Men's 200 metre breaststroke at the XVI Pan American Games | ||||||||||
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Venue | Scotiabank Aquatics Center | |||||||||
Dates | October 18 (preliminaries and finals) | |||||||||
Competitors | 17 from 13 nations | |||||||||
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The men's 200 metre breaststroke competition of the swimming events at the 2011 Pan American Games took place on October 18 at the Scotiabank Aquatics Center in the municipality of Zapopan, near Guadalajara, Mexico. The defending Pan American Games champion was Thiago Pereira of Brazil.
This race consisted of four lengths of the pool, all in breaststroke.
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 (2:21.7) 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 (2:26.0) in the same qualifying period.
All times are in minutes and seconds.
The first round was held on October 18.
The B final was also held on October 18.
The A final was also held on October 18.