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

Women's 200 metre breaststroke at the XVI Pan American Games
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Venue Scotiabank Aquatics Center
Dates October 20 (preliminaries and finals)
Competitors 15 from 10 nations
Medalists
Gold medal    Canada
Silver medal    United States
Bronze medal    United States
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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.

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

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.

All times are in minutes and seconds.

The first round was held on October 20.

The B final was also held on October 20.

The A final was also held on October 20.


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