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. The defending Pan American Games champion was Ava Ohlgren of the United States.
The race consisted of four lengths of the pool, freestyle.

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Pan American Games records were as follows:
World record1:52.98Rome, ItalyJuly 29, 2009
Games Record1:58.43San Juan, Puerto RicoJuly 3, 1979

Results

All times are in minutes and seconds.
KEY:qFastest non-qualifiersQQualifiedNRNational recordPBPersonal bestSBSeasonal best

Heats

The first round was held on October 16.
RankHeatLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
124Catherine Breed2:00.81QA
225Liliana Ibañez2:01.15QA NR
314Chelsea Nauta2:01.81QA
423Andreina Pinto2:03.15QA
526Yanel Pinto2:04.38QA
616Jéssica Cavalheiro2:04.79QA
727Jennifer Beckberger2:05.17QA
815Tatiana Barbosa2:05.86QA
912Virginia Bardach2:05.99QB
1022Alexia Benitez2:07.30QB
1121Andrea Cedron2:08.36QB
1213Paige Schultz2:09.25QB
1317Daniela Reyes2:13.73QB
1411Britany van Lange2:20.21QB

B Final

The B final was also held on October 16.
RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
96Paige Schultz2:04.96
104Virginia Bardach2:05.35
115Alexia Benitez2:06.15
123Andrea Cedron2:06.81
132Daniela Reyes2:15.07
147Britany van LangeDNS

A Final

The A final was also held on October 16.
RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
4Catherine Breed2:00.08
3Chelsea Nauta2:00.62
6Andreina Pinto2:00.79
45Liliana Ibañez2:02.90
52Yanel Pinto2:03.92
67Jéssica Cavalheiro2:04.13
78Tatiana Barbosa2:04.20
81Jennifer Beckberger2:04.72