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

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Men's 200 metre backstroke at the 2015 Pan American Games
VenueCIBC Pan Am/Parapan Am Aquatics Centre and Field House
DatesJuly 15 (preliminaries and finals)
Competitors21 from 13 nations
Winning time1:57.47
Medalists
Gold medal   United States
Silver medal   United States
Bronze medal   Brazil
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The men's 200 metre backstroke 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 Thiago Pereira of Brazil.

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

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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) 1:57.19 Guadalajara, Mexico October 21, 2011

The following new records were set during this competition.

Date Event Name Nationality Time Record
15 July Heats Sean Lehane  United States 1:57.11 GR

Qualification

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Each National Olympic Committee (NOC) was able to enter up to two entrants providing they had met the A standard (2:06.05) 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 (2:13.61) in the same qualifying period.[2] All other competing athletes were entered as universality spots.[2]

Schedule

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All times are Eastern Time Zone (UTC-4).

Date Time Round
July 15, 2015 11:16 Heats
July 15, 2015 20:39 Final B
July 15, 2015 20:46 Final A

Results

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KEY: q Fastest non-qualifiers Q Qualified GR Games record NR National record PB Personal best SB Seasonal best

Heats

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The first round was held on July 15.[3]

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 1 4 Sean Lehane  United States 1:57.11 QA, GR
2 2 4 Carter Griffin  United States 1:58.54 QA
3 2 5 Omar Pinzón  Colombia 1:58.74 QA
4 3 3 Carlos Omaña  Venezuela 1:59.81 QA, NR
5 3 4 Leonardo de Deus  Brazil 2:00.80 QA
6 2 3 Matías López  Paraguay 2:01.05 QA
7 3 5 Russell Wood  Canada 2:01.28 QA
8 3 6 Armando Barrera  Cuba 2:01.33 QA
9 3 2 David Cespedes  Colombia 2:02.18 QB
10 1 3 Brandonn Almeida  Brazil 2:02.32 QB
11 1 6 Agustín Hernández  Argentina 2:02.76 QB
12 2 2 Yeziel Morales  Puerto Rico 2:02.89 QB
13 2 6 Ezequiel Trujillo  Mexico 2:03.51 QB
14 2 7 Felipe Vargas  Argentina 2:03.82 QB
15 1 2 Andy Song An  Mexico 2:04.00 QB
16 1 7 Jesus Lopez  Venezuela 2:06.21 QB
17 2 1 Timothy Winter  Jamaica 2:07.17
18 1 1 Matthew Mays  Virgin Islands 2:08.56
19 1 5 Markus Thormeyer  Canada 2:08.93
20 3 1 Christopher Courtis  Barbados 2:09.73
21 3 7 Charles Hockin  Paraguay 2:10.94

B Final

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

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
9 4 David Cespedes  Colombia 2:01.95
10 7 Andy Song An  Mexico 2:02.20
11 3 Yeziel Morales  Puerto Rico 2:02.26
12 6 Ezequiel Trujillo  Mexico 2:03.09
13 5 Agustín Hernández  Argentina 2:03.37
14 2 Felipe Vargas  Argentina 2:03.98
15 1 Jesus Lopez  Venezuela 2:06.46
16 8 Timothy Winter  Jamaica 2:07.78

A Final

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

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 4 Sean Lehane  United States 1:57.47
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 5 Carter Griffin  United States 1:58.18
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 2 Leonardo de Deus  Brazil 1:58.27
4 3 Omar Pinzón  Colombia 1:58.77
5 1 Russell Wood  Canada 1:59.91
6 6 Carlos Omaña  Venezuela 2:00.02
7 7 Matías López  Paraguay 2:00.91 NR
8 8 Armando Barrera  Cuba 2:01.24

References

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