Swimming at the 2011 Pan American Games – Women's 800 metre freestyle

Women's 800 metre freestyle
at the XVI Pan American Games
VenueScotiabank Aquatics Center
DatesOctober 18–19
Competitors17 from 12 nations
Medalists
 Kristel Kobrich  Chile
 Ashley Twichell  United States
 Andreina Pinto  Venezuela
«20072015»
Swimming at the
2011 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 800 metre freestyle competition of the swimming events at the 2011 Pan American Games took place between October 18 and 19 at the Scotiabank Aquatics Center in the municipality of Zapopan, near Guadalajara, Mexico.[1] The defending Pan American Games champion was Caroline Burckle of the United States.

This race consisted of sixteen lengths of the pool, all in freestyle.[2]

Records

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

World record  Rebecca Adlington (GBR) 8:14.10 Beijing, China August 16, 2008
Pan American Games record  Kaitlin Sandeno (USA) 8:34.65 Winnipeg, Canada August 6, 1999

Qualification

Each National Olympic Committee (NOC) was able to enter up to two entrants providing they had met the A standard (9:05.8) in the qualifying period (January 1, 2010 to September 4, 2011). NOCs were also permitted to enter one athlete providing they had met the B standard (9:22.2) in the same qualifying period.[2]

Results

All times are in minutes and seconds.

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 October 18.

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time[3] Notes
1 2 4 Kristel Kobrich  Chile 8:42.16 QA
2 3 5 Ashley Twichell  United States 8:47.21 QA
3 1 4 Andreina Pinto  Venezuela 8:49.81 QA
4 1 5 Susana Escobar  Mexico 8:52.65 QA
5 2 5 Patricia Castañeda  Mexico 8:56.55 QA
6 2 6 Samantha Arevalo  Ecuador 8:59.39 QA
7 1 2 Yanel Pinto  Venezuela 9:03.62 QA
8 3 3 Alexia Benitez  El Salvador 9:05.16 QA
9 2 3 Sherry Liu  Canada 9:05.88
10 3 6 Bridget Coley  Canada 9:06.35
11 1 3 Virginia Bardach  Argentina 9:10.06
12 2 2 Gabriela Rocha  Brazil 9:13.64
13 3 7 Lani Cabrera  Barbados 9:20.83
14 1 6 Daniela Miyahara  Peru 9:21.64
15 3 2 Sarah Correa  Brazil 9:27.34
16 2 7 Tori Flowers  Cayman Islands 9:41.51
3 4 Gillian Ryan  United States DNS

Final

The final was held on October 19.[4]

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time[5] Notes
1st 4 Kristel Kobrich  Chile 8:34.71
2nd 5 Ashley Twichell  United States 8:38.38
3rd 3 Andreina Pinto  Venezuela 8:44.55
4 2 Patricia Castañeda  Mexico 8:49.07
5 7 Samantha Arevalo  Ecuador 8:51.31
6 6 Susana Escobar  Mexico 8:52.51
7 8 Alexia Benitez  El Salvador 9:03.53
8 1 Yanel Pinto  Venezuela 9:07.73

References

  1. ↑ "Sessions" (PDF). Guadalajara 2011. Retrieved 23 October 2011.
  2. 1 2 "Swimming Technical Manual" (PDF). Guadalajara 2011. Retrieved 23 October 2011.
  3. ↑ "Women's 800m Freestyle Preliminaries". Guadalajara 2011. Retrieved 23 October 2011.
  4. ↑ "Finals – Day 5" (PDF). Best Swimming. 2011. Retrieved December 7, 2013.
  5. ↑ "Women's 800m Freestyle Final". Guadalajara 2011. Retrieved 23 October 2011.
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