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

Men's 100 metre backstroke at the XVI Pan American Games
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Venue Scotiabank Aquatics Center
Dates October 21 (preliminaries and finals)
Competitors 11 from 8 nations
Medalists
Gold medal    Brazil
Silver medal    Colombia
Bronze medal    United States
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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.

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

Each National Olympic Committee (NOC) was able to enter up to two entrants providing they had met the A standard (2:04.1) 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 (2:07.8) in the same qualifying period.

All times are in minutes and seconds.

The first round was held on October 21.

The final was held on October 21.


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