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

The women's 200 metre breaststroke 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. The defending Pan American Games champion was Caitlin Leverenz of the United States.

This race consisted of four lengths of the pool all in breaststroke.

## Records

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

| World record | Annamay Pierse (CAN) | 2:20.12 | Rome, Italy | July 30, 2009 |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Pan American Games record | Caitlin Leverenz (USA) | 2:25.62 | 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 (2:37.6) 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 (2:41.3) 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 20.

| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 2 | 5 | Ashley McGregor | Canada | 2:29.32 | QA |
| 2 | 2 | 4 | Haley Spencer | United States | 2:29.51 | QA |
| 3 | 2 | 3 | Hanna Pierse | Canada | 2:31.73 | QA |
| 4 | 1 | 5 | Alia Atkinson | Jamaica | 2:32.33 | QA |
| 5 | 1 | 4 | Michelle McKeehan | United States | 2:32.68 | QA |
| 6 | 2 | 2 | Julia Sebastian | Argentina | 2:35.12 | QA |
| 7 | 2 | 7 | Melissa Rodríguez | Mexico | 2:35.43 | QA |
| 8 | 1 | 6 | Mijal Asis | Argentina | 2:35.85 | QA |
| 9 | 1 | 3 | Arantxa Medina | Mexico | 2:39.15 | QB |
| 10 | 1 | 2 | Michele Schmidt | Brazil | 2:39.63 | QB |
| 11 | 2 | 6 | Thamy Ventorini | Brazil | 2:41.52 | QB |
| 12 | 1 | 1 | Daniela Victoria | Venezuela | 2:42.02 | QB |
| 13 | 2 | 8 | Lisa Blackburn | Bermuda | 2:45.36 | QB |
| 14 | 2 | 1 | Patricia Casellas | Puerto Rico | 2:48.83 | QB |
| | 1 | 7 | Mckayla Lightbourn | Bahamas | | DNS |

### B Final

The B final was also held on October 20.

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 9 | 6 | Daniela Victoria | Venezuela | 2:38.52 |
| 10 | 4 | Arantxa Medina | Mexico | 2:39.17 |
| 11 | 5 | Michele Schmidt | Brazil | 2:39.22 |
| 12 | 3 | Thamy Ventorini | Brazil | 2:41.86 |
| 13 | 2 | Lisa Blackburn | Bermuda | 2:44.86 |
| 14 | 7 | Patricia Casellas | Puerto Rico | 2:47.15 |

### A Final

The A final was also held on October 20.

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | 4 | Ashley McGregor | Canada | 2:28.04 |
| | 5 | Haley Spencer | United States | 2:29.30 |
| | 2 | Michelle McKeehan | United States | 2:30.51 |
| 4 | 6 | Alia Atkinson | Jamaica | 2:30.96 |
| 5 | 3 | Hanna Pierse | Canada | 2:31.06 |
| 6 | 7 | Julia Sebastian | Argentina | 2:32.74 |
| 7 | 1 | Melissa Rodríguez | Mexico | 2:35.15 |
| 8 | 8 | Mijal Asis | Argentina | 2:35.21 |
