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

The men's 200 metre individual medley competition of the swimming events at the 2015 Pan American Games took place on July 18 at the CIBC Pan Am/Parapan Am Aquatics Centre and Field House in Toronto, Canada. The defending Pan American Games champion was Thiago Pereira of Brazil.

This race consisted of four lengths of the pool, each swum in a different stroke. All participating swimmers would take part in 3 heats based on qualifying time. The 8 fastest swimmers would advance to the final.

Records Prior to this competition, the existing world and Pan American Games records were as follows: World record1:54.00Shanghai, ChinaJuly 28, 2011Pan American Games record1:57.79Rio de Janeiro, BrazilJuly 20, 2007 The following new records were set during this competition. Date Event Name Nationality Time Record 18 July A Final Henrique Rodrigues 1:57.06 GR

Qualification

Each National Olympic Committee (NOC) was able to enter up to two entrants providing they had met the A standard (2:07.29) 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 (2:14.93) 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 18, 2015 10:32 Heats July 18, 2015 19:39 Final B July 18, 2015 19:46 Final A

Results KEY:qFastest non-qualifiersQQualifiedGRGames recordNRNational recordPBPersonal bestSBSeasonal best

Heats The first round was held on July 18.Men's 200m individual medley Preliminaries

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 2 4 Henrique Rodrigues 1:59.91 QA 2 2 5 Ty Stewart 2:00.25 QA 3 1 4 Gunnar Bentz 2:01.26 QA 4 1 5 Luke Reilly 2:01.42 QA 5 3 4 Thiago Pereira 2:01.68 QA 6 3 5 Evan White 2:02.43 QA 7 2 3 Carlos Omaña 2:02.92 QA 8 3 3 Omar Pinzón 2:02.94 QA 9 1 6 Jose Martinez 2:03.30 QB 10 2 6 Rafael Alfaro 2:03.89 QB 11 3 6 Juan Sequera 2:04.51 QB 12 3 2 Matías López 2:05.09 QB, NR 13 1 3 Ezequiel Trujillo 2:05.69 QB 14 2 2 Esteban Paz 2:07.55 QB 15 2 7 Felipe Quiroz 2:08.04 QB 16 1 2 Luis Vega 2:08.09 QB 17 3 1 Esteban Araya 2:09.14 18 3 7 Jordy Groters 2:11.55 19 2 1 Christopher Courtis 2:12.33 20 1 7 Jean Monteagudo 2:13.24

B Final The B final was also held on July 18.Men's 200m Medley - B Final Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 9 5 Rafael Alfaro 2:02.55 10 4 Jose Martinez 2:02.95 11 2 Ezequiel Trujillo 2:04.83 12 3 Juan Sequera 2:04.85 13 6 Matías López 2:04.94 NR 14 7 Esteban Paz 2:06.52 15 8 Luis Vega 2:07.31 16 1 Felipe Quiroz 2:08.87

A Final The A final was also held on July 18.Men's 200m Medley - A Final Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 4 Henrique Rodrigues 1:57.06 GR 2 Thiago Pereira 1:57.42 3 Gunnar Bentz 2:00.04 4 7 Evan White 2:00.60 5 5 Ty Stewart 2:01.83 6 6 Luke Reilly 2:02.01 7 8 Omar Pinzón 2:02.98 8 1 Carlos Omaña 2:03.02

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