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

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

World record	Zige Liu (CHN)	2:01.81	Jinan, China	October 21, 2009
Pan American Games record	Kathleen Hersey (USA)	2:07.64	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	July 21, 2007

Each National Olympic Committee (NOC) was able to enter up to two entrants providing they had met the A standard (2:19.9) 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 (2:24.1) in the same qualifying period.[2]

All times are in minutes and seconds.

Heats

The first round was held on October 19.

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time[3]	Notes
1	1	4	Kim Vandenberg	United States	2:12.04	QA
2	2	4	Lyndsay de Paul	United States	2:14.17	QA
3	2	5	Rita Medrano	Mexico	2:14.44	QA
4	1	5	Joanna Maranhão	Brazil	2:14.63	QA
5	2	3	Brenna Maclean	Canada	2:15.87	QA
6	1	2	Eliana Barrios	Venezuela	2:17.06	QA
7	1	6	Prisciliana Escobar	Mexico	2:18.36	QA
8	1	3	Erin Miller	Canada	2:18.37	QA
9	2	2	Yumisleisy Morales	Cuba	2:19.07	QB
10	2	6	Daiene Dias	Brazil	2:19.23	QB
11	1	7	Amara Gibbs	Barbados	2:30.26	QB
12	2	1	Lara Butler	Cayman Islands	2:35.44	QB
	2	7	Oriele Espinoza	Peru		DNS

B Final

The B final was also held on October 19.[4]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
9	4	Yumisleisy Morales	Cuba	2:19.78
10	3	Amara Gibbs	Barbados	2:30.88
11	5	Daiene Dias	Brazil	DNS

A Final

The A final was also held on October 19.[4]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time[5]	Notes
	4	Kim Vandenberg	United States	2:10.54
	5	Lyndsay de Paul	United States	2:12.34
	3	Rita Merdano	Mexico	2:12.43
4	6	Joanna Maranhão	Brazil	2:13.00
5	8	Erin Miller	Canada	2:16.10
6	2	Brenna Maclean	Canada	2:16.13
7	7	Eliana Barrios	Venezuela	2:18.19
8	1	Prisciliana Escobar	Mexico	2:20.16