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

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Men's 200 metre freestyle at the 2015 Pan American Games
VenueCIBC Pan Am/Parapan Am Aquatics Centre and Field House
DatesJuly 15 (preliminaries and finals)
Competitors21 from 15 nations
Winning time1:46.42
Medalists
Gold medal   Brazil
Silver medal   Argentina
Bronze medal   United States
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The men's 200 metre freestyle 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 was Brett Fraser of the Cayman Islands.

This race consisted of four lengths of the pool, all lengths in freestyle. The top eight swimmers from the heats would qualify for the A final (where the medals would be awarded), while the next best eight swimmers would qualify for the B final.[2]

Records

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

World record  Paul Biedermann (GER) 1:42.00 Rome, Italy July 28, 2009
Pan American Games record  Brett Fraser (CAY) 1.47.18 Guadalajara, Mexico October 18, 2011

The following new records were set during this competition.

Date Event Name Nationality Time Record
15 July A Final João de Lucca  Brazil 1:46.42 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 (1:51.49) 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 (1:58.18) 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 15, 2015 10:20 Heats
July 15, 2015 19:17 Final B
July 15, 2015 19:23 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 15.[3]

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 2 3 Cristian Quintero  Venezuela 1:48.42 QA
2 3 5 Michael Weiss  United States 1:48.55 QA
3 1 4 Federico Grabich  Argentina 1:48.61 QA
4 1 5 Michael Klueh  United States 1:48.67 QA
5 2 4 Jeremy Bagshaw  Canada 1:48.76 QA
6 2 5 João de Lucca  Brazil 1:48.78 QA
7 3 4 Nicolas Oliveira  Brazil 1:49.51 QA
8 3 3 Benjamin Hockin  Paraguay 1:49.59 QA
9 2 6 Marcos Lavado  Venezuela 1:49.91 QB
10 3 2 Luis Campos  Mexico 1:50.24 QB
11 1 3 Alec Page  Canada 1:50.34 QB
12 2 2 Mateo de Angulo  Colombia 1:50.50 QB
13 3 7 Tomas Peribonio  Ecuador 1:51.61 QB
14 1 2 Marcelo Acosta  El Salvador 1:51.77 QB
15 1 7 Luis Martínez  Guatemala 1:51.79 QB
16 3 6 Guido Buscaglia  Argentina 1:52.95 QB
17 2 7 Alex Sobers  Barbados 1:53.11
18 1 6 Long Yuan Gutierrez  Mexico 1:54.46
19 3 1 Noah Mascoll-Gomes  Antigua and Barbuda 1:55.56
20 2 1 Miguel Mena  Nicaragua 1:58.51
21 1 1 Omar Adams  Guyana 2:15.58

B Final

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The B final was also held on July 15.[4]

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
9 3 Alec Page  Canada 1:49.86
10 6 Mateo de Angulo  Colombia 1:50.01
11 7 Marcelo Acosta  El Salvador 1:50.95
12 2 Tomas Peribonio  Ecuador 1:50.98
13 4 Marcos Lavado  Venezuela 1:51.08
14 5 Luis Campos  Mexico 1:51.37
15 8 Alex Sobers  Barbados 1:53.16
16 1 Luis Martínez  Guatemala 1:53.39

A Final

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The A final was also held on July 15.[5]

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 7 João de Lucca  Brazil 1:46.42 GR, SA
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 3 Federico Grabich  Argentina 1:47.62 NR
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 5 Michael Weiss  United States 1:47.63
4 6 Michael Klueh  United States 1:47.73
5 1 Nicolas Oliveira  Brazil 1:47.81
6 4 Cristian Quintero  Venezuela 1:47.88 NR
7 2 Jeremy Bagshaw  Canada 1:47.92
8 8 Benjamin Hockin  Paraguay 1:50.03

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 Freestyle Preliminaries
  4. ^ Men's 200m Freestyle - B Final
  5. ^ Men's 200m Freestyle - A Final