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

The men's 200 metre butterfly competition of the swimming events at the 2015 Pan American Games took place on July 14 at the CIBC Pan Am/Parapan Am Aquatics Centre and Field House in Toronto, Canada.[1] The defending Pan American Games champion was Leonardo de Deus of Brazil.

Men's 200 metre butterfly at the XVII Pan American Games
Venue	CIBC Pan Am/Parapan Am Aquatics Centre and Field House
Dates	July 14 (preliminaries and finals)
Competitors	17 from 10 nations
Medalists
Leonardo de Deus   Brazil   Zack Chetrat   Canada   Alec Page   Canada
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This race consisted of four lengths of the pool, all lengths in butterfly. 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.[2]

On July 16 it was reported that Mauricio Fiol oF Peru tested positive for stanozolol with the likely outcome of being stripped of his medal.[3] On July 23 the PASO issued a press release indicating that Fiol was disqualified and has to forfeit his medal.[4]

Records

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

The following new records were set during this competition.

Date	Event	Name	Nationality	Time	Record
14 July	A Final	Leonardo de Deus	Brazil	1:55.01	GR

Qualification

Each National Olympic Committee (NOC) was able to enter up to two entrants providing they had met the A standard (2:01.39) 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 (2:08.67) in the same qualifying period.[2] All other competing athletes were entered as universality spots.[2]

Results

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 July 14.[5]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2	6	Mauricio Fiol	Peru	1:56.81	QA, NR
2	3	4	Leonardo de Deus	Brazil	1:58.44	QA
3	1	4	Bobby Bollier	United States	1:58.61	QA
4	3	5	Alec Page	Canada	1:58.82	QA
5	3	3	Marcos Lavado	Venezuela	1:59.08	QA
6	2	4	Kaio de Almeida	Brazil	1:59.24	QA
7	1	5	Zack Chetrat	Canada	1:59.39	QA
8	2	5	Andrew Torres	Puerto Rico	1:59.83	QA
9	3	6	Long Yuan Gutierrez	Mexico	2:00.30	QB
10	1	6	Esnaider Reales	Colombia	2:01.19	QB
11	2	3	Andres Montoya	Colombia	2:01.73	QB
12	2	2	Lazaro Vergara	Cuba	2:02.43	QB
13	1	3	Ty Stewart	United States	2:02.68	QB
14	3	2	Jose Martinez	Mexico	2:03.15	QB
15	1	2	Maximiliano Abreu	Paraguay	2:05.61	QB
16	2	7	Matthew Mays	Virgin Islands	2:07.90	QB
17	3	7	Aldo Castillo	Bolivia	2:12.77

B Final

The B final was also held on July 14.[6]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
9	4	Long Yuan Gutierrez	Mexico	2:00.09
10	5	Esnaider Reales	Colombia	2:00.79
11	3	Andres Montoya	Colombia	2:00.93
12	6	Lazaro Vergara	Cuba	2:02.30
13	7	Jose Martinez	Mexico	2:02.39
14	2	Ty Stewart	United States	2:02.59
15	1	Maximiliano Abreu	Paraguay	2:06.91
16	8	Matthew Mays	Virgin Islands	2:09.74

A Final

The A final was also held on July 14.[7]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	5	Leonardo de Deus	Brazil	1:55.01	GR
	1	Zack Chetrat	Canada	1:56.90	NR
	6	Alec Page	Canada	1:58.01
4	7	Kaio de Almeida	Brazil	1:58.51
5	8	Andrew Torres	Puerto Rico	1:59.37
6	2	Marcos Lavado	Venezuela	1:59.59
7	3	Bobby Bollier	United States	1:59.89
DQ	4	Mauricio Fiol	Peru	1:55.15	NR

References

1. "Toronto 2015 Pan Am Games Ticket Program Guide" (PDF). toronto2015.org. TO2015. 20 April 2015. Retrieved 26 April 2015.
2. "Swimming Technical Manual" (PDF). TO2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 June 2015. Retrieved 31 May 2015.
3. "Peruvian silver medallist Mauricio Fiol tests positive for anabolic steroids". National Post. Retrieved September 10, 2015.
4. "Press Releases Toronto Canada, July 23th, 2015". PASO–ODEPA.org. Retrieved September 13, 2015.
5. Men's 200m Butterfly Preliminaries
6. Men's 200m Butterfly - B Final
7. Men's 200m Butterfly - A Final