The men's 200 metre individual medley 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

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took place on the 19th of October at the Scotiabank Aquatics Center

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, one each in backstroke

Backstroke

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, breaststroke

Breaststroke

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, butterfly

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 and freestyle swimming

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...

.

Records

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

World record		1:54.00	Shanghai Shanghai Shanghai is the largest city by population in China and the largest city proper in the world. It is one of the four province-level municipalities in the People's Republic of China, with a total population of over 23 million as of 2010... , China China Chinese civilization may refer to:* China for more general discussion of the country.* Chinese culture* Greater China, the transnational community of ethnic Chinese.* History of China* Sinosphere, the area historically affected by Chinese culture...	July 28, 2011
Pan American Games record		1:57.79	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 20, 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 (2:07.2) 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 (2:11.0) 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 19.

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2	5	Conor Dwyer Conor Dwyer Conor Dwyer is an American swimmer.-Swimming career:Dwyer swam between 2007 and 2009 for the University of Iowa without really any notable achievements. For the 2009/2010 season, he moved to the University of Florida where he trains with Ryan Lochte...		2:04.56	QA
2	2	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...		2:04.84	QA
3	1	4	Henrique Rodrigues		2:04.88	QA
4	1	3	Ezequiel Trujillo		2:05.43	QA
5	2	3	Lyam Dias		2:05.47	QA
6	1	6	Esteban Enderica		2:06.03	QA
7	2	6	Miguel Robles		2:06.37	QA
8	1	5	William Harris William Harris (swimmer) William White Harris, Jr. was an American swimmer who competed in the 1920 Summer Olympics....		2:07.74	QA
9	2	2	Luis Rojas		2:08.17	QB
10	2	7	Pedro Medel		2:10.46	QB
11	1	2	Branden Whitehurst		2:12.71	QB
12	1	7	Diguan Pigot		2:13.40	QB
13	2	8	Eladio Carrion		2:13.57	QB
14	1	1	Joel Romeu		2:18.02	QB
15	2	1	Sebastian Jahnsen		2:26.70	QB

Final A

The final was held on October 19.

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	5	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...		1:58.07
	4	Conor Dwyer Conor Dwyer Conor Dwyer is an American swimmer.-Swimming career:Dwyer swam between 2007 and 2009 for the University of Iowa without really any notable achievements. For the 2009/2010 season, he moved to the University of Florida where he trains with Ryan Lochte...		1:58.64
	3	Henrique Rodrigues		2:03.41
4	6	Ezequiel Trujillo		2:04.36
5	2	Lyam Dias		2:05.06
6	7	Esteban Enderica		2:05.10
7	1	Miguel Robles		2:06.89
8	8	William Harris William Harris (swimmer) William White Harris, Jr. was an American swimmer who competed in the 1920 Summer Olympics....		2:08.25