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

Women's 800 metre freestyle at the XVI Pan American Games
Venue Scotiabank Aquatics Center
Dates October 18–19
Competitors 17 from 12 nations
Medalists
 Kristel Kobrich  Chile
 Ashley Twichell  United States
 Andreina Pinto  Venezuela
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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: qFastest non-qualifiers QQualified GRGames record NRNational record PBPersonal best SBSeasonal best

Heats

The first round was held on October 18.

RankHeatLaneNameNationalityTime[3]Notes
124Kristel Kobrich Chile8:42.16QA
235Ashley Twichell United States8:47.21QA
314Andreina Pinto Venezuela8:49.81QA
415Susana Escobar Mexico8:52.65QA
525Patricia Castañeda Mexico8:56.55QA
626Samantha Arevalo Ecuador8:59.39QA
712Yanel Pinto Venezuela9:03.62QA
833Alexia Benitez El Salvador9:05.16QA
923Sherry Liu Canada9:05.88
1036Bridget Coley Canada9:06.35
1113Virginia Bardach Argentina9:10.06
1222Gabriela Rocha Brazil9:13.64
1337Lani Cabrera Barbados9:20.83
1416Daniela Miyahara Peru9:21.64
1532Sarah Correa Brazil9:27.34
1627Tori Flowers Cayman Islands9:41.51
34Gillian Ryan United StatesDNS

Final

The final was held on October 19.[4]

RankLaneNameNationalityTime[5]Notes
1st, gold medalist(s)4Kristel Kobrich Chile8:34.71
2nd, silver medalist(s)5Ashley Twichell United States8:38.38
3rd, bronze medalist(s)3Andreina Pinto Venezuela8:44.55
42Patricia Castañeda Mexico8:49.07
57Samantha Arevalo Ecuador8:51.31
66Susana Escobar Mexico8:52.51
78Alexia Benitez El Salvador9:03.53
81Yanel Pinto Venezuela9:07.73

References

  1. ↑ "Sessions" (PDF). Guadalajara 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 June 2011. Retrieved 23 October 2011.
  2. 1 2 "Swimming Technical Manual" (PDF). Guadalajara 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 July 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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