Swimming at the 2011 Pan American Games – Women's 200 metre butterfly
# 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 record | Zige Liu (CHN) | 2:01.81 | Jinan, China | October 21, 2009 |
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| Pan American Games record | Kathleen Hersey (USA) | 2:07.64 | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | July 21, 2007 |

## Qualification

Each National Olympic Committee (NOC) was able to enter up to two entrants providing they had met the A standard (2:19.9) 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 (2:24.1) 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 19.

| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 1 | 4 | Kim Vandenberg | United States | 2:12.04 | QA |
| 2 | 2 | 4 | Lyndsay de Paul | United States | 2:14.17 | QA |
| 3 | 2 | 5 | Rita Medrano | Mexico | 2:14.44 | QA |
| 4 | 1 | 5 | Joanna Maranhão | Brazil | 2:14.63 | QA |
| 5 | 2 | 3 | Brenna Maclean | Canada | 2:15.87 | QA |
| 6 | 1 | 2 | Eliana Barrios | Venezuela | 2:17.06 | QA |
| 7 | 1 | 6 | Prisciliana Escobar | Mexico | 2:18.36 | QA |
| 8 | 1 | 3 | Erin Miller | Canada | 2:18.37 | QA |
| 9 | 2 | 2 | Yumisleisy Morales | Cuba | 2:19.07 | QB |
| 10 | 2 | 6 | Daiene Dias | Brazil | 2:19.23 | QB |
| 11 | 1 | 7 | Amara Gibbs | Barbados | 2:30.26 | QB |
| 12 | 2 | 1 | Lara Butler | Cayman Islands | 2:35.44 | QB |
| | 2 | 7 | Oriele Espinoza | Peru | | DNS |

### B Final

The B final was also held on October 19.

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 9 | 4 | Yumisleisy Morales | Cuba | 2:19.78 |
| 10 | 3 | Amara Gibbs | Barbados | 2:30.88 |
| 11 | 5 | Daiene Dias | Brazil | DNS |

### A Final

The A final was also held on October 19.

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | 4 | Kim Vandenberg | United States | 2:10.54 |
| | 5 | Lyndsay de Paul | United States | 2:12.34 |
| | 3 | Rita Merdano | Mexico | 2:12.43 |
| 4 | 6 | Joanna Maranhão | Brazil | 2:13.00 |
| 5 | 8 | Erin Miller | Canada | 2:16.10 |
| 6 | 2 | Brenna Maclean | Canada | 2:16.13 |
| 7 | 7 | Eliana Barrios | Venezuela | 2:18.19 |
| 8 | 1 | Prisciliana Escobar | Mexico | 2:20.16 |
