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

Men's 200 metre breaststroke
at the XVII 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
   Brazil
   Canada
   Brazil
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Swimming at the
2015 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
Marathon
10 km men women

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: qFastest non-qualifiers QQualified GRGames record NRNational record PBPersonal best SBSeasonal 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 5 Thiago Simon  Brazil 2:09.82 GR
2nd 3 Richard Funk  Canada 2:11.51
3rd 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

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