The women's 200 metre breaststroke competition of the swimming

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 events at the 2011 Pan American Games

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The 2011 Pan American Games, officially the XVI Pan American Games, was an international multi-sport event that was held from October 14–30, 2011 in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico. Some events were held in the nearby cities of Ciudad Guzmán, Puerto Vallarta, Lagos de Moreno and Tapalpa...

took place on the 20th of October at the Scotiabank Aquatics Center

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. The defending

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 Pan American Games

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 champion is Caitlin Leverenz

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 of the United States.

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

Breaststroke

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Records

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

World record		2:20.12	Rome Rome Rome is the capital of Italy and the country's largest and most populated city and comune, with over 2.7 million residents in . The city is located in the central-western portion of the Italian Peninsula, on the Tiber River within the Lazio region of Italy.Rome's history spans two and a half... , Italy Italy Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...	July 30, 2009
Pan American Games record		2:25.62	Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro , commonly referred to simply as Rio, is the capital city of the State of Rio de Janeiro, the second largest city of Brazil, and the third largest metropolitan area and agglomeration in South America, boasting approximately 6.3 million people within the city proper, making it the 6th... , Brazil Brazil Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...	July 22, 2007

Qualification

Each National Olympic Committee

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 (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 shown are in seconds/minutes.

KEY:

q

Fastest non-qualifiers

Q

Qualified

GR

Games record

NR

National record

PB

Personal best

SB

Seasonal best

Heats

The first round were held on October 20.

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2	5	Ashley McGregor Ashley McGregor Ashley McGregor is a female swimmer from Canada, who mostly competes in the breaststroke events. She claimed two invidividual medals and two in the relay for four at the 2011 Pan American Games in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico. McGregor started the games by winning a bronze in the 100 m...		2:29.32	QA
2	2	4	Haley Spencer		2:29.51	QA
3	2	3	Hanna Pierse		2:31.73	QA
4	1	5	Alia Atkinson Alia Atkinson Alia Shanee Atkinson is a Jamaican swimmer and Olympian.She competed at the 2004 Olympics, and four years later in the 2008 Olympics she finished 25th in the Women's 200 breaststroke....		2:32.33	QA
5	1	4	Michelle McKeehan Michelle McKeehan Michelle McKeehan is an American swimmer. She is a three-time medalist from the Pan American Games.-Personal:McKeehan was born in Beech Grove, Indiana in 1989, the daughter of Stu McKeehan and Amy Chase. McKeehan is a 2008 graduate of Center Grove High School in Greenwood, Indiana...		2:32.68	QA
6	2	2	Julia Sebastian		2:35.12	QA
7	2	7	Byanca Rodriguez		2:35.43	QA
8	1	6	Mijal Asis		2:35.85	QA
9	1	3	Arantxa Medina		2:39.15	QB
10	1	2	Michele Schmidt		2:39.63	QB
11	2	6	Thamy Ventorini		2:41.52	QB
12	1	1	Daniela Victoria		2:42.02	QB
13	2	8	Lisa Blackburn		2:45.36	QB
14	2	1	Patricia Casellas		2:48.83	QB
	1	7	Mckayla Lightbourn			DNS

Final A

The final was held on October 20.

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	4	Ashley McGregor Ashley McGregor Ashley McGregor is a female swimmer from Canada, who mostly competes in the breaststroke events. She claimed two invidividual medals and two in the relay for four at the 2011 Pan American Games in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico. McGregor started the games by winning a bronze in the 100 m...		2:28.04
	5	Haley Spencer		2:29.30
	2	Michelle McKeehan Michelle McKeehan Michelle McKeehan is an American swimmer. She is a three-time medalist from the Pan American Games.-Personal:McKeehan was born in Beech Grove, Indiana in 1989, the daughter of Stu McKeehan and Amy Chase. McKeehan is a 2008 graduate of Center Grove High School in Greenwood, Indiana...		2:30.51
4	6	Alia Atkinson Alia Atkinson Alia Shanee Atkinson is a Jamaican swimmer and Olympian.She competed at the 2004 Olympics, and four years later in the 2008 Olympics she finished 25th in the Women's 200 breaststroke....		2:30.96
5	3	Hanna Pierse		2:31.06
6	7	Julia Sebastian		2:32.74
7	1	Byanca Rodriguez		2:35.15
8	8	Mijal Asis		2:35.21