Swimming at the 2011 Pan American Games – Men's 400 metre individual medley

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Men's 400 metre individual medley at the XVI Pan American Games
Swimming pictogram.svg
Venue Scotiabank Aquatics Center
DatesOctober 15 (preliminaries and finals)
Competitors11 from 9 nations
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg   Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil
Silver medal icon.svg   Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Bronze medal icon.svg   Flag of the United States.svg  United States
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The men's 400 metre individual medley competition of the swimming events at the 2011 Pan American Games took place on the 15 of October at the Scotiabank Aquatics Center. [1] The defending Pan American Games champion is Thiago Pereira of Brazil.

Swimming (sport) water-based sport

Swimming is an individual or team sport that requires the use of one's entire body to move through water. The sport takes place in pools or open water. Competitive swimming is one of the most popular Olympic sports, with varied distance events in butterfly, backstroke, breaststroke, freestyle, and individual medley. In addition to these individual events, four swimmers can take part in either a freestyle or medley relay. A medley relay consists of four swimmers who will each swim a different stroke. The order for a medley relay is: backstroke, breaststroke, butterfly, and freestyle. Swimming each stroke requires a set of specific techniques; in competition, there are distinct regulations concerning the acceptable form for each individual stroke. There are also regulations on what types of swimsuits, caps, jewelry and injury tape that are allowed at competitions. Although it is possible for competitive swimmers to incur several injuries from the sport, such as tendinitis in the shoulders or knees, there are also multiple health benefits associated with the sport.

2011 Pan American Games 16th edition of the Pan American Games

The 2011 Pan American Games, officially the XVI Pan American Games, was an international multi-sport event that was held from October 14–30, 2011, in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico. Some events were held in the nearby cities of Ciudad Guzmán, Puerto Vallarta, Lagos de Moreno and Tapalpa. It was the largest multi-sport event of 2011, with approximately 6,000 athletes from 42 nations participating in 36 sports. Both the Pan American and Parapan American Games were organized by the Guadalajara 2011 Organizing Committee (COPAG). The 2011 Pan American Games were the third Pan American Games hosted by Mexico and the first held in the state of Jalisco. Previously, Mexico hosted the 1955 Pan American Games and the 1975 Pan American Games, both in Mexico City. The 2011 Parapan American Games were held 20 days after the Pan American Games have ended.

Scotiabank Aquatics Center

The Scotiabank Aquatics Center is an aquatics center built for the 2011 Pan American Games in the municipality of Zapopan, near Guadalajara, Mexico. It was opened June 22, 2011, built at a cost of $USD31.7m. It is the most modern aquatic complex of its kind in Latin America, and considered to be the second best in the world by the Fédération Internationale de Natation. It has a permanent capacity 3,593, but will have a capacity of 5,000 spectators for the Pan American Games.

Contents

This race consisted of eight lengths of the pool. The first two lengths were swum using the butterfly stroke, the second pair with the backstroke, the third pair of lengths in breaststroke, and the final two were freestyle. [2]

Butterfly stroke swimming stroke swum on the breast, with both arms moving simultaneously

The butterfly is a swimming stroke swum on the chest, with both arms moving symmetrically, accompanied by the butterfly kick. While other styles like the breaststroke, front crawl, or backstroke can be swum adequately by beginners, the butterfly is a more difficult stroke that requires good technique as well as strong muscles. It is the newest swimming style swum in competition, first swum in 1933 and originating out of the breaststroke.

Backstroke

Backstroke is one of the four swimming styles used in competitive events regulated by FINA, and the only one of these styles swum on the back. This swimming style has the advantage of easy breathing, but the disadvantage of swimmers not being able to see where they are going. It also has a different start from the other three competition swimming styles. The swimming style is similar to an upside down front crawl or freestyle. Both backstroke and front crawl are long-axis strokes. In individual medley backstroke is the second style swum; in the medley relay it is the first style swum.

Breaststroke swimming style in which the swimmer is on his or her chest and the torso does not rotate

Breaststroke is a swimming style in which the swimmer is on their chest and the torso does not rotate. It is the most popular recreational style due to the swimmer's head being out of the water a large portion of the time, and that it can be swum comfortably at slow speeds. In most swimming classes, beginners learn either the breaststroke or the freestyle first. However, at the competitive level, swimming breaststroke at speed requires comparable endurance and strength to other strokes. Some people refer to breaststroke as the "frog" stroke, as the arms and legs move somewhat like a frog swimming in the water. The stroke itself is the slowest of any competitive strokes and is thought to be the oldest of all swimming strokes.

Records

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

World record Flag of the United States.svg  Michael Phelps  (USA)4:03.84 Beijing, China August 10, 2008
Pan American Games record Flag of Brazil.svg  Thiago Pereira  (BRA)4:11.14 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil July 17, 2007

Qualification

Each National Olympic Committee (NOC) was able to enter up to two entrants providing they had met the A standard (4:34.2) in the qualifying period (January 1, 2010 to September 4, 2011). NOCs were also permitted to enter one athlete providing they had met the B standard (4:41.5) in the same qualifying period. [2]

National Olympic Committee national constituent of the worldwide Olympic movement

A National Olympic Committee (NOC) is a national constituent of the worldwide Olympic movement. Subject to the controls of the International Olympic Committee, NOCs are responsible for organizing their people's participation in the Olympic Games. They may nominate cities within their respective areas as candidates for future Olympic Games. NOCs also promote the development of athletes and training of coaches and officials at a national level within their geographies.

Results

All times shown are in minutes.

KEY:q Fastest non-qualifiersQ QualifiedNR National recordPB Personal bestSB Seasonal best

Heats

The first round was held on October 15. [3]

RankHeatLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
125 Conor Dwyer Flag of the United States.svg  United States 4:24.98QA
224 Thiago Pereira Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 4:26.27QA
314 Robert Margalis Flag of the United States.svg  United States 4:29.70QA
423 Esteban Enderica Flag of Ecuador.svg  Ecuador 4:31.15QA
526 Ezequiel Trujillo Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 4:31.31QA
616 Esteban Paz Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 4:34.08QA
715 Diogo Yabe Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 4:34.18QA
813 Liam Dias Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 4:37.60QA
912 Eddy Marin Flag of Venezuela.svg  Venezuela 4:38.88QB
1022 Diego Castillo Flag of Panama.svg  Panama 4:45.31QB
1127 Joel Romeu Flag of Uruguay.svg  Uruguay 4:53.76QB

B Final

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

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
95 Diego Castillo Flag of Panama.svg  Panama 4:40.04
104 Eddy Marin Flag of Venezuela.svg  Venezuela 4:40.08

A Final

The A final was held on October 15. [5] [4]

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg5 Thiago Pereira Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 4:16.68
Silver medal icon.svg4 Conor Dwyer Flag of the United States.svg  United States 4:18.22
Bronze medal icon.svg3 Robert Margalis Flag of the United States.svg  United States 4:24.88
46 Esteban Enderica Flag of Ecuador.svg  Ecuador 4:26.43
52 Ezequiel Trujillo Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 4:30.02
68 Liam Dias Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 4:34.11
71 Diogo Yabe Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 4:35.66
87 Esteban Paz Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 4:37.67

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References

  1. Guadalajara 2011 sessions Archived 2011-06-26 at the Wayback Machine
  2. 1 2 Swimming technical manual Archived 2011-07-28 at the Wayback Machine
  3. Men's 400 m Individual Medley Preliminaries
  4. 1 2 "Finals – Day 1" (PDF). Best Swimming. 2011. Retrieved December 1, 2013.
  5. Men's 400 m Individual Medley Final A