Swimming at the 2019 Pan American Games – Women's 200 metre backstroke explained

Event:	Women's 200 metre backstroke
Games:	2019
Venue:	Villa Deportiva Nacional, VIDENA
Dates:	August 7 (preliminaries and finals)
Competitors:	21
Nations:	16
Win Label:	Winning time
Gold:	Alexandra Walsh
Goldnoc:	USA
Silver:	Isabelle Stadden
Silvernoc:	USA
Bronze:	Mackenzie Glover
Bronzenoc:	CAN
Prev:	2015
Next:	2023

The women's 200 metre backstroke competition of the swimming events at the 2019 Pan American Games are scheduled to be held August 7th, 2019 at the Villa Deportiva Nacional Videna cluster.^[1]

Records

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

World record		2:03.35	Gwangju, South Korea	July 26, 2019
Pan American Games record		2:08.22	Toronto, Canada	July 15, 2015

Results

KEY:

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q

Fastest non-qualifiers

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Q

Qualified

GR

Games record

NR

National record

PB

Personal best

SB

Seasonal best

Heats

The first round will be held on August 7.^{[2] [3] [4] [5]}

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	3	4			2:09.15	QA
2	2	4			2:10.06	QA
3	3	5			2:11.60	QA
4	2	3			2:12.63	QA
5	2	5			2:13.68	QA
6	1	4			2:14.25	QA
7	3	3			2:15.60	QA
8	1	3			2:16.67	QA
9	1	6			2:17.02	QB
10	2	6			2:17.54	QB
11	3	2			2:18.68	QB, NR
12	1	5			2:19.74	QB
13	3	6			2:20.32	QB
14	2	2			2:21.13	QB
15	2	7			2:21.37	QB, NR
16	1	2			2:22.03	QB
17	1	1			2:22.14
18	3	7			2:22.69
19	1	7			2:23.62
20	2	1			2:24.86
21	3	1			2:27.31

Final B

The B final was also held on August 7.^[6]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
9	3			2:14.76	NR
10	5			2:17.38
11	6			2:17.78
12	4			2:17.84
13	2			2:19.80
14	7			2:21.29
15	8			2:24.40
16	1			2:27.44

Final A

The A final was also held on August 7.^[7]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	5			2:08.30
	4			2:08.39
	3			2:10.95
4	6			2:11.95	SA
5	2			2:12.71
6	7			2:12.82
7	8			2:16.75
8	1			2:17.09

Notes and References

1. Web site: Villa Deportiva Nacional, VIDENA. 4 August 2019. www.lima2019.pe. Lima Organizing Committee for the 2019 Pan and Parapan American Games (COPAL). 4 August 2019.
2. Web site: Swimming Schedule. 4 August 2019. www.lima2019.pe. Lima Organizing Committee for the 2019 Pan and Parapan American Games (COPAL). 4 August 2019.
3. Web site: Entries List. 4 August 2019. www.lima2019.pe. Lima Organizing Committee for the 2019 Pan and Parapan American Games (COPAL). 4 August 2019.
4. Web site: Start List. 5 August 2019. www.lima2019.pe. ATOS. 5 August 2019.
5. Web site: HEATS RESULTS. 7 August 2019. www.lima2019.pe. ATOS. 7 August 2019.
6. https://wrsd.lima2019.pe/PAG2019/resPAG2019/pdf/PAG2019/SWM/PAG2019_SWM_C73A1_SWMW200MBA------------FNL-000200--.pdf Women's 200m Backstroke - B Final
7. https://wrsd.lima2019.pe/PAG2019/resPAG2019/pdf/PAG2019/SWM/PAG2019_SWM_C74A_SWMW200MBA------------FNL---------.pdf Women's 200m Backstroke - A Final