Swimming at the 1999 Pan American Games – Men's 200 metre backstroke

Men's 200 metre backstroke at the XIII Pan American Games
Venue Pan Am Pool
Dates August 4 (preliminaries and finals)
Competitors - from - nations
Medalists
   Brazil
   United States
   United States
«1995
2003»

The men's 200 metre backstroke competition of the swimming events at the 1999 Pan American Games took place on 4 August at the Pan Am Pool.[1] The last Pan American Games champion was Brad Bridgewater of US.[2][3][4][5][6][7]

This race consisted of four lengths of the pool, all in backstroke.[8]

Results

All times are in minutes and seconds.

KEY: qFastest non-qualifiers QQualified GRGames record NRNational record PBPersonal best SBSeasonal best

Heats

The first round was held on August 4.[1]

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Aaron Peirsol  United States 2:00.39 Q
2 Dan Shevchik  United States 2:01.58 Q
3 - - - Q
4 - - - Q
5 - - - Q
6 - - - Q
7 - - - Q
8 - - - Q

B Final

The B final was held on August 4.[9]

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
9 George Bovell  Trinidad and Tobago 2:06.64
10 George Gleason  U.S. Virgin Islands 2:09.27
11 Diego Gallo  Uruguay 2:11.40
12 Daniel Casey  Ecuador 2:12.17
13 E.A. Gil  El Salvador 2:12.97
14 G.J. Vera  Paraguay 2:14.17
15 Natthew Hammond  Bermuda 2:17.54

A Final

The A final was held on August 4.[1]

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st, gold medalist(s) Leonardo Costa  Brazil 1:59.33 GR, SA
2nd, silver medalist(s) Aaron Peirsol  United States 1:59.77
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Dan Shevchik  United States 2:00.27
4 Dustin Hersee  Canada 2:01.30
5 Mark Versfeld  Canada 2:03.52
6 Alejandro Bermúdez  Colombia 2:03.73
7 Neisser Bent  Cuba 2:04.06
8 Mike Fung-A-Wing  Suriname 2:08.70

References

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