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

Women's 200 metre backstroke at the XVII Pan American Games
Venue CIBC Pan Am/Parapan Am Aquatics Centre and Field House
Dates July 15 (preliminaries and finals)
Competitors 17 from 12 nations
Winning time 2:08.22
Medalists
 Hilary Caldwell  Canada
 Dominique Bouchard  Canada
 Clara Smiddy  United States
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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

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: qFastest non-qualifiers QQualified GRGames record NRNational record PBPersonal best SBSeasonal 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 Clara Smiddy United States 2:11.94 QA
4 1 4 Kylie Stewart 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 Estela Davis Mexico 2:16.49 QB
10 2 3 Carolina Colorado Colombia 2:16.52 QB
11 1 3 Florencia Perotti Argentina 2:17.63 QB
12 3 7 Karen Vilorio Honduras 2:18.45 QB
13 2 6 Luiza Padovan Brazil 2:20.08 QB
14 1 2 Carla González 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 Estela Davis Mexico 2:16.61
11 1 McKenna de Bever Peru 2:16.76 NR
12 3 Florencia Perotti Argentina 2:17.55
13 7 Carla González Venezuela 2:18.77
14 6 Karen Vilorio Honduras 2:19.42
15 2 Luiza Padovan 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, gold medalist(s) 5 Hilary Caldwell  Canada 2:08.22 GR
2nd, silver medalist(s) 4 Dominique Bouchard  Canada 2:09.74
3rd, bronze medalist(s) 3 Clara Smiddy  United States 2:11.47
4 6 Kylie Stewart  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. 1 2 3 "Swimming Technical Manual" (PDF). TO2015. 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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