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

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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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.

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

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

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

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

KEY: q Fastest non-qualifiers Q Qualified GR Games record NR National record PB Personal best SB Seasonal best

Heats

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

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

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

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 5 Thiago Simon  Brazil 2:09.82 GR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 3 Richard Funk  Canada 2:11.51
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 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

  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