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

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Women's 800 metre freestyle at the 2015 Pan American Games
Swimming pictogram.svg
Venue CIBC Pan Am/Parapan Am Aquatics Centre and Field House
DatesJuly 18 (preliminaries and finals)
Competitors16 from 12 nations
Winning time8:27.54
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg   Sierra Schmidt  Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Silver medal icon.svg   Kristel Köbrich  Flag of Chile.svg  Chile
Bronze medal icon.svg   Andreina Pinto  Flag of Venezuela.svg  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.

Contents

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

The following new records were set during this competition.

DateEventNameNationalityTimeRecord
15 July Final Sierra Schmidt Flag of the United States.svg  United States 8:27.54 GR

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).

DateTimeRound
July 18, 201510:05Final 1
July 18, 201519:05Final 2

Results

KEY:qFastest non-qualifiersQQualifiedGRGames recordNRNational recordPBPersonal bestSBSeasonal best

Final

The finals were held on July 18. [3]

RankHeatLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg22 Sierra Schmidt Flag of the United States.svg  United States 8:27.54 GR
Silver medal icon.svg27 Kristel Köbrich Flag of Chile.svg  Chile 8:29.79
Bronze medal icon.svg25 Andreina Pinto Flag of Venezuela.svg  Venezuela 8:31.08
424 Brittany MacLean Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 8:32.06
521 Joanna Evans Flag of the Bahamas.svg  Bahamas 8:37.18
623 Courtney Harnish Flag of the United States.svg  United States 8:38.00
715 Bruna Primati Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 8:40.75
813 Monserrat Ortuño Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 8:45.81
928 Carolina Bilich Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 8:47.94
1026 Tabitha Baumann Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 8:48.37
1114 Natalia Jaspeado Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 8:53.70
1216 Valerie Gruest Flag of Guatemala.svg  Guatemala 8:55.62
1312 María Álvarez Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia 8:57.29
1418 Rebeca Quinteros Flag of El Salvador.svg  El Salvador 9:07.98
1517 Daniella van den Berg Flag of Aruba.svg  Aruba 9:12.30
1611 Lani Cabrera Flag of Barbados.svg  Barbados 9:16.88

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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 800m Freestyle - Finals
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