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 July 15 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, 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, 2009
Pan American Games Record1:58.43San Juan, Puerto RicoJuly 3, 1979

The following new records were set during this competition.
DateEventNameNationalityTimeRecord
15 JulyA FinalAllison Schmitt1:56.23GR

Qualification

Each National Olympic Committee was able to enter up to two entrants providing they had met the A standard in the qualifying period. NOCs were also permitted to enter one athlete providing they had met the B standard in the same qualifying period. All other competing athletes were entered as universality spots.

Schedule

All times are Eastern Time Zone.
DateTimeRound
July 15, 201510:05Heats
July 15, 201519:05Final B
July 15, 201519:11Final A

Results

Heats

The first round was held on July 15.
RankHeatLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
134Allison Schmitt1:58.58QA
235Manuella Lyrio1:59.60QA
324Larissa Oliveira1:59.62QA
425Katerine Savard1:59.74QA
515Kiera Janzen2:00.30QA
614Emily Overholt2:00.43QA
733Andreina Pinto2:00.61QA
813Elisbet Gamez2:01.85QA
923Jessica Camposano2:02.27QB
1022Maria Álvarez2:02.48QB
1136Andrea Cedrón2:04.55QB
1226Natalia Jaspeado2:05.21QB
1337Rebeca Quinteros2:05.26QB
1412Andrea Garrido2:05.31QB
1532Gabriela Santis2:05.37QB
1616Maria Richaud2:06.84QB
1727Lani Cabrera2:07.41
1817Daniella van den Berg2:08.49
1931Karen Riveros2:10.32
2021Samantha Roberts2:17.25

B Final

The B final was also held on July 15.
RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
94Jessica Camposano2:00.68
105Maria Álvarez2:02.81
117Andrea Garrido2:03.33
128Maria Richaud2:03.69
136Natalia Jaspeado2:03.69
141Gabriela Santis2:03.94
153Andrea Cedrón2:04.11
162Rebeca Quinteros2:06.19

A Final

The A final was also held on July 15.
RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
4Allison Schmitt1:56.23GR
7Emily Overholt1:57.55
5Manuella Lyrio1:58.03SA
46Katerine Savard1:58.70
53Larissa Oliveira2:00.32
62Kiera Janzen2:00.34
71Andreina Pinto2:00.62
88Elisbet Gamez2:01.84