Swimming at the 2011 Pan American Games – Men's 200 metre backstroke


The men's 200 metre backstroke competition of the swimming events at the 2011 Pan American Games took place on 21 October at the Scotiabank Aquatics Center. The defending Pan American Games champion was Thiago Pereira of Brazil.
This race consisted of four lengths of the pool, all in backstroke.

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Pan American Games records were as follows:
World record1:51.92Rome, ItalyJuly 31, 2009
Pan American Games record1:58.42Rio de Janeiro, BrazilJuly 19, 2007

Qualification

Each National Olympic Committee was able to enter up to two entrants providing they had met the A standard in the qualifying period. NOCs were also permitted to enter one athlete providing they had met the B standard in the same qualifying period.

Results

All times are in minutes and seconds.
KEY:qFastest non-qualifiersQQualifiedGRGames recordNRNational recordPBPersonal bestSBSeasonal best

Heats

The first round was held on October 21.
RankHeatLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
115Omar Pinzon2:01.14QA
214Thiago Pereira2:03.53QA
324Rexford Tullius2:03.82QA
423Ryan Murphy2:03.89QA
525Leonardo de Deus2:05.12QA
613Pedro Medel2:05.20QA
716Luis Rojas2:05.21QA
812Charles Hockin2:05.28QA
926Ezequiel Trujillo2:05.68
1022Anival Rodriguez2:10.65
1127Mauricio Fiol2:11.75

Final A

The final was held on October 21.
RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
5Thiago Pereira1:57.19GR, NR
4Omar Pinzón1:58.31
3Ryan Murphy1:58.50
43Rexford Tullius1:59.50
52Leonardo de Deus2:03.28
61Luis Rojas2:06.07
78Ezequiel Trujillo2:06.18
87Pedro Medel2:13.77