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

The men's 200 metre breaststroke 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 Sean Mahoney of the United States.

Men's 200 metre breaststroke at the 2015 Pan American Games
VenueCIBC Pan Am/Parapan Am Aquatics Centre and Field House
DatesJuly 15 (preliminaries and finals)
Competitors22 from 15 nations
Winning time2:09.82
Medalists
Gold medal   Brazil
Silver medal   Canada
Bronze medal   Brazil
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This race consisted of four lengths of the pool, all lengths in breaststroke. 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   Akihiro Yamaguchi (JPN) 2:07.01 Gifu, Japan September 15, 2012
Pan American Games record   Sean Mahoney (USA) 2:11.62 Guadalajara, Mexico October 18, 2011

The following new records were set during this competition.

Date Event Name Nationality Time Record
15 July Heats Jorge Murillo   Colombia 2:11.62 =GR
15 July A Final Thiago Simon   Brazil 2:09.82 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 (2:19.49) 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 (2:27.86) 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 10:44 Heats
July 15, 2015 19:57 Final B
July 15, 2015 20:04 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 1 3 Jorge Murillo   Colombia 2:11.62 QA, =GR, NR
2 3 4 Thiago Simon   Brazil 2:12.05 QA
3 2 5 Richard Funk   Canada 2:12.22 QA
4 2 4 B.J. Johnson   United States 2:12.81 QA
5 1 4 Thiago Pereira   Brazil 2:12.89 QA
6 3 5 Carlos Claverie   Venezuela 2:12.97 QA
7 2 3 Miguel De Lara   Mexico 2:13.79 QA
8 3 6 Carlos Mahecha   Colombia 2:14.20 QA
9 1 5 Brad Craig   United States 2:14.31 QB
10 2 6 Miguel Chavez   Mexico 2:16.07 QB
11 3 3 James Dergousoff   Canada 2:16.30 QB
12 1 6 Juan Sequera   Venezuela 2:17.52 QB
13 3 2 Facundo Miguelena   Argentina 2:17.67 QB
14 3 1 Dustin Tynes   Bahamas 2:18.13 QB
15 2 2 Rodrigo Frutos   Argentina 2:19.03 QB
16 3 7 Jordy Groters   Aruba 2:20.40 QB
17 1 2 Julian Fletcher   Bermuda 2:20.97
18 1 7 Rafael Alfaro   El Salvador 2:21.05
19 2 1 Esteban Araya   Costa Rica 2:24.88
20 2 7 Gerardo Huidobro   Peru 2:26.30
21 3 8 Renato Prono   Paraguay 2:27.13
22 1 1 Corey Ollivierre   Grenada 2:41.52

B Final

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

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
9 4 Brad Craig   United States 2:14.04
10 5 Miguel Chavez   Mexico 2:15.19
11 3 James Dergousoff   Canada 2:15.31
12 6 Juan Sequera   Venezuela 2:17.23
13 2 Facundo Miguelena   Argentina 2:17.65
14 7 Dustin Tynes   Bahamas 2:18.14
15 1 Rodrigo Frutos   Argentina 2:18.48
16 8 Jordy Groters   Aruba 2:18.55

A Final

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

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
  5 Thiago Simon   Brazil 2:09.82 GR
  3 Richard Funk   Canada 2:11.51
  2 Thiago Pereira   Brazil 2:11.93
4 6 B.J. Johnson   United States 2:12.19
5 4 Jorge Murillo   Colombia 2:12.71
6 7 Carlos Claverie   Venezuela 2:13.22
7 1 Miguel De Lara   Mexico 2:14.11
8 8 Carlos Mahecha   Colombia 2:15.25

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