Swimming at the 2011 Pan American Games – Men's 200 metre breaststroke

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Men's 200 metre breaststroke at the 2011 Pan American Games
VenueScotiabank Aquatics Center
DatesOctober 18 (preliminaries and finals)
Competitors17 from 13 nations
Medalists
Gold medal   United States
Silver medal   United States
Bronze medal   Brazil
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The men's 200 metre breaststroke competition of the swimming events at the 2011 Pan American Games took place on October 18 at the Scotiabank Aquatics Center in the municipality of Zapopan, near Guadalajara, Mexico.[1] The defending Pan American Games champion was Thiago Pereira of Brazil.

This race consisted of four lengths of the pool, all in breaststroke.[2]

Records

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

World record  Christian Sprenger (AUS) 2:07.31 Rome, Italy July 30, 2009
Pan American Games record  Kyle Salyards (USA) 2:13.37 Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic August 14, 2003

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 (2:21.7) in the qualifying period (January 1, 2010 to September 4, 2011). NOCs were also permitted to enter one athlete providing they had met the B standard (2:26.0) in the same qualifying period.[2]

Results

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All times are in minutes and seconds.

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 October 18.

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time[3] Notes
1 1 4 Sean Mahoney  United States 2:14.20 QA
2 3 5 Clark Burckle  United States 2:15.76 QA
3 1 5 Jorge Murillo  Colombia 2:16.06 QA
4 3 4 Thiago Pereira  Brazil 2:17.15 QA
5 2 5 Warren Barnes  Canada 2:17.36 QA
6 3 3 Ashton Baumann  Canada 2:18.59 QA
7 2 4 Tales Cerdeira  Brazil 2:20.30 QA
8 2 2 Eladio Carrión  Puerto Rico 2:20.78 QA
9 2 3 Édgar Crespo  Panama 2:20.92 QB
10 1 3 David Oliver  Mexico 2:23.08 QB
11 1 6 Lucas Peralta  Argentina 2:24.04 QB
12 3 6 Rodrigo Frutos  Argentina 2:24.51 QB
13 2 7 Jordy Groters  Aruba 2:26.69 QB
14 2 6 Juan Alberto Guerra  El Salvador 2:26.95 QB
15 1 2 Gerardo Huidobro  Peru 2:27.78 QB
16 3 7 Christian Hernandez  Cuba 2:28.25 QB
3 2 Leopoldo Andara  Venezuela DSQ

B Final

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The B final was also held on October 18.[4]

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
9 4 Édgar Crespo  Panama 2:20.18
10 5 David Oliver  Mexico 2:20.54
11 1 Gerardo Huidobro  Peru 2:23.51
12 3 Lucas Peralta  Argentina 2:26.13
13 2 Jordy Groters  Aruba 2:27.10
14 6 Rodrigo Frutos  Argentina 2:27.43
15 8 Christian Hernandez  Cuba 2:27.76
16 7 Juan Alberto Guerra  El Salvador 2:29.15

A Final

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The A final was also held on October 18.[4]

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time[5] Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 4 Sean Mahoney  United States 2:11.62 GR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 5 Clark Burckle  United States 2:12.60
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 6 Thiago Pereira  Brazil 2:13.58
4 2 Warren Barnes  Canada 2:16.87
5 1 Tales Cerdeira  Brazil 2:17.84
6 3 Jorge Murillo  Colombia 2:18.13
7 7 Ashton Baumann  Canada 2:19.54
8 8 Eladio Carrión  Puerto Rico 2:20.31

References

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  1. ^ "Sessions" (PDF). Guadalajara 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 June 2011. Retrieved 23 October 2011.
  2. ^ a b "Swimming Technical Manual" (PDF). Guadalajara 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 July 2011. Retrieved 23 October 2011.
  3. ^ "Men's 200m Breaststroke Preliminaries". Guadalajara 2011. Retrieved 23 October 2011.[dead link]
  4. ^ a b "Finals – Day 4" (PDF). Best Swimming. 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 4, 2013. Retrieved December 1, 2013.
  5. ^ "Men's 200m Breaststroke Final A". Guadalajara 2011. Archived from the original on October 22, 2011. Retrieved 23 October 2011.