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

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. The defending Pan American Games champion was Thiago Pereira of Brazil.

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

Records Prior to this competition, the existing world and Pan American Games records were as follows: World record2:07.31Rome, ItalyJuly 30, 2009Pan American Games record2:13.37Santo Domingo, Dominican RepublicAugust 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.

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 Notes 1 1 4 Sean Mahoney 2:14.20 QA 2 3 5 Clark Burckle 2:15.76 QA 3 1 5 Jorge Murillo 2:16.06 QA 4 3 4 Thiago Pereira 2:17.15 QA 5 2 5 Warren Barnes 2:17.36 QA 6 3 3 Ashton Baumann 2:18.59 QA 7 2 4 Tales Cerdeira 2:20.30 QA 8 2 2 Eladio Carrión 2:20.78 QA 9 2 3 Édgar Crespo 2:20.92 QB 10 1 3 David Oliver 2:23.08 QB 11 1 6 Lucas Peralta 2:24.04 QB 12 3 6 Rodrigo Frutos 2:24.51 QB 13 2 7 Jordy Groters 2:26.69 QB 14 2 6 Juan Alberto Guerra 2:26.95 QB 15 1 2 Gerardo Huidobro 2:27.78 QB 16 3 7 Christian Hernandez 2:28.25 QB 3 2 Leopoldo Andara DSQ

B Final The B final was also held on October 18. Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 9 4 Édgar Crespo 2:20.18 10 5 David Oliver 2:20.54 11 1 Gerardo Huidobro 2:23.51 12 3 Lucas Peralta 2:26.13 13 2 Jordy Groters 2:27.10 14 6 Rodrigo Frutos 2:27.43 15 8 Christian Hernandez 2:27.76 16 7 Juan Alberto Guerra 2:29.15

A Final The A final was also held on October 18. Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 4 Sean Mahoney 2:11.62 GR 5 Clark Burckle 2:12.60 6 Thiago Pereira 2:13.58 4 2 Warren Barnes 2:16.87 5 1 Tales Cerdeira 2:17.84 6 3 Jorge Murillo 2:18.13 7 7 Ashton Baumann 2:19.54 8 8 Eladio Carrión 2:20.31

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