Swimming at the 2014 South American Games – Men's 200 metre individual medley

The men's 200 metre individual medley competition at the 2014 South American Games took place on March 9 at the Estadio Nacional.[1][2] The last champion was Thiago Pereira of Brazil.[3]

Men's 200 metre individual medley at the 2014 South American Games
Venue	Estadio Nacional
Dates	March 9, 2014 (heats & finals)
Competitors	13 from 9 nations
Winning time	2:00.29
Medalists
Thiago Pereira    Brazil   Thiago Simon    Brazil   Carlos Claverie Borgiani    Venezuela

This race consisted of four lengths of the pool, one each in backstroke, breaststroke, butterfly and freestyle swimming.[4]

Records

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

World record	Ryan Lochte (USA)	1:54.00	Shanghai, China	July 28, 2011
South American Games record	Thiago Pereira (BRA)	2:03.16	Medellín, Colombia	March 28, 2010

Results

All times are in minutes and seconds.

KEY:

q

Fastest non-qualifiers

Q

Qualified

CR

Championships record

NR

National record

PB

Personal best

SB

Seasonal best

Heats

The first round was held on March 9, at 11:47.[1]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2	5	Carlos Claverie Borgiani	Venezuela	2:07.09	Q
2	2	4	Thiago Simon	Brazil	2:08.62	Q
3	1	4	Thiago Pereira	Brazil	2:09.00	Q
4	1	3	Guido Buscaglia	Argentina	2:09.56	Q
5	1	5	Juan Botero Bermudez	Colombia	2:11.14	Q
6	2	3	Matias López Chaparro	Paraguay	2:11.60	Q
7	1	2	Felipe Quiroz Uteau	Chile	2:11.71	Q
8	1	6	Andrew Rutherfurd	Bolivia	2:11.93	Q
9	2	6	Enrique Duran Garcia Bedoya	Peru	2:12.10
10	2	1	Wayne Denswil	Suriname	2:12.68
11	2	2	Carlos Polit Carvajal	Ecuador	2:14.67
12	1	7	Eduardo Opazo Rojas	Chile	2:16.30
13	2	7	Byron Franco Zambrano	Ecuador	2:22.34

Final

The final was held on March 9, at 19:16.[2]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	3	Thiago Pereira	Brazil	2:00.09	CR
	5	Thiago Simon	Brazil	2:02.80
	4	Carlos Claverie Borgiani	Venezuela	2:05.77
4	7	Matias López Chaparro	Paraguay	2:06.26	NR
5	2	Juan Botero Bermudez	Colombia	2:09.29
6	8	Andrew Rutherfurd	Bolivia	2:10.81	NR
7	6	Guido Buscaglia	Argentina	2:10.89
8	1	Felipe Quiroz Uteau	Chile	2:11.71

References

1. "Results of the 200-metre individual medley heats at 2014 South American Games" (PDF). 2014 South American Games Official Site. March 9, 2014. Retrieved March 9, 2014.
2. "Results of the 200-metre individual medley finals at 2014 South American Games" (PDF). 2014 South American Games Official Site. March 9, 2014. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 10, 2014. Retrieved March 9, 2014.
3. "2010 South American Games - Full Results" (PDF). Best Swimming. March 9, 2014. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 8, 2014. Retrieved March 9, 2014.
4. "Swimming Technical Manual" (PDF). Guadalajara 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 July 2011. Retrieved 23 October 2011.