58.72QB

B Final

The B final was also held on July 15. [4]

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
94 Macarena Ceballos Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 2:30.76
105 Meghan Small Flag of the United States.svg  United States 2:31.35
113 Beatriz Travalon Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 2:33.21
126 Mercedes Toledo Flag of Venezuela.svg  Venezuela 2:33.57
131 Paula Tamashiro Flag of Peru.svg  Peru 2:41.94
142 Laura Morley Flag of the Bahamas.svg  Bahamas 2:42.99
157 Lisa Blackburn Flag of Bermuda.svg  Bermuda 2:46.32

A Final

The A final was also held on July 15. [5]

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg4 Kierra Smith Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 2:24.38 GR
Silver medal icon.svg3 Martha McCabe Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 2:24.51
Bronze medal icon.svg5 Annie Lazor Flag of the United States.svg  United States 2:26.23
47 Alia Atkinson Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica 2:27.15
52 Byanca Rodriguez Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 2:28.87
61 Julia Sebastian Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 2:29.45
76 Esther González Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 2:29.83
88 Pamela Souza Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 2:32.41

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 Breaststroke Preliminaries
  4. Women's 200m Breaststroke - B Final
  5. Women's 200m Breaststroke - A Final