The women's 200 metre freestyle competition of the swimming

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 events at the 2011 Pan American Games

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 will take place on the 16 of October at the Scotiabank Aquatics Center

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Swimming at the 2007 Pan American Games – Women's 200 metre freestyle

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 Pan American Games

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 champion is Ava Ohlgren

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 of the United States

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This race consisted of two lengths of the pool, both lengths being in freestyle

Freestyle swimming

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Records

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

World record		1:52.98	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 29, 2009
Pan American Games record		1:58.43	San Juan San Juan, Puerto Rico San Juan , officially Municipio de la Ciudad Capital San Juan Bautista , is the capital and most populous municipality in Puerto Rico, an unincorporated territory of the United States. As of the 2010 census, it had a population of 395,326 making it the 46th-largest city under the jurisdiction of... , Puerto Rico Puerto Rico Puerto Rico , officially the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico , is an unincorporated territory of the United States, located in the northeastern Caribbean, east of the Dominican Republic and west of both the United States Virgin Islands and the British Virgin Islands.Puerto Rico comprises an...	July 3, 1979

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 (2:05.0) 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 (2:08.8) in the same qualifying period.

Results

All times shown are in seconds/minutes.

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

Heats

The first round will be held on October 16.

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2	4	Catherine Breed		2:00.81	QA
2	2	5	Liliana Ibañez		2:01.15	QA
3	1	4	Chelsea Nauta		2:01.81	QA
4	2	3	Andreina Pinto Andreina Pinto Andreina Pinto is an Olympic and National Record holding swimmer from Venezuela. She swam for Venezuela at the 2008 Olympics.She also swam at the:*2007 World Championships*2007 Pan American Games...		2:03.15	QA
5	2	6	Yanel Pinto Yanel Pinto Yanel Pinto is an Olympic swimmer from Venezuela. She swam for Venezuela at the 2008 Olympics.She also swam at the:*2007 World Championships*2007 Pan American Games*2008 Open Water Worlds...		2:04.38	QA
6	1	6	Jessica Cavalheiro		2:04.79	QA
7	2	7	Jennifer Beckberger		2:05.17	QA
8	1	5	Tatiana Barbosa		2:05.86	QA
9	1	2	Virginia Bardach		2:05.99	QB
10	2	2	Alexia Benitez		2:07.30	QB
11	2	1	Andrea Cedron		2:08.36	QB
12	1	3	Paige Schultz		2:09.25	QB
13	1	7	Daniela Reyes		2:13.73	QB
14	1	1	Britany van Lange		2:20.21	QB

Final

The final will be held on October 16.

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	4	Catherine Breed		2:00.08
	3	Chelsea Nauta		2:00.62
	6	Andreina Pinto Andreina Pinto Andreina Pinto is an Olympic and National Record holding swimmer from Venezuela. She swam for Venezuela at the 2008 Olympics.She also swam at the:*2007 World Championships*2007 Pan American Games...		2:00.79
4	5	Liliana Ibañez		2:02.90
5	2	Yanel Pinto Yanel Pinto Yanel Pinto is an Olympic swimmer from Venezuela. She swam for Venezuela at the 2008 Olympics.She also swam at the:*2007 World Championships*2007 Pan American Games*2008 Open Water Worlds...		2:03.92
6	7	Jessica Cavalheiro		2:04.13
7	8	Tatiana Barbosa		2:04.20
8	1	Jennifer Beckberger		2:04.72