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

Women's 200 metre freestyle at the XVII Pan American Games
Venue CIBC Pan Am/Parapan Am Aquatics Centre and Field House
Dates July 15 (preliminaries and finals)
Competitors 20 from 14 nations
Winning time 1:56.23
Medalists
   United States
   Canada
   Brazil
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Swimming at the
2015 Pan American Games
Freestyle
50 m   men   women
100 m men women
200 m men women
400 m men women
800 m women
1500 m men
Backstroke
100 m men women
200 m men women
Breaststroke
100 m men women
200 m men women
Butterfly
100 m men women
200 m men women
Individual medley
200 m men women
400 m men women
Freestyle relay
4×100 m men women
4×200 m men women
Medley relay
4×100 m men women
Marathon
10 km men women

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.

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  Federica Pellegrini (ITA) 1:52.98 Rome, Italy July 29, 2009
Pan American Games Record  Cynthia Woodhead (USA) 1:58.43 San Juan, Puerto Rico July 3, 1979

The following new records were set during this competition.

Date Event Name Nationality Time Record
15 July A Final Allison Schmitt  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).

Date Time Round
July 15, 2015 10:05 Heats
July 15, 2015 19:05 Final B
July 15, 2015 19:11 Final A

Results

KEY: qFastest non-qualifiers QQualified GRGames record NRNational record PBPersonal best SBSeasonal best

Heats

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

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 3 4 Allison Schmitt United States 1:58.58 QA
2 3 5 Manuella Lyrio Brazil 1:59.60 QA
3 2 4 Larissa Oliveira Brazil 1:59.62 QA
4 2 5 Katerine Savard Canada 1:59.74 QA
5 1 5 Kiera Janzen United States 2:00.30 QA
6 1 4 Emily Overholt Canada 2:00.43 QA
7 3 3 Andreina Pinto Venezuela 2:00.61 QA
8 1 3 Elisbet Gamez Cuba 2:01.85 QA
9 2 3 Jessica Camposano Colombia 2:02.27 QB
10 2 2 Maria Álvarez Colombia 2:02.48 QB
11 3 6 Andrea Cedrón Peru 2:04.55 QB
12 2 6 Natalia Jaspeado Mexico 2:05.21 QB
13 3 7 Rebeca Quinteros El Salvador 2:05.26 QB
14 1 2 Andrea Garrido Venezuela 2:05.31 QB
15 3 2 Gabriela Santis Guatemala 2:05.37 QB
16 1 6 Maria Richaud Mexico 2:06.84 QB
17 2 7 Lani Cabrera Bahamas 2:07.41
18 1 7 Daniella van den Berg Aruba 2:08.49
19 3 1 Karen Riveros Paraguay 2:10.32
20 2 1 Samantha Roberts Antigua and Barbuda 2:17.25

B Final

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

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
9 4 Jessica Camposano Colombia 2:00.68
10 5 Maria Álvarez Colombia 2:02.81
11 7 Andrea Garrido Venezuela 2:03.33
12 8 Maria Richaud Mexico 2:03.69
13 6 Natalia Jaspeado Mexico 2:03.69
14 1 Gabriela Santis Guatemala 2:03.94
15 3 Andrea Cedrón Peru 2:04.11
16 2 Rebeca Quinteros El Salvador 2:06.19

A Final

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

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1st, gold medalist(s) 4 Allison Schmitt  United States 1:56.23 GR
2nd, silver medalist(s) 7 Emily Overholt  Canada 1:57.55
3rd, bronze medalist(s) 5 Manuella Lyrio  Brazil 1:58.03 SA
4 6 Katerine Savard  Canada 1:58.70
5 3 Larissa Oliveira  Brazil 2:00.32
6 2 Kiera Janzen  United States 2:00.34
7 1 Andreina Pinto  Venezuela 2:00.62
8 8 Elisbet Gamez  Cuba 2:01.84

References

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