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

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.

Women's 200 metre breaststroke at the XVI Pan American Games
VenueScotiabank Aquatics Center
DatesOctober 20 (preliminaries and finals)
Competitors15 from 10 nations
Medalists
 Ashley McGregor  Canada
 Haley Spencer  United States
 Michelle McKeehan  United States
«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 breaststroke.[2]

Records

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

World record  Annamay Pierse (CAN) 2:20.12 Rome, Italy July 30, 2009
Pan American Games record  Caitlin Leverenz (USA) 2:25.62 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 (2:37.6) 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

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
125Ashley McGregor Canada2:29.32QA
224Haley Spencer United States2:29.51QA
323Hanna Pierse Canada2:31.73QA
415Alia Atkinson Jamaica2:32.33QA
514Michelle McKeehan United States2:32.68QA
622Julia Sebastian Argentina2:35.12QA
727Melissa Rodríguez Mexico2:35.43QA
816Mijal Asis Argentina2:35.85QA
913Arantxa Medina Mexico2:39.15QB
1012Michele Schmidt Brazil2:39.63QB
1126Thamy Ventorini Brazil2:41.52QB
1211Daniela Victoria Venezuela2:42.02QB
1328Lisa Blackburn Bermuda2:45.36QB
1421Patricia Casellas Puerto Rico2:48.83QB
17Mckayla Lightbourn BahamasDNS

B Final

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

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
96Daniela Victoria Venezuela2:38.52
104Arantxa Medina Mexico2:39.17
115Michele Schmidt Brazil2:39.22
123Thamy Ventorini Brazil2:41.86
132Lisa Blackburn Bermuda2:44.86
147Patricia Casellas Puerto Rico2:47.15

A Final

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

RankLaneNameNationalityTime[5]Notes
4Ashley McGregor Canada2:28.04
5Haley Spencer United States2:29.30
2Michelle McKeehan United States2:30.51
46Alia Atkinson Jamaica2:30.96
53Hanna Pierse Canada2:31.06
67Julia Sebastian Argentina2:32.74
71Melissa Rodríguez Mexico2:35.15
88Mijal Asis Argentina2:35.21

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 Breaststroke Preliminaries". Guadalajara 2011. Retrieved 23 October 2011.
  4. "Finals – Day 6" (PDF). Best Swimming. 2011. Retrieved December 7, 2013.
  5. "Women's 200m Breaststroke Final A". Guadalajara 2011. Retrieved 23 October 2011.
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