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

Women's 200 metre breaststroke at the XVII Pan American Games
Venue	CIBC Pan Am/Parapan Am Aquatics Centre and Field House
Dates	July 15 (preliminaries and finals)
Competitors	16 from 11 nations
Winning time	2:24.38
Medalists
	«2011 2019»

Last updated October 02, 2019

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.

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.

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).

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.

Breaststroke is a swimming style in which the swimmer is on their chest and the torso does not rotate. It is the most popular recreational style due to the swimmer's head being out of the water a large portion of the time, and that it can be swum comfortably at slow speeds. In most swimming classes, beginners learn either the breaststroke or the freestyle first. However, at the competitive level, swimming breaststroke at speed requires comparable endurance and strength to other strokes. Some people refer to breaststroke as the "frog" stroke, as the arms and legs move somewhat like a frog swimming in the water. The stroke itself is the slowest of any competitive strokes and is thought to be the oldest of all swimming strokes.

Records

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

World record	Rikke Møller Pedersen (DEN)	2:19.11	Barcelona, Spain	August 1, 2013
Pan American Games record	Caitlin Leverenz (USA)	2:25.62	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	July 22, 2007

The following new records were set during this competition.

Date	Event	Name	Nationality	Time	Record
15 July	Heat 2	Kierra Smith	Canada	2:25.41	GR
15 July	A Final	Kierra Smith	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]

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).

Date	Time	Round
July 15, 2015	10:33	Heats
July 15, 2015	19:43	Final B
July 15, 2015	19:50	Final A

Results

KEY:	q	Fastest non-qualifiers	Q	Qualified	GR	Games record	NR	National record	PB	Personal best	SB	Seasonal best

Heats

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

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2	4	Kierra Smith	Canada	2:25.41	QA, GR
2	2	3	Annie Lazor	United States	2:26.37	QA
3	1	4	Martha McCabe	Canada	2:27.47	QA
4	1	2	Esther González	Mexico	2:28.15	QA
5	1	3	Byanca Rodriguez	Mexico	2:28.73	QA
6	2	5	Alia Atkinson	Jamaica	2:28.86	QA
7	1	5	Julia Sebastian	Argentina	2:29.00	QA
8	1	6	Pamela Souza	Brazil	2:31.14	QA
9	2	6	Macarena Ceballos	Argentina	2:31.35	QB
10	2	2	Meghan Small	United States	2:32.40	QB
11	1	7	Beatriz Travalon	Brazil	2:32.73	QB
12	2	7	Mercedes Toledo	Venezuela	2:34.43	QB
13	2	1	Laura Morley	Bahamas	2:40.28	QB
14	1	8	Lisa Blackburn	Bermuda	2:42.82	QB
15	1	1	Paula Tamashiro	Peru	2:43.73	QB
16	2	8	Izzy Shne Joachim	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	2:58.72	QB

B Final

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

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time
9	4	Macarena Ceballos	Argentina	2:30.76
10	5	Meghan Small	United States	2:31.35
11	3	Beatriz Travalon	Brazil	2:33.21
12	6	Mercedes Toledo	Venezuela	2:33.57
13	1	Paula Tamashiro	Peru	2:41.94
14	2	Laura Morley	Bahamas	2:42.99
15	7	Lisa Blackburn	Bermuda	2:46.32

A Final

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

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	4	Kierra Smith	Canada	2:24.38	GR
	3	Martha McCabe	Canada	2:24.51
	5	Annie Lazor	United States	2:26.23
4	7	Alia Atkinson	Jamaica	2:27.15
5	2	Byanca Rodriguez	Mexico	2:28.87
6	1	Julia Sebastian	Argentina	2:29.45
7	6	Esther González	Mexico	2:29.83
8	8	Pamela Souza	Brazil	2:32.41

References

↑ "Toronto 2015 Pan Am Games Ticket Program Guide" (PDF). toronto2015.org. TO2015. 20 April 2015. Retrieved 26 April 2015.
1 2 3 "Swimming Technical Manual" (PDF). TO2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 June 2015. Retrieved 31 May 2015.
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[1] "Toronto 2015 Pan Am Games Ticket Program Guide" (PDF). toronto2015.org. TO2015. 20 April 2015. Retrieved 26 April 2015.

[manual-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