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

Men's 200 metre freestyle at the XVII Pan American Games
Venue CIBC Pan Am/Parapan Am Aquatics Centre and Field House
Dates July 15 (preliminaries and finals)
Competitors 21 from 15 nations
Winning time 1:46.42
Medalists
 João de Lucca  Brazil
 Federico Grabich  Argentina
 Michael Weiss  United States
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The men's 200 metre freestyle 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 Brett Fraser of the Cayman Islands.

This race consisted of four lengths of the pool, all lengths in freestyle. 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  Paul Biedermann (GER) 1:42.00 Rome, Italy July 28, 2009
Pan American Games record  Brett Fraser (CAY) 1.47.18 Guadalajara, Mexico October 18, 2011

The following new records were set during this competition.

DateEventNameNationalityTimeRecord
15 JulyA FinalJoão de Lucca Brazil1:46.42GR

Qualification

Each National Olympic Committee (NOC) was able to enter up to two entrants providing they had met the A standard (1:51.49) 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 (1:58.18) 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, 201510:20Heats
July 15, 201519:17Final B
July 15, 201519:23Final 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]

RankHeatLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
123Cristian Quintero Venezuela1:48.42QA
235Michael Weiss United States1:48.55QA
314Federico Grabich Argentina1:48.61QA
415Michael Klueh United States1:48.67QA
524Jeremy Bagshaw Canada1:48.76QA
625João de Lucca Brazil1:48.78QA
734Nicolas Oliveira Brazil1:49.51QA
833Benjamin Hockin Paraguay1:49.59QA
926Marcos Lavado Venezuela1:49.91QB
1032Luis Campos Mexico1:50.24QB
1113Alec Page Canada1:50.34QB
1222Mateo de Angulo Colombia1:50.50QB
1337Tomas Peribonio Ecuador1:51.61QB
1412Marcelo Acosta El Salvador1:51.77QB
1517Luis Martínez Guatemala1:51.79QB
1636Guido Buscaglia Argentina1:52.95QB
1727Alex Sobers Barbados1:53.11
1816Long Yuan Gutierrez Mexico1:54.46
1931Noah Mascoll-Gomes Antigua and Barbuda1:55.56
2021Miguel Mena Nicaragua1:58.51
2111Omar Adams Guyana2:15.58

B Final

The B final was also held on July 15.[4]

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
93Alec Page Canada1:49.86
106Mateo de Angulo Colombia1:50.01
117Marcelo Acosta El Salvador1:50.95
122Tomas Peribonio Ecuador1:50.98
134Marcos Lavado Venezuela1:51.08
145Luis Campos Mexico1:51.37
158Alex Sobers Barbados1:53.16
161Luis Martínez Guatemala1:53.39

A Final

The A final was also held on July 15.[5]

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
1st, gold medalist(s)7João de Lucca Brazil1:46.42GR, SA
2nd, silver medalist(s)3Federico Grabich Argentina1:47.62NR
3rd, bronze medalist(s)5Michael Weiss United States1:47.63
46Michael Klueh United States1:47.73
51Nicolas Oliveira Brazil1:47.81
64Cristian Quintero Venezuela1:47.88NR
72Jeremy Bagshaw Canada1:47.92
88Benjamin Hockin Paraguay1:50.03

References

  1. ↑ "Toronto 2015 Pan Am Games Ticket Program Guide" (PDF). toronto2015.org. TO2015. 20 April 2015. Retrieved 26 April 2015.
  2. 1 2 3 "Swimming Technical Manual" (PDF). TO2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 June 2015. Retrieved 31 May 2015.
  3. ↑ Men's 200m Freestyle Preliminaries
  4. ↑ Men's 200m Freestyle - B Final
  5. ↑ Men's 200m Freestyle - A Final
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