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

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Women's 200 metre freestyle at the 2015 Pan American Games
VenueCIBC Pan Am/Parapan Am Aquatics Centre and Field House
DatesJuly 15 (preliminaries and finals)
Competitors20 from 14 nations
Winning time1:56.23
Medalists
Gold medal   United States
Silver medal   Canada
Bronze medal   Brazil
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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

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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

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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

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KEY: q Fastest non-qualifiers Q Qualified GR Games record NR National record PB Personal best SB Seasonal best

Heats

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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 María 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

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

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
9 4 Jessica Camposano  Colombia 2:00.68 NR
10 5 María 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

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

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 4 Allison Schmitt  United States 1:56.23 GR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 7 Emily Overholt  Canada 1:57.55
3rd place, 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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  1. ^ "Toronto 2015 Pan Am Games Ticket Program Guide" (PDF). toronto2015.org. TO2015. 20 April 2015. Retrieved 26 April 2015.
  2. ^ a b c "Swimming Technical Manual" (PDF). TO2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 June 2015. Retrieved 31 May 2015.
  3. ^ Women's 200m Freestyle Preliminaries
  4. ^ Women's 200m Freestyle - B Final
  5. ^ Women's 200m Freestyle - A Final