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

Women's 200 metre breaststroke
at the XVII Pan American Games
VenueCIBC Pan Am/Parapan Am Aquatics Centre and Field House
DatesJuly 15 (preliminaries and finals)
Competitors16 from 11 nations
Winning time2:24.38
Medalists
 Kierra Smith  Canada
 Martha McCabe  Canada
 Annie Lazor  United States
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Swimming at the
2015 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 200 metre breaststroke 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 Ashley McGregor of Canada.

This race consisted of four lengths of the pool, all lengths in breaststroke. 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  Rikke Møller Pedersen (DEN) 2:19.11 Barcelona, Spain August 1, 2013
Pan American Games record  Caitlin Leverenz (USA) 2:25.62 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil July 22, 2007

The following new records were set during this competition.

Date Event Name Nationality Time Record
15 July Heat 2 Kierra Smith  Canada 2:25.41 GR
15 July A Final Kierra Smith  Canada 2:24.38 GR

Qualification

Each National Olympic Committee (NOC) was able to enter up to two entrants providing they had met the A standard (2:36.89) 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 (2:46.30) 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 10:33 Heats
July 15, 2015 19:43 Final B
July 15, 2015 19:50 Final A

Results

KEY: qFastest non-qualifiers QQualified GRGames record NRNational record PBPersonal best SBSeasonal best

Heats

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

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 2 4 Kierra Smith Canada 2:25.41 QA, GR
2 2 3 Annie Lazor United States 2:26.37 QA
3 1 4 Martha McCabe Canada 2:27.47 QA
4 1 2 Esther González Mexico 2:28.15 QA
5 1 3 Byanca Rodriguez Mexico 2:28.73 QA
6 2 5 Alia Atkinson Jamaica 2:28.86 QA
7 1 5 Julia Sebastian Argentina 2:29.00 QA
8 1 6 Pamela Souza Brazil 2:31.14 QA
9 2 6 Macarena Ceballos Argentina 2:31.35 QB
10 2 2 Meghan Small United States 2:32.40 QB
11 1 7 Beatriz Travalon Brazil 2:32.73 QB
12 2 7 Mercedes Toledo Venezuela 2:34.43 QB
13 2 1 Laura Morley Bahamas 2:40.28 QB
14 1 8 Lisa Blackburn Bermuda 2:42.82 QB
15 1 1 Paula Tamashiro Peru 2:43.73 QB
16 2 8 Izzy Shne Joachim Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 2:58.72 QB

B Final

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

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
9 4 Macarena Ceballos Argentina 2:30.76
10 5 Meghan Small United States 2:31.35
11 3 Beatriz Travalon Brazil 2:33.21
12 6 Mercedes Toledo Venezuela 2:33.57
13 1 Paula Tamashiro Peru 2:41.94
14 2 Laura Morley Bahamas 2:42.99
15 7 Lisa Blackburn Bermuda 2:46.32

A Final

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

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1st 4 Kierra Smith  Canada 2:24.38 GR
2nd 3 Martha McCabe  Canada 2:24.51
3rd 5 Annie Lazor  United States 2:26.23
4 7 Alia Atkinson  Jamaica 2:27.15
5 2 Byanca Rodriguez  Mexico 2:28.87
6 1 Julia Sebastian  Argentina 2:29.45
7 6 Esther González  Mexico 2:29.83
8 8 Pamela Souza  Brazil 2:32.41

References

  1. ↑ "Toronto 2015 Pan Am Games Ticket Program Guide" (PDF). http://www.toronto2015.org. TO2015. 20 April 2015. Retrieved 26 April 2015. External link in |website= (help)
  2. 1 2 3 "Swimming Technical Manual" (PDF). TO2015. Retrieved 31 May 2015.
  3. ↑ Women's 200m Breaststroke Preliminaries
  4. ↑ Women's 200m Breaststroke - B Final
  5. ↑ Women's 200m Breaststroke - A Final
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