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 2011 Pan American Games
VenueScotiabank Aquatics Center
DatesOctober 20 (preliminaries and finals)
Competitors15 from 10 nations
Medalists
Gold medal   Canada
Silver medal   United States
Bronze medal   United States
«2007
2015»

This race consisted of four lengths of the pool all in breaststroke.[2]

Records

edit

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

edit

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

edit

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

edit

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

edit

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

edit

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

edit
  1. ^ "Sessions" (PDF). Guadalajara 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 June 2011. Retrieved 23 October 2011.
  2. ^ a b "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.[dead link]
  4. ^ a b "Finals – Day 6" (PDF). Best Swimming. 2011. Retrieved December 7, 2013.
  5. ^ "Women's 200m Breaststroke Final A". Guadalajara 2011. Archived from the original on October 23, 2011. Retrieved 23 October 2011.