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
Venue	Scotiabank Aquatics Center
Dates	October 20 (preliminaries and finals)
Competitors	15 from 10 nations
Medalists
Ashley McGregor   Canada   Haley Spencer   United States   Michelle McKeehan   United States
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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:

q

Fastest non-qualifiers

Q

Qualified

GR

Games record

NR

National record

PB

Personal best

SB

Seasonal best

Heats

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

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

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
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

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

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time[5]	Notes
	4	Ashley McGregor	Canada	2:28.04
	5	Haley Spencer	United States	2:29.30
	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

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.