Swimming at the 2011 Pan American Games – Men's 200 metre backstroke

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Men's 100 metre backstroke at the XVI Pan American Games
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VenueScotiabank Aquatics Center
DatesOctober 21 (preliminaries and finals)
Competitors11 from 8 nations
Medalists
Gold medal   Brazil
Silver medal   Colombia
Bronze medal   United States
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The men's 200 metre backstroke competition of the swimming events at the 2011 Pan American Games took place on 21 October at the Scotiabank Aquatics Center.[1] The defending Pan American Games champion was Thiago Pereira of Brazil.

This race consisted of four lengths of the pool, all in backstroke.[2]

Records[]

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

World record  Aaron Peirsol (USA) 1:51.92 Rome, Italy July 31, 2009
Pan American Games record  Thiago Pereira (BRA) 1:58.42 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil July 19, 2007

Qualification[]

Each National Olympic Committee (NOC) was able to enter up to two entrants providing they had met the A standard (2:04.1) in the qualifying period (January 1, 2010 to September 4, 2011). NOCs were also permitted to enter one athlete providing they had met the B standard (2:07.8) in the same qualifying period.[2]

Results[]

All times are in minutes and seconds.

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

Heats[]

The first round was held on October 21.

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time[3] Notes
1 1 5 Omar Pinzon  Colombia 2:01.14 QA
2 1 4 Thiago Pereira  Brazil 2:03.53 QA
3 2 4 Rexford Tullius  United States 2:03.82 QA
4 2 3 Ryan Murphy  United States 2:03.89 QA
5 2 5 Leonardo de Deus  Brazil 2:05.12 QA
6 1 3 Pedro Medel  Cuba 2:05.20 QA
7 1 6 Luis Rojas  Venezuela 2:05.21 QA
8 1 2 Charles Hockin  Paraguay 2:05.28 QA
9 2 6  Mexico 2:05.68
10 2 2  Mexico 2:10.65
11 2 7 Mauricio Fiol  Peru 2:11.75

Final A[]

The final was held on October 21.

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time[4] Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 5 Thiago Pereira  Brazil 1:57.19 GR, NR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 4 Omar Pinzón  Colombia 1:58.31
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 3 Ryan Murphy  United States 1:58.50
4 3 Rexford Tullius  United States 1:59.50
5 2 Leonardo de Deus  Brazil 2:03.28
6 1 Luis Rojas  Venezuela 2:06.07
7 8  Mexico 2:06.18
8 7 Pedro Medel  Cuba 2:13.77

References[]

  1. ^ "Sessions" (PDF). Guadalajara 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 June 2011. Retrieved 23 October 2011.
  2. ^ a b "Swimming Technical Manual" (PDF). Guadalajara 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 July 2011. Retrieved 23 October 2011.
  3. ^ "Men's 200m Backstroke Preliminaries". Guadalajara 2011. Retrieved 23 October 2011.[dead link]
  4. ^ "Men's 200m Backstroke Final A". Guadalajara 2011. Archived from the original on May 23, 2012. Retrieved 23 October 2011.
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