The men's 200 metre breaststroke competition of the swimming

Swimming (sport)

Swimming is a sport governed by the Fédération Internationale de Natation .-History: Competitive swimming in Europe began around 1800 BCE, mostly in the form of the freestyle. In 1873 Steve Bowyer introduced the trudgen to Western swimming competitions, after copying the front crawl used by Native...

 events at the 2011 Pan American Games

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The 2011 Pan American Games, officially the XVI Pan American Games, was an international multi-sport event that was held from October 14–30, 2011 in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico. Some events were held in the nearby cities of Ciudad Guzmán, Puerto Vallarta, Lagos de Moreno and Tapalpa...

took place on the 18th of October at the Scotiabank Aquatics Center

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. The defending

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 Pan American Games

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 champion was Thiago Pereira

Thiago Pereira

Thiago Machado Vilela Pereira is an international competition swimmer from Brazil. He became known in his native country after winning the silver medal in the 200 m individual medley at the Pan American Games in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic in 2003.Pereira's biggest success came one year...

 of Brazil.

This race consisted of four lengths of the pool, all in breaststroke

Breaststroke

The breaststroke is a swimming style in which the swimmer is on his or her chest and the torso does not rotate. It is the most popular recreational style due to its stability and the ability to keep the head out of the water a large portion of the time. In most swimming classes, beginners learn...

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Records

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

World record		2:07.31	Rome Rome Rome is the capital of Italy and the country's largest and most populated city and comune, with over 2.7 million residents in . The city is located in the central-western portion of the Italian Peninsula, on the Tiber River within the Lazio region of Italy.Rome's history spans two and a half... , Italy Italy Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...	July 30, 2009
Pan American Games record		2:13.37	Santo Domingo Santo Domingo Santo Domingo, known officially as Santo Domingo de Guzmán, is the capital and largest city in the Dominican Republic. Its metropolitan population was 2,084,852 in 2003, and estimated at 3,294,385 in 2010. The city is located on the Caribbean Sea, at the mouth of the Ozama River... , Dominican Republic Dominican Republic The Dominican Republic is a nation on the island of La Hispaniola, part of the Greater Antilles archipelago in the Caribbean region. The western third of the island is occupied by the nation of Haiti, making Hispaniola one of two Caribbean islands that are shared by two countries...	August 14, 2003

Qualification

Each National Olympic Committee

National Olympic Committee

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 (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.

Results

All times shown are in seconds/minutes.

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	Notes
1	1	4	Sean Mahoney		2:14.20	QA
2	3	5	Christopher Burckle		2:15.76	QA
3	1	5	Jorge Murillo		2:16.06	QA
4	3	4	Thiago Pereira Thiago Pereira Thiago Machado Vilela Pereira is an international competition swimmer from Brazil. He became known in his native country after winning the silver medal in the 200 m individual medley at the Pan American Games in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic in 2003.Pereira's biggest success came one year...		2:17.15	QA
5	2	5	Warren Barnes		2:17.36	QA
6	3	3	Ashton Baumann		2:18.59	QA
7	2	4	Tales Cerdeira		2:20.30	QA
8	2	2	Eladio Carrion		2:20.78	QA
9	2	3	Edgar Crespo		2:20.92	QB
10	1	3	David Oliver		2:23.08	QB
11	1	6	Lucas Peralta		2:24.04	QB
12	3	6	Rodrigo Frutos		2:24.51	QB
13	2	7	Jordy Groters		2:26.69	QB
14	2	6	Juan Alberto Guerra		2:26.95	QB
15	1	2	Gerardo Huidobro Gerardo Huidobro Gerardo Huidobro Sigismondi is a Peruvian swimmer who has won several national and international medals at junior level. Since 2009 he has held the Junior B 50 metres breaststroke record with a time of 33.67 seconds.-References:...		2:27.78	QB
16	3	7	Christian Hernandez		2:28.25	QB
	3	2	Leopoldo Andara			DSQ

Final A

The final was held on October 18.

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	4	Sean Mahoney		2:11.62	GR
	5	Christopher Bruckle		2:12.60
	6	Thiago Pereira Thiago Pereira Thiago Machado Vilela Pereira is an international competition swimmer from Brazil. He became known in his native country after winning the silver medal in the 200 m individual medley at the Pan American Games in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic in 2003.Pereira's biggest success came one year...		2:13.58
4	2	Warren Barnes		2:16.87
5	1	Tales Cerdeira		2:17.84
6	3	Jorge Murillo		2:18.13
7	7	Ashton Baumann		2:19.54
8	8	Eladio Carrion		2:20.31