Swimming at the 2015 Pan American Games – Women's 800 metre freestyle
Women's 800 metre freestyle at the 2015 Pan American Games | ||||||||||
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Venue | CIBC Pan Am/Parapan Am Aquatics Centre and Field House | |||||||||
Dates | July 18 (preliminaries and finals) | |||||||||
Competitors | 16 from 12 nations | |||||||||
Winning time | 8:27.54 | |||||||||
Medalists | ||||||||||
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Swimming at the 2015 Pan American Games | ||
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Qualification | ||
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 800 metre freestyle competition of the swimming events at the 2015 Pan American Games took place on July 18 at the CIBC Pan Am/Parapan Am Aquatics Centre and Field House in Toronto, Canada.[1] The defending Pan American Games champion was Kristel Kobrich of Chile.
This race consisted of sixteen lengths of the pool in freestyle. All participating swimmers would take part in 2 heats based on qualifying time. There were no finals.[2]
Records
[edit]Prior to this competition, the existing world and Pan American Games records were as follows:
World record | Katie Ledecky (USA) | 8:11.00 | Shenandoah, United States | June 22, 2014 |
Pan American Games record | Kaitlin Sandeno (USA) | 8:34.65 | Winnipeg, Canada | August 6, 1999 |
The following new records were set during this competition.
Date | Event | Name | Nationality | Time | Record |
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15 July | Final | Sierra Schmidt | United States | 8:27.54 | GR |
Qualification
[edit]Each National Olympic Committee (NOC) was able to enter up to two entrants providing they had met the A standard (8:52.99) 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 (9:24.97) in the same qualifying period.[2] All other competing athletes were entered as universality spots.[2]
Schedule
[edit]All times are Eastern Time Zone (UTC-4).
Date | Time | Round |
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July 18, 2015 | 10:05 | Final 1 |
July 18, 2015 | 19:05 | Final 2 |
Results
[edit]KEY: | q | Fastest non-qualifiers | Q | Qualified | GR | Games record | NR | National record | PB | Personal best | SB | Seasonal best |
Final
[edit]The finals were held on July 18.[3]
Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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2 | 2 | Sierra Schmidt | United States | 8:27.54 | GR | |
2 | 7 | Kristel Köbrich | Chile | 8:29.79 | ||
2 | 5 | Andreina Pinto | Venezuela | 8:31.08 | ||
4 | 2 | 4 | Brittany MacLean | Canada | 8:32.06 | |
5 | 2 | 1 | Joanna Evans | Bahamas | 8:37.18 | |
6 | 2 | 3 | Courtney Harnish | United States | 8:38.00 | |
7 | 1 | 5 | Bruna Primati | Brazil | 8:40.75 | |
8 | 1 | 3 | Monserrat Ortuño | Mexico | 8:45.81 | |
9 | 2 | 8 | Carolina Bilich | Brazil | 8:47.94 | |
10 | 2 | 6 | Tabitha Baumann | Canada | 8:48.37 | |
11 | 1 | 4 | Natalia Jaspeado | Mexico | 8:53.70 | |
12 | 1 | 6 | Valerie Gruest | Guatemala | 8:55.62 | |
13 | 1 | 2 | María Álvarez | Colombia | 8:57.29 | |
14 | 1 | 8 | Rebeca Quinteros | El Salvador | 9:07.98 | |
15 | 1 | 7 | Daniella van den Berg | Aruba | 9:12.30 | |
16 | 1 | 1 | Lani Cabrera | Barbados | 9:16.88 |
References
[edit]- ^ "Toronto 2015 Pan Am Games Ticket Program Guide" (PDF). toronto2015.org. TO2015. 20 April 2015. Retrieved 26 April 2015.
- ^ a b c "Swimming Technical Manual" (PDF). TO2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 June 2015. Retrieved 31 May 2015.
- ^ Women's 800m Freestyle - Finals