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

Men's 200 metre breaststroke at the XVI Pan American Games
Venue Scotiabank Aquatics Center
Dates October 18 (preliminaries and finals)
Competitors 17 from 13 nations
Medalists
 Sean Mahoney  United States
 Clark Burckle  United States
 Thiago Pereira  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

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

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

All times are in minutes and seconds.

KEY: qFastest non-qualifiers QQualified GRGames record NRNational record PBPersonal best SBSeasonal best

Heats

The first round was held on October 18.

RankHeatLaneNameNationalityTime[3]Notes
114Sean Mahoney United States2:14.20QA
235Clark Burckle United States2:15.76QA
315Jorge Murillo Colombia2:16.06QA
434Thiago Pereira Brazil2:17.15QA
525Warren Barnes Canada2:17.36QA
633Ashton Baumann Canada2:18.59QA
724Tales Cerdeira Brazil2:20.30QA
822Eladio Carrion Puerto Rico2:20.78QA
923Edgar Crespo Panama2:20.92QB
1013David Oliver Mexico2:23.08QB
1116Lucas Peralta Argentina2:24.04QB
1236Rodrigo Frutos Argentina2:24.51QB
1327Jordy Groters Aruba2:26.69QB
1426Juan Alberto Guerra El Salvador2:26.95QB
1512Gerardo Huidobro Peru2:27.78QB
1637Christian Hernandez Cuba2:28.25QB
32Leopoldo Andara VenezuelaDSQ

B Final

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

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
94Edgar Crespo Panama2:20.18
105David Oliver Mexico2:20.54
111Gerardo Huidobro Peru2:23.51
123Lucas Peralta Argentina2:26.13
132Jordy Groters Aruba2:27.10
146Rodrigo Frutos Argentina2:27.43
158Christian Hernandez Cuba2:27.76
167Juan Alberto Guerra El Salvador2:29.15

A Final

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

RankLaneNameNationalityTime[5]Notes
1st, gold medalist(s)4Sean Mahoney United States2:11.62GR
2nd, silver medalist(s)5Clark Burckle United States2:12.60
3rd, bronze medalist(s)6Thiago Pereira Brazil2:13.58
42Warren Barnes Canada2:16.87
51Tales Cerdeira Brazil2:17.84
63Jorge Murillo Colombia2:18.13
77Ashton Baumann Canada2:19.54
88Eladio Carrion Puerto Rico2:20.31

References

  1. ↑ "Sessions" (PDF). Guadalajara 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 June 2011. Retrieved 23 October 2011.
  2. 1 2 "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.
  4. 1 2 "Finals – Day 4" (PDF). Best Swimming. 2011. Retrieved December 1, 2013.
  5. ↑ "Men's 200m Breaststroke Final A". Guadalajara 2011. Retrieved 23 October 2011.
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