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

The men's 200 metre backstroke competition of the swimming events at the 2011 Pan American Games took place on 21 October at the Scotiabank Aquatics Center.^[1] The defending Pan American Games champion was Thiago Pereira of Brazil.

Men's 100 metre backstroke at the 2011 Pan American Games
Venue	Scotiabank Aquatics Center
Dates	October 21 (preliminaries and finals)
Competitors	11 from 8 nations
Medalists
Thiago Pereira   Brazil   Omar Pinzón   Colombia   Ryan Murphy   United States
«2007 2015»

This race consisted of four lengths of the pool, all in backstroke.^[2]

Records

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

World record	Aaron Peirsol (USA)	1:51.92	Rome, Italy	July 31, 2009
Pan American Games record	Thiago Pereira (BRA)	1:58.42	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	July 19, 2007

Qualification

Each National Olympic Committee (NOC) was able to enter up to two entrants providing they had met the A standard (2:04.1) 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 (2:07.8) 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 21.

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time[3]	Notes
1	1	5	Omar Pinzón	Colombia	2:01.14	QA
2	1	4	Thiago Pereira	Brazil	2:03.53	QA
3	2	4	Rexford Tullius	United States	2:03.82	QA
4	2	3	Ryan Murphy	United States	2:03.89	QA
5	2	5	Leonardo de Deus	Brazil	2:05.12	QA
6	1	3	Pedro Medel	Cuba	2:05.20	QA
7	1	6	Luis Rojas	Venezuela	2:05.21	QA
8	1	2	Charles Hockin	Paraguay	2:05.28	QA
9	2	6	Ezequiel Trujillo	Mexico	2:05.68
10	2	2	Anival Rodriguez	Mexico	2:10.65
11	2	7	Mauricio Fiol	Peru	2:11.75

Final A

The final was held on October 21.

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time[4]	Notes
	5	Thiago Pereira	Brazil	1:57.19	GR, NR
	4	Omar Pinzón	Colombia	1:58.31
	3	Ryan Murphy	United States	1:58.50
4	3	Rexford Tullius	United States	1:59.50
5	2	Leonardo de Deus	Brazil	2:03.28
6	1	Luis Rojas	Venezuela	2:06.07
7	8	Ezequiel Trujillo	Mexico	2:06.18
8	7	Pedro Medel	Cuba	2:13.77

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 Backstroke Preliminaries". Guadalajara 2011. Retrieved 23 October 2011.^{[dead link]}
4. "Men's 200m Backstroke Final A". Guadalajara 2011. Archived from the original on May 23, 2012. Retrieved 23 October 2011.