Swimming at the 2014 South American Games – Women's 200 metre backstroke explained

Event:	Women's 200 metre backstroke
Competition:	2014 South American Games
Venue:	Estadio Nacional
Dates:	March 8, 2014 (heats &<br>finals)
Competitors:	11
Nations:	7
Win Value:	2:14.42
Gold:	Carolina Colorado Henao
Goldnoc:	COL
Silver:	Andrea Berrino
Silvernoc:	ARG
Bronze:	Natalia de Luccas
Bronzenoc:	BRA
Prev:	2010
Next:	2018

The women's 200 metre backstroke competition at the 2014 South American Games took place on March 8 at the Estadio Nacional.^{[1] [2]} The last champion was Fernanda Alvarenga of Brazil.^[3]

This race consisted of four lengths of the pool, all in backstroke.^[4]

Records

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

World record		2:04.06	London, Great Britain	August 3, 2012
South American Games record		2:17.82	Buenos Aires, Argentina	November 16, 2006

Results

All times are in minutes and seconds.

Heats

The first round was held on March 8, at 10:50.

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2	4			2:20.00	Q
2	1	4	Natalia de Luccas		2:21.90	Q
3	2	5	Andrea Berrino		2:22.68	Q
4	1	5	Florencia Perotti		2:24.21	Q
5	1	2	Estefanía Urzúa Morales		2:26.03	Q
6	2	3	Nathalia Almeida		2:26.17	Q
7	2	2	Sharon Bravo Rivas		2:27.90	Q
8	1	3	Domenica Vallejo Jauslin		2:28.23	Q
9	1	6	Marianne Spuhr Ramírez		2:29.13
10	2	6	Nicole Marmol Gilbert		2:30.96
11	2	7	Brienne Renfurm		2:38.27

Final

The final was held on March 8, at 19:05.

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	4			2:14.42	CR
	3			2:15.52
	5			2:17.96
4	6	Florencia Perotti		2:18.96
5	7	Nathalia Almeida		2:25.13
6	8	Domenica Vallejo Jauslin		2:25.15
7	1	Sharon Bravo Rivas		2:25.46
8	2	Estefanía Urzúa Morales		2:26.37

Notes and References

1. Web site: Results of the 200-metre backstroke heats at 2014 South American Games . 2014 South American Games Official Site . March 8, 2014 . March 8, 2014.
2. Web site: Results of the 200-metre backstroke finals at 2014 South American Games . 2014 South American Games Official Site . March 8, 2014 . March 8, 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140309160738/http://info.santiago2014.cl/resSC2014/pdf/SC2014/SW/SC2014_SW_C73A1_SWW042301.pdf . March 9, 2014 .
3. Web site: 2010 South American Games - Full Results . Best Swimming . March 8, 2014 . March 8, 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140308045202/http://www.bestswimming.com.br/2013/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/Resultados-Jogos-Sul-Americanos-Odesur-2010.pdf . March 8, 2014 .
4. Web site: Swimming Technical Manual. Guadalajara 2011. 23 October 2011. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20110728175822/http://www.guadalajara2011.org.mx/documentos/manuales/eng/technical/tm_swimming.pdf. 28 July 2011.