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

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Women's 200 metre backstroke at the XVII Pan American Games
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VenueCIBC Pan Am/Parapan Am Aquatics Centre and Field House
DatesJuly 15 (preliminaries and finals)
Competitors17 from 12 nations
Winning time2:08.22
Medalists
Gold medal Hilary Caldwell  Canada
Silver medal Dominique Bouchard  Canada
Bronze medal   United States
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2015 Pan American Games
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Qualification
Freestyle
50 mmenwomen
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
400 mmenwomen
800 mwomen
1500 mmen
Backstroke
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
Breaststroke
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
Butterfly
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
Individual medley
200 mmenwomen
400 mmenwomen
Freestyle relay
4×100 mmenwomen
4×200 mmenwomen
Medley relay
4×100 mmenwomen
Marathon
10 kmmenwomen
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The women's 200 metre backstroke 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 Elizabeth Pelton of the United States.

This race consisted of four lengths of the pool, all lengths in backstroke. 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  Missy Franklin (USA) 2:04.06 London, United Kingdom August 3, 2012
Pan American Games record  Elizabeth Pelton (USA) 2:08.99 Guadalajara, Mexico October 20, 2011

The following new records were set during this competition.

Date Event Name Nationality Time Record
15 July A Final Hilary Caldwell  Canada 2:08.22 GR

Qualification[]

Main article: Swimming at the 2015 Pan American Games – Qualification

Each National Olympic Committee (NOC) was able to enter up to two entrants providing they had met the A standard (2:20.19) 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 (2:28.60) 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, 2015 11:00 Heats
July 15, 2015 20:25 Final B
July 15, 2015 20:32 Final A

Results[]

KEY: q Fastest non-qualifiers Q Qualified GR Games record NR National record PB Personal best SB Seasonal best

Heats[]

The first round was held on July 15.[3]

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 2 4 Dominique Bouchard  Canada 2:09.59 QA
2 3 4 Hilary Caldwell  Canada 2:10.15 QA
3 2 5  United States 2:11.94 QA
4 1 4  United States 2:12.30 QA
5 3 5 Joanna Maranhão  Brazil 2:12.35 QA
6 1 6 Gisela Morales  Guatemala 2:12.38 QA
7 3 3 Andrea Berrino  Argentina 2:13.62 QA
8 1 5 Maria González  Mexico 2:14.28 QA
9 3 6  Mexico 2:16.49 QB
10 2 3 Carolina Colorado  Colombia 2:16.52 QB
11 1 3  Argentina 2:17.63 QB
12 3 7 Karen Vilorio  Honduras 2:18.45 QB
13 2 6  Brazil 2:20.08 QB
14 1 2  Venezuela 2:20.25 QB
15 3 2 McKenna de Bever  Peru 2:20.67 QB
16 2 2 Inés Remersaro  Uruguay 2:21.33 QB
17 2 7 Lara Butler  Cayman Islands 2:26.43

B Final[]

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

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
9 5 Carolina Colorado  Colombia 2:14.87
10 4  Mexico 2:16.61
11 1 McKenna de Bever  Peru 2:16.76 NR
12 3  Argentina 2:17.55
13 7  Venezuela 2:18.77
14 6 Karen Vilorio  Honduras 2:19.42
15 2  Brazil 2:21.17
16 8 Inés Remersaro  Uruguay 2:21.33

A Final[]

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

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 5 Hilary Caldwell  Canada 2:08.22 GR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 4 Dominique Bouchard  Canada 2:09.74
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 3  United States 2:11.47
4 6  United States 2:11.92
5 2 Joanna Maranhão  Brazil 2:12.05 SA
6 7 Gisela Morales  Guatemala 2:13.18
7 1 Andrea Berrino  Argentina 2:14.38
8 8 Maria González  Mexico 2:16.79

References[]

  1. ^ "Toronto 2015 Pan Am Games Ticket Program Guide" (PDF). toronto2015.org. TO2015. 20 April 2015. Retrieved 26 April 2015.
  2. ^ a b c "Swimming Technical Manual" (PDF). TO2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 June 2015. Retrieved 31 May 2015.
  3. ^ Women's 200m Backstroke Preliminaries
  4. ^ Women's 200m Backstroke - B Final
  5. ^ Women's 200m Backstroke - A Final
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