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

The men's 200 metre individual medley competition of the swimming events at the 2015 Pan American Games took place on July 18 at the CIBC Pan Am/Parapan Am Aquatics Centre and Field House in Toronto, Canada.[1] The defending Pan American Games champion was Thiago Pereira of Brazil.

Men's 200 metre individual medley at the 2015 Pan American Games
VenueCIBC Pan Am/Parapan Am Aquatics Centre and Field House
DatesJuly 18 (preliminaries and finals)
Competitors20 from 15 nations
Winning time1:57.06
Medalists
Gold medal   Brazil
Silver medal   Brazil
Bronze medal   United States
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This race consisted of four lengths of the pool, each swum in a different stroke. All participating swimmers would take part in 3 heats based on qualifying time. The 8 fastest swimmers would advance to the final.[2]

Records

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

World record   Ryan Lochte (USA) 1:54.00 Shanghai, China July 28, 2011
Pan American Games record   Thiago Pereira (BRA) 1:57.79 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil July 20, 2007

The following new records were set during this competition.

Date Event Name Nationality Time Record
18 July A Final Henrique Rodrigues   Brazil 1:57.06 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 (2:07.29) 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 (2:14.93) in the same qualifying period.[2] All other competing athletes were entered as universality spots.[2]

Schedule

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All times are Eastern Time Zone (UTC-4).

Date Time Round
July 18, 2015 10:32 Heats
July 18, 2015 19:39 Final B
July 18, 2015 19:46 Final A

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 18.[3]

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 2 4 Henrique Rodrigues   Brazil 1:59.91 QA
2 2 5 Ty Stewart   United States 2:00.25 QA
3 1 4 Gunnar Bentz   United States 2:01.26 QA
4 1 5 Luke Reilly   Canada 2:01.42 QA
5 3 4 Thiago Pereira   Brazil 2:01.68 QA
6 3 5 Evan White   Canada 2:02.43 QA
7 2 3 Carlos Omaña   Venezuela 2:02.92 QA
8 3 3 Omar Pinzón   Colombia 2:02.94 QA
9 1 6 Jose Martinez   Mexico 2:03.30 QB
10 2 6 Rafael Alfaro   El Salvador 2:03.89 QB
11 3 6 Juan Sequera   Venezuela 2:04.51 QB
12 3 2 Matías López   Paraguay 2:05.09 QB, NR
13 1 3 Ezequiel Trujillo   Mexico 2:05.69 QB
14 2 2 Esteban Paz   Argentina 2:07.55 QB
15 2 7 Felipe Quiroz   Chile 2:08.04 QB
16 1 2 Luis Vega   Cuba 2:08.09 QB
17 3 1 Esteban Araya   Costa Rica 2:09.14
18 3 7 Jordy Groters   Aruba 2:11.55
19 2 1 Christopher Courtis   Barbados 2:12.33
20 1 7 Jean Monteagudo   Peru 2:13.24

B Final

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The B final was also held on July 18.[4]

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
9 5 Rafael Alfaro   El Salvador 2:02.55
10 4 Jose Martinez   Mexico 2:02.95
11 2 Ezequiel Trujillo   Mexico 2:04.83
12 3 Juan Sequera   Venezuela 2:04.85
13 6 Matías López   Paraguay 2:04.94 NR
14 7 Esteban Paz   Argentina 2:06.52
15 8 Luis Vega   Cuba 2:07.31
16 1 Felipe Quiroz   Chile 2:08.87

A Final

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The A final was also held on July 18.[5]

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
  4 Henrique Rodrigues   Brazil 1:57.06 GR
  2 Thiago Pereira   Brazil 1:57.42
  3 Gunnar Bentz   United States 2:00.04
4 7 Evan White   Canada 2:00.60
5 5 Ty Stewart   United States 2:01.83
6 6 Luke Reilly   Canada 2:02.01
7 8 Omar Pinzón   Colombia 2:02.98
8 1 Carlos Omaña   Venezuela 2:03.02

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. ^ Men's 200m individual medley Preliminaries
  4. ^ Men's 200m Medley - B Final
  5. ^ Men's 200m Medley - A Final