Swimming at the 2011 Pan American Games – Men's 200 metre backstroke

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Men's 100 metre backstroke at the XVI Pan American Games
Swimming pictogram.svg
Venue Scotiabank Aquatics Center
DatesOctober 21 (preliminaries and finals)
Competitors11 from 8 nations
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg   Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil
Silver medal icon.svg   Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia
Bronze medal icon.svg   Flag of the United States.svg  United States
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The men's 200 metre backstroke competition of the swimming events at the 2011 Pan American Games took place on 21 October at the Scotiabank Aquatics Center. [1] The defending Pan American Games champion was Thiago Pereira of Brazil.

Contents

This race consisted of four lengths of the pool, all in backstroke. [2]

Records

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

World record Flag of the United States.svg  Aaron Peirsol  (USA)1:51.92Rome, ItalyJuly 31, 2009
Pan American Games record Flag of Brazil.svg  Thiago Pereira  (BRA)1:58.42 Rio de Janeiro, BrazilJuly 19, 2007

Qualification

Each National Olympic Committee (NOC) was able to enter up to two entrants providing they had met the A standard (2:04.1) 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 (2:07.8) in the same qualifying period. [2]

Results

All times are in minutes and seconds.

KEY:qFastest non-qualifiersQQualifiedGRGames recordNRNational recordPBPersonal bestSBSeasonal best

Heats

The first round was held on October 21.

RankHeatLaneNameNationalityTime [3] Notes
115 Omar Pinzón Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia 2:01.14QA
214 Thiago Pereira Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 2:03.53QA
324 Rexford Tullius Flag of the United States.svg  United States 2:03.82QA
423 Ryan Murphy Flag of the United States.svg  United States 2:03.89QA
525 Leonardo de Deus Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 2:05.12QA
613 Pedro Medel Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba 2:05.20QA
716 Luis Rojas Flag of Venezuela.svg  Venezuela 2:05.21QA
812 Charles Hockin Flag of Paraguay.svg  Paraguay 2:05.28QA
926 Ezequiel Trujillo Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 2:05.68
1022 Anival Rodriguez Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 2:10.65
1127 Mauricio Fiol Flag of Peru.svg  Peru 2:11.75

Final A

The final was held on October 21.

RankLaneNameNationalityTime [4] Notes
Gold medal icon.svg5 Thiago Pereira Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 1:57.19 GR , NR
Silver medal icon.svg4 Omar Pinzón Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia 1:58.31
Bronze medal icon.svg3 Ryan Murphy Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1:58.50
43 Rexford Tullius Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1:59.50
52 Leonardo de Deus Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 2:03.28
61 Luis Rojas Flag of Venezuela.svg  Venezuela 2:06.07
78 Ezequiel Trujillo Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 2:06.18
87 Pedro Medel Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba 2:13.77

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References

  1. "Sessions" (PDF). Guadalajara 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 June 2011. Retrieved 23 October 2011.
  2. 1 2 "Swimming Technical Manual" (PDF). Guadalajara 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 July 2011. Retrieved 23 October 2011.
  3. "Men's 200m Backstroke Preliminaries". Guadalajara 2011. Retrieved 23 October 2011.[ dead link ]
  4. "Men's 200m Backstroke Final A". Guadalajara 2011. Archived from the original on May 23, 2012. Retrieved 23 October 2011.