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

Women's 200 metre individual medley at the 2015 Pan American Games
Venue	CIBC Pan Am/Parapan Am Aquatics Centre and Field House
Dates	July 18 (preliminaries and finals)
Competitors	15 from 11 nations
Winning time	2:10.51
Medalists
Caitlin Leverenz    United States   Meghan Small    United States   Sydney Pickrem    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.

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	Ariana Kukors  (USA)	2:06.15	Rome, Italy	July 27, 2009
Pan American Games record	Julia Smit  (USA)	2:13.07	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	July 20, 2007

The following new records were set during this competition.

Date	Event	Name	Nationality	Time	Record
18 July	Heat 3	Caitlin Leverenz	United States	2:11.04	GR
18 July	A Final	Caitlin Leverenz	United States	2:10.51	GR

Qualification

Main article: Swimming at the 2015 Pan American Games – 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]

Schedule

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

Date	Time	Round
July 18, 2015	10:16	Heats
July 18, 2015	19:18	Final B
July 18, 2015	19:25	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 18. ^[3]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	3	4	Caitlin Leverenz	United States	2:11.04	QA, GR
2	3	5	Sydney Pickrem	Canada	2:11.16	QA, NR
3	1	4	Meghan Small	United States	2:13.90	QA
4	2	4	Erika Seltenreich-Hodgson	Canada	2:14.02	QA
5	2	3	Alia Atkinson	Jamaica	2:15.16	QA
6	2	5	Joanna Maranhão	Brazil	2:15.32	QA
7	1	5	Virginia Bardach	Argentina	2:16.86	QA
8	3	3	Gabrielle Roncatto	Brazil	2:17.67	QA
9	3	6	Florencia Perotti	Argentina	2:18.95	QB
10	1	3	Arantxa Medina	Mexico	2:19.26	QB
11	2	6	McKenna DeBever	Peru	2:21.65	QB
12	2	2	Mercedes Toledo	Venezuela	2:25.24	QB
13	3	7	Karen Vilorio	Honduras	2:25.87	QB
14	1	2	Lara Butler	Cayman Islands	2:26.50	QB
15	2	7	Lisa Blackburn	Bermuda	2:29.04	QB
	1	6	Esther Gonzalez	Mexico	DNS
	3	2	Barbara Caraballo	Puerto Rico	DNS

B Final

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

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
9	4	Florencia Perotti	Argentina	2:17.65
10	3	McKenna DeBever	Peru	2:18.49
11	5	Arantxa Medina	Mexico	2:18.82
12	6	Mercedes Toledo	Venezuela	2:22.06
13	7	Lara Butler	Cayman Islands	2:24.64	NR
14	2	Karen Vilorio	Honduras	2:24.72
	1	Lisa Blackburn	Bermuda	DNS

A Final

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

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	4	Caitlin Leverenz	United States	2:10.51	GR
	3	Meghan Small	United States	2:11.26
	5	Sydney Pickrem	Canada	2:11.29
4	7	Joanna Maranhão	Brazil	2:12.39
5	6	Erika Seltenreich-Hodgson	Canada	2:14.06
6	1	Virginia Bardach	Argentina	2:15.45
7	8	Gabrielle Roncatto	Brazil	2:17.02
8	2	Alia Atkinson	Jamaica	2:18.02

References

1. "Toronto 2015 Pan Am Games Ticket Program Guide" (PDF). toronto2015.org. TO2015. 20 April 2015. Retrieved 26 April 2015.
2. "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