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

The women's 200 metre breaststroke 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 Ashley McGregor of Canada.

Women's 200 metre breaststroke at the 2015 Pan American Games
Venue	CIBC Pan Am/Parapan Am Aquatics Centre and Field House
Dates	July 15 (preliminaries and finals)
Competitors	16 from 11 nations
Winning time	2:24.38
Medalists
Kierra Smith   Canada   Martha McCabe   Canada   Annie Lazor   United States
«2011 2019»

This race consisted of four lengths of the pool, all lengths in breaststroke. 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	Rikke Møller Pedersen (DEN)	2:19.11	Barcelona, Spain	August 1, 2013
Pan American Games record	Caitlin Leverenz (USA)	2:25.62	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	July 22, 2007

The following new records were set during this competition.

Date	Event	Name	Nationality	Time	Record
15 July	Heat 2	Kierra Smith	Canada	2:25.41	GR
15 July	A Final	Kierra Smith	Canada	2:24.38	GR

Qualification

Main article: Swimming at the 2015 Pan American Games – Qualification

Each National Olympic Committee (NOC) was able to enter up to two entrants providing they had met the A standard (2:36.89) 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 (2:46.30) 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	10:33	Heats
July 15, 2015	19:43	Final B
July 15, 2015	19:50	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 15.^[3]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2	4	Kierra Smith	Canada	2:25.41	QA, GR
2	2	3	Annie Lazor	United States	2:26.37	QA
3	1	4	Martha McCabe	Canada	2:27.47	QA
4	1	2	Esther González	Mexico	2:28.15	QA
5	1	3	Byanca Rodriguez	Mexico	2:28.73	QA
6	2	5	Alia Atkinson	Jamaica	2:28.86	QA
7	1	5	Julia Sebastian	Argentina	2:29.00	QA
8	1	6	Pamela Souza	Brazil	2:31.14	QA
9	2	6	Macarena Ceballos	Argentina	2:31.35	QB
10	2	2	Meghan Small	United States	2:32.40	QB
11	1	7	Beatriz Travalon	Brazil	2:32.73	QB
12	2	7	Mercedes Toledo	Venezuela	2:34.43	QB
13	2	1	Laura Morley	Bahamas	2:40.28	QB
14	1	8	Lisa Blackburn	Bermuda	2:42.82	QB
15	1	1	Paula Tamashiro	Peru	2:43.73	QB
16	2	8	Izzy Shne Joachim	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	2:58.72	QB

B Final

The B final was also held on July 15.^[4]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
9	4	Macarena Ceballos	Argentina	2:30.76
10	5	Meghan Small	United States	2:31.35
11	3	Beatriz Travalon	Brazil	2:33.21
12	6	Mercedes Toledo	Venezuela	2:33.57
13	1	Paula Tamashiro	Peru	2:41.94
14	2	Laura Morley	Bahamas	2:42.99
15	7	Lisa Blackburn	Bermuda	2:46.32

A Final

The A final was also held on July 15.^[5]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	4	Kierra Smith	Canada	2:24.38	GR
	3	Martha McCabe	Canada	2:24.51
	5	Annie Lazor	United States	2:26.23
4	7	Alia Atkinson	Jamaica	2:27.15
5	2	Byanca Rodriguez	Mexico	2:28.87
6	1	Julia Sebastian	Argentina	2:29.45
7	6	Esther González	Mexico	2:29.83
8	8	Pamela Souza	Brazil	2:32.41

References

1. "Toronto 2015 Pan Am Games Ticket Program Guide" (PDF). toronto2015.org. TO2015. 20 April 2015. Retrieved 26 April 2015.
2. "Swimming Technical Manual" (PDF). TO2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 June 2015. Retrieved 31 May 2015.
3. Women's 200m Breaststroke Preliminaries
4. Women's 200m Breaststroke - B Final
5. Women's 200m Breaststroke - A Final