How Can We Help?
You are here:
< Back

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.

This race consisted of four lengths of the pool, all being in butterfly stroke.[2]

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

Qualification

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

All times are in minutes and seconds.

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

Heats

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

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

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

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 3 Leonardo de Deus  Brazil 1:57.92
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 4 Daniel Madwed  United States 1:58.52
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 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

  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. Retrieved December 1, 2013.
Categories
Table of Contents