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

Women's 200 metre backstroke at the 2011 Pan American Games
Venue	Scotiabank Aquatics Center
Dates	October 20 (preliminaries and finals)
Competitors	18 from 13 nations
Medalists
Elizabeth Pelton    United States   Bonnie Brandon    United States   Fernanda González    Mexico
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The women's 200 metre backstroke competition of the swimming events at the 2011 Pan American Games took place on October 20 at the Scotiabank Aquatics Center in the municipality of Zapopan, near Guadalajara, Mexico. ^[1] The defending Pan American Games champion was Teresa Crippen of the United States.

This race consisted of four lengths of the pool all in backstroke. ^[2]

Records

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

World record	Kirsty Coventry  (ZIM)	2:04.81	Rome, Italy	August 1, 2009
Pan American Games record	Teresa Crippen  (USA)	2:10.57	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	July 22, 2007

Qualification

Each National Olympic Committee (NOC) was able to enter up to two entrants providing they had met the A standard (2:22.8) 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 (2:27.1) 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 20.

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time [3]	Notes
1	3	4	Elizabeth Pelton	United States	2:10.66	QA
2	2	4	Bonnie Brandon	United States	2:13.87	QA
3	1	4	Fernanda González	Mexico	2:16.61	QA
4	1	5	Lourdes Villaseñor	Mexico	2:16.94	QA
5	2	5	Gabrielle Soucisse	Canada	2:17.27	QA
6	3	5	Gisela Morales	Guatemala	2:17.86	QA
7	2	6	Elimar Barrios	Venezuela	2:20.96	QA
8	3	3	Fernanda Alvarenga	Brazil	2:21.24	QA
9	3	2	Mckayla Lightbourn	Bahamas	2:23.74	QB
10	1	3	Karyn Jewell	Canada	2:23.78	QB
11	1	6	Alana Berrocal	Puerto Rico	2:24.76	QB
12	3	6	Florencia Perotti	Argentina	2:24.78	QB
13	2	2	Erika Torellas	Venezuela	2:26.16	QB
14	2	7	Karen Vilorio	Honduras	2:26.58	QB
15	3	7	Laura Rodriguez	Dominican Republic	2:27.26	QB
16	1	2	Ines Remersaro	Uruguay	2:27.77	QB
17	1	7	Mariana Zavalla	Bolivia	2:28.30
	2	3	Joanna Maranhão	Brazil		DNS

B Final

The B final was also held on October 20. ^[4]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
9	4	Mckayla Lightbourn	Bahamas	2:19.25
10	5	Karyn Jewell	Canada	2:20.87
11	6	Florencia Perotti	Argentina	2:23.03
12	8	Ines Remersaro	Uruguay	2:24.16
13	3	Alana Berrocal	Puerto Rico	2:24.18
14	2	Erika Torellas	Venezuela	2:25.17
15	7	Karen Vilorio	Honduras	2:25.99
16	1	Laura Rodriguez	Dominican Republic	2:28.13

A Final

The A final was also held on October 20. ^[4]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time [5]	Notes
	4	Elizabeth Pelton	United States	2:08.99	GR
	5	Bonnie Brandon	United States	2:12.57
	3	Fernanda González	Mexico	2:13.56
4	7	Gisela Morales	Guatemala	2:16.33
5	6	Lourdes Villaseñor	Mexico	2:16.60
6	2	Gabrielle Soucisse	Canada	2:16.86
7	1	Elimar Barrios	Venezuela	2:21.40
8	8	Fernanda Alvarenga	Brazil	2:22.77

References

1. "Sessions" (PDF). Guadalajara 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 June 2011. Retrieved 23 October 2011.
2. "Swimming Technical Manual" (PDF). Guadalajara 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 July 2011. Retrieved 23 October 2011.
3. "Women's 200m Backstroke Preliminaries". Guadalajara 2011. Archived from the original on October 24, 2011. Retrieved 23 October 2011.
4. "Finals – Day 6" (PDF). Best Swimming. 2011. Retrieved December 7, 2013.
5. "Women's 200m Backstroke Final A". Guadalajara 2011. Archived from the original on October 23, 2011. Retrieved 23 October 2011.