Swimming at the 2015 Pan American Games – Men's 200 metre butterfly

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Men's 200 metre butterfly at the 2015 Pan American Games
VenueCIBC Pan Am/Parapan Am Aquatics Centre and Field House
DatesJuly 14 (preliminaries and finals)
Competitors17 from 10 nations
Medalists
Gold medal Leonardo de Deus  Brazil
Silver medal Zack Chetrat  Canada
Bronze medal Alec Page  Canada
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100 mmenwomen
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100 mmenwomen
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100 mmenwomen
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Marathon
10 kmmenwomen

The men's 200 metre butterfly competition of the swimming events at the 2015 Pan American Games took place on July 14 at the CIBC Pan Am/Parapan Am Aquatics Centre and Field House in Toronto, Canada.[1] The defending Pan American Games champion was Leonardo de Deus of Brazil.

This race consisted of four lengths of the pool, all lengths in butterfly. The top eight swimmers from the heats would qualify for the A final (where the medals would be awarded), while the next best eight swimmers would qualify for the B final.[2]

On July 16 it was reported that

PASO issued a press release indicating that Fiol was disqualified and has to forfeit his medal.[4]

Records

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

World record  Michael Phelps (USA) 1:51.51 Rome, Italy July 29, 2009
Pan American Games record  Kaio de Almeida (BRA) 1:55.45 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil July 21, 2007

The following new records were set during this competition.

Date Event Name Nationality Time Record
14 July A Final Leonardo de Deus  Brazil 1:55.01 GR

Qualification

Main article: Swimming at the 2015 Pan American Games – Qualification

Each National Olympic Committee (NOC) was able to enter up to two entrants providing they had met the A standard (2:01.39) in the qualifying period (January 1, 2014 to May 1, 2015). NOCs were also permitted to enter one athlete providing they had met the B standard (2:08.67) in the same qualifying period.[2] All other competing athletes were entered as universality spots.[2]

Results

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 July 14.[5]

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 2 6 Mauricio Fiol  Peru 1:56.81 QA, NR
2 3 4 Leonardo de Deus  Brazil 1:58.44 QA
3 1 4 Bobby Bollier  United States 1:58.61 QA
4 3 5 Alec Page  Canada 1:58.82 QA
5 3 3 Marcos Lavado  Venezuela 1:59.08 QA
6 2 4 Kaio de Almeida  Brazil 1:59.24 QA
7 1 5 Zack Chetrat  Canada 1:59.39 QA
8 2 5 Andrew Torres  Puerto Rico 1:59.83 QA
9 3 6
Long Yuan Gutierrez
  Mexico 2:00.30 QB
10 1 6 Esnaider Reales  Colombia 2:01.19 QB
11 2 3 Andres Montoya  Colombia 2:01.73 QB
12 2 2 Lazaro Vergara  Cuba 2:02.43 QB
13 1 3 Ty Stewart  United States 2:02.68 QB
14 3 2
Jose Martinez
  Mexico 2:03.15 QB
15 1 2 Maximiliano Abreu  Paraguay 2:05.61 QB
16 2 7 Matthew Mays  Virgin Islands 2:07.90 QB
17 3 7 Aldo Castillo  Bolivia 2:12.77

B Final

The B final was also held on July 14.[6]

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
9 4
Long Yuan Gutierrez
  Mexico 2:00.09
10 5 Esnaider Reales  Colombia 2:00.79
11 3 Andres Montoya  Colombia 2:00.93
12 6 Lazaro Vergara  Cuba 2:02.30
13 7
Jose Martinez
  Mexico 2:02.39
14 2 Ty Stewart  United States 2:02.59
15 1 Maximiliano Abreu  Paraguay 2:06.91
16 8 Matthew Mays  Virgin Islands 2:09.74

A Final

The A final was also held on July 14.[7]

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 5 Leonardo de Deus  Brazil 1:55.01 GR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 1 Zack Chetrat  Canada 1:56.90 NR
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 6 Alec Page  Canada 1:58.01
4 7 Kaio de Almeida  Brazil 1:58.51
5 8 Andrew Torres  Puerto Rico 1:59.37
6 2 Marcos Lavado  Venezuela 1:59.59
7 3 Bobby Bollier  United States 1:59.89
DQ 4 Mauricio Fiol  Peru 1:55.15 NR

References

  1. TO2015
    . 20 April 2015. Retrieved 26 April 2015.
  2. ^
    TO2015. Archived from the original
    (PDF) on 30 June 2015. Retrieved 31 May 2015.
  3. ^ "Peruvian silver medallist Mauricio Fiol tests positive for anabolic steroids". National Post. Retrieved September 10, 2015.
  4. ^ "Press Releases Toronto Canada, July 23th, 2015". PASO–ODEPA.org. Retrieved September 13, 2015.
  5. ^ Men's 200m Butterfly Preliminaries
  6. ^ Men's 200m Butterfly - B Final
  7. ^ Men's 200m Butterfly - A Final
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