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

Event:	Women's 200 metre freestyle
Games:	2019
Venue:	Villa Deportiva Nacional, VIDENA
Dates:	August 7 (preliminaries and finals)
Competitors:	25
Nations:	20
Win Label:	Winning time
Gold:	Claire Rasmus
Goldnoc:	USA
Silver:	Meaghan Raab
Silvernoc:	USA
Bronze:	Larissa Oliveira
Bronzenoc:	BRA
Prev:	2015
Next:	2023

The women's 200 metre freestyle competition of the swimming events at the 2019 Pan American Games was held on 7 August 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		1:52.98	Rome, Italy	July 29, 2009
Pan American Games Record		1:56.23	Toronto, Canada	July 15, 2015

Results

KEY:	bgcolor=ccffcc align=center	q	Fastest non-qualifiers	bgcolor=ccffcc align=center	Q	Qualified	GR	Games record	NR	National record	PB	Personal best	SB	Seasonal best

Heats

The first round was held on August 7.^[2] ^[3] ^[4] ^[5]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Time	Notes
1	4	5	1:58.42	QA
2	3	5	1:59.35	QA
3	2	5	2:00.18	QA
4	4	4	2:00.42	QA
5	3	4	2:00.95	QA
6	2	4	2:01.08	QA
7	4	3	2:01.32	QA
8	4	6	2:04.45	QA
9	2	3	2:04.54	QB
10	3	3	2:04.76	QB
11	3	7	2:06.09	QB
12	2	7	2:06.29	QB
13	3	6	2:06.65	QB
14	2	2	2:07.38	QB
15	3	1	2:07.74	QB
16	2	6	2:08.04	QB
17	3	2	2:08.32
18	4	7	2:08.86
19	4	8	2:09.97
20	2	1	2:12.46
21	4	1	2:14.50
22	1	4	2:16.80
23	3	8	2:17.25
24	1	3	2:18.70
25	1	5	2:19.99

Final B

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

Rank	Lane	Time
9	4	2:03.32
10	5	2:03.53
11	8	2:06.14
12	2	2:06.40
13	3	2:06.64
14	7	2:06.98
15	1	2:07.20
16	6	2:08.89

Final A

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

Rank	Lane	Time
	5	1:58.64
	4	1:58.70
	7	1:59.78
4	3	1:59.92
5	2	2:00.25
6	6	2:00.44
7	1	2:01.18
8	8	2:03.41

Notes and References

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.
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.
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.
Web site: Start List. 5 August 2019. www.lima2019.pe. ATOS. 5 August 2019.
Web site: HEATS RESULTS. 7 August 2019. www.lima2019.pe. ATOS. 7 August 2019.
https://wrsd.lima2019.pe/PAG2019/resPAG2019/pdf/PAG2019/SWM/PAG2019_SWM_C73A1_SWMW200MFR------------FNL-000200--.pdf Women's 200m Freestyle - B Final
https://wrsd.lima2019.pe/PAG2019/resPAG2019/pdf/PAG2019/SWM/PAG2019_SWM_C74A_SWMW200MFR------------FNL---------.pdf Women's 200m Freestyle - A Final