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. The defending Pan American Games champion was Kathleen Hersey of the United States.
This race consisted of four lengths of the pool all in the butterfly stroke.

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Pan American Games records were as follows:
World record2:01.81Jinan, ChinaOctober 21, 2009
Pan American Games record2:07.64Rio de Janeiro, BrazilJuly 21, 2007

Qualification

Each National Olympic Committee was able to enter up to two entrants providing they had met the A standard in the qualifying period. NOCs were also permitted to enter one athlete providing they had met the B standard in the same qualifying period.

Results

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

Heats

The first round was held on October 19.
RankHeatLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
114Kim Vandenberg2:12.04QA
224Lyndsay de Paul2:14.17QA
325Rita Medrano2:14.44QA
415Joanna Maranhão2:14.63QA
523Brenna Maclean2:15.87QA
612Eliana Barrios2:17.06QA
716Prisciliana Escobar2:18.36QA
813Erin Miller2:18.37QA
922Yumisleisy Morales2:19.07QB
1026Daiene Dias2:19.23QB
1117Amara Gibbs2:30.26QB
1221Lara Butler2:35.44QB
27Oriele EspinozaDNS

B Final

The B final was also held on October 19.
RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
94Yumisleisy Morales2:19.78
103Amara Gibbs2:30.88
115Daiene DiasDNS

A Final

The A final was also held on October 19.
RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
4Kim Vandenberg2:10.54
5Lyndsay de Paul2:12.34
3Rita Merdano2:12.43
46Joanna Maranhão2:13.00
58Erin Miller2:16.10
62Brenna Maclean2:16.13
77Eliana Barrios2:18.19
81Prisciliana Escobar2:20.16