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

Men's 200 metre freestyle at the XVII Pan American Games
Venue CIBC Pan Am/Parapan Am Aquatics Centre and Field House
Dates July 15 (preliminaries and finals)
Competitors 21 from 15 nations
Winning time 1:46.42
Medalists
   Brazil
   Argentina
   United States
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Swimming at the
2015 Pan American Games
Freestyle
50 m   men   women
100 m men women
200 m men women
400 m men women
800 m women
1500 m men
Backstroke
100 m men women
200 m men women
Breaststroke
100 m men women
200 m men women
Butterfly
100 m men women
200 m men women
Individual medley
200 m men women
400 m men women
Freestyle relay
4×100 m men women
4×200 m men women
Medley relay
4×100 m men women
Marathon
10 km men women

The men's 200 metre freestyle 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 Brett Fraser of the Cayman Islands.

This race consisted of four lengths of the pool, all lengths in freestyle. 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

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

World record  Paul Biedermann (GER) 1:42.00 Rome, Italy July 28, 2009
Pan American Games record  Brett Fraser (CAY) 1.47.18 Guadalajara, Mexico October 18, 2011

The following new records were set during this competition.

Date Event Name Nationality Time Record
15 July A Final João de Lucca  Brazil 1:46.42 GR

Qualification

Each National Olympic Committee (NOC) was able to enter up to two entrants providing they had met the A standard (1:51.49) 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 (1:58.18) in the same qualifying period.[2] All other competing athletes were entered as universality spots.[2]

Schedule

All times are Eastern Time Zone (UTC-4).

Date Time Round
July 15, 2015 10:20 Heats
July 15, 2015 19:17 Final B
July 15, 2015 19:23 Final A

Results

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

Heats

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

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 2 3 Cristian Quintero Venezuela 1:48.42 QA
2 3 5 Michael Weiss United States 1:48.55 QA
3 1 4 Federico Grabich Argentina 1:48.61 QA
4 1 5 Michael Klueh United States 1:48.67 QA
5 2 4 Jeremy Bagshaw Canada 1:48.76 QA
6 2 5 João de Lucca Brazil 1:48.78 QA
7 3 4 Nicolas Oliveira Brazil 1:49.51 QA
8 3 3 Benjamin Hockin Paraguay 1:49.59 QA
9 2 6 Marcos Lavado Venezuela 1:49.91 QB
10 3 2 Luis Campos Mexico 1:50.24 QB
11 1 3 Alec Page Canada 1:50.34 QB
12 2 2 Mateo de Angulo Colombia 1:50.50 QB
13 3 7 Tomas Peribonio Ecuador 1:51.61 QB
14 1 2 Marcelo Acosta El Salvador 1:51.77 QB
15 1 7 Luis Martínez Guatemala 1:51.79 QB
16 3 6 Guido Buscaglia Argentina 1:52.95 QB
17 2 7 Alex Sobers Barbados 1:53.11
18 1 6 Long Yuan Gutierrez Mexico 1:54.46
19 3 1 Noah Mascoll-Gomes Antigua and Barbuda 1:55.56
20 2 1 Miguel Mena Nicaragua 1:58.51
21 1 1 Omar Adams Guyana 2:15.58

B Final

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

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
9 3 Alec Page Canada 1:49.86
10 6 Mateo de Angulo Colombia 1:50.01
11 7 Marcelo Acosta El Salvador 1:50.95
12 2 Tomas Peribonio Ecuador 1:50.98
13 4 Marcos Lavado Venezuela 1:51.08
14 5 Luis Campos Mexico 1:51.37
15 8 Alex Sobers Barbados 1:53.16
16 1 Luis Martínez Guatemala 1:53.39

A Final

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

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1st, gold medalist(s) 7 João de Lucca  Brazil 1:46.42 GR, SA
2nd, silver medalist(s) 3 Federico Grabich  Argentina 1:47.62 NR
3rd, bronze medalist(s) 5 Michael Weiss  United States 1:47.63
4 6 Michael Klueh  United States 1:47.73
5 1 Nicolas Oliveira  Brazil 1:47.81
6 4 Cristian Quintero  Venezuela 1:47.88 NR
7 2 Jeremy Bagshaw  Canada 1:47.92
8 8 Benjamin Hockin  Paraguay 1:50.03

References

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