Swimming at the 2011 Pan American Games – Women's 200 metre breaststroke
| Women's 200 metre breaststroke at the 2011 Pan American Games | ||||||||||
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| Venue | Scotiabank Aquatics Center | |||||||||
| Dates | October 20 (preliminaries and finals) | |||||||||
| Competitors | 15 from 10 nations | |||||||||
| Medalists | ||||||||||
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| Swimming at the 2011 Pan American Games | ||
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| Freestyle | ||
| 50 m | men | women |
| 100 m | men | women |
| 200 m | men | women |
| 400 m | men | women |
| 800 m | women | |
| 1500 m | men | |
| Backstroke | ||
| 100 m | men | women |
| 200 m | men | women |
| Breaststroke | ||
| 100 m | men | women |
| 200 m | men | women |
| Butterfly | ||
| 100 m | men | women |
| 200 m | men | women |
| Individual medley | ||
| 200 m | men | women |
| 400 m | men | women |
| Freestyle relay | ||
| 4×100 m | men | women |
| 4×200 m | men | women |
| Medley relay | ||
| 4×100 m | men | women |
| Marathon | ||
| 10 km | men | women |
The women's 200 metre breaststroke competition of the swimming events at the 2011 Pan American Games took place on October 20 at the Scotiabank Aquatics Center in the municipality of Zapopan, near Guadalajara, Mexico.[1] The defending Pan American Games champion was Caitlin Leverenz of the United States.
This race consisted of four lengths of the pool all in breaststroke.[2]
Records
[edit]Prior to this competition, the existing world and Pan American Games records were as follows:
| World record |  Annamay Pierse (CAN)
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2:20.12 | Rome, Italy | July 30, 2009 |
| Pan American Games record |  Caitlin Leverenz (USA)
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2:25.62 | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | July 22, 2007 |
Qualification
[edit]Each National Olympic Committee (NOC) was able to enter up to two entrants providing they had met the A standard (2:37.6) 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 (2:41.3) 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 20.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time[3] | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 5 | Ashley McGregor | Canada |
2:29.32 | QA |
| 2 | 2 | 4 | Haley Spencer | United States |
2:29.51 | QA |
| 3 | 2 | 3 | Hanna Pierse | Canada |
2:31.73 | QA |
| 4 | 1 | 5 | Alia Atkinson |  Jamaica |
2:32.33 | QA |
| 5 | 1 | 4 | Michelle McKeehan | United States |
2:32.68 | QA |
| 6 | 2 | 2 | Julia Sebastian |  Argentina |
2:35.12 | QA |
| 7 | 2 | 7 | Melissa Rodríguez |  Mexico |
2:35.43 | QA |
| 8 | 1 | 6 | Mijal Asis | Argentina |
2:35.85 | QA |
| 9 | 1 | 3 | Arantxa Medina | Mexico |
2:39.15 | QB |
| 10 | 1 | 2 | Michele Schmidt |  Brazil |
2:39.63 | QB |
| 11 | 2 | 6 | Thamy Ventorini | Brazil |
2:41.52 | QB |
| 12 | 1 | 1 | Daniela Victoria |  Venezuela |
2:42.02 | QB |
| 13 | 2 | 8 | Lisa Blackburn |  Bermuda |
2:45.36 | QB |
| 14 | 2 | 1 | Patricia Casellas |  Puerto Rico |
2:48.83 | QB |
| 1 | 7 | Mckayla Lightbourn |  Bahamas |
DNS |
B Final
[edit]The B final was also held on October 20.[4]
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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| 9 | 6 | Daniela Victoria | Venezuela |
2:38.52 | |
| 10 | 4 | Arantxa Medina | Mexico |
2:39.17 | |
| 11 | 5 | Michele Schmidt | Brazil |
2:39.22 | |
| 12 | 3 | Thamy Ventorini | Brazil |
2:41.86 | |
| 13 | 2 | Lisa Blackburn | Bermuda |
2:44.86 | |
| 14 | 7 | Patricia Casellas | Puerto Rico |
2:47.15 |
A Final
[edit]The A final was also held on October 20.[4]
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time[5] | Notes |
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4 | Ashley McGregor | Canada |
2:28.04 | |
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5 | Haley Spencer | United States |
2:29.30 | |
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2 | Michelle McKeehan | United States |
2:30.51 | |
| 4 | 6 | Alia Atkinson | Jamaica |
2:30.96 | |
| 5 | 3 | Hanna Pierse | Canada |
2:31.06 | |
| 6 | 7 | Julia Sebastian | Argentina |
2:32.74 | |
| 7 | 1 | Melissa Rodríguez | Mexico |
2:35.15 | |
| 8 | 8 | Mijal Asis | Argentina |
2:35.21 |
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 200m Breaststroke Preliminaries". Guadalajara 2011. Retrieved 23 October 2011.[dead link]
- ^ a b "Finals – Day 6" (PDF). Best Swimming. 2011. Retrieved December 7, 2013.
- ^ "Women's 200m Breaststroke Final A". Guadalajara 2011. Archived from the original on October 23, 2011. Retrieved 23 October 2011.