Swimming at the 2015 Pan American Games – Women's 800 metre freestyle

Women's 800 metre freestyle at the 2015 Pan American Games
Venue	CIBC Pan Am/Parapan Am Aquatics Centre and Field House
Dates	July 18 (preliminaries and finals)
Competitors	16 from 12 nations
Winning time	8:27.54
Medalists
Sierra Schmidt    United States   Kristel Köbrich    Chile   Andreina Pinto    Venezuela
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The women's 800 metre freestyle 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 Kristel Kobrich of Chile.

This race consisted of sixteen lengths of the pool in freestyle. All participating swimmers would take part in 2 heats based on qualifying time. There were no finals. ^[2]

Records

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

World record	Katie Ledecky  (USA)	8:11.00	Shenandoah, United States	June 22, 2014
Pan American Games record	Kaitlin Sandeno  (USA)	8:34.65	Winnipeg, Canada	August 6, 1999

The following new records were set during this competition.

Date	Event	Name	Nationality	Time	Record
15 July	Final	Sierra Schmidt	United States	8:27.54	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 (8:52.99) 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 (9:24.97) 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	10:05	Final 1
July 18, 2015	19:05	Final 2

Results

KEY:

q

Fastest non-qualifiers

Q

Qualified

GR

Games record

NR

National record

PB

Personal best

SB

Seasonal best

Final

The finals were held on July 18. ^[3]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	2	2	Sierra Schmidt	United States	8:27.54	GR
	2	7	Kristel Köbrich	Chile	8:29.79
	2	5	Andreina Pinto	Venezuela	8:31.08
4	2	4	Brittany MacLean	Canada	8:32.06
5	2	1	Joanna Evans	Bahamas	8:37.18
6	2	3	Courtney Harnish	United States	8:38.00
7	1	5	Bruna Primati	Brazil	8:40.75
8	1	3	Monserrat Ortuño	Mexico	8:45.81
9	2	8	Carolina Bilich	Brazil	8:47.94
10	2	6	Tabitha Baumann	Canada	8:48.37
11	1	4	Natalia Jaspeado	Mexico	8:53.70
12	1	6	Valerie Gruest	Guatemala	8:55.62
13	1	2	María Álvarez	Colombia	8:57.29
14	1	8	Rebeca Quinteros	El Salvador	9:07.98
15	1	7	Daniella van den Berg	Aruba	9:12.30
16	1	1	Lani Cabrera	Barbados	9:16.88

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 800m Freestyle - Finals