Swimming at the 2003 Pan American Games – Men's 200 metre backstroke

Swimming at the 2003 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

The Men's 200m Backstroke event at the 2003 Pan American Games took place on August 14, 2003 (Day 13 of the Games). Brazil's Rogério Romero (33) added another gold in the 200 backstroke in 1:59.92. Romero first won this event in 1991 and a silver in 1995.

Medalists

Gold	Rogério Romero Brazil (BRA)
Silver	Luke Wagner United States (USA)
Bronze	Joey Faltraco United States (USA)

Records

World Record	Aaron Peirsol (USA)	1:55.15	2002-03-20	Minneapolis, Minnesota
Pan Am Record	Leonardo Costa (BRA)	1:59.33	1999-08-04	Winnipeg, Canada

Results

Place	Swimmer	Heats		Final
		Time	Rank	Time
1	Rogério Romero (BRA)	2:04.58	4	1:59.92
2	Luke Wagner (USA)	2:02.13	1	2:00.74
3	Joey Faltraco (USA)	2:02.48	2	2:01.31
4	Nicholas Neckles (BAR)	2:05.47	7	2:04.30
5	Paulo Machado (BRA)	2:04.65	5	2:04.41
6	Sean Sepulis (CAN)	2:03.62	3	2:04.67
7	Diego Urreta (MEX)	2:05.36	6	2:05.08
8	Juan Rodela (MEX)	2:05.91	8	2:06.39
9	Nicholas Bovell (TRI)	2:06.83	9	2:05.22 NR
10	Bradley Ally (BAR)	2:08.70	11	2:06.23
11	Tobias Oriwol (CAN)	2:08.46	10	2:08.10
12	Andrew MacKay (CAY)	2:11.52	14	2:08.88
13	Carlos Canépa (PER)	2:09.39	12	2:10.17
14	Carlos Prudencio (BOL)	2:12.34	15	2:12.18
15	Kieran Locke (ISV)	2:12.85	17	2:12.21
16	Chris Backhaus (DOM)	2:14.27	18	2:13.47
17	Guillermo Cabrera (DOM)	2:11.21	13	DNS
18	Neisser Bent (CUB)	2:12.26	16	DNS

References

• 2003 Pan American Games Results: Day 13, CBC online; retrieved 2009-06-13.
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