Swimming at the 2015 Pan American Games – Women's 400 metre individual medley

Women's 400 metre individual medley at the 2015 Pan American Games
VenueCIBC Pan Am/Parapan Am Aquatics Centre and Field House
DatesJuly 16 (preliminaries and finals)
Competitors13 from 8 nations
Winning time4:35.46
Medalists
Gold medal   United States
Silver medal   Canada
Bronze medal   Brazil
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The women's 400 metre individual medley competition of the swimming events at the 2015 Pan American Games took place on July 16 at the CIBC Pan Am/Parapan Am Aquatics Centre and Field House in Toronto, Canada.[1] The defending Pan American Games champion was Julia Smit of the United States.

This race consisted of eight lengths of the pool. The first two lengths were swum using the butterfly stroke, the second pair with the backstroke, the third pair of lengths in breaststroke, and the final two were 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.[2]

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Pan American Games records were as follows:

World record  Ye Shiwen (CHN) 4:28.43 London, United Kingdom July 28, 2012
Pan American Games record  Joanne Malar (CAN) 4:38.46 Winnipeg, Canada August 2, 1999

The following new records were set during this competition.

Date Event Name Nationality Time Record
16 July Heat 1 Caitlin Leverenz  United States 4:37.74 GR
16 July A Final Caitlin Leverenz  United States 4:35.46 GR

Qualification

Each National Olympic Committee (NOC) was able to enter up to two entrants providing they had met the A standard (4:59.99) 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 (5:17.99) 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 16, 2015 10:05 Heats
July 16, 2015 19:12 Final B
July 16, 2015 19:22 Final A

Results

KEY: q Fastest non-qualifiers Q Qualified GR Games record NR National record PB Personal best SB Seasonal best

Heats

The first round was held on July 16.[3]

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 1 4 Caitlin Leverenz  United States 4:37.74 QA, GR
2 2 4 Emily Overholt  Canada 4:39.84 QA
3 2 5 Sydney Pickrem  Canada 4:40.77 QA
4 2 3 Katherine Mills  United States 4:41.05 QA
5 1 5 Joanna Maranhão  Brazil 4:45.28 QA
6 1 3 Virginia Bardach  Argentina 4:48.96 QA
7 1 6 Natalia Jaspeado  Mexico 4:51.69 QA
8 1 2 Moniika Hermosillo-González  Mexico 4:52.24 QA
9 2 6 Florencia Perotti  Argentina 4:52.60 QB
10 2 2 Gabrielle Roncatto  Brazil 4:55.65 QB
11 1 7 Karen Vilorio  Honduras 5:03.69 QB
12 2 7 Andrea Cedrón  Peru 5:07.00 QB
13 2 1 Maria Far  Panama 5:10.85 QB

B Final

The B final was also held on July 16.[4]

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
9 4 Florencia Perotti  Argentina 4:50.52
10 5 Gabrielle Roncatto  Brazil 4:53.49
11 6 Andrea Cedrón  Peru 5:05.81
12 2 Maria Far  Panama 5:06.36
3 Karen Vilorio  Honduras DNS

A Final

The A final was also held on July 16.[5]

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 4 Caitlin Leverenz  United States 4:35.46 GR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 3 Sydney Pickrem  Canada 4:38.03
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 2 Joanna Maranhão  Brazil 4:38.07 NR
4 6 Katherine Mills  United States 4:41.19
5 7 Virginia Bardach  Argentina 4:44.85
6 1 Natalia Jaspeado  Mexico 4:49.89
7 8 Moniika Hermosillo-González  Mexico 4:53.83
5 Emily Overholt  Canada DSQ

References

  1. ^ "Toronto 2015 Pan Am Games Ticket Program Guide" (PDF). toronto2015.org. TO2015. 20 April 2015. Retrieved 26 April 2015.
  2. ^ a b c "Swimming Technical Manual" (PDF). TO2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 June 2015. Retrieved 31 May 2015.
  3. ^ Women's 400m individual medley Preliminaries
  4. ^ Women's 400m Medley - B Final
  5. ^ Women's 400m Medley - A Final