Swimming at the 2015 Pan American Games – Women's 50 metre freestyle

The women's 50 metre freestyle competition of the swimming events at the 2015 Pan American Games took place on July 17 at the CIBC Pan Am/Parapan Am Aquatics Centre and Field House in Toronto, Canada.[1] The defending Pan American Games champion was Lara Jackson of the United States.

Women's 50 metre freestyle at the 2015 Pan American Games
VenueCIBC Pan Am/Parapan Am Aquatics Centre and Field House
DatesJuly 17 (preliminaries and finals)
Competitors27 from 23 nations
Winning time24.38
Medalists
Gold medal   Bahamas
Silver medal   Brazil
Bronze medal   United States
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This race consisted of one length of the pool in 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

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

World record   Britta Steffen (GER) 23.73 Rome, Italy August 2, 2009
Pan American Games record   Lara Jackson (USA) 25.09 Guadalajara, Mexico October 21, 2011

The following new records were set during this competition.

Date Event Name Nationality Time Record
17 July Heats 2 Etiene Medeiros   Brazil 24.75 GR
17 July Heats 4 Arianna Vanderpool-Wallace   Bahamas 24.31 GR

Qualification

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Each National Olympic Committee (NOC) was able to enter up to two entrants providing they had met the A standard (26.05) 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 (27.61) in the same qualifying period.[2] All other competing athletes were entered as universality spots.[2]

Schedule

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All times are Eastern Time Zone (UTC-4).

Date Time Round
July 17, 2015 11:32 Heats
July 17, 2015 21:04 Final B
July 17, 2015 21:08 Final A

Results

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

Heats

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The first round was held on July 17.[3]

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 4 4 Arianna Vanderpool-Wallace   Bahamas 24.31 QA, GR
2 2 4 Etiene Medeiros   Brazil 24.75 QA
4 5 Madison Kennedy   United States QA
4 3 5 Graciele Herrmann   Brazil 24.97 QA
5 3 4 Chantal van Landeghem   Canada 24.99 QA
6 2 5 Natalie Coughlin   United States 25.07 QA
4 3 Michelle Williams   Canada QA
8 3 3 Vanessa García   Puerto Rico 25.37 QA
9 4 6 Liliana Ibáñez   Mexico 25.46 QB
10 2 2 Chinyere Pigot   Suriname 25.76 QB
11 3 6 Arlene Semeco   Venezuela 25.83 QB
12 4 2 Isabella Arcila   Colombia 25.89 QB
13 3 2 Karen Torrez   Bolivia 26.01 QB
14 4 7 Aixa Triay   Argentina 26.03 QB
15 2 6 Allyson Ponson   Aruba 26.22 QB
16 2 3 Ariel Weech   Bahamas 26.32 QB
17 2 7 Elisbet Gamez   Cuba 26.39
18 3 7 Loren Bahamonde   Ecuador 26.70
19 4 8 Marie Meza   Costa Rica 26.74
20 4 1 Karen Riveros   Paraguay 27.17
21 3 1 Elinah Phillip   British Virgin Islands 27.37
22 3 8 Dalia Torrez   Nicaragua 27.80
23 1 4 Jamaris Washshah   Virgin Islands 27.87
24 1 3 Samantha Roberts   Antigua and Barbuda 27.91
25 1 5 Trudian Patrick   Jamaica 27.99
26 2 8 Oreoluwa Cherebin   Grenada 28.28
27 1 6 Onika George   Guyana 29.03
2 1 Izzy Shne Joachim   Saint Vincent and the Grenadines DNS

B Final

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The B final was also held on July 17.[4]

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
9 4 Liliana Ibáñez   Mexico 25.48
10 5 Chinyere Pigot   Suriname 25.79
3 Arlene Semeco   Venezuela
12 6 Isabella Arcila   Colombia 25.82
13 7 Aixa Triay   Argentina 26.00 NR
14 2 Karen Torrez   Bolivia 26.12
15 8 Ariel Weech   Bahamas 26.28
16 1 Allyson Ponson   Aruba 26.37

A Final

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The A final was also held on July 17.[5] Vanderpool-Wallace was the first Bahamian swimmer to win a gold medal in the history of the Pan American games.

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
  4 Arianna Vanderpool-Wallace   Bahamas 24.38
  5 Etiene Medeiros   Brazil 24.55 SA
  7 Natalie Coughlin   United States 24.66
4 2 Chantal van Landeghem   Canada 24.70
5 3 Madison Kennedy   United States 24.80
6 1 Michelle Williams   Canada 24.91
7 6 Graciele Herrmann   Brazil 24.94
8 8 Vanessa García   Puerto Rico 25.21

References

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  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 50m Freestyle Preliminaries
  4. ^ Women's 50m Freestyle - B Final
  5. ^ Women's 50m Freestyle - A Final