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

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.

Men's 200 metre freestyle at the 2015 Pan American Games
VenueCIBC Pan Am/Parapan Am Aquatics Centre and Field House
DatesJuly 15 (preliminaries and finals)
Competitors21 from 15 nations
Winning time1:46.42
Medalists
Gold medal   Brazil
Silver medal   Argentina
Bronze medal   United States
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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

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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

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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

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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

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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 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

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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

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

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
  7 João de Lucca   Brazil 1:46.42 GR, SA
  3 Federico Grabich   Argentina 1:47.62 NR
  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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  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 Freestyle Preliminaries
  4. ^ Men's 200m Freestyle - B Final
  5. ^ Men's 200m Freestyle - A Final