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


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. 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.

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Pan American Games records were as follows:
World record8:14.10Beijing, ChinaAugust 16, 2008
Pan American Games record8:34.65Winnipeg, CanadaAugust 6, 1999

Qualification

Each National Olympic Committee was able to enter up to two entrants providing they had met the A standard in the qualifying period. NOCs were also permitted to enter one athlete providing they had met the B standard in the same qualifying period.

Results

All times are in minutes and seconds.
KEY:qFastest non-qualifiersQQualifiedGRGames recordNRNational recordPBPersonal bestSBSeasonal best

Heats

The first round was held on October 18.
RankHeatLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
124Kristel Kobrich8:42.16QA
235Ashley Twichell8:47.21QA
314Andreina Pinto8:49.81QA
415Susana Escobar8:52.65QA
525Patricia Castañeda8:56.55QA
626Samantha Arevalo8:59.39QA
712Yanel Pinto9:03.62QA
833Alexia Benitez9:05.16QA
923Sherry Liu9:05.88
1036Bridget Coley9:06.35
1113Virginia Bardach9:10.06
1222Gabriela Rocha9:13.64
1337Lani Cabrera9:20.83
1416Daniela Miyahara9:21.64
1532Sarah Correa9:27.34
1627Tori Flowers9:41.51
34Gillian RyanDNS

Final

The final was held on October 19.
RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
4Kristel Kobrich8:34.71
5Ashley Twichell8:38.38
3Andreina Pinto8:44.55
42Patricia Castañeda8:49.07
57Samantha Arevalo8:51.31
66Susana Escobar8:52.51
78Alexia Benitez9:03.53
81Yanel Pinto9:07.73