# Swimming at the 2011 Pan American Games – Women's 200 metre individual medley

The women's 200 metre individual medley competition of the swimming events at the 2011 Pan American Games took place on October 18 at the Scotiabank Aquatics Center in the municipality of Zapopan, near Guadalajara, Mexico. The defending Pan American Games champion was Julia Smit of the United States,
This race consisted of four lengths of the pool, one each in backstroke, breaststroke, butterfly and freestyle swimming.

## Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Pan American Games records were as follows:
| World record | Ariana Kukors (USA) | 2:06.15 | Rome, Italy | July 27, 2009 |
| Pan American Games record | Julia Smit (USA) | 2:13.07 | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | July 20, 2007 |

## Qualification

Each National Olympic Committee (NOC) was able to enter up to two entrants providing they had met the A standard (2:25.7) 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 (2:30.1) 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 18.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 3 | 4 | Julia Smit | United States | 2:15.52 | QA |
| 2 | 3 | 5 | Alia Atkinson | Jamaica | 2:18.04 | QA |
| 3 | 2 | 5 | Joanna Maranhão | Brazil | 2:19.71 | QA |
| 4 | 1 | 5 | Hanna Pierse | Canada | 2:19.86 | QA |
| 5 | 3 | 3 | Georgina Bardach | Argentina | 2:20.57 | QA |
| 6 | 2 | 4 | Whitney Myers | United States | 2:20.62 | QA |
| 7 | 1 | 3 | Daniela Victoria | Venezuela | 2:22.04 | QA |
| 8 | 3 | 6 | Arantxa Medina | Mexico | 2:23.08 | QA |
| 9 | 1 | 4 | Paige Schultz | Canada | 2:23.31 | QB |
| 10 | 3 | 2 | Julia Arino | Argentina | 2:23.74 | QB |
| 11 | 1 | 6 | Larissa Cieslak | Brazil | 2:25.57 | QB |
| 12 | 3 | 7 | Eliana Barrios | Venezuela | 2:25.97 | QB |
| 13 | 2 | 3 | Mckayla Lightbourn | Bahamas | 2:26.66 | QB |
| 14 | 1 | 7 | Ana Castellanos | Honduras | 2:28.03 | QB |
| 15 | 2 | 6 | Barbara Caraballo | Puerto Rico | 2:28.36 | QB |
| 16 | 1 | 2 | Zara Bailey | Jamaica | 2:28.38 | QB |
| 17 | 3 | 1 | Maria Alejandra Torres | Peru | 2:30.53 | |
| 18 | 2 | 7 | Lisa Blackburn | Bermuda | 2:31.87 | |
| 19 | 3 | 8 | Daniella van der Berg | Aruba | 2:32.43 | |
| 20 | 1 | 1 | Daniela Reyes | Chile | 2:33.37 | |
| 21 | 2 | 1 | Lara Butler | Cayman Islands | 2:34.86 | |
| | 2 | 2 | Alana Dillette | Bahamas | | DNS |
| | 2 | 8 | Laura Rodriguez | Dominican Republic | | DNS |

### B Final

The B final was also held on October 18.
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time |
| 9 | 2 | Mckayla Lightbourn | Bahamas | 2:20.62 |
| 10 | 4 | Paige Schultz | Canada | 2:21.38 |
| 11 | 5 | Julia Arino | Argentina | 2:24.01 |
| 12 | 6 | Eliana Barrios | Venezuela | 2:25.01 |
| 13 | 3 | Larissa Cieslak | Brazil | 2:26.23 |
| 14 | 8 | Zara Bailey | Jamaica | 2:26.84 |
| 15 | 7 | Ana Castellanos | Honduras | 2:27.31 |
| 16 | 1 | Barbara Caraballo | Puerto Rico | 2:27.57 |

### A Final

The A final was also held on October 18.
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | 4 | Julia Smit | United States | 2:13.73 |
| | 5 | Alia Atkinson | Jamaica | 2:14.75 |
| | 3 | Joanna Maranhão | Brazil | 2:15.08 |
| 4 | 7 | Whitney Myers | United States | 2:15.23 |
| 5 | 6 | Hanna Pierse | Canada | 2:19.12 |
| 6 | 8 | Arantxa Medina | Mexico | 2:21.74 |
| 7 | 2 | Georgina Bardach | Argentina | 2:22.65 |
| 8 | 1 | Daniela Victoria | Venezuela | 2:22.67 |