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

Women's 200 metre breaststroke at the XVII Pan American Games
Venue CIBC Pan Am/Parapan Am Aquatics Centre and Field House
Dates July 15 (preliminaries and finals)
Competitors 16 from 11 nations
Winning time 2:24.38
Medalists
 Kierra Smith  Canada
 Martha McCabe  Canada
 Annie Lazor  United States
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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.

DateEventNameNationalityTimeRecord
15 JulyHeat 2Kierra Smith Canada2:25.41GR
15 JulyA FinalKierra Smith Canada2:24.38GR

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, 201510:33Heats
July 15, 201519:43Final B
July 15, 201519:50Final 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]

RankHeatLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
124Kierra Smith Canada2:25.41QA, GR
223Annie Lazor United States2:26.37QA
314Martha McCabe Canada2:27.47QA
412Esther González Mexico2:28.15QA
513Byanca Rodriguez Mexico2:28.73QA
625Alia Atkinson Jamaica2:28.86QA
715Julia Sebastian Argentina2:29.00QA
816Pamela Souza Brazil2:31.14QA
926Macarena Ceballos Argentina2:31.35QB
1022Meghan Small United States2:32.40QB
1117Beatriz Travalon Brazil2:32.73QB
1227Mercedes Toledo Venezuela2:34.43QB
1321Laura Morley Bahamas2:40.28QB
1418Lisa Blackburn Bermuda2:42.82QB
1511Paula Tamashiro Peru2:43.73QB
1628Izzy Shne Joachim Saint Vincent and the Grenadines2:58.72QB

B Final

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

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
94Macarena Ceballos Argentina2:30.76
105Meghan Small United States2:31.35
113Beatriz Travalon Brazil2:33.21
126Mercedes Toledo Venezuela2:33.57
131Paula Tamashiro Peru2:41.94
142Laura Morley Bahamas2:42.99
157Lisa Blackburn Bermuda2:46.32

A Final

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

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
1st, gold medalist(s)4Kierra Smith Canada2:24.38GR
2nd, silver medalist(s)3Martha McCabe Canada2:24.51
3rd, bronze medalist(s)5Annie Lazor United States2:26.23
47Alia Atkinson Jamaica2:27.15
52Byanca Rodriguez Mexico2:28.87
61Julia Sebastian Argentina2:29.45
76Esther González Mexico2:29.83
88Pamela Souza Brazil2:32.41

References

  1. ↑ "Toronto 2015 Pan Am Games Ticket Program Guide" (PDF). toronto2015.org. TO2015. 20 April 2015. Retrieved 26 April 2015.
  2. 1 2 3 "Swimming Technical Manual" (PDF). TO2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 June 2015. 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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