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

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.

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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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)1:52.98Rome, ItalyJuly 29, 2009
Pan American Games Record  Cynthia Woodhead (USA)1:58.43San Juan, Puerto RicoJuly 3, 1979

The following new records were set during this competition.

DateEventNameNationalityTimeRecord
15 JulyA FinalAllison Schmitt  United States1:56.23GR

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).

DateTimeRound
July 15, 201510:05Heats
July 15, 201519:05Final B
July 15, 201519:11Final A

Results

KEY:qFastest non-qualifiersQQualifiedGRGames recordNRNational recordPBPersonal bestSBSeasonal best

Heats

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

RankHeatLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
134Allison Schmitt  United States1:58.58QA
235Manuella Lyrio  Brazil1:59.60QA
324Larissa Oliveira  Brazil1:59.62QA
425Katerine Savard  Canada1:59.74QA
515Kiera Janzen  United States2:00.30QA
614Emily Overholt  Canada2:00.43QA
733Andreina Pinto  Venezuela2:00.61QA
813Elisbet Gamez  Cuba2:01.85QA
923Jessica Camposano  Colombia2:02.27QB
1022María Álvarez  Colombia2:02.48QB
1136Andrea Cedrón  Peru2:04.55QB
1226Natalia Jaspeado  Mexico2:05.21QB
1337Rebeca Quinteros  El Salvador2:05.26QB
1412Andrea Garrido  Venezuela2:05.31QB
1532Gabriela Santis  Guatemala2:05.37QB
1616Maria Richaud  Mexico2:06.84QB
1727Lani Cabrera  Bahamas2:07.41
1817Daniella van den Berg  Aruba2:08.49
1931Karen Riveros  Paraguay2:10.32
2021Samantha Roberts  Antigua and Barbuda2:17.25

B Final

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

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
94Jessica Camposano  Colombia2:00.68
105María Álvarez  Colombia2:02.81
117Andrea Garrido  Venezuela2:03.33
128Maria Richaud  Mexico2:03.69
136Natalia Jaspeado  Mexico2:03.69
141Gabriela Santis  Guatemala2:03.94
153Andrea Cedrón  Peru2:04.11
162Rebeca Quinteros  El Salvador2:06.19

A Final

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

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
4Allison Schmitt  United States1:56.23GR
7Emily Overholt  Canada1:57.55
5Manuella Lyrio  Brazil1:58.03SA
46Katerine Savard  Canada1:58.70
53Larissa Oliveira  Brazil2:00.32
62Kiera Janzen  United States2:00.34
71Andreina Pinto  Venezuela2:00.62
88Elisbet Gamez  Cuba2:01.84

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