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

The women's 200 metre freestyle competition of the swimming events at the 2015 Pan American Games took place on 15th July,2015 at the CIBC Pan Am/Parapan Am Aquatics Centre and Field House in Toronto, Canada. The defending Pan American Games champion was Catherine Breed of the United States.

This race consisted of four lengths of the pool, all lengths 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.

Records Prior to this competition, the existing world and Pan American Games records were as follows: World record1:52.98Rome, ItalyJuly 29, 2009Pan American Games Record1:58.43San Juan, Puerto RicoJuly 3, 1979 The following new records were set during this competition. Date Event Name Nationality Time Record 15 July A Final Allison Schmitt 1:56.23 GR

Qualification

Each National Olympic Committee (NOC) was able to enter up to two entrants providing they had met the A standard (2:04.99) 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 (2:12.49) in the same qualifying period. All other competing athletes were entered as universality spots.

Schedule All times are Eastern Time Zone (UTC-4). Date Time Round July 15, 2015 10:05 Heats July 15, 2015 19:05 Final B July 15, 2015 19:11 Final A

Results KEY:qFastest non-qualifiersQQualifiedGRGames recordNRNational recordPBPersonal bestSBSeasonal best

Heats The first round was held on July 15.Women's 200m Freestyle Preliminaries

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 3 4 Allison Schmitt 1:58.58 QA 2 3 5 Manuella Lyrio 1:59.60 QA 3 2 4 Larissa Oliveira 1:59.62 QA 4 2 5 Katerine Savard 1:59.74 QA 5 1 5 Kiera Janzen 2:00.30 QA 6 1 4 Emily Overholt 2:00.43 QA 7 3 3 Andreina Pinto 2:00.61 QA 8 1 3 Elisbet Gamez 2:01.85 QA 9 2 3 Jessica Camposano 2:02.27 QB 10 2 2 María Álvarez 2:02.48 QB 11 3 6 Andrea Cedrón 2:04.55 QB 12 2 6 Natalia Jaspeado 2:05.21 QB 13 3 7 Rebeca Quinteros 2:05.26 QB 14 1 2 Andrea Garrido 2:05.31 QB 15 3 2 Gabriela Santis 2:05.37 QB 16 1 6 Maria Richaud 2:06.84 QB 17 2 7 Lani Cabrera 2:07.41 18 1 7 Daniella van den Berg 2:08.49 19 3 1 Karen Riveros 2:10.32 20 2 1 Samantha Roberts 2:17.25

B Final The B final was also held on July 15.Women's 200m Freestyle - B Final Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 9 4 Jessica Camposano 2:00.68 NR 10 5 María Álvarez 2:02.81 11 7 Andrea Garrido 2:03.33 12 8 Maria Richaud 2:03.69 13 6 Natalia Jaspeado 2:03.69 14 1 Gabriela Santis 2:03.94 15 3 Andrea Cedrón 2:04.11 16 2 Rebeca Quinteros 2:06.19

A Final The A final was also held on July 15.Women's 200m Freestyle - A Final Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 4 Allison Schmitt 1:56.23 GR 7 Emily Overholt 1:57.55 5 Manuella Lyrio 1:58.03 SA 4 6 Katerine Savard 1:58.70 5 3 Larissa Oliveira 2:00.32 6 2 Kiera Janzen 2:00.34 7 1 Andreina Pinto 2:00.62 8 8 Elisbet Gamez 2:01.84

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