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

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Women's 200 metre freestyle 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)
Competitors20 from 14 nations
Winning time1:56.23
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg   Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Silver medal icon.svg   Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Bronze medal icon.svg   Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil
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The women's 200 metre freestyle 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 Catherine Breed of the United States.

Contents

This race consisted of four lengths of the pool, all lengths 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 Italy.svg  Federica Pellegrini  (ITA)1:52.98 Rome, Italy July 29, 2009
Pan American Games Record Flag of the United States.svg  Cynthia Woodhead  (USA)1:58.43 San Juan, Puerto Rico July 3, 1979

The following new records were set during this competition.

DateEventNameNationalityTimeRecord
15 July A Final Allison Schmitt Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1:56.23 GR

Qualification

Each National Olympic Committee (NOC) was able to enter up to two entrants providing they had met the A standard (2:04.99) 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 (2:12.49) 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, 201510:05Heats
July 15, 201519:05Final B
July 15, 201519:11Final A

Results

KEY:qFastest non-qualifiersQQualifiedGRGames recordNRNational recordPBPersonal bestSBSeasonal best

Heats

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

RankHeatLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
134 Allison Schmitt Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1:58.58QA
235 Manuella Lyrio Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 1:59.60QA
324 Larissa Oliveira Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 1:59.62QA
425 Katerine Savard Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 1:59.74QA
515 Kiera Janzen Flag of the United States.svg  United States 2:00.30QA
614 Emily Overholt Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 2:00.43QA
733 Andreina Pinto Flag of Venezuela.svg  Venezuela 2:00.61QA
813 Elisbet Gamez Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba 2:01.85QA
923 Jessica Camposano Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia 2:02.27QB
1022 María Álvarez Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia 2:02.48QB
1136 Andrea Cedrón Flag of Peru.svg  Peru 2:04.55QB
1226 Natalia Jaspeado Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 2:05.21QB
1337 Rebeca Quinteros Flag of El Salvador.svg  El Salvador 2:05.26QB
1412 Andrea Garrido Flag of Venezuela.svg  Venezuela 2:05.31QB
1532 Gabriela Santis Flag of Guatemala.svg  Guatemala 2:05.37QB
1616 Maria Richaud Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 2:06.84QB
1727 Lani Cabrera Flag of the Bahamas.svg  Bahamas 2:07.41
1817 Daniella van den Berg Flag of Aruba.svg  Aruba 2:08.49
1931 Karen Riveros Flag of Paraguay.svg  Paraguay 2:10.32
2021 Samantha Roberts Flag of Antigua and Barbuda.svg  Antigua and Barbuda 2:17.25

B Final

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

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
94 Jessica Camposano Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia 2:00.68
105 María Álvarez Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia 2:02.81
117 Andrea Garrido Flag of Venezuela.svg  Venezuela 2:03.33
128 Maria Richaud Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 2:03.69
136 Natalia Jaspeado Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 2:03.69
141 Gabriela Santis Flag of Guatemala.svg  Guatemala 2:03.94
153 Andrea Cedrón Flag of Peru.svg  Peru 2:04.11
162 Rebeca Quinteros Flag of El Salvador.svg  El Salvador 2:06.19

A Final

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

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg4 Allison Schmitt Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1:56.23 GR
Silver medal icon.svg7 Emily Overholt Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 1:57.55
Bronze medal icon.svg5 Manuella Lyrio Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 1:58.03 SA
46 Katerine Savard Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 1:58.70
53 Larissa Oliveira Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 2:00.32
62 Kiera Janzen Flag of the United States.svg  United States 2:00.34
71 Andreina Pinto Flag of Venezuela.svg  Venezuela 2:00.62
88 Elisbet Gamez Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba 2:01.84

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