Swimming at the 2014 South American Games – Women's 200 metre breaststroke

The women's 200 metre breaststroke competition at the 2014 South American Games took place on March 9 at the Estadio Nacional.[1][2] The last champion was Carolina Mussi of Brazil.[3]

Women's 200 metre breaststroke at the 2014 South American Games
Venue	Estadio Nacional
Dates	March 9, 2014 (heats & finals)
Competitors	9 from 7 nations
Winning time	2:31.02
Medalists
Pamela Alencar de Souza    Brazil   Mercedes Toledo Salazar    Venezuela   Juliana Marin    Brazil

This race consisted of four lengths of the pool, all in breaststroke.[4]

Records

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

World record	Rikke Møller Pedersen (DEN)	2:19.11	Barcelona, Spain	August 1, 2013
South American Games record	Georgina Bardach (ARG)	2:35.28	Buenos Aires, Argentina	November 17, 2006

Results

All times are in minutes and seconds.

KEY:

q

Fastest non-qualifiers

Q

Qualified

CR

Championships record

NR

National record

PB

Personal best

SB

Seasonal best

Heats

The first round was held on March 9, at 11:24.[1]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2	4	Julia Sebastián	Argentina	2:36.87	Q
2	2	5	Pamela Alencar de Souza	Brazil	2:36.99	Q
3	1	4	Salome Velez Cataño	Colombia	2:37.04	Q
4	1	5	Mercedes Toledo Salazar	Venezuela	2:37.27	Q
5	1	3	Mijail Asis	Argentina	2:40.26	Q
6	1	6	Avalon Schultz Donlan	Chile	2:40.93	Q
7	2	6	Isabel Riquelme Díaz	Chile	2:42.09	Q
8	2	3	Juliana Marin	Brazil	2:43.29	Q
9	2	2	Sofia López Chaparro	Paraguay	2:49.49

Final

The final was held on March 9, at 18:43.[2]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	5	Pamela Alencar de Souza	Brazil	2:31.02	CR
	6	Mercedes Toledo Salazar	Venezuela	2:34.62
	8	Juliana Marin	Brazil	2:36.32
4	3	Salome Velez Cataño	Colombia	2:37.47
5	2	Mijail Asis	Argentina	2:37.86
6	1	Isabel Riquelme Díaz	Chile	2:41.01
7	7	Avalon Schultz Donlan	Chile	2:42.47
-	4	Julia Sebastián	Argentina	DSQ

References

1. "Results of the 200-metre breaststroke heats at 2014 South American Games" (PDF). 2014 South American Games Official Site. March 9, 2014. Retrieved March 9, 2014.
2. "Results of the 200-metre breaststroke finals at 2014 South American Games" (PDF). 2014 South American Games Official Site. March 9, 2014. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 11, 2014. Retrieved March 9, 2014.
3. "2010 South American Games - Full Results" (PDF). Best Swimming. March 9, 2014. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 8, 2014. Retrieved March 9, 2014.
4. "Swimming Technical Manual" (PDF). Guadalajara 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 July 2011. Retrieved 23 October 2011.