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Swimming at the 2015 Pan American Games – Women's 800 metre freestyle
The women's 800 metre freestyle competition of the swimming events at the 2015 Pan American Games took place on July 18 at the CIBC Pan Am/Parapan Am Aquatics Centre and Field House in Toronto, Canada.[1] The defending Pan American Games champion was Kristel Kobrich of Chile. This race consisted of sixteen lengths of the pool in freestyle. All participating swimmers would take part in 2 heats based on qualifying time. There were no finals.[2] RecordsPrior to this competition, the existing world and Pan American Games records were as follows:
The following new records were set during this competition.
QualificationEach National Olympic Committee (NOC) was able to enter up to two entrants providing they had met the A standard (8:52.99) 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 (9:24.97) in the same qualifying period.[2] All other competing athletes were entered as universality spots.[2] ScheduleAll times are Eastern Time Zone (UTC-4).
Results
FinalThe finals were held on July 18.[3]
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