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

The women's 200 metre individual medley 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 Julia Smit of the United States.

Women's 200 metre individual medley at the 2015 Pan American Games
VenueCIBC Pan Am/Parapan Am Aquatics Centre and Field House
DatesJuly 18 (preliminaries and finals)
Competitors15 from 11 nations
Winning time2:10.51
Medalists
Gold medal   United States
Silver medal   United States
Bronze medal   Canada
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This race consisted of four lengths of the pool, each swum in a different stroke. All participating swimmers would take part in 3 heats based on qualifying time. The 8 fastest swimmers would advance to the final.[2]

Records edit

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Pan American Games records were as follows:

World record   Ariana Kukors (USA) 2:06.15 Rome, Italy July 27, 2009
Pan American Games record   Julia Smit (USA) 2:13.07 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil July 20, 2007

The following new records were set during this competition.

Date Event Name Nationality Time Record
18 July Heat 3 Caitlin Leverenz   United States 2:11.04 GR
18 July A Final Caitlin Leverenz   United States 2:10.51 GR

Qualification edit

Each National Olympic Committee (NOC) was able to enter up to two entrants providing they had met the A standard (2:20.49) 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 (2:28.92) in the same qualifying period.[2] All other competing athletes were entered as universality spots.[2]

Schedule edit

All times are Eastern Time Zone (UTC-4).

Date Time Round
July 18, 2015 10:16 Heats
July 18, 2015 19:18 Final B
July 18, 2015 19:25 Final A

Results edit

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

Heats edit

The first round was held on July 18.[3]

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 3 4 Caitlin Leverenz   United States 2:11.04 QA, GR
2 3 5 Sydney Pickrem   Canada 2:11.16 QA, NR
3 1 4 Meghan Small   United States 2:13.90 QA
4 2 4 Erika Seltenreich-Hodgson   Canada 2:14.02 QA
5 2 3 Alia Atkinson   Jamaica 2:15.16 QA
6 2 5 Joanna Maranhão   Brazil 2:15.32 QA
7 1 5 Virginia Bardach   Argentina 2:16.86 QA
8 3 3 Gabrielle Roncatto   Brazil 2:17.67 QA
9 3 6 Florencia Perotti   Argentina 2:18.95 QB
10 1 3 Arantxa Medina   Mexico 2:19.26 QB
11 2 6 McKenna de Beever   Peru 2:21.65 QB
12 2 2 Mercedes Toledo   Venezuela 2:25.24 QB
13 3 7 Karen Vilorio   Honduras 2:25.87 QB
14 1 2 Lara Butler   Cayman Islands 2:26.50 QB
15 2 7 Lisa Blackburn   Bermuda 2:29.04 QB
1 6 Esther Gonzalez   Mexico DNS
3 2 Barbara Caraballo   Puerto Rico DNS

B Final edit

The B final was also held on July 18.[4]

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
9 4 Florencia Perotti   Argentina 2:17.65
10 3 McKenna de Beever   Peru 2:18.49
11 5 Arantxa Medina   Mexico 2:18.82
12 6 Mercedes Toledo   Venezuela 2:22.06
13 7 Lara Butler   Cayman Islands 2:24.64 NR
14 2 Karen Vilorio   Honduras 2:24.72
1 Lisa Blackburn   Bermuda DNS

A Final edit

The A final was also held on July 16.[5]

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
  4 Caitlin Leverenz   United States 2:10.51 GR
  3 Meghan Small   United States 2:11.26
  5 Sydney Pickrem   Canada 2:11.29
4 7 Joanna Maranhão   Brazil 2:12.39
5 6 Erika Seltenreich-Hodgson   Canada 2:14.06
6 1 Virginia Bardach   Argentina 2:15.45
7 8 Gabrielle Roncatto   Brazil 2:17.02
8 2 Alia Atkinson   Jamaica 2:18.02

References edit

  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 individual medley Preliminaries
  4. ^ Women's 200m Medley - B Final
  5. ^ Women's 200m Medley - A Final