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
Venue	Scotiabank Aquatics Center
Dates	October 19 (preliminaries and finals)
Competitors	13 from 9 nations
Medalists
Kim Vandenberg   United States   Lyndsay de Paul   United States   Joanna Maranhão   Brazil
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This race consisted of four lengths of the pool all in the butterfly stroke.^[2]

Records

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

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

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 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

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

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