Swimming at the 2015 Pan American Games – Qualification
Main article: Swimming at the 2015 Pan American Games
Qualification system
As with previous editions of the Games, A/B qualifying times will be used, with a target number of 276 swimmers. Times need to be swum in an approved meet sometime between January 1, 2014 and April 15, 2015.[1] A total of 36 open water swimmers will also qualify (18 per gender).[2]
Swimming qualification times
The time standards (all long course) for the 2015 Pan American Games are:[1]
| Male | Event | Female | ||
| A standard (2 entries) |
B standard (1 entry) |
A standard (2 entries) |
B standard (1 entry) | |
| 22.71 | 24.07 | 50 freestyle | 26.05 | 27.61 |
| 50.05 | 53.05 | 100 freestyle | 56.91 | 1:00.32 |
| 1:51.49 | 1:58.18 | 200 freestyle | 2:04.99 | 2:12.49 |
| 3:57.29 | 4:11.53 | 400 freestyle | 4:17.99 | 4:33.47 |
| N/A | N/A | 800 freestyle | 8:52.99 | 9:24.97 |
| 15:48.39 | 16:45.29 | 1500 freestyle | N/A | N/A |
| 56.59 | 59.99 | 100 backstroke | 1:04.09 | 1:07.94 |
| 2:06.05 | 2:13.61 | 200 backstroke | 2:20.19 | 2:28.60 |
| 1:02.79 | 1:06.56 | 100 breaststroke | 1:11.89 | 1:16.20 |
| 2:19.49 | 2:27.86 | 200 breaststroke | 2:36.89 | 2:46.30 |
| 53.99 | 57.23 | 100 butterfly | 1:01.49 | 1:05.18 |
| 2:01.39 | 2:08.67 | 200 butterfly | 2:17.99 | 2:26.27 |
| 2:07.29 | 2:14.93 | 200 individual medley | 2:20.49 | 2:28.92 |
| 4:35.99 | 4:52.55 | 400 individual medley | 4:59.99 | 5:17.99 |
Open Water
Qualification timeline
| Event | Date | Venue |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 Central American and Caribbean Games | November 21–22 |  Veracruz |
| 2015 South American Championships[3] | February 7 |  Viedma |
Summary
| NOC | Men | Women | Athletes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Argentina | 2 | 2 | 4 |
 Brazil | 2 | 1 | 3 |
 Canada | 2 | 2 | 4 |
 Chile | 1 | 1 | |
.svg.png){kind=small} Costa Rica | 2 | 1 | 3 |
 Dominican Republic | 2 | 2 | |
 Ecuador | 1 | 1 | 2 |
 El Salvador | 1 | 1 | |
 Guatemala | 2 | 2 | |
 Honduras | 1 | 1 | |
| Mexico | 2 | 2 | 4 |
 Trinidad and Tobago | 1 | 1 | |
 United States | 2 | 2 | 4 |
 Venezuela | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| Total: 14 NOC's | 18 | 18 | 36 |
Qualified swimmers
| Event | Quotas | Men | Women |
|---|---|---|---|
| Host nation | 2/2 | Canada Canada |
Canada Canada |
| United States | 2/2 | United States United States |
United States United States |
| 2014 Central American and Caribbean Games | 7/7 | Mexico Mexico Dominican Republic Dominican Republic Costa Rica Costa Rica Trinidad and Tobago |
Mexico Mexico Guatemala Guatemala El Salvador Honduras Costa Rica |
| 2015 South American Championships | 7/7 | Brazil Brazil Ecuador Argentina Venezuela Venezuela Argentina |
Chile Argentina Ecuador Venezuela Venezuela Argentina Brazil |
| Total | 36 | 18 | 18 |
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Qualification System Aquatics – Swimming". http://www.uana-aquatics.org/''. TO2015. Retrieved 24 December 2014.
- ↑ "Qualification System Aquatics – Open Water swimming". http://www.uana-aquatics.org/''. TO2015. Retrieved 24 December 2014.
- ↑ Anderson, Jared (9 February 2015). "South American open water athletes selected for Pan Ams led by four each from Argentina, Venezuela". http://swimswam.com/''. Retrieved 9 February 2015.