The women's 800 metre freestyle 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. The defending Pan American Games champion was Kristel Kobrich of Chile.
This race consisted of sixteen lengths of the pool in freestyle. All participating swimmers would take part in 2 heats based on qualifying time. There were no finals.
Records Prior to this competition, the existing world and Pan American Games records were as follows: World record8:11.00Shenandoah, United StatesJune 22, 2014Pan American Games record8:34.65Winnipeg, CanadaAugust 6, 1999 The following new records were set during this competition. Date Event Name Nationality Time Record 15 July Final Sierra Schmidt 8:27.54 GR
Qualification
Each National Olympic Committee (NOC) was able to enter up to two entrants providing they had met the A standard (8:52.99) 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 (9:24.97) 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 18, 2015 10:05 Final 1 July 18, 2015 19:05 Final 2
Results KEY:qFastest non-qualifiersQQualifiedGRGames recordNRNational recordPBPersonal bestSBSeasonal best
Final The finals were held on July 18.Women's 800m Freestyle - Finals Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 2 2 Sierra Schmidt 8:27.54 GR 2 7 Kristel Köbrich 8:29.79 2 5 Andreina Pinto 8:31.08 2 4 Brittany MacLean 8:32.06 2 1 Joanna Evans 8:37.18 2 3 Courtney Harnish 8:38.00 1 5 Bruna Primati 8:40.75 1 3 Monserrat Ortuño 8:45.81 2 8 Carolina Bilich 8:47.94 10 2 6 Tabitha Baumann 8:48.37 11 1 4 Natalia Jaspeado 8:53.70 12 1 6 Valerie Gruest 8:55.62 13 1 2 María Álvarez 8:57.29 14 1 8 Rebeca Quinteros 9:07.98 15 1 7 Daniella van den Berg 9:12.30 16 1 1 Lani Cabrera 9:16.88
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