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

The Women's 200 metre freestyle swimming event at the 2011 Pan American Games was swum October 16, 2011, in Guadalajara, Mexico.^[1] The defending Pan American Games champion was Ava Ohlgren of the United States.

Women's 200 metre freestyle at the 2011 Pan American Games
Venue	Scotiabank Aquatics Center
Date	October 16
Competitors	14 from 10 nations
Medalists
Catherine Breed   United States   Chelsea Nauta   United States   Andreina Pinto   Venezuela
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The race consisted of four lengths of the pool, freestyle.^[2]

Records

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

World record	Federica Pellegrini (ITA)	1:52.98	Rome, Italy	July 29, 2009
Games Record	Cynthia Woodhead (USA)	1:58.43	San Juan, Puerto Rico	July 3, 1979

Results

All times are in minutes and seconds.

KEY:	q	Fastest non-qualifiers	Q	Qualified	NR	National record	PB	Personal best	SB	Seasonal best

Heats

The first round was held on October 16.^[3]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2	4	Catherine Breed	United States	2:00.81	QA
2	2	5	Liliana Ibáñez	Mexico	2:01.15	QA NR
3	1	4	Chelsea Nauta	United States	2:01.81	QA
4	2	3	Andreina Pinto	Venezuela	2:03.15	QA
5	2	6	Yanel Pinto	Venezuela	2:04.38	QA
6	1	6	Jéssica Cavalheiro	Brazil	2:04.79	QA
7	2	7	Jennifer Beckberger	Canada	2:05.17	QA
8	1	5	Tatiana Barbosa	Brazil	2:05.86	QA
9	1	2	Virginia Bardach	Argentina	2:05.99	QB
10	2	2	Alexia Benitez	El Salvador	2:07.30	QB
11	2	1	Andrea Cedron	Peru	2:08.36	QB
12	1	3	Paige Schultz	Canada	2:09.25	QB
13	1	7	Daniela Reyes	Chile	2:13.73	QB
14	1	1	Britany van Lange	Guyana	2:20.21	QB

B Final

The B final was also held on October 16.^[4]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
9	6	Paige Schultz	Canada	2:04.96
10	4	Virginia Bardach	Argentina	2:05.35
11	5	Alexia Benitez	El Salvador	2:06.15
12	3	Andrea Cedron	Peru	2:06.81
13	2	Daniela Reyes	Chile	2:15.07
14	7	Britany van Lange	Guyana	DNS

A Final

The A final was also held on October 16.^[4][5]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	4	Catherine Breed	United States	2:00.08
	3	Chelsea Nauta	United States	2:00.62
	6	Andreina Pinto	Venezuela	2:00.79
4	5	Liliana Ibáñez	Mexico	2:02.90
5	2	Yanel Pinto	Venezuela	2:03.92
6	7	Jéssica Cavalheiro	Brazil	2:04.13
7	8	Tatiana Barbosa	Brazil	2:04.20
8	1	Jennifer Beckberger	Canada	2:04.72

References

1. Guadalajara 2011 sessions Archived 2011-06-26 at the Wayback Machine
2. Swimming technical manual Archived 2011-07-28 at the Wayback Machine
3. Women's 200m Freestyle Preliminaries^{[dead link]}
4. "Finals – Day 2" (PDF). Best Swimming. 2011. Retrieved December 7, 2013.
5. Women's 200m Freestyle Final A^{[dead link]}