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

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Women's 200 metre breaststroke at the XVI Pan American Games
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VenueScotiabank Aquatics Center
DatesOctober 20 (preliminaries and finals)
Competitors15 from 10 nations
Medalists
Gold medal Ashley McGregor  Canada
Silver medal   United States
Bronze medal Michelle McKeehan  United States
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100 mmenwomen
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Breaststroke
100 mmenwomen
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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  United States 2:29.51 QA
3 2 3  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  Argentina 2:35.85 QA
9 1 3  Mexico 2:39.15 QB
10 1 2  Brazil 2:39.63 QB
11 2 6 Thamy Ventorini  Brazil 2:41.52 QB
12 1 1  Venezuela 2:42.02 QB
13 2 8  Bermuda 2:45.36 QB
14 2 1  Puerto Rico 2:48.83 QB
1 7  Bahamas DNS

B Final[]

The B final was also held on October 20.[4]

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
9 6  Venezuela 2:38.52
10 4  Mexico 2:39.17
11 5  Brazil 2:39.22
12 3 Thamy Ventorini  Brazil 2:41.86
13 2  Bermuda 2:44.86
14 7  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 place, gold medalist(s) 4 Ashley McGregor  Canada 2:28.04
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 5  United States 2:29.30
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 2 Michelle McKeehan  United States 2:30.51
4 6 Alia Atkinson  Jamaica 2:30.96
5 3  Canada 2:31.06
6 7 Julia Sebastian  Argentina 2:32.74
7 1 Melissa Rodríguez  Mexico 2:35.15
8 8  Argentina 2:35.21

References[]

  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.
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