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.
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| Venue | Scotiabank Aquatics Center | |||||||||
| Dates | October 18–19 | |||||||||
| Competitors | 17 from 12 nations | |||||||||
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This race consisted of sixteen lengths of the pool, all in freestyle.[2]
Records edit
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Pan American Games records were as follows:
| World record |  Rebecca Adlington (GBR)
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8:14.10 | Beijing, China | August 16, 2008 |
| Pan American Games record |  Kaitlin Sandeno (USA)
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8:34.65 | Winnipeg, Canada | August 6, 1999 |
Qualification edit
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 edit
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 edit
The first round was held on October 18.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time[3] | Notes |
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| 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 edit
The final was held on October 19.[4]
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time[5] | Notes |
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4 | Kristel Kobrich | Chile |
8:34.71 | |
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5 | Ashley Twichell | United States |
8:38.38 | |
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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 edit
- ^ "Sessions" (PDF). Guadalajara 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 June 2011. Retrieved 23 October 2011.
- ^ a b "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.