Swimming at the 2015 Pan American Games – Women's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay

International sporting event
Women's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay at the 2015 Pan American Games
VenueCIBC Pan Am/Parapan Am Aquatics Centre and Field House
DatesJuly 14 (preliminaries and finals)
Competitors42 from 8 nations
Winning time3:36.80
Medalists
Gold medal Sandrine Mainville, Michele Williams, Katerine Savard, Chantal van Landeghem, Alyson Ackman, Dominique Bouchard  Canada
Silver medal Allison Schmitt, Amanda Weir, Madison Kennedy, Natalie Coughlin, Katie Meili, Kelsi Worrell  United States
Bronze medal Larissa Oliveira, Graciele Herrmann, Etiene Medeiros, Daynara de Paula, Daiane Oliveira, Manuella Lyrio  Brazil
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The women's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay competition of the swimming events at the 2015 Pan American Games took place on July 14 at the CIBC Pan Am/Parapan Am Aquatics Centre and Field House in Toronto, Canada.[1] The defending Pan American Games champion is the United States.

This race consisted of eight lengths of the pool. Each of the four swimmers completed two lengths of the pool. The first swimmer had to touch the wall before the second could leave the starting block.[2]

Records

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

World record  Australia (AUS)
Bronte Campbell (53.15)
Melanie Schlanger (52.76)
Emma McKeon (52.91)
Cate Campbell (52.16)
3:30.98 Glasgow, Scotland July 24, 2014
Pan American Games record  United States (USA)
Madison Kennedy (55.55)
Elizabeth Pelton (55.25)
Amanda Kendall (54.62)
Erika Erndl (55.24)
3:40.66 Guadalajara, Mexico October 15, 2011

The following new records were set during this competition.

Date Event Nation Time Record
14 July Heat 1  United States 3:37.28 GR
14 July Final  Canada 3:36.80 GR

Schedule

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

Date Time Round
July 14, 2015 11:02 Heats
July 14, 2015 20:22 Final

Results

Heats

The first round was held on July 14.[3] As only eight teams had entered, the heats served as a ranking round with all eight teams advancing to the final.

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 1 4 Katie Meili (55.51)
Allison Schmitt (53.82)
Madison Kennedy (53.92)
Kelsi Worrell (54.03)
 United States 3:37.28 Q, GR
2 1 5 Sandrine Mainville (54.89)
Alyson Ackman (55.68)
Katerine Savard (55.40)
Dominique Bouchard (56.86)
 Canada 3:42.83 Q
3 1 3 Daiane Oliveira (56.93)
Manuella Lyrio (56.95)
Etiene Medeiros (56.17)
Daynara de Paula (56.68)
 Brazil 3:46.73 Q
4 1 7 Carolina Colorado Henao (57.39)
María Álvarez (57.48)
Jessica Camposano (58.21)
Isabella Arcila (56.53)
 Colombia 3:49.61 Q
5 1 6 Jeserik Pinto (57.23)
Andrea Garrido (58.35)
Mercedes Toledo (57.64)
Yennifer Marquez (56.67)
 Venezuela 3:49.89 Q
6 1 2 Natalia Jaspeado (58.79)
Moniika Gonzalez-Hermosillo (57.35)
Natasha Gvakharia (57.47)
Maria Hichaud (58.00)
 Mexico 3:51.61 Q
7 1 8 Kaori Miyahara (59.63)
Andrea Cedrón (58.34)
Jessica Cattaneo (58.30)
MacKenna deBever (58.17)
 Peru 3:54.44 Q, NR
8 1 1 Breanna Roman (57.98)
Alia Atkinson (57.09)
Trudian Patrick (1:03.56)
Danielle Boothe (1:00.46)
 Jamaica 3:59.09 Q

Final

The final was held on July 14.[4]

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 5 Sandrine Mainville (54.43)
Michelle Williams (54.42)
Katerine Savard (54.53)
Chantal van Landeghem (53.42)
 Canada 3:36.80 GR, NR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 4 Allison Schmitt (54.46)
Amanda Weir (54.79)
Madison Kennedy (53.89)
Natalie Coughlin (53.87)
 United States 3:37.01
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 3 Larissa Oliveira (54.67)
Graciele Herrmann (54.72)
Etiene Medeiros (53.99)
Daynara de Paula (54.01)
 Brazil 3:37.39 SA
4 2 Yennifer Marquez (56.60)
Andreina Pinto (56.27)
Jeserik Pinto (56.77)
Arlene Semeco (56.60)
 Venezuela 3:46.24 NR
5 6 Carolina Colorado Henao (57.28)
María Álvarez (57.26)
Jessica Camposano (57.13)
Isabella Arcila (55.63)
 Colombia 3:47.30 NR
6 7 Maria Hichaud (57.48)
Natasha Gvakharia (57.40)
Esther González (56.83)
Liliana Ibáñez (55.94)
 Mexico 3:47.65 NR
7 1 Kaori Miyahara (59.28)
Andrea Cedrón (58.11)
Jessica Cattaneo (57.74)
MacKenna deBever (57.30)
 Peru 3:52.43 NR
8 8 Breanna Roman (58.03)
Alia Atkinson (55.77)
Danielle Boothe (1:00.22)
Trudian Patrick (1:01.99)
 Jamaica 3:56.01

References

  1. ^ "Toronto 2015 Pan Am Games Ticket Program Guide" (PDF). toronto2015.org. TO2015. 20 April 2015. Retrieved 26 April 2015.
  2. ^ "Swimming Technical Manual" (PDF). TO2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 June 2015. Retrieved 31 May 2015.
  3. ^ Women's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay Preliminaries
  4. ^ Women's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay Final