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

The men's 200 metre butterfly competition of the swimming events at the 2011 Pan American Games took place on October 17 at the Scotiabank Aquatics Center in Mexico.[1] The defending Pan American Games champion was Kaio de Almeida of Brazil.

Men's 200 metre butterfly at the 2011 Pan American Games
VenueScotiabank Aquatics Center
DatesOctober 17 (preliminaries and finals)
Medalists
Gold medal   Brazil
Silver medal   United States
Bronze medal   Brazil
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This race consisted of four lengths of the pool, all being in butterfly stroke.[2]

Records

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Prior to this competition, the existing world and Pan American Games records were as follows:

World record   Michael Phelps (USA) 1:51.51 Rome, Italy July 29, 2009
Pan American Games record   Kaio de Almeida (BRA) 1:55.45 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil July 21, 2007

Qualification

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Each National Olympic Committee (NOC) was able to enter up to two entrants providing they had met the A standard (2:02.0) 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 (2:05.7) in the same qualifying period.[2]

Results

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All times are in minutes and seconds.

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

Heats

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The first round was held on October 17.

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 2 5 Daniel Madwed   United States 1:59.99 QA
2 2 4 Kaio de Almeida   Brazil 2:00.32 QA
3 1 4 Leonardo de Deus   Brazil 2:00.99 QA
4 1 5 Omar Pinzón   Colombia 2:01.02 QA
5 1 3 Israel Duran   Mexico 2:01.27 QA
6 2 6 Marcos Lavado   Venezuela 2:01.33 QA
7 2 3 Robert Margalis Jr.   United States 2:01.62 QA
8 1 7 Mauricio Fiol   Peru 2:01.91 QA
9 2 7 Ramiro Ramirez   Mexico 2:02.45 QB
10 2 2 Alexis Marquez   Venezuela 2:02.58 QB
11 1 6 Diego Castillo   Panama 2:03.44 QB
12 1 2 Andres Gonzalez   Argentina 2:05.29 QB
13 1 1 Lazaro Vergara   Cuba 2:06.24 QB
14 2 1 Joel Romeu   Uruguay 2:07.87 QB
15 1 8 Victor Lopez-Cantera   Nicaragua 2:10.22 QB
2 8 Shaune Fraser   Cayman Islands DNS

B Final

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The B final was also held on October 17.[3]

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
9 4 Ramiro Ramirez   Mexico 2:02.93
10 5 Alexis Marquez   Venezuela 2:02.99
11 3 Diego Castillo   Panama 2:03.32
12 6 Andres Gonzalez   Argentina 2:04.99
13 7 Joel Romeu   Uruguay 2:06.30
14 2 Lazaro Vergara   Cuba 2:06.95
15 1 Victor Lopez-Cantera   Nicaragua 2:09.19

A Final

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The A final was also held on October 17.[3]

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
  3 Leonardo de Deus   Brazil 1:57.92
  4 Daniel Madwed   United States 1:58.52
  5 Kaio de Almeida   Brazil 1:58.78
4 6 Omar Pinzón   Colombia 2:01.36
5 7 Marcos Lavado   Venezuela 2:01.62
6 1 Robert Margalis Jr.   United States 2:01.95
7 2 Israel Duran   Mexico 2:02.45
8 8 Mauricio Fiol   Peru 2:03.36

References

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  1. ^ Guadalajara 2011 sessions Archived 2011-06-26 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ a b Swimming technical manual Archived 2011-07-28 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ a b "Finals – Day 3" (PDF). Best Swimming. 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 4, 2013. Retrieved December 1, 2013.