Swimming at the 2015 Pan American Games – Qualification

Qualification system

As with previous editions of the Games, A/B qualifying times will be used, with a target number of 276 swimmers. Times need to be swum in an approved meet sometime between January 1, 2014 and May 1, 2015.^[1] A total of 36 open water swimmers will also qualify (18 per gender).^[2]

Swimming qualification times

The time standards (all long course) for the 2015 Pan American Games are:^[1]

Male		Event	Female
A standard (2 entries)	B standard (1 entry)		A standard (2 entries)	B standard (1 entry)
22.71	24.07	50 freestyle	26.05	27.61
50.05	53.05	100 freestyle	56.91	1:00.32
1:51.49	1:58.18	200 freestyle	2:04.99	2:12.49
3:57.29	4:11.53	400 freestyle	4:17.99	4:33.47
N/A	N/A	800 freestyle	8:52.99	9:24.97
15:48.39	16:45.29	1500 freestyle	N/A	N/A
56.59	59.99	100 backstroke	1:04.09	1:07.94
2:06.05	2:13.61	200 backstroke	2:20.19	2:28.60
1:02.79	1:06.56	100 breaststroke	1:11.89	1:16.20
2:19.49	2:27.86	200 breaststroke	2:36.89	2:46.30
53.99	57.23	100 butterfly	1:01.49	1:05.18
2:01.39	2:08.67	200 butterfly	2:17.99	2:26.27
2:07.29	2:14.93	200 individual medley	2:20.49	2:28.92
4:35.99	4:52.55	400 individual medley	4:59.99	5:17.99

Open Water

Qualification timeline

Event	Date	Venue
2014 Central American and Caribbean Games	November 21–22	Veracruz
2015 South American Championships[3]	February 7	Viedma

Summary

NOC	Men	Women	Athletes
Argentina	2	2	4
Brazil	2	1	3
Canada	2	2	4
Chile		1	1
Costa Rica	1	2	3
Ecuador	1	1	2
El Salvador		1	1
Guatemala	2	2	4
Honduras		1	1
Mexico	2	2	4
Trinidad and Tobago	1		1
United States	2	2	4
Venezuela	2	2	4
Total: 13 NOC's	17	19	36

Qualified swimmers

Event	Quotas	Men	Women
Host nation	2/2	Canada Canada	Canada Canada
United States	2/2	United States United States	United States United States
2014 Central American and Caribbean Games	6/8	Mexico Mexico Dominican Republic Dominican Republic Costa Rica Costa Rica Trinidad and Tobago Guatemala Guatemala	Mexico Mexico Guatemala Guatemala El Salvador Honduras Costa Rica Guatemala Costa Rica
2015 South American Championships	7/7	Brazil Brazil Ecuador Argentina Venezuela Venezuela Argentina	Chile Argentina Ecuador Venezuela Venezuela Argentina Brazil
Total	36	17	19

References

1. "Qualification System Aquatics – Swimming" (PDF). http://www.uana-aquatics.org/. TO2015. Retrieved 24 December 2014. External link in |website= (help)
2. "Qualification System Aquatics – Open Water swimming" (PDF). http://www.uana-aquatics.org/. TO2015. Retrieved 24 December 2014. External link in |website= (help)
3. Anderson, Jared (9 February 2015). "South American open water athletes selected for Pan Ams led by four each from Argentina, Venezuela". http://swimswam.com/. Retrieved 9 February 2015. External link in |website= (help)