Swimming at the 2015 Pan American Games – Women's 400 metre individual medley

Women's 400 metre individual medley at the XVII Pan American Games
Venue CIBC Pan Am/Parapan Am Aquatics Centre and Field House
Dates July 16 (preliminaries and finals)
Competitors 13 from 8 nations
Winning time 4:35.46
Medalists
 Caitlin Leverenz  United States
 Sydney Pickrem  Canada
 Joanna Maranhão  Brazil
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The women's 400 metre individual medley competition of the swimming events at the 2015 Pan American Games took place on July 16 at the CIBC Pan Am/Parapan Am Aquatics Centre and Field House in Toronto, Canada.[1] The defending Pan American Games champion was Julia Smit of the United States.

This race consisted of eight lengths of the pool. The first two lengths were swum using the butterfly stroke, the second pair with the backstroke, the third pair of lengths in breaststroke, and the final two were 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  Ye Shiwen (CHN) 4:28.43 London, United Kingdom July 28, 2012
Pan American Games record  Joanne Malar (CAN) 4:38.46 Winnipeg, Canada August 2, 1999

The following new records were set during this competition.

DateEventNameNationalityTimeRecord
16 JulyHeat 1Caitlin Leverenz United States4:37.74GR
16 JulyA FinalCaitlin Leverenz United States4:35.46GR

Qualification

Each National Olympic Committee (NOC) was able to enter up to two entrants providing they had met the A standard (4:59.99) 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 (5:17.99) 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 16, 201510:05Heats
July 16, 201519:12Final B
July 16, 201519:22Final A

Results

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

Heats

The first round was held on July 16.[3]

RankHeatLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
114Caitlin Leverenz United States4:37.74QA, GR
224Emily Overholt Canada4:39.84QA
325Sydney Pickrem Canada4:40.77QA
423Katherine Mills United States4:41.05QA
515Joanna Maranhão Brazil4:45.28QA
613Virginia Bardach Argentina4:48.96QA
716Natalia Jaspeado Mexico4:51.69QA
812Moniika Hermosillo-González Mexico4:52.24QA
926Florencia Perotti Argentina4:52.60QB
1022Gabrielle Roncatto Brazil4:55.65QB
1117Karen Vilorio Honduras5:03.69QB
1227Andrea Cedrón Peru5:07.00QB
1321Maria Far Panama5:10.85QB

B Final

The B final was also held on July 16.[4]

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
94Florencia Perotti Argentina4:50.52
105Gabrielle Roncatto Brazil4:53.49
116Andrea Cedrón Peru5:05.81
122Maria Far Panama5:06.36
3Karen Vilorio HondurasDNS

A Final

The A final was also held on July 16.[5]

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
1st, gold medalist(s)4Caitlin Leverenz United States4:35.46GR
2nd, silver medalist(s)3Sydney Pickrem Canada4:38.03
3rd, bronze medalist(s)2Joanna Maranhão Brazil4:38.07NR
46Katherine Mills United States4:41.19
57Virginia Bardach Argentina4:44.85
61Natalia Jaspeado Mexico4:49.89
78Moniika Hermosillo-González Mexico4:53.83
5Emily Overholt CanadaDSQ

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 400m individual medley Preliminaries
  4. ↑ Women's 400m Medley - B Final
  5. ↑ Women's 400m Medley - A Final
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