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

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Women's 50 metre freestyle at the XVII Pan American Games
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VenueCIBC Pan Am/Parapan Am Aquatics Centre and Field House
DatesJuly 17 (preliminaries and finals)
Competitors27 from 23 nations
Winning time24.38
Medalists
Gold medal Arianna Vanderpool-Wallace  Bahamas
Silver medal Etiene Medeiros  Brazil
Bronze medal Natalie Coughlin  United States
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Freestyle
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100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
400 mmenwomen
800 mwomen
1500 mmen
Backstroke
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
Breaststroke
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
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100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
Individual medley
200 mmenwomen
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Freestyle relay
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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.

Date Event Name Nationality Time Record
17 July Heats 2 Etiene Medeiros  Brazil 24.75 GR
17 July Heats 4 Arianna Vanderpool-Wallace  Bahamas 24.31 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 (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, 2015 11:32 Heats
July 17, 2015 21:04 Final B
July 17, 2015 21:08 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 17.[3]

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 4 4 Arianna Vanderpool-Wallace  Bahamas 24.31 QA, GR
2 2 4 Etiene Medeiros  Brazil 24.75 QA
4 5 Madison Kennedy  United States QA
4 3 5 Graciele Herrmann  Brazil 24.97 QA
5 3 4 Chantal van Landeghem  Canada 24.99 QA
6 2 5 Natalie Coughlin  United States 25.07 QA
4 3 Michelle Williams  Canada QA
8 3 3 Vanessa García  Puerto Rico 25.37 QA
9 4 6 Liliana Ibáñez  Mexico 25.46 QB
10 2 2 Chinyere Pigot  Suriname 25.76 QB
11 3 6 Arlene Semeco  Venezuela 25.83 QB
12 4 2 Isabella Arcila  Colombia 25.89 QB
13 3 2 Karen Torrez  Bolivia 26.01 QB
14 4 7  Argentina 26.03 QB
15 2 6 Allyson Ponson  Aruba 26.22 QB
16 2 3  Bahamas 26.32 QB
17 2 7 Elisbet Gamez  Cuba 26.39
18 3 7  Ecuador 26.70
19 4 8 Marie Meza  Costa Rica 26.74
20 4 1 Karen Riveros  Paraguay 27.17
21 3 1 Elinah Phillip  British Virgin Islands 27.37
22 3 8  Nicaragua 27.80
23 1 4  Virgin Islands 27.87
24 1 3 Samantha Roberts  Antigua and Barbuda 27.91
25 1 5  Jamaica 27.99
26 2 8 Oreoluwa Cherebin  Grenada 28.28
27 1 6  Guyana 29.03
2 1 Izzy Shne Joachim  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines DNS

B Final[]

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

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
9 4 Liliana Ibáñez  Mexico 25.48
10 5 Chinyere Pigot  Suriname 25.79
3 Arlene Semeco  Venezuela
12 6 Isabella Arcila  Colombia 25.82
13 7  Argentina 26.00 NR
14 2 Karen Torrez  Bolivia 26.12
15 8  Bahamas 26.28
16 1 Allyson Ponson  Aruba 26.37

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.

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 4 Arianna Vanderpool-Wallace  Bahamas 24.38
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 5 Etiene Medeiros  Brazil 24.55 SA
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 7 Natalie Coughlin  United States 24.66
4 2 Chantal van Landeghem  Canada 24.70
5 3 Madison Kennedy  United States 24.80
6 1 Michelle Williams  Canada 24.91
7 6 Graciele Herrmann  Brazil 24.94
8 8 Vanessa García  Puerto Rico 25.21

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