Swimming at the 2011 Pan American Games – Women's 800 metre freestyle
| Women's 800 metre freestyle at the 2011 Pan American Games | ||||||||||
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| Venue | Scotiabank Aquatics Center | |||||||||
| Dates | October 18–19 | |||||||||
| Competitors | 17 from 12 nations | |||||||||
| Medalists | ||||||||||
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| Swimming at the 2011 Pan American Games | ||
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| Freestyle | ||
| 50 m | men | women |
| 100 m | men | women |
| 200 m | men | women |
| 400 m | men | women |
| 800 m | women | |
| 1500 m | men | |
| Backstroke | ||
| 100 m | men | women |
| 200 m | men | women |
| Breaststroke | ||
| 100 m | men | women |
| 200 m | men | women |
| Butterfly | ||
| 100 m | men | women |
| 200 m | men | women |
| Individual medley | ||
| 200 m | men | women |
| 400 m | men | women |
| Freestyle relay | ||
| 4×100 m | men | women |
| 4×200 m | men | women |
| Medley relay | ||
| 4×100 m | men | women |
| Marathon | ||
| 10 km | men | women |
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
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Pan American Games records were as follows:
| World record | File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Rebecca Adlington (GBR) | 8:14.10 | Beijing, China | August 16, 2008 |
| Pan American Games record | File:Flag of the United States.svg Kaitlin Sandeno (USA) | 8:34.65 | Winnipeg, Canada | August 6, 1999 |
Qualification
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
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
The first round was held on October 18.
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Final
The final was held on October 19.[4]
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time[5] | Notes |
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| 1st place, gold medalist(s) | 4 | Kristel Kobrich | File:Flag of Chile.svg Chile | 8:34.71 | |
| 2nd place, silver medalist(s) | 5 | Ashley Twichell | File:Flag of the United States.svg United States | 8:38.38 | |
| 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) | 3 | Andreina Pinto | File:Flag of Venezuela.svg Venezuela | 8:44.55 | |
| 4 | 2 | Patricia Castañeda | File:Flag of Mexico.svg Mexico | 8:49.07 | |
| 5 | 7 | Samantha Arevalo | File:Flag of Ecuador.svg Ecuador | 8:51.31 | |
| 6 | 6 | Susana Escobar | File:Flag of Mexico.svg Mexico | 8:52.51 | |
| 7 | 8 | Alexia Benitez | File:Flag of El Salvador.svg El Salvador | 9:03.53 | |
| 8 | 1 | Yanel Pinto | File:Flag of Venezuela.svg Venezuela | 9:07.73 |
References
- ↑ "Sessions" (PDF). Guadalajara 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 June 2011. Retrieved 23 October 2011.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Swimming Technical Manual" (PDF). Guadalajara 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 July 2011. Retrieved 23 October 2011.
- ↑ "Women's 800m Freestyle Preliminaries". Guadalajara 2011. Retrieved 23 October 2011.[dead link]
- ↑ "Finals – Day 5" (PDF). Best Swimming. 2011. Retrieved December 7, 2013.
- ↑ "Women's 800m Freestyle Final". Guadalajara 2011. Archived from the original on October 23, 2011. Retrieved 23 October 2011.