Swimming at the 2015 Pan American Games – Men's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay

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Men's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay at the 2015 Pan American Games
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The men's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay competition of the swimming events at the 2015 Pan American Games took place on July 15 at the CIBC Pan Am/Parapan Am Aquatics Centre and Field House in Toronto, Canada.[1] The defending Pan American Games champion is the United States.

This race consisted of sixteen lengths of the pool. Each of the four swimmers completed four lengths of the pool. The first swimmer had to touch the wall before the second could leave the starting block.[2]

Records

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

World record  United States (USA)
Michael Phelps (1:44.49)
Ricky Berens (1:44.13)
David Walters (1:45.47)
Ryan Lochte (1:44.46)
6:58.55 Rome, Italy July 31, 2009
Pan American Games record  Brazil (BRA)
Thiago Pereira (1:48.63)
Rodrigo Castro (1:49.38)
Lucas Salatta (1:47.63)
Nicolas Oliveira (1:46.63)
7:12.27 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil July 17, 2007

The following new records were set during this competition.

Date Event Nation Time Record
15 July Final  Brazil
Luiz Altamir Melo (1:48.39)
João de Lucca (1:47.79)
Thiago Pereira (1:48.14)
Nicolas Oliveira (1:46.83)
7:11.15 GR

Schedule

All times are

UTC-4
).

Date Time Round
July 15, 2015 11:31 Heats
July 15, 2015 21:09 Final

Results

Heats

The first round was held on July 15.[3] As only seven teams had entered, the heats served as a ranking round with all seven teams advancing to the final.

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 1 4
Joseph Bentz (1:49.85)
Ryan Feeley (1:49.49)
Bobby Bollier (1:50.82)
Darian Townsend
(1:49.02)
 United States 7:19.18 Q
2 1 2 Stefan Milošević (1:49.84)
Yuri Kisil (1:50.05)
Ryan Cochrane (1:49.99)
Coleman Allen (1:49.98)
 Canada 7:19.86 Q
3 1 5 Luiz Altamir Melo (1:49.22)
Henrique Rodrigues (1:49.43)
Kaio de Almeida (1:52.23)
Thiago Simon (1:58.54)
 Brazil 7:29.42 Q
4 1 2 Andres Doria (1:51.15)
Rafael D'Avila (1:52.05)
Andy Arteta (1:53.62)
Daniele Tirabassi (1:53.40)
 Venezuela 7:30.22 Q
5 1 7
José Martínez (1:51.09)
Arturo Pérez (1:54.44)
Ricardo Vargas
(1:52.48)
 Mexico 7:30.34 Q
6 1 3 Lautaro Rodriguez (1:53.84)
Esteban Paz (1:53.56)
Juan Pereyra (1:56.76)
Martín Naidich (1:55.14)
 Argentina 7:39.30 Q
7 1 1 Nicholas Magana (1:55.53)
Gerardo Huidobro (2:10.25)
Jean Pierre Monteagudo (2:01.19)
Gustavo Gutierrez (1:58.49)
 Peru 8:05.46 Q

Final

The final was held on July 15.[4]

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 3 Luiz Altamir Melo (1:48.39)
João de Lucca (1:47.79)
Thiago Pereira (1:48.14)
Nicolas Oliveira (1:46.83)
 Brazil 7:11.15 GR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 4
Joseph Bentz (1:47.90)
Darian Townsend
(1:47.55)
 United States 7:12.20
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 5 Jeremy Bagshaw (1:49.56)
Alec Page (1:49.20)
Stefan Milošević (1:49.33)
Ryan Cochrane (1:49.24)
 Canada 7:17.33
4 6 Daniele Tirabassi (1:51.75)
Marcos Lavado (1:50.04)
Andres Doria (1:50.39)
Cristian Quintero (1:48.96)
 Venezuela 7:21.14
5 2
José Martínez (1:50.85)
Julio Olvera
(1:51.25)
 Mexico 7:22.12 NR
6 7 Federico Grabich (1:48.34)
Juan Pereyra (1:51.80)
Guido Buscaglia (1:52.15)
Martín Naidich (1:50.53)
 Argentina 7:22.82 NR

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