Swimming at the 2011 Pan American Games – Women's 200 metre backstroke

The women's 200 metre backstroke 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 Teresa Crippen of the United States.

Women's 200 metre backstroke at the XVI Pan American Games
VenueScotiabank Aquatics Center
DatesOctober 20 (preliminaries and finals)
Competitors18 from 13 nations
Medalists
 Elizabeth Pelton  United States
 Bonnie Brandon  United States
 Fernanda González  Mexico
«2007
2015»
Swimming at the
2011 Pan American Games
Freestyle
50 mmenwomen
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
400 mmenwomen
800 mwomen
1500 mmen
Backstroke
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
Breaststroke
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
Butterfly
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
Individual medley
200 mmenwomen
400 mmenwomen
Freestyle relay
4×100 mmenwomen
4×200 mmenwomen
Medley relay
4×100 mmenwomen
Marathon
10 kmmenwomen

This race consisted of four lengths of the pool all in backstroke.[2]

Records

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

World record  Kirsty Coventry (ZIM) 2:04.81 Rome, Italy August 1, 2009
Pan American Games record  Teresa Crippen (USA) 2:10.57 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil July 22, 2007

Qualification

Each National Olympic Committee (NOC) was able to enter up to two entrants providing they had met the A standard (2:22.8) 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 (2:27.1) in the same qualifying period.[2]

Results

All times are in minutes and seconds.

KEY: qFastest non-qualifiers QQualified GRGames record NRNational record PBPersonal best SBSeasonal best

Heats

The first round was held on October 20.

RankHeatLaneNameNationalityTime[3]Notes
134Elizabeth Pelton United States2:10.66QA
224Bonnie Brandon United States2:13.87QA
314Fernanda González Mexico2:16.61QA
415Lourdes Villaseñor Mexico2:16.94QA
525Gabrielle Soucisse Canada2:17.27QA
635Gisela Morales Guatemala2:17.86QA
726Elimar Barrios Venezuela2:20.96QA
833Fernanda Alvarenga Brazil2:21.24QA
932Mckayla Lightbourn Bahamas2:23.74QB
1013Karyn Jewell Canada2:23.78QB
1116Alana Berrocal Puerto Rico2:24.76QB
1236Florencia Perotti Argentina2:24.78QB
1322Erika Torellas Venezuela2:26.16QB
1427Karen Vilorio Honduras2:26.58QB
1537Laura Rodriguez Dominican Republic2:27.26QB
1612Ines Remersaro Uruguay2:27.77QB
1717Mariana Zavalla Bolivia2:28.30
23Joanna Maranhão BrazilDNS

B Final

The B final was also held on October 20.[4]

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
94Mckayla Lightbourn Bahamas2:19.25
105Karyn Jewell Canada2:20.87
116Florencia Perotti Argentina2:23.03
128Ines Remersaro Uruguay2:24.16
133Alana Berrocal Puerto Rico2:24.18
142Erika Torellas Venezuela2:25.17
157Karen Vilorio Honduras2:25.99
161Laura Rodriguez Dominican Republic2:28.13

A Final

The A final was also held on October 20.[4]

RankLaneNameNationalityTime[5]Notes
4Elizabeth Pelton United States2:08.99GR
5Bonnie Brandon United States2:12.57
3Fernanda González Mexico2:13.56
47Gisela Morales Guatemala2:16.33
56Lourdes Villaseñor Mexico2:16.60
62Gabrielle Soucisse Canada2:16.86
71Elimar Barrios Venezuela2:21.40
88Fernanda Alvarenga Brazil2:22.77

References
  1. "Sessions" (PDF). Guadalajara 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 June 2011. Retrieved 23 October 2011.
  2. "Swimming Technical Manual" (PDF). Guadalajara 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 July 2011. Retrieved 23 October 2011.
  3. "Women's 200m Backstroke Preliminaries". Guadalajara 2011. Retrieved 23 October 2011.
  4. "Finals – Day 6" (PDF). Best Swimming. 2011. Retrieved December 7, 2013.
  5. "Women's 200m Backstroke Final A". Guadalajara 2011. Retrieved 23 October 2011.
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