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

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Women's 200 metre individual medley at the XVII Pan American Games
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VenueCIBC Pan Am/Parapan Am Aquatics Centre and Field House
DatesJuly 18 (preliminaries and finals)
Competitors15 from 11 nations
Winning time2:10.51
Medalists
Gold medal Caitlin Leverenz  United States
Silver medal Meghan Small  United States
Bronze medal Sydney Pickrem  Canada
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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
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4×100 mmenwomen
Marathon
10 kmmenwomen
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The women's 200 metre individual medley 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 Julia Smit of the United States.

This race consisted of four lengths of the pool, each swum in a different stroke. All participating swimmers would take part in 3 heats based on qualifying time. The 8 fastest swimmers would advance to the final.[2]

Records[]

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Pan American Games records were as follows:

World record  Ariana Kukors (USA) 2:06.15 Rome, Italy July 27, 2009
Pan American Games record  Julia Smit (USA) 2:13.07 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil July 20, 2007

The following new records were set during this competition.

Date Event Name Nationality Time Record
18 July Heat 3 Caitlin Leverenz  United States 2:11.04 GR
18 July A Final Caitlin Leverenz  United States 2:10.51 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 (2:20.49) 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 (2:28.92) 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 18, 2015 10:16 Heats
July 18, 2015 19:18 Final B
July 18, 2015 19:25 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 18.[3]

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 3 4 Caitlin Leverenz  United States 2:11.04 QA, GR
2 3 5 Sydney Pickrem  Canada 2:11.16 QA, NR
3 1 4 Meghan Small  United States 2:13.90 QA
4 2 4 Erika Seltenreich-Hodgson  Canada 2:14.02 QA
5 2 3 Alia Atkinson  Jamaica 2:15.16 QA
6 2 5 Joanna Maranhão  Brazil 2:15.32 QA
7 1 5 Virginia Bardach  Argentina 2:16.86 QA
8 3 3 Gabrielle Roncatto  Brazil 2:17.67 QA
9 3 6  Argentina 2:18.95 QB
10 1 3  Mexico 2:19.26 QB
11 2 6  Peru 2:21.65 QB
12 2 2 Mercedes Toledo  Venezuela 2:25.24 QB
13 3 7 Karen Vilorio  Honduras 2:25.87 QB
14 1 2 Lara Butler  Cayman Islands 2:26.50 QB
15 2 7  Bermuda 2:29.04 QB
1 6 Esther Gonzalez  Mexico DNS
3 2  Puerto Rico DNS

B Final[]

The B final was also held on July 18.[4]

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
9 4  Argentina 2:17.65
10 3  Peru 2:18.49
11 5  Mexico 2:18.82
12 6 Mercedes Toledo  Venezuela 2:22.06
13 7 Lara Butler  Cayman Islands 2:24.64 NR
14 2 Karen Vilorio  Honduras 2:24.72
1  Bermuda DNS

A Final[]

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

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 4 Caitlin Leverenz  United States 2:10.51 GR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 3 Meghan Small  United States 2:11.26
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 5 Sydney Pickrem  Canada 2:11.29
4 7 Joanna Maranhão  Brazil 2:12.39
5 6 Erika Seltenreich-Hodgson  Canada 2:14.06
6 1 Virginia Bardach  Argentina 2:15.45
7 8 Gabrielle Roncatto  Brazil 2:17.02
8 2 Alia Atkinson  Jamaica 2:18.02

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 individual medley Preliminaries
  4. ^ Women's 200m Medley - B Final
  5. ^ Women's 200m Medley - A Final
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