Swimming at the 2011 Pan American Games – Men's 200 metre backstroke
| Men's 100 metre backstroke at the XVI Pan American Games | ||||||||||
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| Venue | Scotiabank Aquatics Center | |||||||||
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| Dates | October 21 (preliminaries and finals) | |||||||||
| Competitors | 11 from 8 nations | |||||||||
| Medalists | ||||||||||
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| Swimming at the 2011 Pan American Games | ||||
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| 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 backstroke competition of the swimming events at the 2011 Pan American Games took place on 21 October at the Scotiabank Aquatics Center.[1] The defending Pan American Games champion was Thiago Pereira of Brazil.
This race consisted of four lengths of the pool, all in backstroke.[2]
Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Pan American Games records were as follows:
| World record |  Aaron Peirsol (USA) |
1:51.92 | Rome, Italy | July 31, 2009 |
| Pan American Games record |  Thiago Pereira (BRA) |
1:58.42 | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | July 19, 2007 |
Qualification
Each National Olympic Committee (NOC) was able to enter up to two entrants providing they had met the A standard (2:04.1) 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 (2:07.8) in the same qualifying period.[2]
Results
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
The first round was held on October 21.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time[3] | Notes |
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| 1 | 1 | 5 | Omar Pinzon |  Colombia | 2:01.14 | QA |
| 2 | 1 | 4 | Thiago Pereira | Brazil | 2:03.53 | QA |
| 3 | 2 | 4 | Rexford Tullius | United States | 2:03.82 | QA |
| 4 | 2 | 3 | Ryan Murphy | United States | 2:03.89 | QA |
| 5 | 2 | 5 | Leonardo de Deus | Brazil | 2:05.12 | QA |
| 6 | 1 | 3 | Pedro Medel |  Cuba | 2:05.20 | QA |
| 7 | 1 | 6 | Luis Rojas |  Venezuela | 2:05.21 | QA |
| 8 | 1 | 2 | Charles Hockin |  Paraguay | 2:05.28 | QA |
| 9 | 2 | 6 | Ezequiel Trujillo |  Mexico | 2:05.68 | |
| 10 | 2 | 2 | Anival Rodriguez | Mexico | 2:10.65 | |
| 11 | 2 | 7 | Mauricio Fiol |  Peru | 2:11.75 |
Final A
The final was held on October 21.
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time[4] | Notes |
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 | 5 | Thiago Pereira | Brazil | 1:57.19 | GR, NR |
 | 4 | Omar Pinzón | Colombia | 1:58.31 | |
 | 3 | Ryan Murphy | United States | 1:58.50 | |
| 4 | 3 | Rexford Tullius | United States | 1:59.50 | |
| 5 | 2 | Leonardo de Deus | Brazil | 2:03.28 | |
| 6 | 1 | Luis Rojas | Venezuela | 2:06.07 | |
| 7 | 8 | Ezequiel Trujillo | Mexico | 2:06.18 | |
| 8 | 7 | Pedro Medel | Cuba | 2:13.77 |
References
- ↑ "Sessions" (PDF). Guadalajara 2011. Retrieved 23 October 2011.
- 1 2 "Swimming Technical Manual" (PDF). Guadalajara 2011. Retrieved 23 October 2011.
- ↑ "Men's 200m Backstroke Preliminaries". Guadalajara 2011. Retrieved 23 October 2011.
- ↑ "Men's 200m Backstroke Final A". Guadalajara 2011. Retrieved 23 October 2011.