Swimming at the 2015 Pan American Games – Men's 200 metre individual medley
| Men's 200 metre individual medley at the XVII Pan American Games | ||||||||||
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| Venue | CIBC Pan Am/Parapan Am Aquatics Centre and Field House | |||||||||
| Dates | July 18 (preliminaries and finals) | |||||||||
| Competitors | 20 from 15 nations | |||||||||
| Winning time | 1:57.06 | |||||||||
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| Swimming at the 2015 Pan American Games | ||
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| Qualification | ||
| Freestyle | ||
| 50 m | men | women |
| 100 m | men | women |
| 200 m | men | women |
| 400 m | men | women |
| 800 m | women | |
| 1500 m | men | |
| Backstroke | ||
| 100 m | men | women |
| 200 m | men | women |
| Breaststroke | ||
| 100 m | men | women |
| 200 m | men | women |
| Butterfly | ||
| 100 m | men | women |
| 200 m | men | women |
| Individual medley | ||
| 200 m | men | women |
| 400 m | men | women |
| Freestyle relay | ||
| 4×100 m | men | women |
| 4×200 m | men | women |
| Medley relay | ||
| 4×100 m | men | women |
| Marathon | ||
| 10 km | men | women |
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.
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[]
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Pan American Games records were as follows:
| World record |  Ryan Lochte (USA)
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1:54.00 | Shanghai, China | July 28, 2011 |
| Pan American Games record |  Thiago Pereira (BRA)
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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 |
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| 18 July | A Final | Henrique Rodrigues | Brazil |
1:57.06 | GR |
Qualification[]
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[]
All times are Eastern Time Zone (UTC-4).
| Date | Time | Round |
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| July 18, 2015 | 10:32 | Heats |
| July 18, 2015 | 19:39 | Final B |
| July 18, 2015 | 19:46 | Final A |
Results[]
| 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 July 18.[3]
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 4 | Henrique Rodrigues | Brazil |
1:59.91 | QA |
| 2 | 2 | 5 |  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 | 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 | Venezuela |
2:04.51 | QB | |
| 12 | 3 | 2 | Matías López |  Paraguay |
2:05.09 | QB, NR |
| 13 | 1 | 3 | Mexico |
2:05.69 | QB | |
| 14 | 2 | 2 |  Argentina |
2:07.55 | QB | |
| 15 | 2 | 7 |  Chile |
2:08.04 | QB | |
| 16 | 1 | 2 | Luis Vega |  Cuba |
2:08.09 | QB |
| 17 | 3 | 1 |  Costa Rica |
2:09.14 | ||
| 18 | 3 | 7 |  Aruba |
2:11.55 | ||
| 19 | 2 | 1 | Christopher Courtis |  Barbados |
2:12.33 | |
| 20 | 1 | 7 |  Peru |
2:13.24 |
B Final[]
The B final was also held on July 18.[4]
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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| 9 | 5 | Rafael Alfaro | El Salvador |
2:02.55 | |
| 10 | 4 | Jose Martinez | Mexico |
2:02.95 | |
| 11 | 2 | Mexico |
2:04.83 | ||
| 12 | 3 | Venezuela |
2:04.85 | ||
| 13 | 6 | Matías López | Paraguay |
2:04.94 | NR |
| 14 | 7 | Argentina |
2:06.52 | ||
| 15 | 8 | Luis Vega | Cuba |
2:07.31 | |
| 16 | 1 | Chile |
2:08.87 |
A Final[]
The A final was also held on July 18.[5]
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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4 | Henrique Rodrigues | Brazil |
1:57.06 | GR |
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2 | Thiago Pereira | Brazil |
1:57.42 | |
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3 | Gunnar Bentz | United States |
2:00.04 | |
| 4 | 7 | Canada |
2:00.60 | ||
| 5 | 5 | 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[]
- ^ "Toronto 2015 Pan Am Games Ticket Program Guide" (PDF). toronto2015.org. TO2015. 20 April 2015. Retrieved 26 April 2015.
- ^ a b c "Swimming Technical Manual" (PDF). TO2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 June 2015. Retrieved 31 May 2015.
- ^ Men's 200m individual medley Preliminaries
- ^ Men's 200m Medley - B Final
- ^ Men's 200m Medley - A Final
- Swimming at the 2015 Pan American Games