Swimming at the 2007 Pan American Games – Men's 200 metre freestyle

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The Men's 200m Freestyle at the 2007 Pan American Games occurred at the Maria Lenk Aquatic Park in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, with the final being swum on July 20.

2007 Pan American Games 15th edition of the Pan American Games

The 2007 Pan American Games, officially known as the XV Pan American Games, were a major continental multi-sport event that took place in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from July 13 to July 29, 2007. A total of 5,633 athletes from 42 National Olympic Committees (NOCs) competed in 332 events in 34 sports and in 47 disciplines. During the Games, 95 new Pan American records were set; 2,196 medals were awarded; 1,262 doping control tests were performed and about 15,000 volunteers participated in the organization of the event, which was an Olympic qualification for 13 International Federations (IFs).

Rio de Janeiro Second-most populous municipality in Brazil

Rio de Janeiro, or simply Rio, is anchor to the Rio de Janeiro metropolitan area and the second-most populous municipality in Brazil and the sixth-most populous in the Americas. Rio de Janeiro is the capital of the state of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil's third-most populous state. Part of the city has been designated as a World Heritage Site, named "Rio de Janeiro: Carioca Landscapes between the Mountain and the Sea", by UNESCO on 1 July 2012 as a Cultural Landscape.

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At this race, Shaune Fraser won the first medal of his country in swimming at Pan American Games at all times.

Shaune David Fraser is a competitive swimmer and Pan American Games silver medalist from the Cayman Islands. Fraser represented the Cayman Islands at the 2004, 2008 and 2012 Summer Olympics.

Medalists

Gold Matthew Owen
Flag of the United States.svg United States
Silver Shaune Fraser
Flag of the Cayman Islands.svg Cayman Islands
Bronze Adam Sioui
Flag of Canada.svg Canada

Results

Finals

Place Swimmer Country Time Note
1 Matthew Owen Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1:48.78
2 Shaune Fraser Flag of the Cayman Islands.svg  Cayman Islands 1:48.95
3 Adam Sioui Flag of Canada.svg  Canada 1:48.97
4 Nicolas Oliveira Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 1:49.49
5 Rodrigo Castro Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 1:49.60
6 Chad Hankewich Flag of Canada.svg  Canada 1:50.11
7 Robert Margalis Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1:50.49
8 Amauri Rodriguez Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 1:52.18

Preliminaries

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