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

The men's 200 metre butterfly competition of the swimming events at the 2015 Pan American Games took place on July 14 at the CIBC Pan Am/Parapan Am Aquatics Centre and Field House in Toronto, Canada.[1] The defending Pan American Games champion was Leonardo de Deus of Brazil.

Men's 200 metre butterfly at the XVII Pan American Games
VenueCIBC Pan Am/Parapan Am Aquatics Centre and Field House
DatesJuly 14 (preliminaries and finals)
Competitors17 from 10 nations
Medalists
 Leonardo de Deus  Brazil
 Zack Chetrat  Canada
 Alec Page  Canada
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Freestyle
50 mmenwomen
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
400 mmenwomen
800 mwomen
1500 mmen
Backstroke
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
Breaststroke
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
Butterfly
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
Individual medley
200 mmenwomen
400 mmenwomen
Freestyle relay
4×100 mmenwomen
4×200 mmenwomen
Medley relay
4×100 mmenwomen
Marathon
10 kmmenwomen

This race consisted of four lengths of the pool, all lengths in butterfly. 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]

On July 16 it was reported that Mauricio Fiol oF Peru tested positive for stanozolol with the likely outcome of being stripped of his medal.[3] On July 23 the PASO issued a press release indicating that Fiol was disqualified and has to forfeit his medal.[4]

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Pan American Games records were as follows:

World record  Michael Phelps (USA) 1:51.51 Rome, Italy July 29, 2009
Pan American Games record  Kaio de Almeida (BRA) 1:55.45 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil July 21, 2007

The following new records were set during this competition.

DateEventNameNationalityTimeRecord
14 JulyA FinalLeonardo de Deus Brazil1:55.01GR

Qualification
Main article: Swimming at the 2015 Pan American Games – Qualification

Each National Olympic Committee (NOC) was able to enter up to two entrants providing they had met the A standard (2:01.39) 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 (2:08.67) in the same qualifying period.[2] All other competing athletes were entered as universality spots.[2]

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

Heats

The first round was held on July 14.[5]

RankHeatLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
126Mauricio Fiol Peru1:56.81QA, NR
234Leonardo de Deus Brazil1:58.44QA
314Bobby Bollier United States1:58.61QA
435Alec Page Canada1:58.82QA
533Marcos Lavado Venezuela1:59.08QA
624Kaio de Almeida Brazil1:59.24QA
715Zack Chetrat Canada1:59.39QA
825Andrew Torres Puerto Rico1:59.83QA
936Long Yuan Gutierrez Mexico2:00.30QB
1016Esnaider Reales Colombia2:01.19QB
1123Andres Montoya Colombia2:01.73QB
1222Lazaro Vergara Cuba2:02.43QB
1313Ty Stewart United States2:02.68QB
1432Jose Martinez Mexico2:03.15QB
1512Maximiliano Abreu Paraguay2:05.61QB
1627Matthew Mays Virgin Islands2:07.90QB
1737Aldo Castillo Bolivia2:12.77

B Final

The B final was also held on July 14.[6]

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
94Long Yuan Gutierrez Mexico2:00.09
105Esnaider Reales Colombia2:00.79
113Andres Montoya Colombia2:00.93
126Lazaro Vergara Cuba2:02.30
137Jose Martinez Mexico2:02.39
142Ty Stewart United States2:02.59
151Maximiliano Abreu Paraguay2:06.91
168Matthew Mays Virgin Islands2:09.74

A Final

The A final was also held on July 14.[7]

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
5Leonardo de Deus Brazil1:55.01GR
1Zack Chetrat Canada1:56.90NR
6Alec Page Canada1:58.01
47Kaio de Almeida Brazil1:58.51
58Andrew Torres Puerto Rico1:59.37
62Marcos Lavado Venezuela1:59.59
73Bobby Bollier United States1:59.89
DQ4Mauricio Fiol Peru1:55.15NR

References
  1. "Toronto 2015 Pan Am Games Ticket Program Guide" (PDF). toronto2015.org. TO2015. 20 April 2015. Retrieved 26 April 2015.
  2. "Swimming Technical Manual" (PDF). TO2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 June 2015. Retrieved 31 May 2015.
  3. "Peruvian silver medallist Mauricio Fiol tests positive for anabolic steroids". National Post. Retrieved September 10, 2015.
  4. "Press Releases Toronto Canada, July 23th, 2015". PASO–ODEPA.org. Retrieved September 13, 2015.
  5. Men's 200m Butterfly Preliminaries
  6. Men's 200m Butterfly - B Final
  7. Men's 200m Butterfly - A Final
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