Swimming at the 2015 Pan American Games – Men's 200 metre butterfly

The men's 200 metre butterfly competition of the swimming events at the 2015 Pan American Games took place on July 14 at the CIBC Pan Am/Parapan Am Aquatics Centre and Field House in Toronto, Canada.[1] The defending Pan American Games champion was Leonardo de Deus of Brazil.

Men's 200 metre butterfly at the 2015 Pan American Games
VenueCIBC Pan Am/Parapan Am Aquatics Centre and Field House
DatesJuly 14 (preliminaries and finals)
Competitors17 from 10 nations
Medalists
Gold medal   Brazil
Silver medal   Canada
Bronze medal   Canada
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This race consisted of four lengths of the pool, all lengths in butterfly. The top eight swimmers from the heats would qualify for the A final (where the medals would be awarded), while the next best eight swimmers would qualify for the B final.[2]

On July 16 it was reported that Mauricio Fiol oF Peru tested positive for stanozolol with the likely outcome of being stripped of his medal.[3] On July 23 the PASO issued a press release indicating that Fiol was disqualified and has to forfeit his medal.[4]

Records

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

World record   Michael Phelps (USA) 1:51.51 Rome, Italy July 29, 2009
Pan American Games record   Kaio de Almeida (BRA) 1:55.45 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil July 21, 2007

The following new records were set during this competition.

Date Event Name Nationality Time Record
14 July A Final Leonardo de Deus   Brazil 1:55.01 GR

Qualification

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Each National Olympic Committee (NOC) was able to enter up to two entrants providing they had met the A standard (2:01.39) in the qualifying period (January 1, 2014 to May 1, 2015). NOCs were also permitted to enter one athlete providing they had met the B standard (2:08.67) in the same qualifying period.[2] All other competing athletes were entered as universality spots.[2]

Results

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KEY: q Fastest non-qualifiers Q Qualified GR Games record NR National record PB Personal best SB Seasonal best

Heats

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The first round was held on July 14.[5]

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 2 6 Mauricio Fiol   Peru 1:56.81 QA, NR
2 3 4 Leonardo de Deus   Brazil 1:58.44 QA
3 1 4 Bobby Bollier   United States 1:58.61 QA
4 3 5 Alec Page   Canada 1:58.82 QA
5 3 3 Marcos Lavado   Venezuela 1:59.08 QA
6 2 4 Kaio de Almeida   Brazil 1:59.24 QA
7 1 5 Zack Chetrat   Canada 1:59.39 QA
8 2 5 Andrew Torres   Puerto Rico 1:59.83 QA
9 3 6 Long Yuan Gutierrez   Mexico 2:00.30 QB
10 1 6 Esnaider Reales   Colombia 2:01.19 QB
11 2 3 Andres Montoya   Colombia 2:01.73 QB
12 2 2 Lazaro Vergara   Cuba 2:02.43 QB
13 1 3 Ty Stewart   United States 2:02.68 QB
14 3 2 Jose Martinez   Mexico 2:03.15 QB
15 1 2 Maximiliano Abreu   Paraguay 2:05.61 QB
16 2 7 Matthew Mays   Virgin Islands 2:07.90 QB
17 3 7 Aldo Castillo   Bolivia 2:12.77

B Final

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The B final was also held on July 14.[6]

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
9 4 Long Yuan Gutierrez   Mexico 2:00.09
10 5 Esnaider Reales   Colombia 2:00.79
11 3 Andres Montoya   Colombia 2:00.93
12 6 Lazaro Vergara   Cuba 2:02.30
13 7 Jose Martinez   Mexico 2:02.39
14 2 Ty Stewart   United States 2:02.59
15 1 Maximiliano Abreu   Paraguay 2:06.91
16 8 Matthew Mays   Virgin Islands 2:09.74

A Final

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The A final was also held on July 14.[7]

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
  5 Leonardo de Deus   Brazil 1:55.01 GR
  1 Zack Chetrat   Canada 1:56.90 NR
  6 Alec Page   Canada 1:58.01
4 7 Kaio de Almeida   Brazil 1:58.51
5 8 Andrew Torres   Puerto Rico 1:59.37
6 2 Marcos Lavado   Venezuela 1:59.59
7 3 Bobby Bollier   United States 1:59.89
DQ 4 Mauricio Fiol   Peru 1:55.15 NR

References

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  1. ^ "Toronto 2015 Pan Am Games Ticket Program Guide" (PDF). toronto2015.org. TO2015. 20 April 2015. Retrieved 26 April 2015.
  2. ^ a b c "Swimming Technical Manual" (PDF). TO2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 June 2015. Retrieved 31 May 2015.
  3. ^ "Peruvian silver medallist Mauricio Fiol tests positive for anabolic steroids". National Post. Retrieved September 10, 2015.
  4. ^ "Press Releases Toronto Canada, July 23th, 2015". PASO–ODEPA.org. Retrieved September 13, 2015.
  5. ^ Men's 200m Butterfly Preliminaries
  6. ^ Men's 200m Butterfly - B Final
  7. ^ Men's 200m Butterfly - A Final