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. The defending Pan American Games champion was Ashley McGregor of Canada.

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.

Records Prior to this competition, the existing world and Pan American Games records were as follows: World record2:19.11Barcelona, SpainAugust 1, 2013Pan American Games record2:25.62Rio de Janeiro, BrazilJuly 22, 2007 The following new records were set during this competition. Date Event Name Nationality Time Record 15 July Heat 2 Kierra Smith 2:25.41 GR 15 July A Final Kierra Smith 2:24.38 GR

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. All other competing athletes were entered as universality spots.

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:qFastest non-qualifiersQQualifiedGRGames recordNRNational recordPBPersonal bestSBSeasonal best

Heats The first round was held on July 15.Women's 200m Breaststroke Preliminaries

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

B Final The B final was also held on July 15.Women's 200m Breaststroke - B Final Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 9 4 Macarena Ceballos 2:30.76 10 5 Meghan Small 2:31.35 11 3 Beatriz Travalon 2:33.21 12 6 Mercedes Toledo 2:33.57 13 1 Paula Tamashiro 2:41.94 14 2 Laura Morley 2:42.99 15 7 Lisa Blackburn 2:46.32

A Final The A final was also held on July 15.Women's 200m Breaststroke - A Final Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 4 Kierra Smith 2:24.38 GR 3 Martha McCabe 2:24.51 5 Annie Lazor 2:26.23 4 7 Alia Atkinson 2:27.15 5 2 Byanca Rodriguez 2:28.87 6 1 Julia Sebastian 2:29.45 7 6 Esther González 2:29.83 8 8 Pamela Souza 2:32.41

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