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

The women's 200 metre individual medley competition of the swimming events at the 2011 Pan American Games took place on October 18 at the Scotiabank Aquatics Center in the municipality of Zapopan, near Guadalajara, Mexico.[1] The defending Pan American Games champion was Julia Smit of the United States,

WOMen's 200 metre individual medley at the 2011 Pan American Games
VenueScotiabank Aquatics Center
DatesOctober 18 (preliminaries and finals)
Competitors23 from 16 nations
Medalists
Gold medal   United States
Silver medal   Jamaica
Bronze medal   Brazil
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This race consisted of four lengths of the pool, one each in backstroke, breaststroke, butterfly and freestyle swimming.[2]

Records

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

World record   Ariana Kukors (USA) 2:06.15 Rome, Italy July 27, 2009
Pan American Games record   Julia Smit (USA) 2:13.07 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil July 20, 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 (2:25.7) 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 (2:30.1) 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 18.

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time[3] Notes
1 3 4 Julia Smit   United States 2:15.52 QA
2 3 5 Alia Atkinson   Jamaica 2:18.04 QA
3 2 5 Joanna Maranhão   Brazil 2:19.71 QA
4 1 5 Hanna Pierse   Canada 2:19.86 QA
5 3 3 Georgina Bardach   Argentina 2:20.57 QA
6 2 4 Whitney Myers   United States 2:20.62 QA
7 1 3 Daniela Victoria   Venezuela 2:22.04 QA
8 3 6 Arantxa Medina   Mexico 2:23.08 QA
9 1 4 Paige Schultz   Canada 2:23.31 QB
10 3 2 Julia Arino   Argentina 2:23.74 QB
11 1 6 Larissa Cieslak   Brazil 2:25.57 QB
12 3 7 Eliana Barrios   Venezuela 2:25.97 QB
13 2 3 Mckayla Lightbourn   Bahamas 2:26.66 QB
14 1 7 Ana Castellanos   Honduras 2:28.03 QB
15 2 6 Barbara Caraballo   Puerto Rico 2:28.36 QB
16 1 2 Zara Bailey   Jamaica 2:28.38 QB
17 3 1 Maria Alejandra Torres   Peru 2:30.53
18 2 7 Lisa Blackburn   Bermuda 2:31.87
19 3 8 Daniella van der Berg   Aruba 2:32.43
20 1 1 Daniela Reyes   Chile 2:33.37
21 2 1 Lara Butler   Cayman Islands 2:34.86
2 2 Alana Dillette   Bahamas DNS
2 8 Laura Rodriguez   Dominican Republic DNS

B Final

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The B final was also held on October 18.[4]

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
9 2 Mckayla Lightbourn   Bahamas 2:20.62
10 4 Paige Schultz   Canada 2:21.38
11 5 Julia Arino   Argentina 2:24.01
12 6 Eliana Barrios   Venezuela 2:25.01
13 3 Larissa Cieslak   Brazil 2:26.23
14 8 Zara Bailey   Jamaica 2:26.84
15 7 Ana Castellanos   Honduras 2:27.31
16 1 Barbara Caraballo   Puerto Rico 2:27.57

A Final

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The A final was also held on October 18.[4]

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time[5] Notes
  4 Julia Smit   United States 2:13.73
  5 Alia Atkinson   Jamaica 2:14.75
  3 Joanna Maranhão   Brazil 2:15.08
4 7 Whitney Myers   United States 2:15.23
5 6 Hanna Pierse   Canada 2:19.12
6 8 Arantxa Medina   Mexico 2:21.74
7 2 Georgina Bardach   Argentina 2:22.65
8 1 Daniela Victoria   Venezuela 2:22.67

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 Individual Medley Preliminaries". Guadalajara 2011. Retrieved 23 October 2011.[dead link]
  4. ^ a b "Finals – Day 4" (PDF). Best Swimming. 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 4, 2013. Retrieved December 7, 2013.
  5. ^ "Women's 200m Individual Medley Final A". Guadalajara 2011. Archived from the original on October 22, 2011. Retrieved 23 October 2011.