The men's 200 metre freestyle 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

2011 Pan American Games

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

Scotiabank Aquatics Center

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Swimming at the 2007 Pan American Games – Men's 200 metre freestyle

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 Pan American Games

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 champion was Matthew Owen of the United States

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

Freestyle swimming

Freestyle is an unregulated swimming style used in swimming competitions according to the rules of FINA. The front crawl stroke is almost universally used during a freestyle race, as this style is generally the fastest...

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Records

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

World record		1:42.00	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 28, 2009
Pan American Games record		1:48.49	Mar del Plata Mar del Plata Mar del Plata is an Argentine city located on the coast of the Atlantic Ocean, south of Buenos Aires. Mar del Plata is the second largest city of Buenos Aires Province. The name "Mar del Plata" had apparently the sense of "sea of the Río de la Plata region" or "adjoining sea to the Río de la Plata"... , Argentina Argentina Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...	March 12, 1995

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 (1:51.6) 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 (1:54.7) 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 were held on October 18.

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	5	Matthew Patton		1:50.09	QA
2	2	4	Shuane Fraser		1:50.27	QA
3	2	3	Benjamin Hockin		1:50.52	QA
4	2	5	Cristian Quintero		1:50.67	QA
5	3	4	Brett Fraser Brett Fraser Brett Michael Fraser is a college and international swimmer from the Cayman Islands. At the 2008 Summer Olympics, Fraser and his older brother, Shaune Fraser, were two of the three flag-bearers from the country....		1:50.75	QA
6	1	3	Andre Schultz		1:50.96	QA
6	3	3	Daniele Tirabassi		1:50.96	QA
8	3	5	Douglas Robison		1:51.29	QA
9	1	4	Nicolas Oliveira Nicolas Oliveira Nicolas Nilo César de Oliveira is a Brazilian freestyle swimmer. He specializes in sprint events.-See also:*Swimming at the 2009 World Aquatics Championships...		1:52.65	QB
10	1	6	Martin Kutscher Martín Kutscher Martín Kutscher is a national-record holding freestyle swimmer from Uruguay who swam for Uruguay at 2004 and 2008 Olympics...		1:53.32	QB
11	1	7	Gerardo Bañuelos		1:53.92	QB
12	3	7	Rual Martinez		1:54.04	QB
13	1	2	Gustavo Berretta		1:54.10	QB
14	3	6	Mateo de Angulo		1:54.55	QB
15	2	7	Francis Despond		1:54.70	QB
15	2	2	Mario Montoya Mario Montoya (swimmer) Mario Montoya is an Olympic and National Record holding swimmer from Costa Rica. He represented native country at the:*2008 Olympics,*2007 Pan American Games,*2007 World Championships, and...		1:54.70	QB
17	3	1	Sebastian Jahnsen		1:55.10
18	3	2	Shawn Clarke		1:55.77
19	2	6	Federico Grabich		1:55.77
20	2	1	Kevin Avila		2:00.47

Final A

The final was held on October 18.

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	2	Brett Fraser Brett Fraser Brett Michael Fraser is a college and international swimmer from the Cayman Islands. At the 2008 Summer Olympics, Fraser and his older brother, Shaune Fraser, were two of the three flag-bearers from the country....		1:47.18	GR
	5	Shaune Fraser Shaune Fraser Shaune David Fraser is a college and international swimmer from the Cayman Islands. Fraser represented the Cayman Islands at the 2004 and 2008 Olympics....		1:48.29
	3	Benjamin Hockin		1:48.48
4	4	Matthew Patton		1:48.64
5	8	Douglas Robison		1:48.71
6	6	Cristian Quintero		1:49.44
7	1	Andre Schultz		1:50.04
8	7	Daniele Tirabassi		1:52.31