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

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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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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

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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
1st place, gold medalist(s) 4 Henrique Rodrigues  Brazil 1:57.06 GR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 2 Thiago Pereira  Brazil 1:57.42
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 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