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

Women's 50 metre freestyle at the XVII Pan American Games
Venue CIBC Pan Am/Parapan Am Aquatics Centre and Field House
Dates July 17 (preliminaries and finals)
Competitors 27 from 23 nations
Winning time 24.38
Medalists
 Arianna Vanderpool-Wallace  Bahamas
 Etiene Medeiros  Brazil
 Natalie Coughlin  United States
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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.

DateEventNameNationalityTimeRecord
17 JulyHeats 2Etiene Medeiros Brazil24.75GR
17 JulyHeats 4Arianna Vanderpool-Wallace Bahamas24.31GR

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, 201511:32Heats
July 17, 201521:04Final B
July 17, 201521:08Final 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]

RankHeatLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
144Arianna Vanderpool-Wallace Bahamas24.31QA, GR
224Etiene Medeiros Brazil24.75QA
45Madison Kennedy United StatesQA
435Graciele Herrmann Brazil24.97QA
534Chantal van Landeghem Canada24.99QA
625Natalie Coughlin United States25.07QA
43Michelle Williams CanadaQA
833Vanessa García Puerto Rico25.37QA
946Liliana Ibáñez Mexico25.46QB
1022Chinyere Pigot Suriname25.76QB
1136Arlene Semeco Venezuela25.83QB
1242Isabella Arcila Colombia25.89QB
1332Karen Torrez Bolivia26.01QB
1447Aixa Triay Argentina26.03QB
1526Allyson Ponson Aruba26.22QB
1623Ariel Weech Bahamas26.32QB
1727Elisbet Gamez Cuba26.39
1837Loren Bahamonde Ecuador26.70
1948Marie Meza Costa Rica26.74
2041Karen Riveros Paraguay27.17
2131Elinah Phillip British Virgin Islands27.37
2238Dalia Torrez Nicaragua27.80
2314Jamaris Washshah Virgin Islands27.87
2413Samantha Roberts Antigua and Barbuda27.91
2515Trudian Patrick Jamaica27.99
2628Oreoluwa Cherebin Grenada28.28
2716Onika George Guyana29.03
21Izzy Shne Joachim Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesDNS

B Final

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

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
94Liliana Ibáñez Mexico25.48
105Chinyere Pigot Suriname25.79
3Arlene Semeco Venezuela
126Isabella Arcila Colombia25.82
137Aixa Triay Argentina26.00NR
142Karen Torrez Bolivia26.12
158Ariel Weech Bahamas26.28
161Allyson Ponson Aruba26.37

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.

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
1st, gold medalist(s)4Arianna Vanderpool-Wallace Bahamas24.38
2nd, silver medalist(s)5Etiene Medeiros Brazil24.55SA
3rd, bronze medalist(s)7Natalie Coughlin United States24.66
42Chantal van Landeghem Canada24.70
53Madison Kennedy United States24.80
61Michelle Williams Canada24.91
76Graciele Herrmann Brazil24.94
88Vanessa García Puerto Rico25.21

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