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

The women's 200 metre individual medley 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 Julia Smit of the United States.

This race consisted of four lengths of the pool, each swum in a different stroke. All participating swimmers would take part in 3 heats based on qualifying time. The 8 fastest swimmers would advance to the final.

Records Prior to this competition, the existing world and Pan American Games records were as follows: World record2:06.15Rome, ItalyJuly 27, 2009Pan American Games record2:13.07Rio de Janeiro, BrazilJuly 20, 2007 The following new records were set during this competition. Date Event Name Nationality Time Record 18 July Heat 3 Caitlin Leverenz 2:11.04 GR 18 July A Final Caitlin Leverenz 2:10.51 GR

Qualification

Each National Olympic Committee (NOC) was able to enter up to two entrants providing they had met the A standard (2:20.49) 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 (2:28.92) 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 10:16 Heats July 18, 2015 19:18 Final B July 18, 2015 19:25 Final A

Results KEY:qFastest non-qualifiersQQualifiedGRGames recordNRNational recordPBPersonal bestSBSeasonal best

Heats The first round was held on July 18.Women's 200m individual medley Preliminaries

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 3 4 Caitlin Leverenz 2:11.04 QA, GR 2 3 5 Sydney Pickrem 2:11.16 QA, NR 3 1 4 Meghan Small 2:13.90 QA 4 2 4 Erika Seltenreich-Hodgson 2:14.02 QA 5 2 3 Alia Atkinson 2:15.16 QA 6 2 5 Joanna Maranhão 2:15.32 QA 7 1 5 Virginia Bardach 2:16.86 QA 8 3 3 Gabrielle Roncatto 2:17.67 QA 9 3 6 Florencia Perotti 2:18.95 QB 10 1 3 Arantxa Medina 2:19.26 QB 11 2 6 McKenna DeBever 2:21.65 QB 12 2 2 Mercedes Toledo 2:25.24 QB 13 3 7 Karen Vilorio 2:25.87 QB 14 1 2 Lara Butler 2:26.50 QB 15 2 7 Lisa Blackburn 2:29.04 QB 1 6 Esther Gonzalez 3 2 Barbara Caraballo

B Final The B final was also held on July 18.Women's 200m Medley - B Final Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 9 4 Florencia Perotti 2:17.65 10 3 McKenna DeBever 2:18.49 11 5 Arantxa Medina 2:18.82 12 6 Mercedes Toledo 2:22.06 13 7 Lara Butler 2:24.64 NR 14 2 Karen Vilorio 2:24.72 1 Lisa Blackburn

A Final The A final was also held on July 16.Women's 200m Medley - A Final Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 4 Caitlin Leverenz 2:10.51 GR 3 Meghan Small 2:11.26 5 Sydney Pickrem 2:11.29 4 7 Joanna Maranhão 2:12.39 5 6 Erika Seltenreich-Hodgson 2:14.06 6 1 Virginia Bardach 2:15.45 7 8 Gabrielle Roncatto 2:17.02 8 2 Alia Atkinson 2:18.02

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