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

Men's 100 metre backstroke at the XVI Pan American Games
Venue Scotiabank Aquatics Center
Dates October 21 (preliminaries and finals)
Competitors 11 from 8 nations
Medalists
   Brazil
   Colombia
   United States
«2007
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Swimming at the
2011 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 backstroke competition of the swimming events at the 2011 Pan American Games took place on 21 October at the Scotiabank Aquatics Center.[1] The defending Pan American Games champion was Thiago Pereira of Brazil.

This race consisted of four lengths of the pool, all in backstroke.[2]

Records

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) 1:58.42 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil July 19, 2007

Qualification

Each National Olympic Committee (NOC) was able to enter up to two entrants providing they had met the A standard (2:04.1) 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 (2:07.8) in the same qualifying period.[2]

Results

All times are in minutes and seconds.

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

Heats

The first round was held on October 21.

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time[3] Notes
1 1 5 Omar Pinzon  Colombia 2:01.14 QA
2 1 4 Thiago Pereira  Brazil 2:03.53 QA
3 2 4 Rexford Tullius  United States 2:03.82 QA
4 2 3 Ryan Murphy  United States 2:03.89 QA
5 2 5 Leonardo de Deus  Brazil 2:05.12 QA
6 1 3 Pedro Medel  Cuba 2:05.20 QA
7 1 6 Luis Rojas  Venezuela 2:05.21 QA
8 1 2 Charles Hockin  Paraguay 2:05.28 QA
9 2 6 Ezequiel Trujillo  Mexico 2:05.68
10 2 2 Anival Rodriguez  Mexico 2:10.65
11 2 7 Mauricio Fiol  Peru 2:11.75

Final A

The final was held on October 21.

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time[4] Notes
1st, gold medalist(s) 5 Thiago Pereira  Brazil 1:57.19 GR, NR
2nd, silver medalist(s) 4 Omar Pinzón  Colombia 1:58.31
3rd, bronze medalist(s) 3 Ryan Murphy  United States 1:58.50
4 3 Rexford Tullius  United States 1:59.50
5 2 Leonardo de Deus  Brazil 2:03.28
6 1 Luis Rojas  Venezuela 2:06.07
7 8 Ezequiel Trujillo  Mexico 2:06.18
8 7 Pedro Medel  Cuba 2:13.77

References

  1. "Sessions" (PDF). Guadalajara 2011. Retrieved 23 October 2011.
  2. 1 2 "Swimming Technical Manual" (PDF). Guadalajara 2011. Retrieved 23 October 2011.
  3. "Men's 200m Backstroke Preliminaries". Guadalajara 2011. Retrieved 23 October 2011.
  4. "Men's 200m Backstroke Final A". Guadalajara 2011. Retrieved 23 October 2011.
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