Swimming at the 2015 Pan American Games – Men's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay

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Men's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay at the XVII Pan American Games
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VenueCIBC Pan Am/Parapan Am Aquatics Centre and Field House
DatesJuly 15 (preliminaries and finals)
Competitors41 from 7 nations
Winning time7:11.15
Medalists
Gold medal Luiz Altamir Melo, João de Lucca, Thiago Pereira, Nicolas Oliveira, Henrique Rodrigues, Kaio de Almeida, Thiago Simon  Brazil
Silver medal Michael Weiss, Michael Klueh, Joseph Bentz, Darian Townsend, , Bobby Bollier  United States
Bronze medal Jeremy Bagshaw, Alec Page, , Ryan Cochrane, Yuri Kisil,   Canada
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400 mmenwomen
800 mwomen
1500 mmen
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100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
Breaststroke
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
Butterfly
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
Individual medley
200 mmenwomen
400 mmenwomen
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The men's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay competition of the swimming events at the 2015 Pan American Games took place on July 15 at the CIBC Pan Am/Parapan Am Aquatics Centre and Field House in Toronto, Canada.[1] The defending Pan American Games champion is the United States.

This race consisted of sixteen lengths of the pool. Each of the four swimmers completed four lengths of the pool. The first swimmer had to touch the wall before the second could leave the starting block.[2]

Records[]

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

World record  United States (USA)
Michael Phelps (1:44.49)
Ricky Berens (1:44.13)
David Walters (1:45.47)
Ryan Lochte (1:44.46) 		6:58.55 Rome, Italy July 31, 2009
Pan American Games record  Brazil (BRA)
Thiago Pereira (1:48.63)
Rodrigo Castro (1:49.38)
Lucas Salatta (1:47.63)
Nicolas Oliveira (1:46.63) 		7:12.27 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil July 17, 2007

The following new records were set during this competition.

Date Event Nation Time Record
15 July Final  Brazil 7:11.15 GR

Schedule[]

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

Date Time Round
July 15, 2015 11:31 Heats
July 15, 2015 21:09 Final

Results[]

Heats[]

The first round was held on July 15.[3] As only seven teams had entered, the heats served as a ranking round with all seven teams advancing to the final.

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 1 4 Joseph Bentz (1:49.85)
(1:49.49)
Bobby Bollier (1:50.82)
Darian Townsend (1:49.02)		  United States 7:19.18 Q
2 1 2 (1:49.84)
Yuri Kisil (1:50.05)
Ryan Cochrane (1:49.99)
(1:49.98)		  Canada 7:19.86 Q
3 1 5 Luiz Altamir Melo (1:49.22)
Henrique Rodrigues (1:49.43)
Kaio de Almeida (1:52.23)
Thiago Simon (1:58.54)		  Brazil 7:29.42 Q
4 1 2 (1:51.15)
(1:52.05)
(1:53.62)
Daniele Tirabassi (1:53.40)		  Venezuela 7:30.22 Q
5 1 7 (1:52.33)
José Martínez (1:51.09)
(1:54.44)
Ricardo Vargas (1:52.48)		  Mexico 7:30.34 Q
6 1 3 (1:53.84)
(1:53.56)
Juan Pereyra (1:56.76)
Martín Naidich (1:55.14)		  Argentina 7:39.30 Q
7 1 1 Nicholas Magana (1:55.53)
Gerardo Huidobro (2:10.25)
(2:01.19)
(1:58.49)		  Peru 8:05.46 Q

Final[]

The final was held on July 15.[4]

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 3 Luiz Altamir Melo (1:48.39)
João de Lucca (1:47.79)
Thiago Pereira (1:48.14)
Nicolas Oliveira (1:46.83)		  Brazil 7:11.15 GR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 4 Michael Weiss (1:48.49)
Michael Klueh (1:48.26)
Joseph Bentz (1:47.90)
Darian Townsend (1:47.55)		  United States 7:12.20
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 5 Jeremy Bagshaw (1:49.56)
Alec Page (1:49.20)
(1:49.33)
Ryan Cochrane (1:49.24)		  Canada 7:17.33
4 6 Daniele Tirabassi (1:51.75)
Marcos Lavado (1:50.04)
(1:50.39)
Cristian Quintero (1:48.96)		  Venezuela 7:21.14
5 2 Long Yuan Gutierrez (1:48.87) NR
(1:51.15)
José Martínez (1:50.85)
(1:51.25)		  Mexico 7:22.12 NR
6 7 Federico Grabich (1:48.34)
Juan Pereyra (1:51.80)
Guido Buscaglia (1:52.15)
Martín Naidich (1:50.53)		  Argentina 7:22.82 NR

References[]

  1. ^ "Toronto 2015 Pan Am Games Ticket Program Guide" (PDF). toronto2015.org. TO2015. 20 April 2015. Retrieved 26 April 2015.
  2. ^ "Swimming Technical Manual" (PDF). TO2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 June 2015. Retrieved 31 May 2015.
  3. ^ Men's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay Preliminaries
  4. ^ Men's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay Final
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