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

The women's 200 metre individual medley competition of the swimming events at the 2011 Pan American Games took place on October 18 at the Scotiabank Aquatics Center in the municipality of Zapopan, near Guadalajara, Mexico. The defending Pan American Games champion was Julia Smit of the United States,

This race consisted of four lengths of the pool, one each in backstroke, breaststroke, butterfly and freestyle swimming.

Records Prior to this competition, the existing world and Pan American Games records were as follows: World record2:06.15Rome, ItalyJuly 27, 2009Pan American Games record2:13.07Rio de Janeiro, BrazilJuly 20, 2007

Qualification Each National Olympic Committee (NOC) was able to enter up to two entrants providing they had met the A standard (2:25.7) 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 (2:30.1) in the same qualifying period.

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 18. Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 3 4 Julia Smit 2:15.52 QA 2 3 5 Alia Atkinson 2:18.04 QA 3 2 5 Joanna Maranhão 2:19.71 QA 4 1 5 Hanna Pierse 2:19.86 QA 5 3 3 Georgina Bardach 2:20.57 QA 6 2 4 Whitney Myers 2:20.62 QA 7 1 3 Daniela Victoria 2:22.04 QA 8 3 6 Arantxa Medina 2:23.08 QA 9 1 4 Paige Schultz 2:23.31 QB 10 3 2 Julia Arino 2:23.74 QB 11 1 6 Larissa Cieslak 2:25.57 QB 12 3 7 Eliana Barrios 2:25.97 QB 13 2 3 Mckayla Lightbourn 2:26.66 QB 14 1 7 Ana Castellanos 2:28.03 QB 15 2 6 Barbara Caraballo 2:28.36 QB 16 1 2 Zara Bailey 2:28.38 QB 17 3 1 Maria Alejandra Torres 2:30.53 18 2 7 Lisa Blackburn 2:31.87 19 3 8 Daniella van der Berg 2:32.43 20 1 1 Daniela Reyes 2:33.37 21 2 1 Lara Butler 2:34.86 2 2 Alana Dillette DNS 2 8 Laura Rodriguez DNS

B Final The B final was also held on October 18. Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 9 2 Mckayla Lightbourn 2:20.62 10 4 Paige Schultz 2:21.38 11 5 Julia Arino 2:24.01 12 6 Eliana Barrios 2:25.01 13 3 Larissa Cieslak 2:26.23 14 8 Zara Bailey 2:26.84 15 7 Ana Castellanos 2:27.31 16 1 Barbara Caraballo 2:27.57

A Final The A final was also held on October 18. Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 4 Julia Smit 2:13.73 5 Alia Atkinson 2:14.75 3 Joanna Maranhão 2:15.08 4 7 Whitney Myers 2:15.23 5 6 Hanna Pierse 2:19.12 6 8 Arantxa Medina 2:21.74 7 2 Georgina Bardach 2:22.65 8 1 Daniela Victoria 2:22.67

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