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

The men's 200 metre freestyle 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. The defending Pan American Games champion was Brett Fraser of the Cayman Islands.

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

Records Prior to this competition, the existing world and Pan American Games records were as follows: World record1:42.00Rome, ItalyJuly 28, 2009Pan American Games record1.47.18Guadalajara, MexicoOctober 18, 2011 The following new records were set during this competition. Date Event Name Nationality Time Record 15 July A Final João de Lucca 1:46.42 GR

Qualification

Each National Olympic Committee (NOC) was able to enter up to two entrants providing they had met the A standard (1:51.49) 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 (1:58.18) in the same qualifying period. All other competing athletes were entered as universality spots.

Schedule

All times are Eastern Time Zone (UTC-4). Date Time Round July 15, 2015 10:20 Heats July 15, 2015 19:17 Final B July 15, 2015 19:23 Final A

Results KEY:qFastest non-qualifiersQQualifiedGRGames recordNRNational recordPBPersonal bestSBSeasonal best

Heats The first round was held on July 15.Men's 200m Freestyle Preliminaries

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 2 3 Cristian Quintero 1:48.42 QA 2 3 5 Michael Weiss 1:48.55 QA 3 1 4 Federico Grabich 1:48.61 QA 4 1 5 Michael Klueh 1:48.67 QA 5 2 4 Jeremy Bagshaw 1:48.76 QA 6 2 5 João de Lucca 1:48.78 QA 7 3 4 Nicolas Oliveira 1:49.51 QA 8 3 3 Benjamin Hockin 1:49.59 QA 9 2 6 Marcos Lavado 1:49.91 QB 10 3 2 Luis Campos 1:50.24 QB 11 1 3 Alec Page 1:50.34 QB 12 2 2 Mateo de Angulo 1:50.50 QB 13 3 7 Tomas Peribonio 1:51.61 QB 14 1 2 Marcelo Acosta 1:51.77 QB 15 1 7 Luis Martínez 1:51.79 QB 16 3 6 Guido Buscaglia 1:52.95 QB 17 2 7 Alex Sobers 1:53.11 18 1 6 Long Yuan Gutierrez 1:54.46 19 3 1 Noah Mascoll-Gomes 1:55.56 20 2 1 Miguel Mena 1:58.51 21 1 1 Omar Adams 2:15.58

B Final The B final was also held on July 15.Men's 200m Freestyle - B Final Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 9 3 Alec Page 1:49.86 10 6 Mateo de Angulo 1:50.01 11 7 Marcelo Acosta 1:50.95 12 2 Tomas Peribonio 1:50.98 13 4 Marcos Lavado 1:51.08 14 5 Luis Campos 1:51.37 15 8 Alex Sobers 1:53.16 16 1 Luis Martínez 1:53.39

A Final The A final was also held on July 15.Men's 200m Freestyle - A Final Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 7 João de Lucca 1:46.42 GR, SA 3 Federico Grabich 1:47.62 NR 5 Michael Weiss 1:47.63 4 6 Michael Klueh 1:47.73 5 1 Nicolas Oliveira 1:47.81 6 4 Cristian Quintero 1:47.88 NR 7 2 Jeremy Bagshaw 1:47.92 8 8 Benjamin Hockin 1:50.03

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