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

The women's 200 metre butterfly competition of the swimming events at the 2011 Pan American Games took place on October 19 at the Scotiabank Aquatics Center in the municipality of Zapopan, near Guadalajara, Mexico.[1] The defending Pan American Games champion was Kathleen Hersey of the United States.

Women's 200 metre butterfly at the 2011 Pan American Games
VenueScotiabank Aquatics Center
DatesOctober 19 (preliminaries and finals)
Competitors13 from 9 nations
Medalists
Gold medal   United States
Silver medal   United States
Bronze medal   Brazil
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This race consisted of four lengths of the pool all in the butterfly stroke.[2]

Records

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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

Qualification

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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]

Results

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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

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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

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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

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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

References

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