Swimming at the 2015 Pan American Games – Women's 50 metre freestyle

Women's 50 metre freestyle
at the XVII Pan American Games
VenueCIBC Pan Am/Parapan Am Aquatics Centre and Field House
DatesJuly 17 (preliminaries and finals)
Competitors27 from 23 nations
Winning time24.38
Medalists
 Arianna Vanderpool-Wallace  Bahamas
 Etiene Medeiros  Brazil
 Natalie Coughlin  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 50 metre freestyle competition of the swimming events at the 2015 Pan American Games took place on July 17 at the CIBC Pan Am/Parapan Am Aquatics Centre and Field House in Toronto, Canada.[1] The defending Pan American Games champion was Lara Jackson of the United States.

This race consisted of one length of the pool 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  Britta Steffen (GER) 23.73 Rome, Italy August 2, 2009
Pan American Games record  Lara Jackson (USA) 25.09 Guadalajara, Mexico October 21, 2011

The following new records were set during this competition.

Date Event Name Nationality Time Record
17 July Heats 2 Etiene Medeiros  Brazil 24.75 GR
17 July Heats 4 Arianna Vanderpool-Wallace  Bahamas 24.31 GR

Qualification

Each National Olympic Committee (NOC) was able to enter up to two entrants providing they had met the A standard (26.05) 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 (27.61) 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 17, 2015 11:32 Heats
July 17, 2015 21:04 Final B
July 17, 2015 21:08 Final A

Results

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

Heats

The first round was held on July 17.[3]

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 4 4 Arianna Vanderpool-Wallace Bahamas 24.31 QA, GR
2 2 4 Etiene Medeiros Brazil 24.75 QA
2 4 5 Madison Kennedy United States 24.75 QA
4 3 5 Graciele Herrmann Brazil 24.97 QA
5 3 4 Chantal van Landeghem Canada 24.99 QA
6 2 5 Natalie Coughlin United States 25.07 QA
6 4 3 Michelle Williams Canada 25.07 QA
8 3 3 Vanessa García Puerto Rico 25.37 QA
9 4 6 Liliana Ibáñez Mexico 25.46 QB
10 2 2 Chinyere Pigot Suriname 25.76 QB
11 3 6 Arlene Semeco Venezuela 25.83 QB
12 4 2 Isabella Arcila Colombia 25.89 QB
13 3 2 Karen Torrez Bolivia 26.01 QB
14 4 7 Aixa Triay Argentina 26.03 QB
15 2 6 Allyson Ponson Aruba 26.22 QB
16 2 3 Ariel Weech Bahamas 26.32 QB
17 2 7 Elisbet Gamez Cuba 26.39
18 3 7 Loren Bahamonde Ecuador 26.70
19 4 8 Marie Meza Costa Rica 26.74
20 4 1 Karen Riveros Paraguay 27.17
21 3 1 Elinah Phillip British Virgin Islands 27.37
22 3 8 Dalia Torrez Nicaragua 27.80
23 1 4 Jamaris Washshah Virgin Islands 27.87
24 1 3 Samantha Roberts Antigua and Barbuda 27.91
25 1 5 Trudian Patrick Jamaica 27.99
26 2 8 Oreoluwa Cherebin Grenada 28.28
27 1 6 Onika George Guyana 29.03
28 2 1 Izzy Shne Joachim Saint Vincent and the Grenadines DNS

B Final

The B final was also held on July 17.[4]

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
9 4 Liliana Ibáñez Mexico 25.48
10 5 Chinyere Pigot Suriname 25.79
10 3 Arlene Semeco Venezuela 25.79
12 6 Isabella Arcila Colombia 25.82
13 7 Aixa Triay Argentina 26.00 NR
14 2 Karen Torrez Bolivia 26.12
15 8 Ariel Weech Bahamas 26.28
16 1 Allyson Ponson Aruba 26.37

A Final

The A final was also held on July 17.[5] Vanderpool-Wallace was the first Bahamian swimmer to win a gold medal in the history of the Pan American games.

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1st 4 Arianna Vanderpool-Wallace  Bahamas 24.38
2nd 5 Etiene Medeiros  Brazil 24.55 SA
3rd 7 Natalie Coughlin  United States 24.66
4 2 Chantal van Landeghem  Canada 24.70
5 3 Madison Kennedy  United States 24.80
6 1 Michelle Williams  Canada 24.91
7 6 Graciele Herrmann  Brazil 24.94
8 8 Vanessa García  Puerto Rico 25.21

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 50m Freestyle Preliminaries
  4. ↑ Women's 50m Freestyle - B Final
  5. ↑ Women's 50m Freestyle - A Final
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