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

Men's 200 metre breaststroke at the XVI Pan American Games
Venue	Scotiabank Aquatics Center
Dates	October 18 (preliminaries and finals)
Competitors	17 from 13 nations
Medalists
Sean Mahoney   United States   Clark Burckle   United States   Thiago Pereira   Brazil
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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

1. "Sessions" (PDF). Guadalajara 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 June 2011. Retrieved 23 October 2011.
2. "Swimming Technical Manual" (PDF). Guadalajara 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 July 2011. Retrieved 23 October 2011.
3. "Men's 200m Breaststroke Preliminaries". Guadalajara 2011. Retrieved 23 October 2011.
4. "Finals – Day 4" (PDF). Best Swimming. 2011. Retrieved December 1, 2013.
5. "Men's 200m Breaststroke Final A". Guadalajara 2011. Retrieved 23 October 2011.