Swimming at the 2011 Pan American Games – Men's 200 metre breaststroke
| Men's 200 metre breaststroke at the XVI Pan American Games | ||||||||||
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| Venue | Scotiabank Aquatics Center | |||||||||
| Dates | October 18 (preliminaries and finals) | |||||||||
| Competitors | 17 from 13 nations | |||||||||
| Medalists | ||||||||||
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| Swimming at the 2011 Pan American Games | ||||
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| 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 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: | 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 18.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time[3] | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 4 | Sean Mahoney | United States | 2:14.20 | QA |
| 2 | 3 | 5 | Clark Burckle | United States | 2:15.76 | QA |
| 3 | 1 | 5 | Jorge Murillo |  Colombia | 2:16.06 | QA |
| 4 | 3 | 4 | Thiago Pereira |  Brazil | 2:17.15 | QA |
| 5 | 2 | 5 | Warren Barnes |  Canada | 2:17.36 | QA |
| 6 | 3 | 3 | Ashton Baumann | Canada | 2:18.59 | QA |
| 7 | 2 | 4 | Tales Cerdeira | Brazil | 2:20.30 | QA |
| 8 | 2 | 2 | Eladio Carrion |  Puerto Rico | 2:20.78 | QA |
| 9 | 2 | 3 | Edgar Crespo |  Panama | 2:20.92 | QB |
| 10 | 1 | 3 | David Oliver |  Mexico | 2:23.08 | QB |
| 11 | 1 | 6 | Lucas Peralta |  Argentina | 2:24.04 | QB |
| 12 | 3 | 6 | Rodrigo Frutos | Argentina | 2:24.51 | QB |
| 13 | 2 | 7 | Jordy Groters |  Aruba | 2:26.69 | QB |
| 14 | 2 | 6 | Juan Alberto Guerra |  El Salvador | 2:26.95 | QB |
| 15 | 1 | 2 | Gerardo Huidobro |  Peru | 2:27.78 | QB |
| 16 | 3 | 7 | Christian Hernandez |  Cuba | 2:28.25 | QB |
| 3 | 2 | Leopoldo Andara |  Venezuela | DSQ |
B Final
The B final was also held on October 18.[4]
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 | 4 | Edgar Crespo | Panama | 2:20.18 | |
| 10 | 5 | David Oliver | Mexico | 2:20.54 | |
| 11 | 1 | Gerardo Huidobro | Peru | 2:23.51 | |
| 12 | 3 | Lucas Peralta | Argentina | 2:26.13 | |
| 13 | 2 | Jordy Groters | Aruba | 2:27.10 | |
| 14 | 6 | Rodrigo Frutos | Argentina | 2:27.43 | |
| 15 | 8 | Christian Hernandez | Cuba | 2:27.76 | |
| 16 | 7 | Juan Alberto Guerra | El Salvador | 2:29.15 |
A Final
The A final was also held on October 18.[4]
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time[5] | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 4 | Sean Mahoney | United States | 2:11.62 | GR |
 | 5 | Clark Burckle | United States | 2:12.60 | |
 | 6 | Thiago Pereira | Brazil | 2:13.58 | |
| 4 | 2 | Warren Barnes | Canada | 2:16.87 | |
| 5 | 1 | Tales Cerdeira | Brazil | 2:17.84 | |
| 6 | 3 | Jorge Murillo | Colombia | 2:18.13 | |
| 7 | 7 | Ashton Baumann | Canada | 2:19.54 | |
| 8 | 8 | Eladio Carrion | Puerto Rico | 2:20.31 |
References
- ↑ "Sessions" (PDF). Guadalajara 2011. Retrieved 23 October 2011.
- 1 2 "Swimming Technical Manual" (PDF). Guadalajara 2011. Retrieved 23 October 2011.
- ↑ "Men's 200m Breaststroke Preliminaries". Guadalajara 2011. Retrieved 23 October 2011.
- 1 2 "Finals – Day 4" (PDF). Best Swimming. 2011. Retrieved December 1, 2013.
- ↑ "Men's 200m Breaststroke Final A". Guadalajara 2011. Retrieved 23 October 2011.