Swimming at the 2010 South American Games – Women's 200 metre backstroke

The Women's 200m backstroke event at the 2010 South American Games was held on March 27, with the heats at 10:35 and the Final at 18:10.

Medalists[]

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Fernanda Alvarenga  Brazil	Colombia	Georgina Bardach  Argentina

Records[]

Standing records prior to the 2010 South American Games
World record	Kirsty Coventry (ZIM)	2:04.81	Rome, Italy	1 August 2009
	Georgina Bardach (ARG)	2:17.82	Buenos Aires, Argentina	16 November 2006
South American record	Fernanda Alvarenga (BRA)	2:12.32	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	7 May 2009

Results[]

Heats[]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Athlete	Result	Notes
1	2	4	Georgina Bardach (ARG)	2:20.58	Q
2	2	3	(COL)	2:20.77	Q
3	3	4	Fernanda Alvarenga (BRA)	2:21.32	Q
4	3	3	(COL)	2:22.70	Q
5	1	3	(VEN)	2:23.78	Q
6	2	6	(PER)	2:24.61	Q
7	3	2	Ines Remersaro (URU)	2:25.99	Q
8	1	7	(VEN)	2:26.63	Q
9	2	5	(ECU)	2:27.22
10	2	2	(PER)	2:28.76
11	1	6	(PAR)	2:28.88
12	3	6	(ECU)	2:28.89
13	1	4	(ARG)	2:32.53
14	3	7	(BOL)	2:34.09
15	1	2	(PAR)	2:35.24
	1	5	(VEN)	DNS
	3	5	Fabíola Molina (BRA)	DNS
	2	7	(SUR)	DSQ

Final[]

Rank	Lane	Athlete	Result	Notes
	3	Fernanda Alvarenga (BRA)	2:18.61
	5	(COL)	2:19.11
	4	Georgina Bardach (ARG)	2:19.13
4	6	(COL)	2:19.55
5	8	(VEN)	2:23.56
6	2	(VEN)	2:23.76
7	1	Ines Remersaro (URU)	2:23.91
8	7	(PER)	2:24.18

References[]

• Heats
• Final