Swimming at the 2011 Pan American Games – Women's 800 metre freestyle

Women's 800 metre freestyle at the 2011 Pan American Games
VenueScotiabank Aquatics Center
DatesOctober 18–19
Competitors17 from 12 nations
Medalists
Gold medal   Chile
Silver medal   United States
Bronze medal   Venezuela
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The women's 800 metre freestyle competition of the swimming events at the 2011 Pan American Games took place between October 18 and 19 at the Scotiabank Aquatics Center in the municipality of Zapopan, near Guadalajara, Mexico.[1] The defending Pan American Games champion was Caroline Burckle of the United States.

This race consisted of sixteen lengths of the pool, all in freestyle.[2]

Records

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

World record  Rebecca Adlington (GBR) 8:14.10 Beijing, China August 16, 2008
Pan American Games record  Kaitlin Sandeno (USA) 8:34.65 Winnipeg, Canada August 6, 1999

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 (9:05.8) in the qualifying period (January 1, 2010 to September 4, 2011). NOCs were also permitted to enter one athlete providing they had met the B standard (9:22.2) in the same qualifying period.[2]

Results

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All times are in minutes and seconds.

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 October 18.

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time[3] Notes
1 2 4 Kristel Kobrich  Chile 8:42.16 QA
2 3 5 Ashley Twichell  United States 8:47.21 QA
3 1 4 Andreina Pinto  Venezuela 8:49.81 QA
4 1 5 Susana Escobar  Mexico 8:52.65 QA
5 2 5 Patricia Castañeda  Mexico 8:56.55 QA
6 2 6 Samantha Arevalo  Ecuador 8:59.39 QA
7 1 2 Yanel Pinto  Venezuela 9:03.62 QA
8 3 3 Alexia Benitez  El Salvador 9:05.16 QA
9 2 3 Sherry Liu  Canada 9:05.88
10 3 6 Bridget Coley  Canada 9:06.35
11 1 3 Virginia Bardach  Argentina 9:10.06
12 2 2 Gabriela Rocha  Brazil 9:13.64
13 3 7 Lani Cabrera  Barbados 9:20.83
14 1 6 Daniela Miyahara  Peru 9:21.64
15 3 2 Sarah Correa  Brazil 9:27.34
16 2 7 Tori Flowers  Cayman Islands 9:41.51
3 4 Gillian Ryan  United States DNS

Final

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The final was held on October 19.[4]

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time[5] Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 4 Kristel Kobrich  Chile 8:34.71
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 5 Ashley Twichell  United States 8:38.38
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 3 Andreina Pinto  Venezuela 8:44.55
4 2 Patricia Castañeda  Mexico 8:49.07
5 7 Samantha Arevalo  Ecuador 8:51.31
6 6 Susana Escobar  Mexico 8:52.51
7 8 Alexia Benitez  El Salvador 9:03.53
8 1 Yanel Pinto  Venezuela 9:07.73

References

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  1. ^ "Sessions" (PDF). Guadalajara 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 June 2011. Retrieved 23 October 2011.
  2. ^ a b "Swimming Technical Manual" (PDF). Guadalajara 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 July 2011. Retrieved 23 October 2011.
  3. ^ "Women's 800m Freestyle Preliminaries". Guadalajara 2011. Retrieved 23 October 2011.[dead link]
  4. ^ "Finals – Day 5" (PDF). Best Swimming. 2011. Retrieved December 7, 2013.
  5. ^ "Women's 800m Freestyle Final". Guadalajara 2011. Archived from the original on October 23, 2011. Retrieved 23 October 2011.