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

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
«20072015»
Swimming at the
2011 Pan American Games
Freestyle
50 m   men   women
100 m men women
200 m men women
400 m men women
800 m women
1500 m men
Backstroke
100 m men women
200 m men women
Breaststroke
100 m men women
200 m men women
Butterfly
100 m men women
200 m men women
Individual medley
200 m men women
400 m men women
Freestyle relay
4×100 m men women
4×200 m men women
Medley relay
4×100 m men women
Marathon
10 km men women

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.

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
1st 4 Ashley McGregor  Canada 2:28.04
2nd 5 Haley Spencer  United States 2:29.30
3rd 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. Retrieved 23 October 2011.
  2. 1 2 "Swimming Technical Manual" (PDF). Guadalajara 2011. Retrieved 23 October 2011.
  3. ↑ "Women's 200m Breaststroke Preliminaries". Guadalajara 2011. Retrieved 23 October 2011.
  4. 1 2 "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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