Swimming at the 2011 Pan American Games – Women's 200 metre freestyle
# 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 record | Federica Pellegrini (ITA) | 1:52.98 | Rome, Italy | July 29, 2009 |
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| Games Record | Cynthia Woodhead (USA) | 1:58.43 | San Juan, Puerto Rico | July 3, 1979 |

## Results

All times are in minutes and seconds.

| KEY: | q | Fastest non-qualifiers | Q | Qualified | NR | National record | PB | Personal best | SB | Seasonal best |
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### Heats

The first round was held on October 16.

| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 2 | 4 | Catherine Breed | United States | 2:00.81 | QA |
| 2 | 2 | 5 | Liliana Ibáñez | Mexico | 2:01.15 | QA NR |
| 3 | 1 | 4 | Chelsea Nauta | United States | 2:01.81 | QA |
| 4 | 2 | 3 | Andreina Pinto | Venezuela | 2:03.15 | QA |
| 5 | 2 | 6 | Yanel Pinto | Venezuela | 2:04.38 | QA |
| 6 | 1 | 6 | Jéssica Cavalheiro | Brazil | 2:04.79 | QA |
| 7 | 2 | 7 | Jennifer Beckberger | Canada | 2:05.17 | QA |
| 8 | 1 | 5 | Tatiana Barbosa | Brazil | 2:05.86 | QA |
| 9 | 1 | 2 | Virginia Bardach | Argentina | 2:05.99 | QB |
| 10 | 2 | 2 | Alexia Benitez | El Salvador | 2:07.30 | QB |
| 11 | 2 | 1 | Andrea Cedron | Peru | 2:08.36 | QB |
| 12 | 1 | 3 | Paige Schultz | Canada | 2:09.25 | QB |
| 13 | 1 | 7 | Daniela Reyes | Chile | 2:13.73 | QB |
| 14 | 1 | 1 | Britany van Lange | Guyana | 2:20.21 | QB |

### B Final

The B final was also held on October 16.

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 9 | 6 | Paige Schultz | Canada | 2:04.96 |
| 10 | 4 | Virginia Bardach | Argentina | 2:05.35 |
| 11 | 5 | Alexia Benitez | El Salvador | 2:06.15 |
| 12 | 3 | Andrea Cedron | Peru | 2:06.81 |
| 13 | 2 | Daniela Reyes | Chile | 2:15.07 |
| 14 | 7 | Britany van Lange | Guyana | DNS |

### A Final

The A final was also held on October 16.

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | 4 | Catherine Breed | United States | 2:00.08 |
| | 3 | Chelsea Nauta | United States | 2:00.62 |
| | 6 | Andreina Pinto | Venezuela | 2:00.79 |
| 4 | 5 | Liliana Ibáñez | Mexico | 2:02.90 |
| 5 | 2 | Yanel Pinto | Venezuela | 2:03.92 |
| 6 | 7 | Jéssica Cavalheiro | Brazil | 2:04.13 |
| 7 | 8 | Tatiana Barbosa | Brazil | 2:04.20 |
| 8 | 1 | Jennifer Beckberger | Canada | 2:04.72 |
