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

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Women's 200 metre freestyle at the XVII Pan American Games
Swimming pictogram.svg
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
Gold medal    United States
Silver medal    Canada
Bronze medal    Brazil
Swimming at the
2015 Pan American Games
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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

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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: 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 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 4 Allison Schmitt  United States 1:56.23 GR
2nd 7 Emily Overholt  Canada 1:57.55
3rd 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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  3. Women's 200m Freestyle Preliminaries
  4. Women's 200m Freestyle - B Final
  5. Women's 200m Freestyle - A Final