The men's 200 metre butterfly competition of the swimming

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 events at the 2011 Pan American Games

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 will take place on the 17 of October at the Scotiabank Aquatics Center

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 Pan American Games

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 champion is Kaio de Almeida

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Kaio Márcio Ferreira Costa de Almeida is a Brazilian swimmer, who specializes in butterfly. He is also known as: Kaio Márcio, Kaio Márcio de Almeida, Kaio Almeida, or Kaio de Almeida....

 of Brazil

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This race consisted of four lengths of the pool, all lengths being in butterfly stroke

Butterfly stroke

The butterfly is a swimming stroke swum on the breast, with both arms moving simultaneously. The butterfly kick was developed separately, and is also known as the "dolphin kick"...

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Records

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

World record		1:51.51	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 29, 2009
Pan American Games record		1:55.45	Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro , commonly referred to simply as Rio, is the capital city of the State of Rio de Janeiro, the second largest city of Brazil, and the third largest metropolitan area and agglomeration in South America, boasting approximately 6.3 million people within the city proper, making it the 6th... , Brazil Brazil Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...	July 21, 2007

Qualification

Each National Olympic Committee

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 (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.

Results

All times shown are in seconds/minutes.

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

Heats

The first round will be held on October 17.

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2	5	Daniel Madwed Daniel Madwed Daniel Madwed is an American swimmer.-Career:Madwed competed at the 2006 Pan Pacific Championships in Victoria, British Columbia, and was the youngest American male swimmer at the event...		1:59.99	QA
2	2	4	Kaio de Almeida Kaio de Almeida Kaio Márcio Ferreira Costa de Almeida is a Brazilian swimmer, who specializes in butterfly. He is also known as: Kaio Márcio, Kaio Márcio de Almeida, Kaio Almeida, or Kaio de Almeida....		2:00.32	QA
3	1	4	Leonardo de Deus		2:00.99	QA
4	1	5	Omar Pinzon Omar Pinzón Omar Andrés Pinzón García is a Colombian international swimmer. He competed at the 2004 Olympics in Athens, Greece and 2008 Olympics in Beijing, China. Pinzón attended college in the United States, where he swam for the University of Florida.At the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Pinzón finished...		2:01.02	QA
5	1	3	Israel Duran		2:01.27	QA
6	2	6	Marcos Lavado		2:01.33	QA
7	2	3	Robert Margalis, Jr.		2:01.62	QA
8	1	7	Mauricio Fiol		2:01.91	QA
9	2	7	Ramiro Ramirez		2:02.45	QB
10	2	2	Alexis Marquez		2:02.58	QB
11	1	6	Diego Castillo		2:03.44	QB
12	1	2	Andres Gonzalez Andrés González Andrés Felipe González Ramírez is a Colombian footballer. He currently plays for Junior de Barranquilla, as a central defender.-Football career:...		2:05.29	QB
13	1	1	Lazaro Vergara		2:06.24	QB
14	2	1	Joel Romeu		2:07.87	QB
15	1	8	Victor Lopez-Cantera		2:10.22	QB

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Final

The final will be held on October 17.

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	3	Leonardo de Deus		1:57.92
	4	Daniel Madwed Daniel Madwed Daniel Madwed is an American swimmer.-Career:Madwed competed at the 2006 Pan Pacific Championships in Victoria, British Columbia, and was the youngest American male swimmer at the event...		1:58.52
	5	Kaio de Almeida Kaio de Almeida Kaio Márcio Ferreira Costa de Almeida is a Brazilian swimmer, who specializes in butterfly. He is also known as: Kaio Márcio, Kaio Márcio de Almeida, Kaio Almeida, or Kaio de Almeida....		1:58.78
4	6	Omar Pinzon Omar Pinzón Omar Andrés Pinzón García is a Colombian international swimmer. He competed at the 2004 Olympics in Athens, Greece and 2008 Olympics in Beijing, China. Pinzón attended college in the United States, where he swam for the University of Florida.At the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Pinzón finished...		2:01.36
5	7	Marcos Lavado		2:01.62
6	1	Robert Margalis, Jr.		2:01.95
7	2	Israel Duran		2:02.45
8	8	Mauricio Fiol		2:03.36